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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 and floppies 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
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 and floppies 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
What's New
Version 1.2.2:
Improvements to keyboard input:
- Numeric keypad support for Macbooks and Apple Wireless Keyboards: Press Cmd+U or hold down Fn to make 789/UIO/JKL act as a numpad.
- Toggling Numlock now displays a notification bezel.
- Send Key menu now indicates the current Numlock and Scroll-lock status.
- Insert key on non-Mac keyboards now properly acts as Insert key in DOS.
Improvements to the DOS prompt:
- You can now paste text into the DOS prompt to execute DOS commands. (Pasting into DOS programs will arrive in a future update.)
- DOS prompt now unpauses when drag-dropping new drives into the window.
- Fixed REVEAL command ignoring the path you specify, and improved its error messages.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed regression in 1.2.1 that caused crashes during gamebox startup.
- (Hopefully) fixed occasional hangs when starting up a DOS session.
- Fixed savegames not getting saved correctly in Seasons of Sakura and 3 Sisters' Story.
- Fixed MT-32 detection for GOG.com release of Battle Chess II.
- Prevented OS X's own Ctrl+F7 shortcut from interfering with the DOS window.
- Changed the default games folder location back to [home folder]/DOS Games. This does not affect existing games folders.
Version 1.2.2:
Improvements to keyboard input:
- Numeric keypad support for Macbooks and Apple Wireless Keyboards: Press Cmd+U or hold down Fn to make 789/UIO/JKL act as a numpad.
- Toggling Numlock now displays a notification bezel.
- Send Key menu now indicates the current Numlock and Scroll-lock more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Boxer User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:37,003 |
| Version Downloads:1,358 |
| Type:Games : Gaming Tools & Utilities |
| License:Free |
| Date:13 Feb 2012 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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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 and floppies 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 emulation, which means it'll play almost any DOS game you throw at it.
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 and floppies 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 emulation, which means it'll play almost any DOS game you throw at it.
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Elegraphy reviewed on 03 Aug 2011
Today I thought I'll give Boxer a try, I downloaded it and I went to google for a copy of BurgerTime... within seconds the game were running in Boxer! I couldn't believe this game actually works in Boxer!!!
The tiny problem I have is the audio were kind of chirpy and not very smooth, I am not sure it has anything to do with Boxer or I just need a better copy of the same game. But despite that, I am still very grateful to the developer of Boxer for this wonderful DOS game emulator.
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The tone of PC speaker sound effects depends on Boxer's emulated CPU speed, so you could try lowering the speed a little by pressing Cmd+downarrow while playing (or from the CPU panel - go to Emulation->Show CPU Settings… for more options). Lowering the speed may make the game sound closer to what you remember.
Are the graphics in Burger Time as you remember them? It’s possible for Boxer to provide better graphics in the game with a few emulation tweaks, but people's nostalgia is keyed to games as they played them, so 'better' isn't always better.
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The graphic of BurgerTime from 1982 looks exactly like I remembered :) I follow your tip and lower the CPU speed and Frame rate, the sound improves a lot, the game play becomes much smoother, and is closed to what it used to be. You are right, 'better' isn't always better. People have nostalgia with old DOS games because it brings back their innocent time of their childhood back in the early 80's. BurgerTime was the first computer game I ever played, it was introduced to me on a friend's PC back in 1985, and that was my first year in U.S., LOL! Brings back a lot of good memories...
Thanks again for this great emulator. You made an old fart like me very happy....
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MattJohnRyan reviewed on 18 Jul 2011
- Looks great
- Easy to use
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Barisart reviewed on 11 May 2011
With Boxer "installing" a DOS program is very easy (for example it lets you choose the setup.exe at first start so you can config your game) and after done this you get it presented in a very nice and comfortable way. Now you only have to click to play.
I love it!
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