DOSBox for Android OS - Samsung Galaxy S 4G

For those of us without a physical keyboard on their smartphone, aDosBox just doesn't cut it. DOSBox SDL to the rescue! Just quickly showing off the capability of this WIP MS-DOS emulator for Android devices.

Word Rescue is the game chosen to demonstrate DOS gaming, so it ties in somewhat to Edutainment Month!

Download the APK here: http://anddev.at.ua/load/emulators/dosbox_0_74/2-1-0-12

I'd also recommend trying out anDOSBox. It's a paid-for program, but it is very well-made and seems to be a bit more smooth than the one I showed:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.locnet.dosbox&hl=en

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[700gsteak]

The reason the mouse is off is because if the cursor is right under your finger than you wouldnt be able to see where it is! And the reason why you can't type in caps is because dos is a non case sensitive os. So the use of the caps lock/shift key is redundant.

[phreakindee]

@700gsteak Actually, you're wrong on both counts. I fixed the mouse cursor issue, it was just incorrectly implemented and needed calibration. And DOS has had capitalization since the beginning, why else would there be a shift or caps key? Sure, the OS itself ignores caps in the command line and such, but to say that's the reason it doesn't recognize caps here is absurd. Once again, this has been fixed since the making of this video. It was simply a feature lacking from this emulator.

[wimpkins]

What android ver do you have? I have 2.1, also galaxy S, but doxbox doesnt open.

[phreakindee]

@wimpkins I have Froyo 2.2.1

[9esferas1]

wooow, you can control the air with ur android phone

[phreakindee]

@9esferas1 Yes, you can and it's crazy fun. Virtually, at least.

[blablupp77]

It´s Norton Commander! I rember it well and used it alot back in the days. Good old times...

[plan7a]

:D

[NarcoticEvil]

i don't know if you like the Gameboy or GBC - but John GBC Emulator is SUPERB - plays most games really really well!

[ThomasGGebert]

Got this working on my Kindle Fire. Now I never have to be without Commander Keen.

[lukadeadman99]

i run red alert yay

[ebildude123alt]

Will this work on Honeycomb?

[MrPulamea]

@wimpkins I have the same issue , dosbox doesn;t open . I got a different phone but same adnroid. Did you manage to fix it ?

[nimrodms]

Lol! I still remember playing Math Rescue! I dominated at that in grade school. Gonna try and find that right now! I knew the whole "bookworm" thing clicked.

[VoidKeeper]

I think the reason why the mouse is off is simply display format, DOS is and always will be 4:3, the old monitor format. What happens is that since it stretches the image, the mouse tends to be stretched out of the way, so to speak. You'll notice the more you have your finger to the center, the closer the cursor is, the farther away your finger is from the center, the farther away the cursor will be