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Microsoft's '''MS-DOS''' and its direct competitor, IBM's '''PC DOS''', were operating systems released in [[1981]], based on an OS called 86-DOS. As a result of being distributed on IBM systems during the '80s it became immensely successful, and the platform of choice for computer games. | |||
Microsoft's '''MS-DOS''' and its direct competitor IBM's '''PC DOS''' were operating systems released in [[1981]], based on an OS called 86-DOS. As a result of being distributed on IBM systems during the '80s it became immensely successful, and the platform of choice for computer games. | |||
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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 | 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 DirectX gained widespread support, DOS was quickly abandoned by developers. | ||
On more modern versions of Windows many DOS games will not run correctly | On more modern versions of Windows many DOS games will not run correctly or at all. One popular solution for running these games correctly is the open-source emulator DOSBox. | ||
==External links== | |||
* [[pcgamingwiki:DOSBox|DOSBox]] at PCGamingWiki. | |||
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