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[Tr3vor]

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?

[littleman jack]

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.)

[guitarmas]

Tr3vor, on Tue Aug 9, 2011 8:22 PM, said:

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.

[Gamemoose]

I'm pretty partial to EGA Trek. One Must Fall 2099 is a neat fighting game.

[TwiliteZoner]

littleman jack, on Tue Aug 9, 2011 9:29 PM, said:

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

[NE146]

Tr3vor, on Tue Aug 9, 2011 8:22 PM, said:

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.

[keilbaca]

Definitely the Champ Em games.

If you can, get Pharoah's Tomb. Very fun puzzle game.

[TwiliteZoner]

How could I forget JROK's arcade conversions.


http://www.jrok.com/games_orig.html

[TwiliteZoner]

EDIT: Dup post.

Edited by TwiliteZoner, Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:17 AM.

[ChuckH]

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.

[Rex Dart]

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.

[SlowCoder]

So many games to mention. Sooooo many.

Gamemoose, on Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:50 AM, said:

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.

ChuckH, on Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:31 AM, said:

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.

[desiv]

I agree with the Keen fans!!!

Also, Jazz Jackrabbit was one of my favs back then...

desiv

[Austin]

Tyrian (or Tyrian 2K). It's freeware now.

Oh yeah, Abandonia is your friend.

[Horst]

Gamemoose, on Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:50 AM, said:

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.

[TwinChargers]

Blake Stone for an early FPS and Wacky Wheels for a good Mario Kart clone.

Rise of the Triad was also lots of fun.

[Tr3vor]

I found a game thats names Sopwith. That game is awesome...

[SlowCoder]

Tr3vor, on Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:40 AM, said:

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.

[mbd30]

Tr3vor, on Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:40 AM, said:

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 by mbd30, Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:41 AM.

[bomberpunk]

i used to play the shit out of Line Wars II and The Catacomb Abyss

[keilbaca]

Don't forget the Epic Pinball series...

[SlowCoder]

keilbaca, on Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:12 PM, said:

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.

[Rex Dart]

SlowCoder, on Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:10 PM, said:

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.

[SlowCoder]

Austin, on Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:11 PM, said:

Oh yeah, Abandonia is your friend.

Yes ... it ... is.

[Cobra Commander]

Another Scorched Earth fan.