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Guybrush Threepwood · Jan 18, 2009

I just discovered DOSBox and I'm in the mood to play some classic DOS games that I haven't played in many years or haven't played at all.

I'm open to all suggestions.

Deleted member 30609 · Jan 18, 2009

the first thing that came to mind is Monkey Island.

...sorry I can't be of more help.

CoG · Jan 18, 2009

Ultima Underworld 1 & 2

Zapperkhan · Jan 18, 2009

Zany Golf!

Conrad Link · Jan 18, 2009

Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion.

nubbe · Jan 18, 2009

Loom, Day of the tentacle, Fate of atlantis, The Dig, Wing Commander 1-6, Xwing, Tie Fighter, X-Wing Alliance, Dark Forces I-II, Ultima games, Privateer 1-2, System Shock, Theme Park, Doom, Quake, Free Space, Sherlock Holmes, Risse of the Traid, Command and Conqure games, Cannon Fodder 1-2, Dungeon Keeper, Populus, Alone in the Dark, Falcon 4.0, Dagger Fall, Hardware, Frontier, Full Throttle. Baulders Gate 1-2, Grim Fandango, Capitalisim, Settlers games, Blade Runner, Unreal, Gabriel Knights, Police Quest... and stuff

Alex Connolly · Jan 18, 2009

Nothing has captured the feeling of the first book better than the original Cryo Dune game.

Dobkeratops · Jan 18, 2009

UFO: Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep.

nestea · Jan 18, 2009

Maniac Mansion, Commander Keen, Railroad Tycoon and Scorched Earth.

NaughtyCalibur · Jan 18, 2009

Scorched Earth and Commander Keen are all that come to mind. I remember wasting so much time on Scorched Earth back when I was in Jr. High. It's such a great time waster.

Zhuk · Jan 18, 2009

Wing Commander: Privateer

Visualante · Jan 18, 2009

Sokoban

Animal · Jan 18, 2009

Terminal Velocity.

Grimmy · Jan 18, 2009

In my recent best WRPG list:

Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Betrayal at Krondor
Eye of the Beholder II
Ultima Underworld

My adventure games list:

The Colonel's Bequest
The Conquest of the Longbow
Gold Rush!
King's Quest VI
Quest for Glory series

Zhuk · Jan 18, 2009

Animal said:
Terminal Velocity.

I got this for my 9th birthday present, and I played it for years after, even experiencing it on LAN. A true classic!

Link1110 · Jan 18, 2009

Space Quest 1-6
King's Quest 1-6
Full Throttle
Day of the Tentacle

Animal · Jan 18, 2009

Zhuk said:
I got this for my 9th birthday present, and I played it for years after, even experiencing it on LAN. A true classic!

I hear ya brother. My childhood is full of good memories of playing Terminal Velocity with friends over LAN.

Ridli · Jan 18, 2009

X-Com! (Also known as UFO: Enemy Unknown)

Even after playing the sequels I still come back to this fine example of turn based strategy. The melding of base-building and resource management game with a fine strategy game is great by itself - but the setting of a futuristic world* fighting off alien invaders makes this a DOS-era classic. It's also easily available on Steam (with the dosbox tweaks made for you) for about 5 dollars.

*Futuristic world actually set 10 years in the past.

Lionheart · Jan 18, 2009

Theme Park!

*Insert endless puking sounds*

DieH@rd · Jan 18, 2009

Redneck Rampage

camineet · Jan 18, 2009

This was THE game that got me into PC gaming in the early-mid 1990s:

Danne-Danger · Jan 18, 2009

Tyrian

Zhuk · Jan 18, 2009

camineet said:
This was THE game that got me into PC gaming in the early-mid 1990s:

Strike Commander[/QUOTE]

Another classic game that blew me away when I first played it, made by the same guys who did Wing Commander and Privateer. Great graphics, great gameplay and some 'adult' themes thrown into the storyline to boot:lol

Rolf NB · Jan 18, 2009

Another day, another Dungeon Master thread.

kmfdmpig · Jan 18, 2009

Master of Magic

Templar Wizard · Jan 18, 2009

Everything by Origin, especially BioForge

camineet · Jan 18, 2009

Zhuk said:
Another classic game that blew me away when I first played it, made by the same guys who did Wing Commander and Privateer. Great graphics, great gameplay and some 'adult' themes thrown into the storyline to boot:lol

Strike Commander basicly demanded you have 486 to play it smoothly even though a 386 was the min requirement IIRC. I didn't own a PC back in 1993-1994 but my best friend had a 486 DX 66 MHz, and I bought him this game for his birthday, he really liked it

I never played Privateer but now I think im gonna try to get into it.

