DOSBox is a game emulator DOS that will allow you to relive the entertainment that the old consoles were able to give us years ago from the comfort of your computer, an extremely simple platform to install and execute. The truth is that we are in the presence of a system that works without problems in any PC with the Windows operating system, which does not have great requirements for how entertaining it is.

What does this application do? It emulates the operating system MSDOS on your computer with Windows so that you won't have any problem running some of the best games on your PC.

Of course, you have to keep in mind that once the program in question is installed, it is necessary first to mount the unit in which it is located using the command Mount to be able to load the games and enjoy them. Having made that clarification, you will see that once this emulator has loaded, you will find the classic command line that distinguishes DOS. A little nostalgia already begins to invade us.

From the program's title bar, you will be able to observe the cycles related to the processor's work and all the information about the executable we have just loaded into the system. Of course, you have to consider that before loading a game in this software, you must first mount the unit, as we said before.

One of the strongest and most interesting points we have seen regarding this application is that, unlike others of its kind, in this particular case, we are in the presence of one that provides full sound emulation. This means that you won't have to live half the experience with your favorite games, but it will be as if you were going back to the past and enjoying them in the same conditions.

In the same way, it is important to point out that thanks to DOSBox, you can enjoy all your favorite games in Full-Screen mode, which is a huge advantage over others that do not have this option. Thus, you don't have to have fun on a small percentage of your screen, but you can enjoy entertainment several inches more than usual.

At the same time, this program has the possibility of establishing different shortcuts so that we can take advantage of the user experience even more. For example, to give you an idea, we can increase the speed with which it runs, whenever possible, with the combination Ctrl + F8. Subsequently, there are other shortcuts that you can also configure if you want, although those are much more personal to each user.

Regarding the first versions of this application, its developers comment that they have made many changes that we should not fail to take into account, such as the fact that they have added content, such as a specific mode for S3 cards, without losing sight either of the possibility of adding a fake microphone input, to call it somehow.

At the same time, many system performance issues, which caused screen freezes or unexpected shutdowns, have been fixed. In contrast, the list of supported games has increased considerably, so if you had problems running any of your interests in the past, we recommend you try your luck again once the latest version of this application is installed.

As for the DOSBox interface, there is not much to say, considering that the emulator presents an initial screen with a series of codes. Then, when we start enjoying our favorite games, it disappears, leaving the entire screen for us to entertain ourselves with them.

When compiling the main strong points of this application, we must point out in the first instance the fact that it has high compatibility with most of the old games that we may want to run, without losing sight that we can run them in Full-Screen mode through a shortcut, that the sound is fully reproduced, and that it is also possible to increase the CPU work cycles if necessary.

However, we do not want to lose sight of the fact that some details of DOSBox have not convinced us, such as those that have to do with the DOS command set, which is more limited than in other similar programs.

In summary, DOSBox is one of the best alternatives that users should consider if they are looking for a program that allows them to use or play those games with no problems in MSDOS but that nevertheless would be impossible to reproduce in a current computer naturally. This real-mode 286/386 CPU emulator has all the elements to give you an entertainment experience to match.