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D-Fend Reloaded VS DBGL

Compare D-Fend Reloaded VS DBGL and see what are their differences

D-Fend Reloaded logo D-Fend Reloaded

D-Fend Reloaded is a graphical environment for DOSBox.

DBGL logo DBGL

DBGL is a free, open source, multiple frontends for DOSBox.
  • D-Fend Reloaded Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-03-09
  • DBGL Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-03-20

D-Fend Reloaded videos

How to Setup DOS Games in D-Fend Reloaded

More videos:

  • Tutorial - How to install, play and manage DOS games using D-Fend Reloaded
  • Tutorial - How to get The Settlers working (with sound), in DOSBox (using a front-end called D-Fend Reloaded)

DBGL videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to D-Fend Reloaded and DBGL)
Gaming
51 51%
49% 49
Gaming Software
39 39%
61% 61
Emulators
64 64%
36% 36
Roms
33 33%
67% 67

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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-Fend Reloaded mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of D-Fend Reloaded yet. Tracking of D-Fend Reloaded 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-Fend Reloaded and DBGL, you can also consider the following products

RetroArch - RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.

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

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

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.

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