DOSBox Staging is a modern continuation of DOSBox with advanced features and current development practices
With authentic, zero-config CRT emulation ¶
From Hercules to SVGA
Auto-adjusts to your display resolution, from 720p to 4K
The Legend of Kyrandia — 320×200 VGA
Heroes of Might and Magic — 640×480 SVGA
Dark Seed — 640×350 VGA
Space Quest III — 320×200 EGA
Wizardry — 320×200 CGA
Starblade — 720×348 Hercules
Feature highlights ¶
To give you a taste of the advanced features of DOSBox Staging
(click on the items for further info)
Graphics
- Authentic adaptive CRT emulation out-of-the-box
- Accurate VGA emulation
- Aspect ratio correct output & image captures by default
- 3dfx Voodoo 1 support
- Intelligent integer scaling options
- Extensive viewport customisation
- ReelMagic support
- Expanded S3 video card emulation (4 or 8 MB of RAM)
- Monochrome & composite CGA modes
- Custom CGA palette overrides
Sound devices
- Integrated Roland MT-32 emulation (ROMs not included)
- Built-in MIDI support via FluidSynth
- Bit-perfect OPL output via NukedOPL
- Enhanced Gravis UltraSound support
- AdLib Gold 1000 + surround module
- Improved PC speaker emulation
- Covox Speech Thing, Disney Sound Source, Stereo-on-1 DAC
- IBM PS/1 Audio
- Innovation SSI-2001
- IBM Music Feature Card
Advanced audio features
- Authentic early DAC artifact and output filter emulations
- Per-channel chorus and reverb
- Crossfeed for headphone listening
- Room-acoustics simulation for small-speaker audio systems
- High-quality resampling via SpeexDSP
- Master compressor to avoid clipping
- Pop and click prevention
- Support for Opus, OGG/Vorbis, MP3, and FLAC audio CD tracks
- Sanitise MIDI output & Roland RA-50 compatibility
Input
- Raw mouse input
- Mouse-wheel support
- Immediate mouse mode for fast-paced games
- Extensive serial mice emulation options
- Dual-mouse gaming in supported games
- Support for third-party INT33 Windows mouse drivers
- Modern 10-axis controller support
- Real-time joystick calibration
- Revised default keyboard shortcuts
Host integration
- High DPI support on Windows, macOS, and Linux (Wayland)
- Vertical sync (vsync) support
- Advanced frame pacing options for high and variable refresh rate (VRR) monitors
- Resizable window support
- Options for customising window size, position, and window decorations
- Window transparency support
- Windows 3.1 seamless mouse integration
General
- Sensible defaults — minimal manual configuration is needed
- RetroPie & Raspberry Pi support
- Portable & layered configurations
- 64-bit dynamic recompilation for improved performance
- Physical CD-ROM mount support
- IDE support for CD-ROMs
- Mount overlay support
- Automounting of resource drives
- Autotype commands at startup
- ENet modem transport
- Ethernet support via slirp
Screenshots ¶
Examples of the authentic, zero-config CRT emulation in action
DOSBox Staging picks the best shader based on the emulated video mode
and your host resolution, from 720p to 4K
VGA & SVGA ¶
Death Gate — 640×480 SVGA
Populous II — 640×480 VGA
Celtic Tales — 640×480 VGA
Wing Commander — 320×200 VGA
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis —
320×200 VGA
Ultima VI — 320×200 VGA
EGA ¶
Spellcasting 201 — 640×350 EGA
Ghengis Khan — 640×200 EGA
Quest for Glory I — 320×200 EGA
Windwalker — 320×200 EGA
The Secret of Monkey Island — 320×200 EGA
Loom — 320×200 EGA
CGA & Composite ¶
Captain Blood — 320×200 CGA
Rogue — 320×200 CGA
Targhan — 320×200 CGA
Rockford — 320×200 Monochrome CGA
California Games — 640×200 Composite CGA
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders —
320×200 Composite CGA (Tandy)
Hercules ¶
Total Eclipse — 720×348 Hercules
(with custom viewport stretch)
Blockout — 720×348 Hercules
Prince of Persia — 720×348 Hercules
(with custom viewport stretch)
