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100 DOS games, I cried a little
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Man, I loved Dune 2 so much when I was younger. I remember the first time I played Syndicate Wars I thought it was so much better than the first one because you could rotate the camera. Nowadays, I think I prefer the first game, though.
For a second there, I thought I was gonna get mad because Crusaders of the Dark Savant wouldn't be in this video. I guess I'll have to make do with being mad that Wing Commander 1, 2, or privateer weren't in this video.
If you asked me back in 2003 what the greatest game of all time was, my answer would've been X-com. I remember a friend and I had this conversation, that's when I realized he was a good dude... when he agreed with me.
For a second there, I thought I was gonna get mad because Crusaders of the Dark Savant wouldn't be in this video. I guess I'll have to make do with being mad that Wing Commander 1, 2, or privateer weren't in this video.
If you asked me back in 2003 what the greatest game of all time was, my answer would've been X-com. I remember a friend and I had this conversation, that's when I realized he was a good dude... when he agreed with me.
I've been messing around with midi mappers for windows 10 lately (since it's been removed completely). I already got it working on a system level, now I need to try some of my GOG games to see if it works. The difference is worth the hassle.
mattwhite924
Member
I need to figure out the whole midi thing. Recently I've come to realize that it's a bit more complicated than just sticking a sound card in.
Abuse was a DOS game? I am almost 100% I played it on windows. Shadow Warrior too and a ton of other games in the video.
Holy **** Blackthorne. That was such a brutal game back then, and it was so badass to shoot someone behind you
Abuse wasn't DOS exclusive. Played it on mac, myself.
MrCompletely
Member
It was 9 5.25" floppies, startup disk + 8 game disks. I still own it and just checked.
I believe the Sierra games came in either 5 1/4 or 3.5 floppie versions, I only had a 3.5 drive in my PC and I remember getting Space Quest 4 on the 5 1/4 version and having to return it for the 3.5 version.
The ol startup disk!! I remember that. Old school DRM.
My point is that it was 9 on 5.25" which means it would've been fewer disks on 3.5". I don't know what happened to my 3.5" disks because it came with both but I still have my 3.5" copies of KQ1-4 along with the boxes.
DragonGirl
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Heh, by the time stuff like this came out I'd already moved to consoles. DOS games for me means stuff using ASCI graphics and if they were really fancy, maybe a bitmap. I was playing computer games prior to the Atari 2600.
Dictator93
Member
IDK, I think the graphics in a game like Another World are rather timeless in the sameway smoething like Super Metroid is timeless.
I'm using VirtualMIDISynth from CoolSoft and it's working pretty well. I need to download more Soundfonts (instrument packs basically) and see which one I like most (so far it's Timbres Of Heaven).
johancruijff
Banned
man Operation Carnage...
Joseph Merrick
Member
don mattrick and chris taylor worked on 4d boxing btw. for the people mentioning that game.
same with stunts actually, don mattrick worked on that as well.
edit: I should have word search this thread. people already mentioned this. hehe. it's why I'll never hate don mattrick as well, even though I guess it's too late for that for xbox stuff now, stunts (and to a lesser extent early test drive games). he's a fucking legend.
same with stunts actually, don mattrick worked on that as well.
edit: I should have word search this thread. people already mentioned this. hehe. it's why I'll never hate don mattrick as well, even though I guess it's too late for that for xbox stuff now, stunts (and to a lesser extent early test drive games). he's a fucking legend.
Just_myles
Member
Blake Stone anybody?
dat Led Zeppelin song...
could've sworn I heard The Immigrant Song while playing this game when I was a kid. Am I crazy here?
MrCompletely
Member
True, my memory is obviously pretty hazy- Kings Quest V came out in 1990! I can't believe you still have your boxed copy, truly impressive.
I never threw out boxes for stuff. I'm pretty sure my dad still has boxes for some of my Atari 2600 games.
I was hoping to find out the name of a game I cannot remember. It wasn't in this video unfortunately. It has a girl in as a pilot and its a side scrolling space shooter. It isn't auto-scrolling and the environment were all indoors but I cannot remember what the hell it was called.
andrerobot
Member
Mmmm... I'm thirsty!
tailDASHeF
Neo Member
I've been trying to remember the name of a game for a long time, and this thread brought it back again and seems like the perfect place to ask the question.
I don't remember whether it was windows or dos, but I want to say I had a cable modem, so probably Windows (as it was a download game) and circa 1996-98.
It was a top down, not isometric, sort of 3d ARPG (well, as much as it could have been back then). I think you downloaded the compiled source code from some GeoCities website. You could pick up dropped weapons in either arm; guns, spells, wands, etc.. Some of the "campains" were special like a rogue with two daggers... I think there was even one where you were a Knight/Paladin. It was LAN multiplayer as I recall playing with some old friends, but it may have even been just one keyboard 2 players.
It's difficult to explain lol, I hope i've done enough that someone else might remember...get this one out of my head please
I don't remember whether it was windows or dos, but I want to say I had a cable modem, so probably Windows (as it was a download game) and circa 1996-98.
It was a top down, not isometric, sort of 3d ARPG (well, as much as it could have been back then). I think you downloaded the compiled source code from some GeoCities website. You could pick up dropped weapons in either arm; guns, spells, wands, etc.. Some of the "campains" were special like a rogue with two daggers... I think there was even one where you were a Knight/Paladin. It was LAN multiplayer as I recall playing with some old friends, but it may have even been just one keyboard 2 players.
