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IfeedtrollsIfeedtrolls Member Posts: 122
in PC Gaming

Haha. Remember DOS games? Anyone still play any or have memories of playing them.

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  • AlBQuirkyAlBQuirky Member EpicPosts: 7,432

    Oh yea! I still play 1830, Master of Magic, Master of Orion, Acquire, and a couple of other titles I cannot recall off hand. Thank goodness for DOSBox and D-Fend!

    - Al

    Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.
    - FARGIN_WAR


  • BrenelaelBrenelael Member UncommonPosts: 3,821

    Check out the Free Games Empire if you want a blast from the past. It has hundreds of old DOS games that you can play right from your browser. I go there when I need a little stroll down memory lane.

     

    Bren

    while(horse==dead)
    {
    beat();
    }

  • TardcoreTardcore Member Posts: 2,325

    Originally posted by Brenelael

    Check out the Free Games Empire if you want a blast from the past. It has hundreds of old DOS games that you can play right from your browser. I go their when I need a little stroll down memory lane.

     

    Bren

    Whoa! Thanks for the link, Brenelael!

     

    Yeah I still play some of the old shooters like Doom, Blood, Stryfe, Hexen, Redneck Rampage and such.

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    "Gypsies, tramps, and thieves, we were called by the Admin of the site . . . "

  • rashherorashhero Member UncommonPosts: 510

    X-Wing/Tie Fighters, Dark Forces, Duke Nukem 3D, Doom 1&2, The Incredible Machine, Rogue Squad, Top Gun, Aces over Europe, Alone in the Dark, Command and Conquer, Civ, Lemmings series, Mega Race, Settlers, Sim City, Sim Ant. Ahhh the good ol days

  • BrenelaelBrenelael Member UncommonPosts: 3,821

    Originally posted by Tardcore

    Originally posted by Brenelael

    Check out the Free Games Empire if you want a blast from the past. It has hundreds of old DOS games that you can play right from your browser. I go there when I need a little stroll down memory lane.

     

    Bren

    Whoa! Thanks for the link, Brenelael!

     

    Yeah I still play some of the old shooters like Doom, Blood, Stryfe, Hexen, Redneck Rampage and such.

    You're welcome image

     

    The site will want to install an app before you run the games. It's safe as it's just a version of DosBox that is designed to work with a browser plugin. Once you have it installed you can launch any game from their list right out of your browser.

     

    Bren

    while(horse==dead)
    {
    beat();
    }

  • EkarosEkaros Member UncommonPosts: 367

    Good old Games: gog.com

     

    Fully LEGAL, everything made to work for modern PC, games from Zork to Witcher 2... Lot of gems there, Windows and some DOS...

  • WarmakerWarmaker Member UncommonPosts: 2,246

    X-Com and X-Com Apocalypse.

    "I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold." (First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, US Marine Corps, Soissons, 19 July 1918)

  • lschneiflschneif Member Posts: 43

    There're so many good games on DOS. I remember I've downloaded a good tool named Dosbox, with which I can run DOS games unter Windows. But I've forgotten where I found it. Maybe you can search it in Google. If someone find it, please tell me the address to download it. I wanna play the DOS games again.

  • spookydomspookydom Member UncommonPosts: 1,782

    Wing Commander, Cannon Fodder, Speedball II, Beneath a Steal Sky, Dune II, Space Hulk, Space Crusade, Buck Rogers countdown to doomsday, Eye of the beholder II....These are just a few of the S%^tkicking classics in my D.O.S collection. All hail DOSbox!

  • MumboJumboMumboJumbo Member UncommonPosts: 3,219

    Thanks for that link Bren. Also for dosbox: http://www.abandonia.com/

    Bubble Bobble co-op => best friends AND worst enemies, what a game! Populous 1 & 2, Elite, Dungeon Master, Speedball 2 although without a joypad it's a bit tricky but on the iOS Speedball 2 Evolution App it's doing incredibly well goes to show classic games = classic games. & Syndicate, Cannon Fodder, Sensi Soccer, Marble Madness etc...

    Dungeon Keeper can be bought on GOG also though DK2 was not as good worth mentioning.

    Off-Topic but related: Check out From Dust for an evolution of Populous & Lemmings combined:

    http://gamerant.com/from-dust-demo-preview-e3-2011-seb-89695/

     


    During our time with ‘From Dust’ at E3 we were given some information about Challenge Maps mode and a little insight into how vegetation will play a role in Ubisoft’s upcoming God game.



    ...Over here at Game Rant it’s been nominated for 2 best of E3 2011 awards -- including Best Original Game and Best In Show. We also gave it the distinction of having one of the best gameplay trailers to come out of E3.

     


    • Jellify Water is just one of seven unique powers that players are going to get to play around with.

    • In all there will be 30 challenge maps in From Dust to supplement the 13 levels which comprise the main story of the game.

    • The most impressive part of all is that the game is being released as a downloadable content title. It will see release on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and through various digital distribution platforms on the PC including Steam.

    • when it releases for Xbox Live Arcade on July 20, 2011. Steam and PSN releases are expected to come a little later, although no release date for either platform has been announced yet.

    http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014633/Classic-Game-Postmortem

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