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D-Fend Reloaded v1.4.4

lwc on 12 Mar 2019

The program provides an easy, graphical environment for DOSBox (which runs a wide variety of DOS-based games on and programs modern hardware), helping with the management of program details such as configuration and tweaking.

The program also includes helpful configuration files and pre-sets for a variety of popular DOS games.
DOSBox is included in the installation.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download and run the installer
  2. Select "Custom installation" and then "Portable mode" in the installer and extract to a folder of your choice
  3. Launch DFend.exe
Note: A PortableApps.com installer is also available. On the Download page, look in the "Other packages" section under "Other installation packages."
What's new?
  • All path names in conf files stored in archive files are made relaltive.
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2014-04-02 22:37

Great tool! Using it now I can play my favourite DOS game BlockOut by California Dreams on my Widnows 8 system.

smaragdus on 2014-07-01 08:25

D-Fend Reloaded 1.4.0 is out.

Checker on 2014-07-01 14:41

@ smaragdus: Thanks ... and updated ;)

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Stella v6.7

lwc on 27 Jul 2022
  • 13MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 13 Jun 2022
  • Suggested by Magibon

Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator, allowing you to play Atari 2600 games.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Stella.exe from inside the 32-bit or the 64-bit folder with the argument:
Stella.exe -baseinappdir
OR
Stella.exe -basedir configfolder (replace configfolder with a name of your choice).
What's new? See:
https://stella-emu.github.io/changelog.html

Qemu Manager v7.0

Midas on 6 Mar 2021
  • 34MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Jul 2011
  • Suggested by Pim Borst

Qemu Manager is an interface for QEMU that makes it easy to understand and use for average users. It provides facilities for configuring, running and managing virtual machines and the associated storage, peripherals and devices.

QEMU is a processor emulator that allows VMWare-style virtual machines, enabling users to run another operating system inside, including Windows and Linux. Using a technique called "dynamic translation" QEMU can virtualize different system architectures including PowerPC, S390, and more.

Category:
Runs on:WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL v2
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch QemuManager.exe
  3. Open qemumanager.exe.manifest with a text editor and delete the tag <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2"> along with its content (this way Qemu Manager doesn't request elevation when launched under Windows Vista/7)
Administrator rights are required for KQEMU Accelerator support, and if you don't want to leave any trace on the host machine, you must uninstall the driver upon exit.
Latest comments
Peter202 on 2013-08-10 17:55

Download link not working.

Napiophelios on 2013-08-14 02:16

@Peter202 : The author's website is gone too but Download.com (cnet) has it still.

http://download.cnet.com/Qemu-Manager/3000-2094_4-75451507.html

Just dont use the big green "Download Now" button,
click the "direct download" link below it.

Midas on 2021-03-06 18:08

Webpage gone: links redirected to Archive.org and Cnet.com. Installer and SigCheck report zipped and mirrored to "Qemu_Manager_v7.0.zip" at https://mir.cr/0ZSCQV8E.

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Simplified Virtual Floppy Drive v2.1

lwc on 27 Jul 2022
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Jul 2011
  • Suggested by blackvisionit

Simplified Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD) mounts image files (*.img) as new browseable computer resources. View, edit, rename, delete, create, or launch files on a virtual floppy as well as format.

Category:
Runs on:WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? No
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch vfdwin.exe.

DOSBox v0.74-3

lwc on 1 Apr 2023
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 Jun 2019
  • Suggested by Rob Loach

DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, modem etc. that are necessary for running many old DOS programs and games incompatible with any modern OS.

Alternatively, Portable DOSBox is also available.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract using an extractor (like 7-Zip) to a folder of your choice
  2. [Optional] Delete uninstall.exe
  3. Create an empty file called dosbox.conf
  4. When run from another folder, launch DOSBox.exe -conf "[application folder]\dosbox.conf"
What's new? See:
https://sourceforge.net/p/dosbox/news/
Latest comments
Smurflover on 2011-02-01 14:10

Frontend and easier config can be found here http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/

a on 2011-02-01 19:54

Smurf, that looks sweet, if it is portable I suggest this be added to database. (possibly as a replacement?)

There's a note:
D-Fend Reloaded may be installed in a portable operation mode (for USB-Sticks etc.).

My eyes lit up when I read that.

SYSTEM on 2011-07-17 09:39

I have updated the extraction instructions. Chris Morgan had pointed out that DOSBox is not portable if launched without any command-line switches.

http://portableapps.chrismorgan.info/irc/logs/?t=2011-07-16#T16-58-39

Thanks Chris. :)

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