DOS
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| DOS | |
| Developer | IBM, Microsoft, SCP, various |
|---|---|
| Publisher | IBM, Microsoft, SCP, various |
| Platforms | x86 |
| Released | 1980-present |
| Added to Museum |
MS-DOS 3.3 (AGI Computer): February 7, 2021 FreeDOS 1.3: July 16, 2022 |
DOS stands for Disk Operating System.
History
Seattle Computer Products released 86-DOS in August 1980. It was licensed and then purchased by Microsoft.
Microsoft extended it into PC DOS for IBM, which was first released in August 1981, then further into MS-DOS, which was first released in November 1987.
After those releases, DOS became a common shorthand for those operating systems and those that are compatible with them.
Other notable DOS-compatible operating systems include Multiuser DOS, first released as Concurrent DOS (the third version of CP/M-86 with a PC-MODE module) in March 1984, and DR-DOS, first released in May 1988. These operating systems were Digital Research's successors to their popular CP/M operating system.
DOS continues to be developed as free and open-source software as FreeDOS, which was first released by Jim Hall and the FreeDOS team on January 12, 1998.
Retail games for DOS that are owned by the WEC Museum
| Title | Developer | Release | Added to museum | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Adventures in Nimnul's Castle | Riedel Software Productions | 1990 | October 30, 2019 | |
| Hare Raising Havoc | BlueSky Software | 1991 | August 13, 2019 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis | LucasArts | 1993 | December 25, 1993 | |
| Mega Man | Rozner Labs | 1990 | November 7, 2019 | |
| Mega Man 3 | Rozner Labs | 1991 | November 10, 2019 | |
| Street Fighter | Capcom, Micro Talent, Rozner Labs | 1988 | November 10, 2019 | |
| Street Fighter II | Rozner Labs | 1993 | November 10, 2019 | |
| Street Fighter Series | Capcom | 1993 | November 10, 2019 | Includes Street Fighter, Street Fighter II, Mega Man, and Mega Man 3. |
| Tetris Gold Professional | Media King Entertainment | 1998 | April 5, 2020 | |
| Voyeur | Philips POV Entertainment | 1994 | December 25, 1994 |
Digital games for DOS that are owned by the WEC Museum
| Title | Developer | Release | Added to museum | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 370 Point Adventure | Will Crowther, Don Woods, Paul Munoz-Colman | 1993 | August 27, 2019 | |
| 770 Adventure | Will Crowther, Don Woods, Mike Arnautov | 2003 | September 8, 2019 | |
| Adventure in Humongous Cave | Will Crowther, Don Woods, David R. Malmberg | 1993 | September 8, 2019 | |
| Adventure 2.5 | Will Crowther, Don Woods | 1995 | August 27, 2019 | |
| Adventure 3 | Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Platt | 1978 | August 27, 2019 | |
| Adventure 4 | Will Crowther, Don Woods, Mike Arnautov | 1995 | August 27, 2019 | |
| Adventure 6 | Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Long | 1984 | August 28, 2019 | |
| Beneath a Steel Sky | Revolution Software | 1994 | December 23, 2014 | |
| Colossal Cave Adventure | Will Crowther, Don Woods, Kevin Black Will Crowther, Don Woods, Bob Wither |
1987 | August 28, 2019 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis | LucasArts | 1993 | December 25, 1993 | |
| Space Quest V: The Next Mutation | Dynamix | 1993 | December 17, 2012 | |
| Teenagent | Metropolis Software House | 1995 | April 6, 2009 |
