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[Nemmy]

Don't know if anyone else remembers Jill of the Jungle but as a kid I really liked it. Made by Epic back in 1992.

Aaawwww, my childhood's favourite game! Beat it so many times. Been coming back to it on Dosbox occasionally, too. Such a charming platformer.

Another classic I grew up on:

 

[Durante]

The best

Intentionally didnt include the title, because if You dont this game, You are a bad person anyway

Split screen multiplayer with 2 mice on COM1 and COM2.

 

[PuppetMaster]

Twinsen Little Big Adventure.

The origonal 2D Fallout games.

Crusader No Remorse.

Transport Tycoon!

 

[PuppetMaster]

I loved Supaplex. I can still remember a lot of levels

Mmmm I love this game too

 

[Alex Connolly]

Without a doubt, Cryo's Dune from 1992. Incredible blend of adventure game and light strategy/management. Nothing else has really touched this one for me. Also available on SegaCD.

Wrote a big spiel on why it's such a crucial game a while back, if anyone needs long-winded goading.

 

[KKRT00]

Split screen multiplayer with 2 mice on COM1 and COM2.

I used LPT -> COM converter. It was glorious.

 

[MetalRain]

Mostly Apogee and Epic Megagames with Raptor and Tyrian taking the crown, respectively.

Raptor was the DOS game for me.

 

[jimi_dini]

Without a doubt, Cryo's Dune from 1992. Incredible blend of adventure game and light strategy/management. Nothing else has really touched this one for me. Also available on SegaCD.

Wrote a big spiel on why it's such a crucial game a while back, if anyone needs long-winded goading.

Look at what I just bought a few weeks ago:

 

[Reick17]

The one I remember playing the most was probably Manic Karts:

Also we had a pinball game I can't remember the name of. It was like wavy tie-dye backgrounds with silver rails and I think there was a "90s alien" on the box. That was quite good too.

 

[Alex Connolly]

Look at what I just bought a few weeks ago:

Magnificent purchase, sirrah!

 

[roytheone]

Aaaah, Dos games, good times, good times. My favorites:

Commander keen: secret of the oracle:

Catacomb

Biomanace:

Monster bash:

And another 100 games or so
What NES games are for a lot of people here, DOS games are for me.

 

[Wellscha]

My best gaming memories were on DOS:

Star Control 2, this game was so amazing, I mean look at this map:

Each one of these dots represent solar systems, and you could explore each one. that's right, each one of them.

The game was so influencial, it inspired the Mass Effect series, I mean come on:

 

[Phediuk]

Traffic Department 2192: Had an extremely well-developed narrative for the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i79LvBTqR6A

I remember thinking the story was amazing back then, but it's been awhile.

 

[KKRT00]

I kinda feel bad for people who never experienced DOS games, especially those who lived 90s and used consoles only. They missed so much.

 

[hylje]

Good recommendations from DOS era here already. One that came up to my mind instantly was:

Ultima Underworld 1+2 - GOG

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Loads of good point'n'click games on that era, but one most memorable and replayed on my PC was:
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders - one of those lost Lucasarts gems which we're still waiting arrive to GOG.

 

[Unain]

Wacky Wheels:

This game was so much fun in splitscreen!


Destruction Derby:

Amazing physics for its time.


Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle:

One of my favorite adventure games ever!

 

[Danneee]

The best

Intentionally didnt include the title, because if You dont know this game, You are a bad person anyway

YES!
Best Settlers and the best rts puzzler ever!
This, Civ 1, Stunts, Dune 2 and Space Hulk (first, top down one) was my introduction to pc gaming when I was 9 years old. Spent soo much time with them it's silly.

 

[Wellscha]

Traffic Department 2192: Had an extremely well-developed narrative for the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i79LvBTqR6A

I remember thinking the story was amazing back then, but it's been awhile.

You forgot to mention that the game became freeware in 2007.

 

[Kocolino67]

so many great games and memories from that era...

Dune 2

Tie Fighter

Wing Commander

Indy4

Monkey Island 2

Ascendancy

Doom

usw.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

Remembering almost all games in this thread very fondly makes me happy

 

[Cavalier]

Nascar

Fox

Prehistorik

Winter Challenge

OBLIGATORY Mech Warrior 2:

There are so much more I remember. My older cousin and my father pretty much got us shit ton of PC games to play.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

Master of Magic and Stunts in the first 15 posts? Well done GAF, well done indeed.

I'll add Dark Legions:


It was very unique, with turn-based strategic battles:

But real-time top-down action combat to resolve the battle whenever two units met!

denis dyack's best ever game? seems so

 

[kmfdmpig]

Master of Magic
Master of Orion
Star Control 2
Dark Legions
Doom
Lands of Lore
Bards Tale
Might and Magic
so many great DOS games over the years, although I certainly don't miss messing around with sound card settings (IRQs, etc...) as that was a real pain and made me question why I got a Gravis Ultrasound rather than a SoundBlaster.

 

[KKRT00]

My second recommendation - Universe

 

[Kalliban]

No mention of jetpack yet? This game was awesome! Probably among my most played games ever I mostly played the christmas special for some reason though.

