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  • disstressdisstress Member Posts: 417


    Originally posted by stone-seraph
    the other day i found Lemmings and Oregon Trail somewhere in storage. Anybody know a good DOS emulator?

    heres the one I use, it works well and is free
    Dos Box

  • disstressdisstress Member Posts: 417


    Originally posted by Zhanghia
    Mm, Quest For Glory was ahead of its time. I loved every second of it although I had to get a walkthrough for a few choice puzzles but other than that they were pretty self explantors. Now, I'm not one to like the pixel hunting games but it had enough RPG and Adventure elements to keep me well glued to the monitor; It's a pity the series died on a sour note (QFG5) but at least it didn't die without being concluded. It will be sorely missed..

    Even though Vivendi is a communist robot and eats babies and steps on cats, there are some people that are trying to revive QFG from its untimly ashes.

    These games of course will be free, as they do not own the rights to market and distribute anything under that name.

    There is allready QFG1 redone by a few people with updated graphics, sound, and voice. QFG2 is underway right now, but most importantly QG6 is rumored to be under development by some people, maybe if I did a google search for old sierra games or kings quest or quest for glory, I could find it.

  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384


    Originally posted by disstress
    Originally posted by stone-seraph
    the other day i found Lemmings and Oregon Trail somewhere in storage. Anybody know a good DOS emulator?

    heres the one I use, it works well and is free
    Dos Box


    how do u download the games? I see the entire listing...but I dont see a downloadable link to them (just the DOS program)

    People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.

  • sylffsylff Member Posts: 5

    you want old skl games? you wanna go full retro? well try playing some nes,snes,sega systems, atari, & neo geo. Sorry ive left out a few systems, but yeh i remeber i got really bored the other day playing my computer games and my ps2 and gamecube games so i pulled out the old sega system and omg played the maddest game ever you cant tell me youve never heard of alex the kid. my god i was sitting there for hrs playing that game and the rock paper scissor game lolz those were the days. *sigh* brings back alot of old memories.

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  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384

    sylff

    Please change your bio quote...its altering the forums

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  • m1k3lm1k3l Member Posts: 67



    Originally posted by keltic1701



    Originally posted by m1k3l



    Originally posted by En1Gma

    what is it with you and drugs? Every post you manage to stick it in there somewhere.


    well what is it with me and drugs is that i like taken them and they dont hurt me like they "hurt" everyone else.... lol



    Yeah! Right! When I was a pup of 20 years old I thought the same thing. Enjoy your bliss. Eventually time will show you otherwise.



    well i know it never will cuz by the time it " shows me other wise" i will b long gone to somewhere land... so yuh .... im jus gonnna tell u now that i havnt done drugs all my life i jus started smokin weed my senior year and i first shroomed out this summer and first did x this summer to but yes i did them alot .. but i like doin drugs and doin something, like me i go skate or play a game i m not like ur average drug user but yuh im srry you feel that way cuz i  know im actually goin somewhere with my life unlike all u guys who belevie all what u hear and think its actually right .... jus do things the way you want to do them cuz everyone is different... well good luck in life

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  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384

    had a friend just like you, m1k3l.

    He was serving 4 years in Prison for selling 7 sheets of Acid to an undercover police officer in 1996.

    He was given a full four year scholarship to John's Hopkins University 4 days before he was busted. I know, because I helped to organize a congratulatory party for him.

    His name is Duane and when I went back to my hometown for my 10 year High School reunion in 2002, he was working in a comic book store ....sorta reminded me of Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. It was sad to see....considering his Major at John Hopkins was Pre-Med....and it was free.

    Frighteningly, he sounded just like you...but without the misspellings lol.

    The ironic thing was the fact that he never did Acid. He just sold the sheets to buy a bag of marijuana and shrooms for some friends of his (they use to smoke/eat them occasionally during lunch breaks. They used to work for a family run furntiure store in our hometown) and to help with rent.

    It's amazing what a friend will tell you when they're stuck in a prison. I visited him during the summers when I was off from college and then I lost contact with him in 1999 until I saw him in 2002 at my High School reunion.

    And about those schrooms? Well....he still does them and Im sorry. I cannot believe they do not affect your brain. When I saw Duane in 2002 his intelligence seemed none existant. Sadly, he changed dramatically. In 1995 the Kid was a brainiac.


    People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.

