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{{System-Infobox | {{System-Infobox | ||
|Image=[[File:MS-DOS.png|32px]] | |Image=[[File:MS-DOS.png|32px]] | ||
|Rel={{released|USA|August 1981}} | |Rel={{released|USA|August 12, 1981}} | ||
|Dis=September 16, 2000 | |Dis=September 16, 2000 | ||
|Pre=N/A | |Pre=N/A | ||
|Suc= | |Suc={{wp|Windows NT}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
''' | [[File:StartingMsdos.png|thumb|left|An example of example of MS-DOS's command lines.]] | ||
'''MS-DOS''' (short for '''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is a text-based operating system released by {{wp|Microsoft}} in 1981. It uses text commands and keyboard shortcuts, inputted via keyboard, in a {{wp|computer terminal}}-like setting, to perform user-defined actions. It can interface with other hardware, such as a mouse, but only if installed programs support it. | |||
It | |||
Starting with {{wp|Windows 1.0}}, it was an overlay that gave MS-DOS a {{wp|graphical user interface}}, but MS-DOS wasn't fully replaced until the {{wp|Windows NT}} line of {{wp|Microsoft Windows|Windows Operating Systems}}, although it retained {{wp|cmd.exe|Windows Command Prompt}} as a legacy feature. | |||
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==Games== | ==Games== | ||
The only ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games specifically developed for MS-DOS are the releases of these edutainment games: | The only ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games specifically developed for MS-DOS are the releases of these edutainment games: | ||
Revision as of 11:23, January 24, 2018
File:StartingMsdos.png
An example of example of MS-DOS's command lines.
MS-DOS (short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is a text-based operating system released by Microsoft in 1981. It uses text commands and keyboard shortcuts, inputted via keyboard, in a computer terminal-like setting, to perform user-defined actions. It can interface with other hardware, such as a mouse, but only if installed programs support it.
Starting with Windows 1.0, it was an overlay that gave MS-DOS a graphical user interface, but MS-DOS wasn't fully replaced until the Windows NT line of Windows Operating Systems, although it retained Windows Command Prompt as a legacy feature.
Games
The only Mario games specifically developed for MS-DOS are the releases of these edutainment games:
- Mario Teaches Typing (1991)
- Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991)
- Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1992)
- Mario is Missing! (1992)
- Mario's Time Machine (1993)
- Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1994)
- Mario's Game Gallery (1995)
- Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996)
Also available are ports of classic Mario arcade games:
- Donkey Kong (1981)
- Mario Bros. (1983)
