Play classic DOS games on your iPhone and iPad!
iDOS turns your device right into a powerful DOS gaming PC, with modern game control to make your old favorites as playable as possible.
You can also use iDOS for non-gaming purposes, such as word processing, casual programming. Apps in the DOS days are often simpler and surprisingly productive.
KEYBOARD
iDOS provides a PC compatible on-screen keyboard with carefully designed layouts for different devices and orientations. The keyboard has a sliding control in landscape mode so that you can keep it from covering critical part of the screen.
Bluetooth keyboard is fully supported on iOS 14+.
GAMEPAD
iDOS provides a virtual gamepad with key bindings that are fairly common in DOS games. You can customize the bindings. The DPAD works in 8-axis way. It can also be toggled into a joystick.
External bluetooth game controllers are supported. Make sure your game controller is connected (System Settings->Bluetooth). To customize button bindings, go to iDOS in landscape mode, tap on bluetooth icon on the auto-hiding top bar.
MOUSE
The screen area serves as a trackpad for moving mouse pointer.
Tap on the screen for left click. If direct touch is enabled, the mouse pointer will move to where you tap.
Hold one finger on the screen, and tap with another finger for right click.
On-screen mouse buttons are also provided for your convenience.
Bluetooth mouse are fully supported on iOS 14+.
AUDIO
iDOS supports mt32 emulation, MIDI sound fonts, cuesheet based CDimage with compressed audio tracks (ogg/mp3/flac).
SUPPORT
- Visit https://litchie.com/dospad for more information
- Send email to idos@litchie.com
- Follow the developer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/litchiedev
- iDOS is open source, report issue on https://github.com/litchie/dospad
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Summary of user reviews
🎮
This app hasPlayable classic DOS games
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This app hasGreat DOS emulator functionality
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This app hasAwesome interface and user experience
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This app hasSupports mounting of various disk formats (floppies, ISOs)
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This app hasWorks best on M1/M2/M4 iPads
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This app hasActively updated and improved
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This app hasSteep learning curve for casual users
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This app hasLacks support for some common disk formats (e.g. .img, .iso)
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This app hasIssues with game controls and mapping
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This app hasDifficulty managing multiple floppy disk installers
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This app hasLimited disk mounting options in landscape mode