  • angerrangerr Member Posts: 865


    Originally posted by m1k3l
    Originally posted by keltic1701
    Originally posted by m1k3l
    Originally posted by En1Gma
    what is it with you and drugs? Every post you manage to stick it in there somewhere.well what is it with me and drugs is that i like taken them and they dont hurt me like they "hurt" everyone else.... lol Yeah! Right! When I was a pup of 20 years old I thought the same thing. Enjoy your bliss. Eventually time will show you otherwise.well i know it never will cuz by the time it " shows me other wise" i will b long gone to somewhere land... so yuh .... im jus gonnna tell u now that i havnt done drugs all my life i jus started smokin weed my senior year and i first shroomed out this summer and first did x this summer to but yes i did them alot .. but i like doin drugs and doin something, like me i go skate or play a game i m not like ur average drug user but yuh im srry you feel that way cuz i  know im actually goin somewhere with my life unlike all u guys who belevie all what u hear and think its actually right .... jus do things the way you want to do them cuz everyone is different... well good luck in life

    sorry to burst your bubble....but do you have any idea what shrooms do to your brain? i did alot of what you mentioned for a long time....and believe me they have done damage that is forever irreversible. not trying to preach to you bro, but its a fact and i just want to make sure you know that.

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  • DarktaniaDarktania Member Posts: 805

      Sorry but I think it was my post that ushered in all the drug talk. I didnt mean for that to happen. It's just that I wanted to share my wacky gaming experience with you guys.

       BTW Angerr I'm not aware of any damaging effects to the brain by doing shrooms. For Thousands of years primitive cultures such as the American Indians used shrooms for their Shamanism rituals. To this day they still do and it's totally legal since it's a religous ceremony. I did tons of the stuff in college and I'm perfectly healthy. I'm not saying that doing shrooms wont harm your brain. I'm just not aware of any long term ill effects.

       The point of my post is to apologize for bringing up the subject on shroom usage. In no way shape or form would I ever suggest to people to ingest shrooms. It can be extremely dangerous in that people can hurt themselves. And it's also very illegal. Why spend 10 years in prison? Enjoy life. Drink Guiness.

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  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384


    Originally posted by disstress
    Originally posted by stone-seraph
    the other day i found Lemmings and Oregon Trail somewhere in storage. Anybody know a good DOS emulator?

    heres the one I use, it works well and is free
    Dos Box



    I see the site and downloaded DOS there and I see the games but how do I download the actual games??

    People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.

  • Rikimaru_XRikimaru_X Member UncommonPosts: 11,718



    Originally posted by En1Gma




    Originally posted by disstress



    Originally posted by stone-seraph
    the other day i found Lemmings and Oregon Trail somewhere in storage. Anybody know a good DOS emulator?

    heres the one I use, it works well and is free
    Dos Box



    I see the site and downloaded DOS there and I see the games but how do I download the actual games??



    Humm. Have you ever played The Elder Scrolls: Arena? It's free to download at www.elderscrolls.com

    Download it and it will show you how to work with it through DosBox. You will get it down in no time. It's game is fun....for a 95'

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  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384

    I know how to play them

    the link I quoted doesnt seem to give any downloadable game links yet they have an entire list of them.

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  • angerrangerr Member Posts: 865


    Originally posted by Darktania
      Sorry but I think it was my post that ushered in all the drug talk. I didnt mean for that to happen. It's just that I wanted to share my wacky gaming experience with you guys.
       BTW Angerr I'm not aware of any damaging effects to the brain by doing shrooms. For Thousands of years primitive cultures such as the American Indians used shrooms for their Shamanism rituals. To this day they still do and it's totally legal since it's a religous ceremony. I did tons of the stuff in college and I'm perfectly healthy. I'm not saying that doing shrooms wont harm your brain. I'm just not aware of any long term ill effects.
       The point of my post is to apologize for bringing up the subject on shroom usage. In no way shape or form would I ever suggest to people to ingest shrooms. It can be extremely dangerous in that people can hurt themselves. And it's also very illegal. Why spend 10 years in prison? Enjoy life. Drink Guiness.

    well you are right...there are no hard facts supporting the statement i made, however i have done lots of shrooms and lsd in my time and believe me in my situation it has done damage. those type of drugs affect everyone differently, i have friends of mine that are now basketcases and i am for sure not the same as i was before i did them mentally(im not insane just a burnout::::28::)

    imo those drugs are braindamage, and i guess thats all it is... my opinion::::40::

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  • jimmyman99jimmyman99 Member UncommonPosts: 3,221

    Oldskool gamez... hmmm.. that be Civilization, Colonization, Dune2, Heroes2... to go back in time even further... my best best best game was Elite for ZXSpectrum (loaded it from audio tape WOOHOOO) Good old spectrum games, Elite, Dizzy, Commandos, Quazatron... I still have Z80 emulator and play them oocasionaly. Ah, the good old spectrum days... I was so addicted to them that I didnt need no shrooms and stuff, just a tape of my fav game, my trusty Z80 with 64kb RAM (12kb was reserved for OS) and a TV instead of a monitor...oh yeah, good stuff...

