Editing DOSBox (section)

==Reception==
DOSBox has become the ''de facto'' standard for running DOS games.{{Sfn|Loguidice & Barton|2014|p=103}}<ref name=No-Fuss>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/91355/old-games/|title=5 Great No-Fuss Sites for Finding Classic Computer Games|last=Aamoth|first=Doug|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=May 9, 2014|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' positively remarked on the project's continual reception of updates, its influence on PC gaming, and some front ends designed to facilitate using it.<ref name=RPS>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/05/28/dosbox-we-salute-you/|title=DOSBox, We Salute You|last=Meer|first=Alec|work=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]|date=May 28, 2009|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> Freelance writer Michael Reed lauded the quality of scaled graphics and the project's overall focus on compatibility and accurate emulation, but criticized the lack of both [[save state]]s and user-friendly control over the emulator during runtime, even with the front ends available at the time of his review.<ref name=FSM>{{cite web|url=http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/dosbox_multiplatform_pc_emulator/|title=DOSBox, a multiplatform PC emulator|last=Reed|first=Michael|work=[[Free Software Magazine]]|date=June 5, 2008|access-date=December 20, 2020}}</ref> DOSBox was named SourceForge's Project of the Month in May 2009<ref name="Nizlk"/> and again in January 2013, making it the first project in the website's history to receive two Project of the Month awards.<ref name="AW4Vm">{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/community/potm-201301/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222062147/https://sourceforge.net/community/potm-201301/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-22|title=Project of the Month, January 2013|website=[[SourceForge]]|access-date = 2013-01-17}}</ref> On the SourceForge website, it reached 10 million downloads on July 21, 2008,<ref name="Nizlk"/> and was downloaded more than 25 million times as of October 2015.<ref name=Mellon>{{cite report|url=https://www.mellon.org/news-blog/articles/emulation-virtualization-preservation-strategies/|title=Emulation & Virtualization as Preservation Strategies|author=Rosenthal, David S. H.|author-link=David S. H. Rosenthal|publisher=The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation|date=October 2015|access-date=December 21, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209131450/https://mellon.org/news-blog/articles/emulation-virtualization-preservation-strategies/|url-status=dead}}</ref>