Want to take a trip downwardly memory lane with old school DOS games?  D-Fend Reloaded makes information technology like shooting fish in a barrel for you lot to play your favorite DOS games directly on XP, Vista, and Windows vii.

D-Fend Reloaded is a great frontend for DOSBox, the popular DOS emulator.  It lets you install and run many DOS games and applications direct from its interface without ever touching a DOS prompt.  It works great on XP, Vista, and Windows vii 32 & 64-bit versions.

Getting Started

Download D-Fend Reloaded (link below), and install with the default settings.  You don't demand to install DOSBox, as D-Fend Reloaded volition automatically install all the components you lot need to run DOS games on Windows.

D-Fend Reloaded can likewise be installed as a portable awarding, then you lot can run it from a flash drive on any Windows reckoner past selecting User defined installation.

So select Portable mode installation.

Once D-Fend Reloaded is installed, you tin can get ahead and open the program. Then merely click "Accept all settings" to utilise the default settings.

D-Fend is at present ready to run all of your favorite DOS games.

Installing DOS Games and Applications:

To install a DOS game or awarding, simply drag-and-drop a zip file of the app into D-Fend Reloaded's window.  D-Fend Reloaded will automatically extract the program…

Then will enquire y'all to name the application and choose where to store it — past default it uses the name of the DOS app.

Now y'all'll run into a new entry for the app you just installed.  But double-click to run it.

D-Fend will remind yous that you tin switch out of fullscreen fashion past pressing Alt+Enter, and tin also close the DOS application by pressing Ctrl+F9.  Press Ok to run the program.

Here we're running Ms. PacPC, a remake of the classic game Ms. Pac-Man, in full-screen mode.  All features work automatically, including sound, and you never have to setup anything from DOS command line — it but works.

Here it'due south in windowed mode running on Windows vii.

Please annotation that your color scheme may alter to Windows Basic while running DOS applications.

You lot can run DOS application simply as easily.  Here'southward Give-and-take 5.5 running in in DOSBox through D-Fend Reloaded…

Game Packs:

Want to quickly install many erstwhile DOS freeware and trial games?  D-Fend Reloaded offers several game packs that let you install dozens of DOS games with only four clicks…just download and run the game pack installer of your choice (link beneath).

At present you lot've got a selection of DOS games to choose from.

Here'due south a group of poor lemmings walking around … in Windows seven.

Conclusion

D-Fend Reloaded gives yous a corking fashion to run your favorite DOS games and applications direct from XP, Vista, and Windows 7.  Give it a attempt, and relive your DOS days from the comfort of your Windows desktop.

What were some of your favorite DOS games and applications? Leave a comment and let united states of america know.

Links

Download D-Fend Reloaded

Download DOS game packs for D-Fend Reloaded

Download Ms. Pac-PC