emulator: DOSBox-SVN
type: libretro
source: "https://github.com/libretro/dosbox-svn"
upstream: "https://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/"
profiled_date: "2026-03-19"
core_version: "SVN"
display_name: "DOS (DOSBox-SVN)"
cores: [dosbox_svn]
systems: [dos]
notes: |
  DOSBox-SVN is the same codebase as dosbox_svn_ce but builds with a fake
  SDL shim (WITH_FAKE_SDL=1) instead of real SDL, for broader platform compat.
  ref: libretro/Makefile.libretro, libretro/fakesdl/

  No MT-32 emulation — no MUNT bundled, no mt32emu, no FluidSynth, no BASS.
  The src/midi/munt directory referenced in Makefile.common does not exist.
  MIDI output is hardware-only via fake SDL stubs.
  ref: src/gui/midi.cpp

  system_directory is read (libretro.cpp:1399) but only logged, never used
  to load any files.

  NOT an alias of dosbox_core — completely different MIDI capabilities.
  dosbox_core has MUNT + FluidSynth + BASSMIDI. This core has none.

files: []
# No BIOS, firmware, ROMs, or system files of any kind.