MagicBox (Dosbox port)

If you are Android owner,you now can download MagicBox (Dosbox port) for $3.49 from Google Play. The application is designed for use in English language. It weighs in at only 10MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version 1.0.9 has been released on 2014-07-13. For ensuring consistency with the device you should take into account the following app compatibility information: 2.2 and up
Bottom Line: For more information about MagicBox (Dosbox port) check developer bruenor`s website : http://magicbox.imejl.sk

Great emulator possibly the best one on Android for Dos Easy customizable controls and config for all games and a nice little guide to start you off Having trouble however with the widget layers I used to have a portrait and landscape setup for Daggerfall but now it only ever shows the portrait layer even if i hide it besides that it s basically perfect ive already beaten TES Arena using this a game i would have never played otherwise Thank you MagicDosbox Dev s                 George Costanza

What a great app The customization is great and pretty straightforward Its great to be able to setup your games list and have one tap to launch a game plus still have the functionality of dosbox If you want to play dos games on your phone or tablet this is the way to do it                     realtazco

The developer helped me with an issue and the app works perfectly now Response time was within minutes of emailing Great support and highly recommended                     Reactant VR

Best Dos emulator in my opinion Good emulation easy to use can launch games from menu and home screen Supports mouse and keyboard I can open games from internal storage but also SD USB by the following steps Open Magic DosBox go to Settings Global Settings Request permissions this will open your file manager and you have to go to the location of your games on SD USB and touch click on select Make sure you have given Magic DosBox permission in Android s settings for Storage                     Samantha van Leur

Worth every penny Runs dos native games perfectly a little sound chop but by no means a deal breaker Be aware tho this emulator ONLY runs DOS native games so you may have some issues finding games that don t run Win95 native so hunting for a compatible game is the entire battle Great job devs 2 enthusiastic thumbs up                     Ren

It doesnt allow me to save the game im playing and the save state feature is finicky at best The final straw was when the app reset itself deleted all of the games I uploaded and deleted the save state files I can t recommend this app to anyone     Tim Walorski

It s even better than the computer version I could play games that I wasn t able to play on my computer Just amazing Thank you for this masterpiece app                     Marcos Barreiros

works amazing for the three original duke games got Duke 1 2 and 3d working is amazing I cant get dark forces 2 to run for whatever reason and would love to figure it out but whatever                     Scurge237

I m pleased overall just wish there was xcopy support and glide Other than that it does a good job                 John Stephens

Best dos app you will get hands down Flexible easy to work with and plays everything                     Toybox le monza

allows me to play my old dos games i played back in the day on my phone has lots of customizations and makes playing on a touch screen easy I love the ability to change the screen layout using streaming zoom widgets                     David Phelps

Just got this in the vague hope of being able to play my old favourite Master of Magic Not more than 5 minutes later it was up and running like a dream Thank you so so much bruenor                     mark devine

Works great and is easy to use                     E Radtk

Best DOS emulator on Android Would it be possible to add Nuked OPL3 emulation for more accurate Adlib sound Also more options to configure SB16 settings like OPL and mixer rates would be great                 Toni

By far the best DOSBox you can have on Android I will never understand how or why DOSBox Turbo is the one with more recommendations on the internet than this one Magic It s way more intuitive to set up on both mobile and TV platforms it supports all input methods including touch mouse keyboard and gamepads and it allows you to create custom layouts for each game that you can transfer between devices It s also by far the fastest DOSBox Android build that I ve tried Oh and did I mention the support for this app is great Well it is the developer really seems to care Highly recommended                     Maxim Reality

By far the best Android DosBox The sophistication degree of customisation and transferability of the touchscreen interfaces you can design for DOS games is astonishing Support is top notch too Other DosBoxes can just about make a game playable this is the only one to make them genuinely enjoyable I ve just completed Ultima Underworld on my phone and was able to design an interface that worked way better than the original game s did when I played it back in 1992                     A Google user

