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Like DOSBox, it emulates a PC necessary for running many MS-DOS games and applications that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems. However, while the main focus of DOSBox is for running DOS games, DOSBox-X goes much further than this. Started as a fork of the DOSBox project, it retains compatibility with the wide base of DOS games and DOS gaming DOSBox was designed for. But it is also a platform for running DOS applications, including emulating the environments to run Windows 3.x, 9x and ME and software written for those versions of Windows. DOSBox-X additionally features support for NEC PC-98 emulations so that you can play PC-98 games with it.
Our goal is to eventually make DOSBox-X a complete DOS emulation package, both fully-featured and easy to use, while giving users the options to configure the DOS virtual machine. We implement new features with each official release, and also try our best to deliver a consistent cross-platform experience for users instead of focusing on a particular platform. In order to help improve the general DOS emulation and also to [help with new DOS developments](https://dosbox-x.com/newdosdevelopment.html), it is our desire to maintain and implement more accurate emulation, but at the same time we are also making efforts to improve emulation quality, speed, and usability for end users. Furthermore, we hope to improve the out-of-the-box experience for new users who want to run DOS programs or games, while giving them the feeling that they are running native DOS systems.
Our goal is to eventually make DOSBox-X a complete DOS emulation package, both fully-featured and easy to use, while giving users the options to configure the DOS virtual machine. We implement new features with each official release, and also try our best to deliver a consistent cross-platform experience for users instead of focusing on a particular platform. In order to help improve the general DOS emulation and also to [help with new DOS developments](https://dosbox-x.com/newdosdevelopment.html), it is our desire to maintain and implement accurate emulation, and at the same time we are also making efforts to improve emulation quality, speed, and usability for end users. Furthermore, we hope to improve the out-of-the-box experience for new users who want to run DOS programs or games, while giving them the feeling that they are running native DOS systems.
Please check out the [DOSBox-X homepage](https://dosbox-x.com) for common packages of the latest release for the supported platforms. Also see the [INSTALL](INSTALL.md) page for DOSBox-X installation instructions and other packages, and the [Releases](https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases) page for archives of all released DOSBox-X versions. For more information about DOSBox-X, such as setting up and running DOSBox-X including its usage tips, please read the user guide in the [DOSBox-X Wiki](https://dosbox-x.com/wiki).
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## Compatibility with DOS programs and games
With the eventual goal of being a complete emulation package that covers all pre-2000 DOS and Windows 3.x/9x based hardware scenarios, we are making efforts to ensure that the vast majority of DOS games and applications will run in DOSBox-X, and these include both text-mode and graphical-mode DOS programs. Microsoft Windows versions that are largely DOS-based (such as Windows 3.x and 9x) are officially supported by DOSBox-X as well. Note that certain config settings may need to be changed from the default ones for some of these programs to work smoothly. Take a look at the [DOSBox-X Wiki](https://dosbox-x.com/wiki) for more information.
With the eventual goal of being a complete DOS emulation package that covers all pre-2000 DOS and Windows 3.x/9x based hardware scenarios, we are making efforts to ensure that the vast majority of DOS games and applications will run in DOSBox-X, and these include both text-mode and graphical-mode DOS programs. Microsoft Windows versions that are largely DOS-based (such as Windows 3.x and 9x) are officially supported by DOSBox-X as well. Note that certain config settings may need to be changed from the default ones for some of these programs to work smoothly. Take a look at the [DOSBox-X Wiki](https://dosbox-x.com/wiki) for more information.
Efforts are also made to aid [continued DOS developments](https://dosbox-x.com/newdosdevelopment.html) by attempting to accurately emulate the hardware, which is why DOSBox-X used to focus on the demoscene software (especially anything prior to 1996) because that era of the MS-DOS scene tends to have all manner of weird hardware tricks, bugs, and speed-sensitive issues that make them the perfect kind of stuff to test emulation accuracy against, even more so than old DOS games. But without a doubt we are also making a lot of efforts to test DOSBox-X against other DOS games and applications, as well as PC-98 programs (most of them are games).
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change the display messages with the use of language files. The language files control all visible output of the
internal commands and the internal DOS. If you are a speaker of a non-English language, you can create additional
language files for use with DOSBox-X by translating messages in DOSBox-X to your language. Other DOSBox-X users may
also use these language files for DOSBox-X to display messages in such language if they wish.
also use these language files for DOSBox-X to display messages in such language if they wish. You can for example find
the Spanish translation files from: https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/tree/master/contrib/translations/es
The fact that DOSBox-X was developed around the U.S. keyboard layout is primarily due to limitations around the SDL1
library which provides input handling. As such when using the SDL1 version and a non-US keyboard, DOSBox-X automatically