Funky Papa · Jan 18, 2009

Animal said:
Terminal Velocity.

Boy, the world really needs another Descent resurgence. I know I am ready.

As for the suggestions, frankly, the DOS era was truly golden. I mean, I had a ball with my friend's consoles at the time, but there wasn't a single week without a heavy hitter coming to the PC. It was surreal.

Here are some ideas. The bolded ones shouldn't be missed under any circumstances:

Doom series
Duke Nukem 3D
Rise of the Triad (aged, but still enjoyable)
Blood (FUCKING AWESOME terror/gothic first person shooter)
Realms of the Haunting (first person adventure with some action, hard to find)
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (disturbing adventure with a Harlan Ellison script, based on the novel of the same name)
Dark Seed (another disturbing graphical adventure, this one with graphics by no other than HR Giger)
Raptor (space shooter, very enjoyable)
Command & Conquer (reinstalled and played religiously every year)
Dune 2 (strategy, worth of it just for the Sound Blaster Pro music alone)
The first two X-Com/UFO games
ANY Lucas Arts game (Monkey Island series, Full Throtle, Sam & Max, Loom, Indy series, X-Wing/Tie Fighter sims... shit, just point your finger, they were all fucking awesome)
SYNDICATE. Repeat with me: SYNDICATE.
Out of this World
Gabriel Knight series (adventure)
Larry series, from 1 to Love for Sail (adventure)
Wing Commander IV
Crusader: No Remorse/No Regret (3rd person action)
Z (fast tactical strategy game by the Bitmap Bros, super fun)

And those just from the top of my head.

Teasel · Jan 18, 2009

anything by bullfrog duh
also x-com:terror from the deep

CiSTM · Jan 18, 2009

Funky Papa said:
Boy, the world really needs another Descent resurgence. I know I am ready.

As for the suggestions, frankly, the DOS era was truly golden. I mean, I had a ball with my friend's consoles at the time, but there wasn't a single week without a heavy hitter coming to the PC. It was surreal.

Here are some ideas. The bolded ones shouldn't be missed under any circumstances:

Doom series
Duke Nukem 3D
Rise of the Triad (aged, but still enjoyable)
Blood (FUCKING AWESOME terror/gothic first person shooter)
Realms of the Haunting (first person adventure with some action, hard to find)
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (disturbing adventure with a Harlan Ellison script, based on the novel of the same name)
Dark Seed (another disturbing graphical adventure, this one with graphics by no other than HR Giger)
Raptor (space shooter, very enjoyable)
Command & Conquer (reinstalled and played religiously every year)
Dune 2 (strategy, worth of it just for the Sound Blaster Pro music alone)
The first two X-Com/UFO games
ANY Lucas Arts game (Monkey Island series, Full Throtle, Sam & Max, Loom, Indy series, X-Wing/Tie Fighter sims... shit, just point your finger, they were all fucking awesome)
SYNDICATE. Repeat with me: SYNDICATE.
Out of this World
Gabriel Knight series (adventure)
Larry series, from 1 to Love for Sail (adventure)
Wing Commander IV
Crusader: No Remorse/No Regret (3rd person action)
Z (fast tactical strategy game by the Bitmap Bros, super fun)

And those just from the top of my head.

Listen to this man ! That list is full of awesomenss. I will add orginal Warcraft, Crusader No Remorse, Master of Orion II and Star Control II to that list.

Count of Monte Sawed-Off · Jan 18, 2009

Civilization 1

Funky Papa · Jan 18, 2009

CiSTM said:
Listen to this man ! That list is full of awesomenss. I will add orginal Warcraft, Crusader No Remorse, Master of Orion II and Star Control II to that list.

I can't believe I forgot those (well, actually I ninja-edited Crusader into the post after hitting the submit button).

ViperVisor · Jan 18, 2009

Indy 500

Monkeylord · Jan 18, 2009

goldsoundz · Jan 18, 2009

Teasel said:
anything by bullfrog duh

I LOVE(D) Bullfrog! I actually got another copy of Theme Park for PC last year on Goozex, but I can't get it to work.

CiSTM · Jan 18, 2009

Funky Papa said:
I can't believe I forgot those (well, actually I ninja-edited Crusader into the post after hitting the submit button).

There is so many great dos games out there that you will always miss something :lol

Bluemercury · Jan 18, 2009

Funky Papa said:
Boy, the world really needs another Descent resurgence. I know I am ready.

As for the suggestions, frankly, the DOS era was truly golden. I mean, I had a ball with my friend's consoles at the time, but there wasn't a single week without a heavy hitter coming to the PC. It was surreal.

