Welcome to the home page of the Java port of Dosbox
Current Status:
- Most DOS games work fine
- Windows 3.1 works well
- Windows 95/98 still crashes in a few places
- Sound Blaster works, but sometimes the FM Synth notes are off a bit
To Download or browse the source code, please visit
TODO List: (updated on Feb. 2, 2012)
- (In Progress) Research porting WINE to allow Win32 games to work without a copy of Windows
- Some samples in the DirectX 3 SDK work
- Diablo 1 Shareware can play the intro
- Not sure how much is possible, I may have bitten off more than I can chew with WINE ☺
- Implement Dosbox keymapper
- Implement Dosbox GUS support
- Fix SB16 FM sound, it is a bit off
- Catch up on svn checkins at Dosbox
- Full screen support from a signed applet
- 3dfx support (currently waiting for an official releaase from Dosbox)
- Make a better web site
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to see me work on next. I make no guarantees about what will get done next, but if enough people vote for something
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- A feature you would like to see
- A bug you would like to see fixed
- A particular game you would like to see work better
Latest Version: 0.74.25 Aug 25, 2011
- First version to support Windows 98
- Dynamic core can now recompile java byte code with support for saving and loading the compiled blocks
- Fixed many bugs including:
- Floating point rounding errors
- VGA bugs, Dragons Bane: Mah Jongg II and Civilization (City Screen) now draw cursor correctly
- Improved file path handling for Mac/LInux
- Major speed improvements
- Applets will now center their viewing area
- Video card memory default has been bumped to 2MB (still 1MB for Applets). Now supports up to 8MB.
- Added NE2000 network card support (requires PCap)
Click below to see Doom or Tomb Raider running in Java inside your browser. This requires Java 1.5