Mar 27, 2011 Want to play some old school DOS games on your Mac? Grab Boxer, it’s a great MSDOS emulator that runs perfectly in OS X complete with a beautiful interface. And not to worry, it even comes with a few games bundled right with it, including Commander Keen, Epic Pinball, Ultima Underworld, and X-COM. Boxer really is a superb wrapper application that takes all your DOS games and packages them in a handy, easy-to-use shelf. Conclusion This is a short article, as there really isn’t much else to say. Jan 17, 2012 Boxer is a DOS game emulator that fits with your Mac. It not only allows playing the downloaded DOS games but also importing many via the app. The latest version 1.2 includes some good games import features and easier CD-swapping for multi-CD games.
Free DOS games, and tips on where to find more of them.
Freebies for Boxer
If you’re finished with the sample demos that come with Boxer, here are 4 more free Boxer-ready games to try. These are in Mac-only .dmg archives, so only download them if you have a Mac.
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Finding free games
Here are some good websites that offer freeware and shareware DOS games:
Replacementdocs carries good-quality PDF scans of game manuals, maps and other box material for a lot of DOS games.
These websites are not affiliated with Boxer. Please do not contact the makers of these websites for Boxer technical support.
Finding commercial games
Steam and Good Old Games rerelease many popular DOS games, along with their documentation.
You’ll need Windows to install games from these services, but after installation you can copy the games’ folders to your Mac and play them with Boxer too.
Try Ebay and other internet auction sites for out-of-print games. It’s possible to find CD rereleases—or even mint-condition boxes—of most popular games.
Let’s maintain the convenient fiction that you won’t just google “abandonware” and avail yourself of the many websites for pirated DOS games instead.
Makin’ them purty icons
Boxer can turn any images you like into gorgeous new icons for your gameboxes.
- For new games: Import the game and drop your image onto the game icon once it’s finished.
- For existing games: Open the Game Inspector while playing, and drop your image onto the dropzone.
Game cover scans make great icons. You can download cover art for your games from Abandonia or Mobygames.
What does Boxer do?
Boxer plays all the MS-DOS games of your misspent youth, right here on your Mac.
There’s no clots of configuration and baffling DOS commands between you and your fun: just drag-drop your games onto Boxer, and you’ll be playing in minutes.
Boxer takes your CDs, floppies and bootleg game copies and wraps them into app-style gameboxes you just click to play. They’re self-contained so you can back them up or share them with friends. No mess, no fuss.
If your nostalgia demands more, then decorate your games with gorgeous icons and admire your collection from your very own Finder games shelf.
Boxer is powered by DOSBox’s robust DOS emulation, which means it’ll play almost any DOS game you throw at it.
What’s new in 1.3?
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Drag the volume up, then down, then up again with a statusbar volume control!
Save screenshots to the desktop with an easy shortcut!
Zip through boring game intros with the fast-forward key!
Paste text from OS X into any DOS program!
Gameboxes now remember all your drives from last time, so it’s dead easy to use an extra drive for sharing files between games.
Expanded help for installing patches & game expansions and dealing with Windows-only games.
Lots of little UI improvements that you won’t consciously notice but which will make your day that teeny bit happier.
About six gajillion bugfixes.
Hit the ground playing.
Boxer comes with 4 ready-to-play DOS games to whet your appetite: Commander Keen 4 and demos of Epic Pinball, Ultima Underworld and X-COM: UFO Defense. Bon appetit!
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MS-DOS has never looked so good.
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Boxer is designed to look, feel and work beautifully: just like everything else you love on your Mac.
That means Boxer fits hand in glove with OS X: you can launch programs and gameboxes straight from Finder, search your collection in Spotlight, add extra drives in DOS just by drag-and-drop.
And if you run into trouble, there’s comprehensive built-in help just a click away.
