Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{System | {{System | ||
|name=DOS | |name=MS-DOS | ||
|logo= | |logo= | ||
|image= | |image=MS-DOS logo.jpg | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer=[[Microsoft]] | ||
|released=1981 | |released=1981 | ||
|discontinued=2000 | |||
|followed by=Windows | |followed by=Windows | ||
}} | }} | ||
:''<big>For help running MS-DOS games on modern operating systems, see the '''[[DOSBox]]''' guide.</big>'' | |||
'''MS-DOS''' is an operating system marketed by [[Microsoft]] that was released in [[1981]]. As a result of being distributed on IBM systems during the '80s it soon became immensely successful, and the platform of choice for computer games. Both MS-DOS and its direct competitor, IBM's [[PC DOS]] (also released in [[1981]]), originated from an OS called 86-DOS. | |||
After the release of [[Windows|Windows 95]] many games were still produced primarily for MS-DOS, albeit including some additional features when run under Windows. Once [[wp:DirectX|DirectX]] gained widespread support, MS-DOS was quickly abandoned by developers. | |||
On more modern versions of Windows many MS-DOS games will not run correctly, and, just as often, many will not run at all. One popular solution for running these games correctly is the open-source emulator [[DOSBox]]. | |||
[[Category:Microsoft]] | [[Category:Microsoft]] | ||
[[Category:PC]] | [[Category:PC]] |