The app is good for the most part but there is an issue when switching from portrait to landscape mode Using an 8bitdo SN30 and SN30 PRO the dpad inputs work fine in Portrait view but instantly stop working when flipping the phone to landscape view This doesn t appear to be an issue with the controllers as other emulators don t have this issue                 Steven Robison

i can tell its a good dos emulator i just dont understand how to install run games like daggerfall i would appreciate a tutorial for how to properly use it that explains every part of the process from install to play alternatively if you add a plug n play modification i would happily pay an extra 4 or 5 dollars still the program ran smoothly worked flawlessly the issues were on my end big fan briar                     Treeless Phantom

Way better than Dosbox Turbo and Manager Could use a more material or just cleaner design but it is very intuitive for the average techie I like that this is more containerized Criticism Better design in terms of theme and color choices Being able to drop existing games into Collections folders Icon could be something nicer personal preference Some games require a joystick and a fire button that I can t find a setting for mapping or emulating such as Destruction Derby I like it a lot and hope it keeps on improving Better tutorials with improved production value would be nice Add a buy me a beer donation link even in the paid version somewhere so people can contribute more if they want                     Robert Villafane

The best DOSBox app for Android Very stable fast and customizable The developer really cares about his app he fixed the bug with the physical mouse that I faced even despite the fact that I have been used the free version Buy it if you need a DOSBox it s worth it                     Eldar K

Nice and always updated but more difficult to get help to set up than Dosbox Turbo Most tutorials like fallout 2 setup are for Dosbox Turbo and the official YouTube tutorials are not for GOG versions of games Just a matter of time till Magic DosBox will be a replacement since it s still being updated It just need easier tutorials and easier UI Fow now I recommend DosBox turbo for beginner intermediate users Only use this if you re familiar with dos emulators and scripting             Alex Chee

This app is absouley amazing it passed my expectations The way you can customize it is amazing I can play any dos game with joystick Every game emulates perfect I love the profile option and everything about Really well done you dsereve 10 stars                     Daniel Seif

Absolutely superb Makes other dosbox apps look ridiculous Incredible performance super friendly config but most importantly the interface design mode makes absolutely any old dos game playable on a phone This app is worth every penny and more                     Jason Georgiades

This is great I went straight to the paid version on recommendations I m using it on GPD XD plus Gradually getting and installing the DOS games I played Thank you very much                     Darren Gurney

This app is amazing its so easy to use I had a little trouble so I emaild the developer and he emaild back and helped fix the problem really quick Defenitly worth the purchase                     Clumsy Plum

State of the art DOS emulation so for those wanting to run Windoze sic stuff buying this is a no brainer It will deserve a 5 star rating when it switches to 64 bit architecture in 2019                     Steve Somers

Best thing since sliced bread I ll need to run a direct quantifiable test against Dosbox Turbo but magic feels faster and in some cases easier to setup Full marks                     Troy Dalton

Excellent app and does exactly what it s supposed to do You just need a basic understanding of how dos games work YouTube is your friend here                     Nick Proulx

I love the idea and the emulation is pretty darn good but I bought this for the absolute mouse and unfortunately I could not get it to function as expected             A Google user

Android has the best dos emulator around None other on any other system comes close Turn a mouse based game to touchscreen or a keyboard based game to gamepad So fun                     Michael Lachmann Tamarlin

Update dev decided to talk to me like I m an idiot very professional thx Useless Complete waste of money Every cd rom I ran didn t have sound Note to the devs sound is important for most games     nick devlin

Fantastic I can now carry retro games and even UGE in my pocket and got it working with very little fuss                     Jessica Griggs

The ability to create custom touchscreen controls for each profile you create makes this a wonderful implementation of dosbox for android                     DeaditeTribble

Apologies for prior low review just that app is very fiddly but once you figure it out after alot of work it s great                     D G

Had installed about 100 games with covers etc and suddenly they dissapeared lol It looked solid until now                 Apostolos Mlfs

Awesome Sensi Frontier First Encounters worked straight away Gonna d l Daggerfall later                     Scratch Porkings

Best DOS emulator on Android                     Joe Mowczko

Fantastic app Well worth the purchase price                     Stephen Jones