It's difficult to explain lol, I hope i've done enough that someone else might remember...get this one out of my head please
You might get more help here.I've been trying to remember the name of a game for a long time, and this thread brought it back again and seems like the perfect place to ask the question.
I don't remember whether it was windows or dos, but I want to say I had a cable modem, so probably Windows (as it was a download game) and circa 1996-98.
It was a top down, not isometric, sort of 3d ARPG (well, as much as it could have been back then). I think you downloaded the compiled source code from some GeoCities website. You could pick up dropped weapons in either arm, guns, spells, wands, etc.. Some of the "campains" were special like a rogue with two daggers... I think there was even one where you were a Knight/Paladin. It was LAN multiplayer as I recall playing with some old friends, but it may have even been just one keyboard 2 players.
It's difficult to explain lol, I hope i've done enough that someone else might remember...get this one out of my head please
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=360236&page=108
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I played one must fall 2097 so much, that was my childhood.
Spiral Insanity
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Ultima VII should be on there. Well, I think we need a 300 DOS games video to really get to all of the noteworthy ones.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Is it wrong I've played near 85-90% of those games? Also where are the DOS tennis or Kings/Space Quest games? For shame.
EDIT: no zork, no deal on that video. Fuck no marble madness either.
EDIT: no zork, no deal on that video. Fuck no marble madness either.
Can't wait to watch this, spent my youth growing up with an Amstrad PC1640. 20MB HDD and an AdLib sound card were the shit back then!
At least, I thought so.
And did someone say Jones in the Fast Lane? I still get a nostalgia buzz from hearing that cheesy AdLib OPL tune.
At least, I thought so.
And did someone say Jones in the Fast Lane? I still get a nostalgia buzz from hearing that cheesy AdLib OPL tune.
grandwizard
Member
Great video. A lot of those games made up my childhood. There are a ton of classic games in this video alone and that is with them leaving out a huge amount of other stuff that couldn't fit in. There really was a huge amount of great games that came out in that era.
Sadly I think the late 80s and the 90s a lot of DOS and PC stuff gets looked over in the landscape of the 'history of games' in favor of the console stuff because that's what most ppl around still making up the conversation today grew up on. Videos like this really bring me back to how much good stuff you could find just randomly browsing computer shops or in my case the bargain bins at computer fairs.
Sadly I think the late 80s and the 90s a lot of DOS and PC stuff gets looked over in the landscape of the 'history of games' in favor of the console stuff because that's what most ppl around still making up the conversation today grew up on. Videos like this really bring me back to how much good stuff you could find just randomly browsing computer shops or in my case the bargain bins at computer fairs.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
I legit cried when they showed pornpipe.
fvng
Member
Abuse was a DOS game? I am almost 100% I played it on windows. Shadow Warrior too and a ton of other games in the video.
Holy **** Blackthorne. That was such a brutal game back then, and it was so badass to shoot someone behind you
You probably launched Abuse from Windows lol
Rockabimmy
Member
Thanks for posting this, nostalgia bomb in the face.
Also a new Hexen needs to happen !
Also a new Hexen needs to happen !
OF COURSE I played Stunts! Compaq 386 laptop gaming with PC Speaker master race. Probably the first polygonal game I ever played. The human eye can't see more than 5 fps anyway.
Oh yeah, that ruled! Great idea, racing and jumping along narrow roads towards the horizon. Very striking visual style.
Oh yeah, that ruled! Great idea, racing and jumping along narrow roads towards the horizon. Very striking visual style.
Fallout-NL
Member
Yeah boi, Scorched Earth!
pettson3816
Member
Oh, the days where you had to optimize your memory by editing autoexec.bat and config.sys to get a game to load properly. And also, the obligatory configuring the sound card with IRQ's and DMA's and whatever. Never knew what in the crap that was all about, but got it to work nevertheless. And well, if i didn't get the sound to work i could always do with the good ol' PC speaker *beeep ploooop meeep*. Such a hassle back then getting things to run..
tioslash
Member
Woow, I´ve played so many games from this video. What a great time!
And it works fine on win10. Just tested. =) Thanks.
And it works fine on win10. Just tested. =) Thanks.
Tizoc
Member
Abuse was a DOS game? I am almost 100% I played it on windows. Shadow Warrior too and a ton of other games in the video.
Holy **** Blackthorne. That was such a brutal game back then, and it was so badass to shoot someone behind you
Isn't Blackthorne available for free now?
https://us.battle.net/account/download/
Star Gunner is on GOG.com btw
MrCunningham
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Abuse was a DOS game? I am almost 100% I played it on windows. Shadow Warrior too and a ton of other games in the video.
Holy **** Blackthorne. That was such a brutal game back then, and it was so badass to shoot someone behind you
Earlier versions of Windows like Win 95, 98, 98SE and ME could run DOS programs natively through the Command Prompt. Though the NT kernel OS's like Win 2000 and onward doesn't run DOS apps from the desktop, unless you use an emulator like DOSBOX.
LithiumSpade
Member
Oh god, yes. I'd forgotten that game even existed until this post, looked it up and remembered dozens of hours of frustrating deaths as a kid! Great game, thanks for the reminder!
Also, that video is pure nostalgia. Rose tinted glasses and all that, but I swear I had more fun gaming back then...