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D-Box VS DBGL

Compare D-Box VS DBGL and see what are their differences

D-Box logo D-Box

D-Box is an easy to use front-end for DOSBox which enables you to run old MS-DOS games and other...

DBGL logo DBGL

DBGL is a free, open source, multiple frontends for DOSBox.
  • D-Box Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-05-17
  • DBGL Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-03-20

D-Box videos

D-BOX Generation 3 4250i Motion System Review

More videos:

  • Review - D-BOX Review: Is It Worth The Money?
  • Review - D-BOX 4400i Motion Simulator Review

DBGL videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to D-Box and DBGL)
Gaming
42 42%
58% 58
Gaming Software
39 39%
61% 61
Roms
45 45%
55% 55
Emulators
39 39%
61% 61

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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.

D-Box mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of D-Box yet. Tracking of D-Box 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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing D-Box and DBGL, you can also consider the following products

RetriX - RetriX is an emulator front end for UWP, on all the hardware platforms it supports: it serves the...

AmpShell - AmpShell is a DOSBox front-end for Windows.

HyperSpin - HyperSpin is an animated arcade frontend for Windows for use on Home Arcade Machines.

Terminal Launch V - For those that want a clean, simple fast emu frontend.

DOSBox Launcher - DOSBox Launcher is a multi-platform GUI frontend for DOSBox.

RetroX - RetroX is an Android application that will help you organize and play your own Retro Games with the...