Tr3vor Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I recently discovered how awesome dos games are, and Instead of trying every single game good or bad, What are the best DOS games that are freeware/shareware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I love Xolo (like a fancy Star Castle) and Jumpman. Also, if you can find them, any of Champ Games arcade games are great (Champ Kong, Ms. Pac-Em, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarmas Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I recently discovered how awesome dos games are, and Instead of trying every single game good or bad, What are the best DOS games that are freeware/shareware? I've always been partial to the Commander Keen series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemoose Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I'm pretty partial to EGA Trek. One Must Fall 2099 is a neat fighting game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I love Xolo (like a fancy Star Castle) and Jumpman. Also, if you can find them, any of Champ Games arcade games are great (Champ Kong, Ms. Pac-Em, etc.) http://www.champ-em.com/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I recently discovered how awesome dos games are, and Instead of trying every single game good or bad, What are the best DOS games that are freeware/shareware? I think all DOS games are freeware/shareware at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Definitely the Champ Em games. If you can, get Pharoah's Tomb. Very fun puzzle game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 How could I forget JROK's arcade conversions. http://www.jrok.com/games_orig.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) EDIT: Dup post. Edited August 10, 2011 by TwiliteZoner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I've always been partial to the Commander Keen series. I have to agree here. Almost anything by Apogee Software is great for the time. Just a partial list: Commander Keen Wolfenstein 3D Arctic Adventure Pharaoh's Tomb Biomenace Star Gunner Kingdom of Kroz Crystal Caves Secret Agent and others, and later Doom, Duke Nukem, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Sooo so so SO many great DOS games. All the old Lucasarts adventures; Monkey Island 1&2, Sam and Max, Maniac Mansion Quarantine Duke Nukem 1, 2, 3D Krypton Egg that sonofabitch helicopter game I can never remember the name of (not choplifter) Redhook's Revenge Doom 1, 2 Heretic Terminal Velocity Raptor Scorched Earth The Incredible Machine 1, 2, 3, and so on Hocus Pocus Shoot, just find a huge DOS game torrent and go ape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 So many games to mention. Sooooo many. I'm pretty partial to EGA Trek. One Must Fall 2099 is a neat fighting game. Yeah, I used to play that. I still crank it up every now and then. I've always been partial to the Commander Keen series. I have to agree here. Almost anything by Apogee Software is great for the time. Just a partial list: Commander Keen Wolfenstein 3D Arctic Adventure Pharaoh's Tomb Biomenace Star Gunner Kingdom of Kroz Crystal Caves Secret Agent and others, and later Doom, Duke Nukem, etc. Yep, I think Apogee was ahead of their time. I mean, to get full-screen mostly smooth video scrolling on my old XT PC was quite impressive. Not to mention the very awesome and colorful games they had. I also really enjoyed the Sierra adventure games. King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry and Conquests of Camelot were my favorites. But Police Quest not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I agree with the Keen fans!!! Also, Jazz Jackrabbit was one of my favs back then... desiv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Tyrian (or Tyrian 2K). It's freeware now. Oh yeah, Abandonia is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horst Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'm pretty partial to EGA Trek. One Must Fall 2099 is a neat fighting game. Still remember picking up a 3.5" floppy disk of EGA Trek at a flea market in Tampa when I was a kid for a dollar. Played the heck out of it but could never beat it on the Admiral level. All the Duke Nukem games were great as shareware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinChargers Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Blake Stone for an early FPS and Wacky Wheels for a good Mario Kart clone. Rise of the Triad was also lots of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3vor Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 I found a game thats names Sopwith. That game is awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I found a game thats names Sopwith. That game is awesome... Yeah, I like that game, too. I thought it would make a neat conversion to 2600. If I were to get into 2600 coding, I think that would be my first attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) I found a game thats names Sopwith. That game is awesome... Wow. That's _early_ DOS freeware. If that's what you're looking for, check these out... Flightmare Round 42 Bouncing Babies Paratrooper Digger Moon Bugs Bushido:The Way of the Warrior Edited August 11, 2011 by mbd30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 i used to play the shit out of Line Wars II and The Catacomb Abyss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Don't forget the Epic Pinball series... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Don't forget the Epic Pinball series... Another very well done game. So much 80's goodness. I have an entire DVD of those old games that I've collected. I set up the disc so that you could just copy its entire contents to the root of an old PC's hard drive, or C: on DOSBox, including AUTOEXEC.BAT, mouse.com, MSCDEX.EXE and some root DOS tools. It boots, loads the drivers, and opens QuickMenu, all configured with gaming, productivity, education and programming categories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I have an entire DVD of those old games that I've collected. I set up the disc so that you could just copy its entire contents to the root of an old PC's hard drive, or C: on DOSBox, including AUTOEXEC.BAT, mouse.com, MSCDEX.EXE and some root DOS tools. It boots, loads the drivers, and opens QuickMenu, all configured with gaming, productivity, education and programming categories. I had to look up QuickMenu... that looks slick! I might do something similar now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Oh yeah, Abandonia is your friend. Yes ... it ... is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Another Scorched Earth fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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