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Play Old DOS Games In Your Browser

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Monday's fun tip of the day is coming at you right now. We bring word that you can play tons of old games right in your browser that work with DOSBox without the need for any plugins at all, and it works.

This is thanks to Internet Archive, DOSBOX, and the Emscripten port of DOSBox which can be found on github.

Find the Software Library on the Internet Archive here.

Let us know how it works for you. It seemed a little slow for me, but it did work. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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6 comments

coryrj19951 Jan 5, 2015
Yes! Now I can play The Elder Scrolls Online... err, I mean The Elder Scrolls, online
D34VA_ Jan 6, 2015
No audio on my end. :/ Cool that it runs though.
Shmerl Jan 6, 2015
I tried a few - they work pretty well! In general I've heard that DosBox in Emscripten is still WIP, but a lot of games work well.
pd12 Jan 6, 2015
works well =)
jedidiah_lnx Jan 7, 2015
Hmm, does not work in my browser. No clear advantage over installing DOSBox Game Launcher, is it?
OK, I don't have to locate/download the ZIPs - but DBGL runs offline :)

When I saw this I poked around it for a little bit and then went to GOG and snagged myself a copy of the Star Wars flight sims. They have windows installers but they seem to work fine in Linux once you transplant the files. It's all DOSBOX anyways.

As soon as my flight stick arrives from Amazon I will really give X-wing & Tie Fighter a workout...
Shmerl Jan 8, 2015
There a lot of good games there, but the problem is - they are all in one pile, without any way to sort them by genre.

By the way, to enable better interface in archive.org, open this link: https://archive.org/v2
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