DosBox and worthy games

[Jason Tandro]

Okay, something you may not know about me is that my first computer was an old 386. It's OS was a very old version of DOS and my first programming language was QBASIC.

That 386 was my bitch.

I love DOS and QBASIC and spent many hours of my boyhood tricking out that crappy computer with a variety of programs. Most important were the awesome games that I managed to find.

Well I found this awesomeness called the DosBox, which allows you to emulate DOS on your fancy-pants Quad-Core Processor PC running Windows 7 Lite Trial Edition with 260 GB of Hard Disk Space and a 16 GB Ram.

I picked that up, and I also picked up an emulator of my favorite DOS game from way back in the day: BattleTech, The Crescent Hawks Revenge.

I'll edit this post with a link of where to download this DOSBOX when I'm not at work!

[EverPhoenix]

if you have DosBox, a few games you MUST experience are:

Golden Axe
Scorched Earth
One Must Fall
Hocus Pocus

[inferiare]

DosBox is the only way I can play Princess Maker 2.

And Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego.

Alas, I needed VSCUM to play Loom, but that's all right.

[NoZKeY]

My first computer was a 486... with DOS, no harddisk, no mouse, no windows, B/W screen, 16 MB RAM, no CD drive.
(486DOSNHNMNWBW16RAMNCD)

QBasic was also my first programming language. It was almost the only thing i did in the whole day, use Qbasic and learn how to program. My more important motivation was to make games

A game you MUST PLAY is Supaplex, I played it a lot in that computer Its a clone of boulder dash, the best clone IMO.

And yeah, DOSBOX is very very useful

And Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego.

lol I played Where in the World is carmen Sandiego.

[psychokind]

REM Play
song$ = "O6"
PLAY song$

beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

[Jason Tandro]

Hocus Pocus

+1!!!!!!!!!!!

That game is so freaking awesome!!!!

Other old favorites of mine (and the ones I currently have) are:

BattleTech:Crescent Hawks Revenge
and Hocus Pocus (obviously)

but also:

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure -pretty fun platformer.
Hugo's House of Horror- an old-school adventure game (ala Kings Quest)
Hugo 2: Whodunit- the sequel.
Hugo 3- the sequel of the sequel.
CDMAN- a 3D pacman variant with a bit more strategy.
Elf Land- A very simple game which isn't all that good, mainly because the text boxes are unbearably long and the action is choppy.
Command And Conquer- Yep, the original PC version!


@NoZKey: My games with QBASIC were actually pretty good, if I say so myself. I made this game where you dodged falling asteroids until the screen filled up with blocks, trapping you in and killing you. Very morbid good fun!

[inferiare]

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

Holy shit I'm not the only one who remembers that game! I got super far when I was younger, and I cannot do the same now.

[Jason Tandro]

If you like Cosmo, you might like Elf Land. Similar gameplay style, although Cosmo is vastly superior.

[EverPhoenix]

Hocus Pocus

+1!!!!!!!!!!!

That game is so freaking awesome!!!!


CDMAN- a 3D pacman variant with a bit more strategy.

i had CDMAN as well. if i remember correctly, pushing one of the F buttons granted you infinite lives. thats how i finished the game. yay. well, i went through all the levels.

[Jason Tandro]

Oooh.. I shall keep that in mind!

[SoulBlazerFan]

Feeling out of the loop. Have no clue what you guys are talking about. I had an Apple 2 that was given to us that I futzed around with, but I had no knowledge about anything computer related until about 2001 when we got our first "Real" computer. I remember playing with this "Sam I Am" game which would "speak" whatever was typed onto the screen. It used to let you type and it would speak three curse words (Of course my being that age I found it quite amusing- my parents sure didn't). Once the three were done, that was it- Sam would speak no more.

[Dark_Gaia]

omg i love dosbox! i use it to play the commander keen series. awesome games, especially number 4!!