# Chinese DOS Games

🎮 Chinese DOS games collections.

Repository: https://github.com/rwv/chinese-dos-games
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chinese-dos-games
Homepage: https://dos.lol
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: dos, game
Last push: 2024-08-07T09:52:31+00:00
Link (homepage): https://dos.lol

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2925, "days_push": 756, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10291, forks 1261 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:41.522613+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of 1,898 Chinese-language DOS games that can be downloaded via a Python script and played in the browser through an Emscripten-compiled DOSBox emulator at dos.lol. The repository also includes the source code for the companion web frontend that hosts and runs the games.

## Use cases
- play classic Chinese DOS games in a browser
- download a bulk archive of retro DOS games
- run DOS games without installing an emulator
- find nostalgic Chinese-language games from the 90s
- host a self-hosted retro game website
- explore historical Chinese software and games

## When to choose
- you want to play or preserve Chinese DOS-era games with zero installation
- you need a large downloadable corpus of DOS game binaries
- you want to self-host a browser-based retro gaming site

## When to avoid
- you need modern or non-Chinese games
- you require legally licensed software - the collection acknowledges copyright concerns
- you need native high-performance emulation rather than browser-based play

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: game, simulation, web-scraping
- domain: gaming-tools, entertainment, media
- platform: browser, python, cross-platform
- tags: dos-games, emulation, retro-gaming, chinese-language, game-collection, emscripten, dosbox, ipfs, preservation, web

## Member repositories
- rwv/chinese-dos-games (main) score 32
- rwv/chinese-dos-games-web (frontend) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:41.522613+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:19:12.284065+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rwv/chinese-dos-games (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:41.522613+00:00, sha a586b56fc638)
  - homepage: https://dos.lol (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:58.434696+00:00, sha f650018e39d7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.