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'''DOSBox''' is an [[Wikipedia:open source|open source]] multi-platform [[Wikipedia:emulator|emulator]] designed to allow [[Wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]] programs to be used on modern operating systems. [[Doom]], [[Heretic]], [[Hexen]] and other Doom engine games will run under DOSBox, although a relatively up-to-date computer is required for emulation at a playable speed. Earlier versions had some issues running Doom engines, but recent ones have greatly improved the performance, taking advantage of the power of today's systems and the ability to perform dynamic binary translation.
 
'''DOSBox''' is an [[Wikipedia:open source|open source]] multi-platform [[Wikipedia:emulator|emulator]] designed to allow [[Wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]] programs to be used on modern operating systems. [[Doom]], [[Heretic]], [[Hexen]] and other Doom engine games will run under DOSBox, although a relatively up-to-date computer is required for emulation at a playable speed. Earlier versions had some issues running Doom engines, but recent ones have greatly improved the performance, taking advantage of the power of today's systems and the ability to perform dynamic binary translation.
  
After DOS and [[Wikipedia:Windows 9x|Windows 9x]] became outdated and before DOSBox became fully capable of running Doom engines themselves, many players on systems without full DOS support were able to run Doom-engine games properly only by using a [[Commercial games#Operating system ports|port]] released for or by id Software (or an equivalent, for [[Raven Software]] games), or one of the various [[source port]]s released by the fan community.
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After DOS and [[Wikipedia:Windows 9x|Windows 9x]] became outdated and before DOSBox became fully capable of running Doom engines themselves, many players on systems without full DOS support were able to run Doom-engine games properly only by using a [[Commercial games#Doom engine ports|port]] released for or by id Software (or an equivalent, for [[Raven Software]] games), or one of the various [[source port]]s released by the fan community.
  
 
DOSBox is currently being bundled with Doom engine games through [[Wikipedia:Valve Corporation|Valve]]'s content delivery system, [[Steam]] and through [[GOG.com|GOG]]. [[Bethesda.net]] releases also bundled DOSBox with Doom engine games, however Bethesda.net retired their launcher and thus these versions were removed from sale and are no longer available. There were initial licensing issues with Steam, however, as id Software and Valve surprisingly neglected to comply with the license of DOSBox, which requires the source code to be distributed along with the binaries.
 
DOSBox is currently being bundled with Doom engine games through [[Wikipedia:Valve Corporation|Valve]]'s content delivery system, [[Steam]] and through [[GOG.com|GOG]]. [[Bethesda.net]] releases also bundled DOSBox with Doom engine games, however Bethesda.net retired their launcher and thus these versions were removed from sale and are no longer available. There were initial licensing issues with Steam, however, as id Software and Valve surprisingly neglected to comply with the license of DOSBox, which requires the source code to be distributed along with the binaries.

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