 

[Lucumo]

Split screen multiplayer with 2 mice on COM1 and COM2.

Yep, played this one with my older sister. Good times.

Wasn't mentioned yet, Magic Carpet.

 

[Tizoc]

Wacky Wheels:

This game was so much fun in splitscreen!


Destruction Derby:

Amazing physics for its time.


Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle:

One of my favorite adventure games ever!

Wacky Wheels is available on gog.com interestingly enough.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

The Flying Tigers

Rollin'

 

[MichaelFassbender]

OBLIGATORY Mech Warrior 2

Cresting over a hill, music is thumping, all missiles still available....you spot an enemy and punch the throttle into full.

Mon Dieu. What a feeling.

 

[Durante]

Wasn't mentioned yet, Magic Carpet.

How could I forget about that one! So ahead of its time.

 

[Vinci]

Leather Goddesses of Phobos

 

[petran79]

prior to demon souls there was moonstone - a hard day's knight

 

[Daffy Duck]

Lemmings memories of going to my cousins on Saturday mornings and spending hours on this.

 

[Danneee]

Yep, played this one with my older sister. Good times.

Wasn't mentioned yet, Magic Carpet.

I really hope this gen brings another engine with advanced terrain deformation. I had so much fun just screwing around in MC summoning vulcanoes and sinking enemies in the sea.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

I grew up on Stunts:

I remember this. My brother and I would watch our dad play. He could never get through a corkscrew.

 

[Gusy]

To me System Shock was the most forward thinking game made in the Dos era. A masterpiece.

 

[Lucumo]

How could I forget about that one! So ahead of its time.

Too many people do, unfortunately.

I really hope this gen brings another engine with advanced terrain deformation. I had so much fun just screwing around in MC summoning vulcanoes and sinking enemies in the sea.

Let's hope that happens. Proper implemention of terra-forming is crucial though. Just imagine a spiritual successor with multiplayer and good AI.

 

[TheMasterGoblin]

Ah, so many memories! Mucking around in autoexec.bat and config.sys.

Some of my favorites are:

- Monkey Island series
- Maniac Mansion
- Day of the Tentacle (DoTT)
- Gabriel Knight series
- Quest for Glory series
- Space Quest series
- Alone in the Dark
- X-wing
- Tie Fighter
- X-wing vs Tie Fighter
- Wing Commander: Privateer
- Tex Murphy series
- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

This list only scratches the surface. So many good games (and sooooo many bad ones). Thankfully you can purchase most of these online now.

It's such a shame that some of them you have to go to pains to get and replay (buy the CDs if you're lucky, get it working in an emulator like DOSbox or Boxer, then adjust the settings so you're not flying all over the screen!). It's nice that LucasArts (Disney) has opened up their back catalog for digital download.

 

[manzoman96]

Also, I want to mention that Epic Pinball has an awesome title theme.

The music in it in general is excellent.

 

[A Black Falcon]

No mention of jetpack yet? This game was awesome! Probably among my most played games ever I mostly played the christmas special for some reason though.

Jetpack actually has a sequel in development from the original author:
http://www.jetpackhq.com/

Unfortunately it's now significantly overdue (this was a kickstarter back in 2012), but a web version is playable in the browser, and you can pay for beta access to the full version as well. It's very much like the original game, but that's not bad, the original is great!

 

[jblank83]

All these pics of all these great old games.

 

[doctorcdcs]

Wing Commander

lol that Image is from the movie

 

[fleck0]

first page > Ctrl-F > Scorched Earth....

This was my favorite game for a looooong time, I loved the weapon/money management. It wasn't until Worms 2 that I felt any game truly dethroned it.

 

[Sillution]

first page > Ctrl-F > Scorched Earth....

This was my favorite game for a looooong time, I loved the weapon/money management. It wasn't until Worms 2 that I felt any game truly dethroned it.

I loved scorched earth so much.

A huge favorite game of mine back on DOS was Battledrome.

 

[L Thammy]

so many great games and memories from that era...

Dune 2

Is it weird that this put me off later RTS? Warcraft was okay, I guess, but you didn't get to build on to sand just as a "fuck you" to the worms.

 

[AaronMT86]

Raise your hand if you played Monuments of Mars

 

[AaronMT86]

• Pick up pumpkin
• Smash pumpkin
• Pick up key
• Unlock door
• Open door

Some played Raptor, while others played Tyrian. I played Galactix.

Another blast from the past

The Adventures of Captain Comic

 

[Badlucktroll]

 

[Miguel81]

I kinda feel bad for people who never experienced DOS games, especially those who lived 90s and used consoles only. They missed so much.

Ya, I'm glad that my parents purchased a PC in '90-91 rather than getting me an SNES. The whole pnc adventure genre would be absent from my memory + my typing skills and command line knowledge would be utter garbage.

Edit:
My first 2 DOS titles:

 

[Hilti92]

• Pick up pumpkin
• Smash pumpkin
• Pick up key
• Unlock door
• Open door

Some played Raptor, while others played Tyrian. I played Galactix.

Another blast from the past

The Adventures of Captain Comic

What's the first one called? Came here to ask if anyone knows what game I'm describing and boom.