https://exebrowser.com/ Classic DOS and Windows games you can play free in your browser, plus write-ups on how the runtimes work. en Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/prince-of-persia/ https://exebrowser.com/run/prince-of-persia/ Play the original Prince of Persia in your browser: Jordan Mechner's 1990 DOS game. Sixty minutes to escape the dungeon and save the princess. No down Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/number-munchers/ https://exebrowser.com/run/number-munchers/ Play Number Munchers in your browser: the 1990 MECC classroom game where you munch multiples, factors and primes before the Troggles get you. No downl Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/word-munchers/ https://exebrowser.com/run/word-munchers/ Play Word Munchers in your browser: MECC's 1990 vowel-sound game, the spelling twin of Number Munchers. Munch the matching words, dodge the Troggles. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/math-blaster/ https://exebrowser.com/run/math-blaster/ Play New Math Blaster Plus in your browser: Davidson's 1990 DOS maths game with Blasternaut, the rocket launch and the trash zapper. Free, no download Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/reader-rabbit/ https://exebrowser.com/run/reader-rabbit/ Play the original Reader Rabbit in your browser: The Learning Company's 1989 DOS reading game with the word train, Sorter and Labeler. Free, no downlo Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/treasure-mountain/ https://exebrowser.com/run/treasure-mountain/ Play Treasure Mountain! in your browser: The Learning Company's 1990 Super Solvers adventure. Trap elves, answer clues, climb to the castle. Free, no Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/outnumbered/ https://exebrowser.com/run/outnumbered/ Play OutNumbered! in your browser: The Learning Company's 1990 Super Solvers maths adventure. Stop the Master of Mischief taking over the TV station. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/gorillas/ https://exebrowser.com/run/gorillas/ Play QBasic Gorillas in your browser: two gorillas on a city skyline throw exploding bananas, with angle, speed and wind. The MS-DOS 5 classic, no dow Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/nibbles/ https://exebrowser.com/run/nibbles/ Play QBasic Nibbles in your browser: the snake game that shipped with MS-DOS 5. Eat the numbers, grow longer, don't hit the walls. One or two players. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/alley-cat/ https://exebrowser.com/run/alley-cat/ Play Alley Cat in your browser: Bill Williams' 1984 IBM PC game. Freddy the cat leaps from the fence through windows after mice, fish and a sweetheart Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/paratrooper/ https://exebrowser.com/run/paratrooper/ Play Paratrooper in your browser: Greg Kuperberg's 1982 IBM PC game. Turn the gun, shoot the helicopters and stop four paratroopers landing on either Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/digger/ https://exebrowser.com/run/digger/ Play Digger in your browser: Windmill Software's 1983 IBM PC arcade game. Tunnel for emeralds, drop gold bags on the Nobbins and Hobbins. No download. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/sopwith/ https://exebrowser.com/run/sopwith/ Play the original Sopwith in your browser: David Clark's 1984 side-scrolling biplane game. Bomb the enemy buildings, dodge the flak, don't stall. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/snipes/ https://exebrowser.com/run/snipes/ Play Snipes in your browser: SuperSet Software's 1982 text-mode maze shooter, one of the first IBM PC games, built from ASCII characters. No download. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/kroz/ https://exebrowser.com/run/kroz/ Play Kingdom of Kroz II in your browser: Scott Miller's 1990 Apogee text-mode adventure. Whip the monsters, collect gems, find the stairs. Free, no do Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/run/lemmings/ https://exebrowser.com/run/lemmings/ Play the original Lemmings in your browser: DMA Design's 1991 puzzle classic. Give lemmings jobs, dig, build and block to save them. No download. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/check-if-an-exe-is-safe/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/check-if-an-exe-is-safe/ What you can learn about a Windows executable without running it — signature, publisher, imports, packing, entropy — what each thing is actually worth, and the limits of every method including scanners. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/dll-is-missing-error/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/dll-is-missing-error/ Why Windows says a program can't start because a DLL is missing, the four causes, why DLL download sites are the worst possible fix, and how to find out exactly which libraries a program needs. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/open-exe-file-on-android/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/open-exe-file-on-android/ Android cannot run Windows .exe files, and most guides promising otherwise are selling something. Here is what genuinely works in 2026 — a browser tab, Winlator, remote desktop — and where each one stops. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/open-exe-file-on-mac/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/open-exe-file-on-mac/ Five honest ways to open a Windows .exe on a Mac — a browser tab with nothing installed, Wine, CrossOver, a virtual machine, or remote Windows — and what Apple Silicon changed about all of them. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/what-is-an-exe-file/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/what-is-an-exe-file/ What a Windows .exe actually contains, how to open one on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook and phones, how to look inside without running it, and when not to run it at all. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/why-old-programs-wont-run-on-windows-11/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/why-old-programs-wont-run-on-windows-11/ Six reasons old Windows software stops working on Windows 11 — missing 16-bit support, dead runtimes, broken installers, retired copy protection — and what actually fixes each one. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/open-cadet-open-source-space-cadet/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/open-cadet-open-source-space-cadet/ 3D Pinball Space Cadet needs a proprietary PINBALL.DAT to run. I rebuilt that data file from scratch — original art, 47 synthesized sounds, CC0 public domain — so the open-source engine finally runs with zero Microsoft files. Here's how. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/extract-files-from-an-old-installer/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/extract-files-from-an-old-installer/ Old setup.exe won't run, but you just need the files inside? Here's how to unpack a legacy Windows installer — with 7-Zip, innoextract, cabextract, msiextract, or a browser sandbox — without a full install. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/legally-get-classic-windows-games/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/legally-get-classic-windows-games/ An honest guide to legally free classic PC games in 2026: redistributable shareware, official freeware, open-source remakes, licensed storefronts — and the truth about abandonware. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/run-16-bit-windows-3x-software/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/run-16-bit-windows-3x-software/ Why 16-bit Windows 3.x programs won't start on 64-bit Windows at all — and four honest ways to run them in 2026, including right in a browser tab. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/we-tested-53-windows-apps-in-the-browser/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/we-tested-53-windows-apps-in-the-browser/ We ran more than 50 classic Windows and DOS programs through a browser-based Wine + DOSBox runtime and logged the results. Here's the full table: what plays instantly, what's partial, and what won't run. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/run-windows-software-on-a-chromebook/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/run-windows-software-on-a-chromebook/ Four realistic ways to run Windows programs on a Chromebook, ranked by effort: a no-install browser tool, Linux + Wine, remote desktop, and cloud Windows. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/wine-vs-emulator-explained/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/wine-vs-emulator-explained/ Wine is famously 'not an emulator' — what that means, how it differs from DOSBox-style emulation, and why running Windows apps in a browser needs both. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exebrowser.com/blog/run-old-software-without-a-vm/ https://exebrowser.com/blog/run-old-software-without-a-vm/ You don't always need a virtual machine to run an old Windows program. When a browser-based Wine tool is enough, when a VM is still the right call, and how to decide quickly. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000