tetris.img is a floppy disk image. You can use e.g. rawrite to write it onto a floppy disk, and then you reboot the machine with it. Or, you can "mount" it and use directly. In Linux: mkdir newdir mount tetris.img -o loop newdir cd newdir dosbox mount c . c: gwbasic tetris Or, you can use a virtual machine / PC emulator to "reboot" without actually rebooting. In Linux: kvm -fda tetris.img -boot a or: qemu-system-i386 -fda tetris.img -boot a or: dosbox tetris.img Note: I have experienced problem getting gwbasic react to keyboard input when running under qemu. Your mileage may vary.