Here are some ideas. The bolded ones shouldn't be missed under any circumstances:

Doom series
Duke Nukem 3D
Rise of the Triad (aged, but still enjoyable)
Blood (FUCKING AWESOME terror/gothic first person shooter)
Realms of the Haunting (first person adventure with some action, hard to find)
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (disturbing adventure with a Harlan Ellison script, based on the novel of the same name)
Dark Seed (another disturbing graphical adventure, this one with graphics by no other than HR Giger)
Raptor (space shooter, very enjoyable)
Command & Conquer (reinstalled and played religiously every year)
Dune 2 (strategy, worth of it just for the Sound Blaster Pro music alone)
The first two X-Com/UFO games
ANY Lucas Arts game (Monkey Island series, Full Throtle, Sam & Max, Loom, Indy series, X-Wing/Tie Fighter sims... shit, just point your finger, they were all fucking awesome)
SYNDICATE. Repeat with me: SYNDICATE.
Out of this World
Gabriel Knight series (adventure)
Larry series, from 1 to Love for Sail (adventure)
Wing Commander IV
Crusader: No Remorse/No Regret (3rd person action)
Z (fast tactical strategy game by the Bitmap Bros, super fun)

And those just from the top of my head.

Add these:

Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender
Cruise for a Corpse
Quest for Glory seires
Police Quest Series
Larry series
countdown
mean streets
....

Gattsu25 · Jan 18, 2009

Crystal Caves
Download (Demo)

3DRealms.com said:
Enter an underground world of treasures and traps. This colorful EGA game (VGA compatible) rivals any commercial game with its arcade quality, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, you'll enter cave after cave of adventure, gathering the treasures of each, while evading hazards galore! This game features the smoothest animated graphics ever seen in an Apogee game.

*Character is upside down in second pic.

I loved this game, as a kid.

M.J. Doja · Jan 18, 2009

Full Thrattle was a cool game.

Command and Conquer had the BEST soundtrack for the mid-90s

Dead Man · Jan 18, 2009

Eye of the Beholder was a great proto WRPG. First person, pseudo 3d, turn based. Kickass.

Funky Papa · Jan 18, 2009

Bluemercury said:
Add these:

Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender
Cruise for a Corpse
Quest for Glory seires
Police Quest Series
Larry series
countdown
mean streets
....

Absolutely. Also, Under a Killing Moon, Lost Eden, Beneath a Steel Sky, The Lost Vikings, and the Discworld and Alone in the Dark series.

Crap, I could be here all day.

blu · Jan 18, 2009

another fuckin' world (AKA out of this world), or for that matter anything from delphine software (flashback, etc).

little big adventure, and anything from adeline software

anything from bitmap brothers (lots of amiga/atari st makeovers)
anything from lucas arts (star wars fighter series, quests, etc)

anything from westwood (mainly quests, but also the landmark dune2)

alone in the dark, the original, and the only truly good one. infogrames.

retaliator (a fighter sim), or anything from ocean (really diverse catalogue) for that matter.

stellar 7, and many other from dynamix.

LHX, when EA actually used to make good games.

TFX - the fighter sim that made me say 'wow' for the first time, developed by DID, published by ocean.

privateer - elite's genome on the pc.

CiSTM · Jan 18, 2009

Some must play FPS games.

Hexen

System Shock

Shadow Warrior

Dark Forces

More blizzard love

Black Thorne

I really loved black thorne when I was kid so awesome game.

Stumpokapow · Jan 18, 2009

Note that virtually all the games suggested in this thread are still available for sale somewhere.

Funky Papa · Jan 18, 2009

Dark Forces was, and still is, the only Star Wars action game that matters.

alone in the dark, the original, and the only truly good one. infogrames.

The first two sequels were pretty good. After that, tough...

Stumpokapow said:
Note that virtually all the games suggested in this thread are still available for sale somewhere.

And some of them are actually offered as freeware (I <3 Revolution Software).

rpmurphy · Jan 18, 2009

HowardRoark · Jan 18, 2009

Animal said:
Terminal Velocity.

THIS. Loved that game, played it to death.

nincompoop · Jan 18, 2009

Hell yeah, the PC was the REAL king of 16 bit platformers! Check out Commander Keen 4-6 and Duke Nukem 1 and 2, for starters.

Prime crotch · Jan 18, 2009

So long Titus, you were loved.

Ifrit · Jan 18, 2009

Animal said:
Terminal Velocity.

I loved that game, never got to play the full version though.

:lol Episode three is called The Man God

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