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DOSBox
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac2002freeware4.1/5 emulator
DOSBox is an open-source emulator that allows you to run software and games designed for the MS-DOS operating system on modern computers. As you probably already know, MS-DOS was a popular operating system used in the 1980s and early 1990s. DOSBox emulates the necessary hardware components and provides a DOS-like environment, allowing users to...
DOS Navigator v 1.5
DOS1991freeware4/5 file management
Borland Turbo Pascal 2.0
DOS19834/5 programming
Borland DBase 5
DOS19944/5 database
Borland Paradox 4.5
DOSWindows XP/98/9519934/5 database
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1
DOS1988protected4/5 gaming software
Impulse Tracker
DOS1995freeware4/5 sound software
Impulse Tracker was a popular music tracker software developed by Jeffrey Lim in the late 1990s. Impulse Tracker utilized a tracker-style user interface, which was common in the demoscene and among enthusiasts of chiptune and electronic music. The interface is characterized by a grid of rows and columns where users input note and instrument da...
Turbo Pascal 7
DOSWindows 3.xMac19924/5 programming
Turbo Pascal 7 (TP7) is a programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed by Borland as an evolution of their earlier Turbo Pascal versions. Turbo Pascal 7 was released around 1992.Turbo Pascal 7 gained popularity in educational settings and among hobbyist progra...
Norton Desktop
DOS19924/5 utility
PKzip
DOS1989protected4/5 utility
Borland Turbo Pascal 1.0
DOS19834/5 programming
WinFrotz
Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.9/5 gaming software
Virtual Reality Studio
DOS19913.9/5 gaming software
Doszip Commander
DOS2007freeware3.9/5 file management
Word Perfect 5
DOS19893.9/5 word processor
Borland Eureka: the Solver
DOS19873.9/5 programming
Borland Eureka: the Solver is an abandoned text-based application developed by Borland Software Corporation and released in 1987 for DOS. The product is designed to solve complex problems, generate tables and plots, and perform what-if analysis. The user writes an equation, sets options, and instructs the software to solve the problem. The pro...
Adventure Game Studio (AGS)
WindowsLinuxMac1997freeware3.9/5 gaming software
Adventure Game Studio (AGS) is a software development tool that enables users to create point-and-click adventure games. It was originally created by Chris Jones and has been used by game developers to produce a variety of 2D adventure games. AGS provides a scripting language, a visual editor, and various other tools to simplify the game developmen...
Cartooners
DOS19893.8/5 graphics editor
The Patcher 6.1
DOS19933.8/5 utility, gaming software
Borland Turbo Pascal 3.0
DOS19863.8/5 programming
Netscape Navigator 4
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19973.8/5 browser
Netscape Navigator was one of the earliest web browsers that played a crucial role in popularizing the World Wide Web. It was developed by Netscape Communications Corporation and released in 1994. Netscape Navigator was among the first graphical web browsers that allowed users to navigate the internet using a graphical user interface rather than a ...
Norton Commander 1.0
DOS19863.8/5 file management
Norton Commander was a file manager and editor application released by Peter Norton Computing for DOS. Norton Commander used a text-based user interface with side-by-side panels and featured copy, delete, editing and preview any kind of file easily: it was an improvement over the command-line only MS-DOS interface. Norton Commander 1.0 was fir...
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 2
DOS1989protected3.8/5 gaming software
Quattro Pro v4
DOS19913.8/5 spreadsheet
Melody Maker 3
DOS19923.8/5 sound software
Music Time Deluxe
Windows XP/98/9519963.8/5 sound software
ResidualVM
Windows XP/98/952003freeware3.8/5 gaming software
Volkswriter 3
DOS19823.8/5 word processor
Borland Reflex 2.0
DOS19863.7/5 database
Borland Reflex was a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Borland International, a software company that was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. Reflex was released in the mid-1980s as a graphical database software primarily targeted at business and professional users.
Skale Tracker
Windows XP/98/95LinuxWindows2005freeware3.7/5 sound software