Enter DOSBox Pure, once an impressive core for the open-source emulation frontend RetroArch—if that sounds like gibberish, it just means you go outside enough—now a standalone app that can easily load ...

I've been asked to find some games to run as entertainment for kids at a school fete, and figured an easier way around the copyright morass and installation difficulties would be to run some old, now ...

Strictly-speaking modern x86 computers running Windows should be compatible with any software written for the very first MS-DOS PCs starting with the original IBM PC and its clones. In practice, it's ...

The major benefit I see in DOSBox Pure over DOSBox Classic is a sort of built-in containerization for games. DOSBox Pure creates a separate environment for each game automatically when it's "opened" ...

MS-DOS is a bit before my time but I expect a lot of our readers are at the age where getting out of bed is a risk for your back and knees. Sometimes you get bored of modern games and feel like having ...

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There are thousands of great PC games from the days before Steam, Epic Game Store, and Windows 10/11. Here's how you can play them today. I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to ...