    I am the type of player where I like to do everything and anything from time to time.
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  • m1k3lm1k3l Member Posts: 67



    Originally posted by En1Gma

    had a friend just like you, m1k3l.
    He was serving 4 years in Prison for selling 7 sheets of Acid to an undercover police officer in 1996.
    He was given a full four year scholarship to John's Hopkins University 4 days before he was busted. I know, because I helped to organize a congratulatory party for him.
    His name is Duane and when I went back to my hometown for my 10 year High School reunion in 2002, he was working in a comic book store ....sorta reminded me of Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. It was sad to see....considering his Major at John Hopkins was Pre-Med....and it was free.
    Frighteningly, he sounded just like you...but without the misspellings lol.
    The ironic thing was the fact that he never did Acid. He just sold the sheets to buy a bag of marijuana and shrooms for some friends of his (they use to smoke/eat them occasionally during lunch breaks. They used to work for a family run furntiure store in our hometown) and to help with rent.
    It's amazing what a friend will tell you when they're stuck in a prison. I visited him during the summers when I was off from college and then I lost contact with him in 1999 until I saw him in 2002 at my High School reunion.
    And about those schrooms? Well....he still does them and Im sorry. I cannot believe they do not affect your brain. When I saw Duane in 2002 his intelligence seemed none existant. Sadly, he changed dramatically. In 1995 the Kid was a brainiac.




    well truthfully if i want to spell the words when im typen right i would i jus type and talk like the way i type... and yuh that guy isnt like me cuz for one i want to skate not work on comics which truthfully out etc..... and just draw, opens ur mind ... so yuh if you compared to gettin a diploma and working on comics for the rest of my life if i had to choose i would love drawning way more and getting all shroomed havnt ever really tryed to do drugs and not jus fry like actually go do something then i feel srry for you ..... alot of people let drugs use them ... srry im not .... u guys dont know me and u dont know how i do them and y i do them im jus gonna let u know i have had my parents do drugs all arouond me all my life and i never had interest and they do worse then smoking weed or shroomin ... and no i dont truthfully believe that shrooms hurt uthey might truthfully make you feel like your dien etc... at the moment but i dont believie that it hurts you after wards take hard for instants or alchol it hurts you at the moment then the next day when its gone it doesnt effect you any more hey achol is a drug to and hurts you jus as much so yuh i do perposly spell my words like this again .... to tell you .... but yes you should know me before you judge me... so have fun ... and btw no im not offended by it so dont worry im jus kinda tired of people bein dumb about drugs etc....  well have fun ....

    "Everyone is intitled to there own opinions but doesnt mean its right!"

  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384


    Originally posted by m1k3l

    well truthfully if i want to spell the words when im typen right i would i jus type and talk like the way i type... and yuh that guy isnt like me cuz for one i want to skate not work on comics which truthfully out etc..

    My post totally flew right over your head didnt it? And if your parents do drugs right in front of you...then wow...that's just pathetic.

    And lets stick to topic. The drug posts always end up locked anyways

    People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.

  • angerrangerr Member Posts: 865


    Originally posted by m1k3l
    Originally posted by En1Gma
    had a friend just like you, m1k3l.
    He was serving 4 years in Prison for selling 7 sheets of Acid to an undercover police officer in 1996.
    He was given a full four year scholarship to John's Hopkins University 4 days before he was busted. I know, because I helped to organize a congratulatory party for him.
    His name is Duane and when I went back to my hometown for my 10 year High School reunion in 2002, he was working in a comic book store ....sorta reminded me of Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. It was sad to see....considering his Major at John Hopkins was Pre-Med....and it was free.
    Frighteningly, he sounded just like you...but without the misspellings lol.
    The ironic thing was the fact that he never did Acid. He just sold the sheets to buy a bag of marijuana and shrooms for some friends of his (they use to smoke/eat them occasionally during lunch breaks. They used to work for a family run furntiure store in our hometown) and to help with rent.
    It's amazing what a friend will tell you when they're stuck in a prison. I visited him during the summers when I was off from college and then I lost contact with him in 1999 until I saw him in 2002 at my High School reunion.
    And about those schrooms? Well....he still does them and Im sorry. I cannot believe they do not affect your brain. When I saw Duane in 2002 his intelligence seemed none existant. Sadly, he changed dramatically. In 1995 the Kid was a brainiac.well truthfully if i want to spell the words when im typen right i would i jus type and talk like the way i type... and yuh that guy isnt like me cuz for one i want to skate not work on comics which truthfully out etc..... and just draw, opens ur mind ... so yuh if you compared to gettin a diploma and working on comics for the rest of my life if i had to choose i would love drawning way more and getting all shroomed havnt ever really tryed to do drugs and not jus fry like actually go do something then i feel srry for you ..... alot of people let drugs use them ... srry im not .... u guys dont know me and u dont know how i do them and y i do them im jus gonna let u know i have had my parents do drugs all arouond me all my life and i never had interest and they do worse then smoking weed or shroomin ... and no i dont truthfully believe that shrooms hurt uthey might truthfully make you feel like your dien etc... at the moment but i dont believie that it hurts you after wards take hard for instants or alchol it hurts you at the moment then the next day when its gone it doesnt effect you any more hey achol is a drug to and hurts you jus as much so yuh i do perposly spell my words like this again .... to tell you .... but yes you should know me before you judge me... so have fun ... and btw no im not offended by it so dont worry im jus kinda tired of people bein dumb about drugs etc....  well have fun ....

