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DOSBox V0.74
Suggested by Rob Loach - Updated by webfork on 19 Jun 2010
4MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1252)
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Category: Others - Emulators (13)

Synopsis: DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, modem, etc. that are necessary for running many old DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern OS. So you have an old DOS app or game lying around that you cannot previously run under Windows, this little gem is for you.

Alternately, Portable DOSBox is also available.

Writes settings to: None

How to extract: Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. The application files are in the zmbv subfolder. Launch dosbox.exe.

Stealth [?]: Yes

License: GPL

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista

What's new: >>

0.74 changes list.

Qemu Manager V7.0
Suggested by Pim Borst - Updated by Andrew Lee on 13 Aug 2010
34MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (6055)
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Category: Others - Emulators (13)

Synopsis: QEMU is a processor emulator that provides you with VMWare-style virtual machines using a technique called "dynamic translation" that gives good performance. Qemu Manager is a GUI manager for QEMU that makes it easy to understand and use for the average user. It provides facilities for configuring, running and managing virtual machines and the associated storage, peripherals and devices.

Writes settings to: Application folder

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QemuManager.exe. Note that administrator rights is required for KQEMU Accelerator support, and if you don't want to leave any trace on the host machine, you need to uninstall the driver upon exit.

Stealth [?]: Yes

License: GPLv2

System Requirements: WinNT / Win2K / WinXP

MobaLiveCD V2.1
Suggested by spacemonkey - Updated by guinness on 13 Nov 2009
1MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1343)
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Synopsis: QEMU is a processor emulator that provides you with VMWare-style virtual machines using a technique called "dynamic translation" that gives good performance. MobaLiveCD is a simple graphical frontend for QEMU that lets you boot any LiveCD ISO image in a virtual machine without complicated settings in only a few clicks.

Writes settings to: None

How to extract: Download the EXE file and launch.

Stealth [?]: No. Writes to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and installs kqemu driver where administrator rights is available.

License: Freeware

System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP

Atari800 V2.1.0
Suggested by sproaticus - Updated by webfork on 4 Jan 2010
1MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (655)
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Synopsis: Atari800 is an Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator. It provides support for 8 disk drives, 42 cartridge types, cassette recorder, printer, joystick (real or keypad-emulation) etc. Screen snapshots (normal and interlaced) can be captured to PCX and PNG files, while sound output may be captured to WAV files.

Writes settings to: Application folder

How to extract: Download both the emulator and the system ROMs, then extract them to a folder of your choice. You will also need to place any disk or cartridge files (which contain the actual Atari programs or games) in the same folder. The contributor's personal favorite is M.U.L.E.. Launch atari800.exe.

License: GPL

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP

Jnes V1.0
Suggested by thibeaz - Added on 5 Feb 2008
707KB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1606)
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Synopsis: Jnes is a NES emulator for win32 platforms that uses DirectX for it's hardware interface. It's emulation capabilities include graphics, sound, input devices, and emulating quite a few memory mapping boards found in most USA games and a few popular japanese ones. Jnes boasts a fairly intuitive user interface that makes playing NES a little more enjoyable. One of the coolest features is the included database of Pro-Action-Replay and Game Genie cheats. Jnes also supports Kaillera netplay as well.

Writes settings to: Application Folder

Dependencies: DirectX 9.0c

How to extract: Download the self-extracting executable and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch the program by double-clicking Jnes.exe.

Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)

License: Freeware

System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP

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