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lDosBox on Windows Pc

Developed By: Luigi B.

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 315 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	3.0
Size	5.1 MB
Release Date	December 04, 22
Category	Tools Apps
App Permissions: Allows access to the vibrator. [see more (4)]
What's New: Alignment with dosbox svn.Targeting Android 11. No more file system access.Use the File Management feature to import stuff in app private area. [see more]
Description from Developer: lDosBox is a port of the Dosbox emulator (http://www.dosbox.com/). The modified dosbox sources are included as a tgz archive stored in the internal SD card (Android/data/lb.myapp.d... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download lDosBox and install on Windows PC. lDosBox is free Tools app, developed by Luigi B.. Latest version of lDosBox is 3.0, was released on 2022-12-04 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50,000. Overall rating of lDosBox is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 315 users, 53 users had rated it 5*, 173 users had rated it 1*.

How to install lDosBox on Windows?

Instruction on how to install lDosBox on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install lDosBox on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install lDosBox using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "lDosBox" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install lDosBox on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "lDosBox" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 3.0.

Download lDosBox 3.0 on Windows PC – 5.1 MB

lDosBox is a port of the Dosbox emulator (http://www.dosbox.com/).
The modified dosbox sources are included as a tgz archive stored in the internal SD card (Android/data/lb.myapp.dosbox).
lDosBox uses the same interface of my Bochs port, lBochs. That means that a virtual PC keyboard is provided, but you can use your own virtual keyboard if you like.
It's possible to create shortcuts for different dosbox configurations, and even shortcuts for programs.
It registers itself for running .bat files, but there are limitations and this may not work on all Android systems.
All the settings are made through a popup menu with quite many options.
The back button usually opens the menu if a menu button is not reported by Android on the device.
Don't mount the root of filesystems containing important data, to avoid deleting them by mistake inside the emulator

N.B. This app was first created as an experiment just for my personal use. Then I decided to make it available to the community as I think it can be interesting. There is no official or guaranteed support and I don't know if I'll maintain it in the future years.
The app is still considered in a sort of beta/testing stage.

Many thanks to:
SDL (libsdl.org) - No porting possible without that
Dosbox (dosbox.com) - They made the real thing
Free icons authors (iconarchive.com) - I'm good at coding but bad at drawing

** WARNING **
The app seems quite stable to me, but it's easily possible to make it very unstable and it may crash immediately if the user plays too much with the configuration, or if the guest system is not managed well.
It's possible that you have to reboot your Android device in some cases.
It's possible that in some cases you have to uninstall and reinstall the app to make it work again.
Than the app may drain your battery quickly, but this depends on the configuration (emulated cpu cycles).
It's possible that the device CPU becomes stressed causing overheating.
So use it at your own risk.
** WARNING **

Alignment with dosbox svn.
Targeting Android 11. No more file system access.
Use the File Management feature to import stuff in app private area.

Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.