DOS Games.

[Tupin]

So, anyone remember DOS? You can still see it in all Windows based OSes by typing "cmd" into the Run bar. Anyway, DOS games are awesome. A lot have become abandonware, freely downloadable anywhere. While most Windows OSes can run DOS games straight away, if you have Vista or a non-Windows OS, you need an emulator called DOSBox.

I've been playing a few games, mostly I.M. Meen and Chex Quest, which both came out pretty late to be on DOS. (1995 and 1996, respectively)

I.M. Meen is hilarious to play, mainly for the cutscenes, but it is also a decent DOOM clone. The same could be said for Chex Quest, but you got it free in a cereal box.  :D

I'm getting a floppy drive just so I can play all the old games, emulators that use the original software are awesome.

Anyone else play DOS games?

[The Riddler]

You need DOSBox to play old DOS games. ;_;

I miss Toonstruck.
If you're playing DOS games, definitely get this.
Christopher Lloyd is in it.

[Tupin]

You need DOSBox to play old DOS games. ;_;

I miss Toonstruck.
If you're playing DOS games, definitely get this.
Christopher Lloyd is in it.

Awesome.

DOSBox is easy to set up, just download it and then look at the Help Wiki.

[Silverhawk79]

I downloaded the old King's Quest games...too bad they don't work on my 64-bit laptop. ;__;

[Tupin]

I downloaded the old King's Quest games...too bad they don't work on my 64-bit laptop. ;__;

I'm assuming you're getting the "This system does not support fullscreen" error? If you're using Vista, you can either switch to a generic VGA graphics driver or use DOSBox.

Here's a link to download it:
http://www.dosbox.com/

Oh, and Sierra adventure games? Awesome. I actually have a few Apogee games, and I got a portable floppy drive just so I can play them through DOSBox.

[Silverhawk79]

I'm assuming you're getting the "This system does not support fullscreen" error? If you're using Vista, you can either switch to a generic VGA graphics driver or use DOSBox.

Here's a link to download it:
http://www.dosbox.com/

Oh, and Sierra adventure games? Awesome. I actually have a few Apogee games, and I got a portable floppy drive just so I can play them through DOSBox.

No, I used DOSbox. It was some other error, but I think it mostly happened for KQ7, my favorite one. XO

[Tupin]

Here's another one I've been playing a lot of lately: Vinyl Goddess from Mars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc7Lo_deHkk

[Lotos]

and I got a portable floppy drive just so I can play them through DOSBox.

They make those?

[Tupin]

They make those?

Literally millions upon millions, partially because people want to transfer data over, and partially because they are left over from the iMac G3 era of Mac's in the late 1990's/early 2000's when everyone still used floppies as a way to store information and iMacs had no floppy drives.

[blue_slime]

I still love playing Jetpack, OMF2097, Skyroads, Star Control II, Master of Orion, Scorched Earth, and Wacky Wheels.

[Spud]

I used to play Crystal Caves in class.

[TheObscure]

My favorite DOS games are Catacombs 3-D series and the Elder Scrolls series. Both still great series' to play.