    wow if your parents did drugs in front of you i feel really sorry for you. and i am not "being dunb about drugs" im speaking from experience take it however you want....if you dont believe what im saying oh well. btw i am not judging you as a person because your right i dont know you, that has nothing to do with what i was trying to say. and alcahol is a horrible drug imo...it just affects you differently... sorry for hijacking this topic guys ::::21::

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  • angerrangerr Member Posts: 865


    Originally posted by En1Gma
    Originally posted by m1k3l

    well truthfully if i want to spell the words when im typen right i would i jus type and talk like the way i type... and yuh that guy isnt like me cuz for one i want to skate not work on comics which truthfully out etc..

    My post totally flew right over your head didnt it? And if your parents do drugs right in front of you...then wow...that's just pathetic.

    And lets stick to topic. The drug posts always end up locked anyways


    as i said in my post right after yours...sorry about not sticking to topic

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  • m1k3lm1k3l Member Posts: 67

    hey,

          hey its koo but yuh i m jus sayin as my xp to yuh i have never done anything physically to hurt me from taken a drug yus im carefull... but anyways yuh its judging when you make a statement about someone and you dont know anything about them ... yus thas judging... anyways have fun ... and no more on this i guess...

    "Everyone is intitled to there own opinions but doesnt mean its right!"

  • Malachi1975Malachi1975 Member Posts: 1,079



    Originally posted by m1k3l

    hey,
          hey its koo but yuh i m jus sayin as my xp to yuh i have never done anything physically to hurt me from taken a drug yus im carefull... but anyways yuh its judging when you make a statement about someone and you dont know anything about them ... yus thas judging... anyways have fun ... and no more on this i guess...



    I was trying to be good... I was trying to be good...I was trying...

    You say the drugs you have done have done nothing to "hurt" you but have you actually stopped to read your own writing? I'm not trying to troll here but you already sound like you're a few dozen brain cells shy of losing the basic three, "eat, sleep, breath".

    But alas, go on, think you're not hurting yourself or anyone else around you by doing drugs. I've yet to actually hear anyone who is currently doing any form of drug actually say "I am hurting myself and others." Your's is pretty much the same old diabtribe about how you know what you're doing and nothing harmful will come of it. I'd assume you're probably still rather young and you're still in the invincible and immortal mindset so nothing anyone with more life experience says is going to have a single affect on your thought process.

    You say that the "rest" of us here who aren't going anywhere and believe everything we hear need to get over it...but I can't help to see the irony and hypocrisy there. Hate to tell you this but if you are stoned out of your head you're probably not "going anywhere" yourself in life. Not to mention the effects of THC will be felt later in your life. Not right now per se.

    Now you can accuse me of judging you but I am going purely by your own words here. Just like everyone else in the thread. So before you jump them for being judgemental pause, read your own writings, think things through, and look at the impression you are giving.

     

    'Nuff said.

     

    To the orignal topic:

    Yeah I hadn't seen this site yet. I was contemplating Gametap actually just becuase they have so many games I remember growing up on. Not to mention they actually have a few newer games. However, their price is triple of consoleclassix it seem. I found the old Shadowrun title on the Genesis and that alone might get my subscription.

    Makes me wonder how these things will run though. I suppose that has a lot to do with who made the emmulator. I remember trying to play the original Mechwarriors ( you remember the ones that came out on the 286 at 16mhz ) on a 386 66mhz. We were getting ready for a fight when a Mech went flying by at warp speed. We thought "Was that a locust?"...no it was a Battlemaster. Hrm...guess there was no way to slow the thing back down :P

    "What is it I have against Microsoft, you ask? Well, you know how you feel when you wait for an MMO to come out and when it does you feel like you've paid to play it's beta test for another 6-9 months before anything even thinks of working the way it should? Being a network engineer you feel that way about anything Microsoft puts out."

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