Boxer
The DOS game emulator that's fit for your Mac. (by MaddTheSane)
doesitarm
🦾 A list of reported app support for Apple Silicon as well as Apple M2 and M1 Ultra Macs (by ThatGuySam)
| Boxer | doesitarm | |
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| 20 | 77 | |
| 402 | 3,738 | |
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| 7.9 | 7.2 | |
| 3 months ago | 9 days ago | |
| Objective-C | JavaScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Boxer
Posts with mentions or reviews of Boxer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-19.
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VCMI: Open-Source Engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III
Other comments are talking about how it's not in scope, which is unfortunate for this case, but since you loved the app, I poked around and found a quite active fork! Unsure how functional it is, but it seems to have gotten quite a bit of love: https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Boxer
- Is there anyway to port old abandonware Windows 95/98 game to Apple Silicon?
- Help playing an old DOS game
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Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
no. but check out boxer.
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86Box – Low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software
For MacOS, Boxer (http://boxerapp.com/) is great. It creates executables (distributable with zero dependencies) that include dosbox and the app to run - the creation is super easy too. Dosbox footprint is very small. It’s just amazing to double click and start the app or game without having to worry about setting up dosbox.
- Painless DOS Gaming on M1
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Emulators with Apple Silicon support.
Dosbox with Boxer frontend: https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Boxer/releases/tag/AS-beta-3
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Any ideas on playing fallout 1-2 without parallels etc. ?
Here's the port: https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Boxer
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Fallout 1/2 on Macbook Pro
You can play the DOS version of Fallout 1 using DOSBox. I recommend Boxer which makes things much easier.
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Keeping entertained during long Christmas airport delays
Boxer.
doesitarm
Posts with mentions or reviews of doesitarm.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-02.
- Mac za obavljanje obaveza na faksu/buduće zaposlenje?
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Best resource for Universal 2 / Apple silicon native games?
The reason I want this resource is simple: Apple will eventually discontinue Rosetta 2. It may be five years, but it will happen, and I'd rather not buy games now that will be unplayable in a few years. I know doesitarm.com exists, but it doesn't seem very well maintained or organised for the Gaming sector specifically.
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Apple’s battery replacement prices are going up by $20 to $50.
Comprehensive data on which apps natively support Apple Silicon seems to be lacking. This source says 54% of 3205 apps they tested have native M1 support, which would mean about 1730 apps have it.
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Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2023)
https://github.com/ThatGuySam/doesitarm
I also built an interface for displaying the order of Marvel Movies and am growing it using Reddit and Google AMP Web Stories with regular features in Google Discover:
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2023)
- Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2022)
- MacBook Pro 14 arriving soon what should I know?
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2022)
- Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2022)
- Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2022)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Boxer and doesitarm you can also consider the following projects:
WinBox-for-86Box
cryptography - cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
pcem - PCem
lando - A development tool for all your projects that is fast, easy, powerful and liberating
pcsx2 - PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator
Discord-M1 - A Discord app for M1 Macs made with electron-builder
scummvm - ScummVM main repository
flycast - Flycast is a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator
UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
ares - ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation.
gitpod - The developer platform for on-demand cloud development environments to create software faster and more securely.