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AmpShell VS DBGL

Compare AmpShell VS DBGL and see what are their differences

AmpShell logo AmpShell

AmpShell is a DOSBox front-end for Windows.

DBGL logo DBGL

DBGL is a free, open source, multiple frontends for DOSBox.
  • AmpShell Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-10-13
  • DBGL Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-03-20

AmpShell videos

AmpShell's Live PS4 Broadcast

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to AmpShell and DBGL)
Gaming
55 55%
45% 45
Gaming Software
50 50%
50% 50
Roms
50 50%
50% 50
Emulators
58 58%
42% 42

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, DBGL seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

AmpShell mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of AmpShell yet. Tracking of AmpShell recommendations started around Mar 2021.

DBGL mentions (2)

  • DOSBox shortcut launcher?
    I recommend https://dbgl.org/ instead. It lets you graphically choose what to run from the host OS before running DOSBox. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Configuring DBLG to use different builds and forks of DosBox
    Due to Boxer (MacOS) no longer being in development, I've been on the lookout for a new front-end for DOSBox, especially after finding out about Win9x support in DOSBox-X. In my search I came across DBGL (https://dbgl.org/). Sadly I'm not sure how to configure it to use DOSBox-X instead of the bundled version DosBox. Would anyone here know how to do it? I haven't found any videos or tutorials for configuring DBLG... Source: almost 2 years ago

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