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[AtariYoungin]

I just finished configuring my computer for Win 95/XP dual boot, and I wanted to know what you guys think the best games for DOS. I will look at any genre. Thanks for the input.

[JB]

Tyrian.

[-^Cro§Bow^-]

Any of Sierra's old mid 80s and early 90s adventure games are worth installing and playing. I also just finished getting through Westwood Studio's Hand of Fate. Which is the second game in a trilogy based off The Legend of Kyrandia. They are basically standard adventure game rip offs, but the puns and other hidden jokes in the games make them worth the trip. They also had outstanding graphics for the genre considering when they were made.

If you can get the computer to slow down enough of which the biggest hint is to kill your L1 and L2 or possibly your L3 cache in the bios and that will cripple most of today's pentiums to near 386 speed.

If you can get is slow enough...all the Wing Commanders seem worth a permanent install into a computer. Also the Ultimas are great RPGs that will keep you busy for a good long while.

[AtariYoungin]

I used to love the Kyrandia games when I was younger, and I play Ultima Online and have been for 4 years, so the old games should be cool. Thanks for the input, all lookin good, keep em commin.

[Nukey Shay]

With MoSlo (the full version), you can reduce processor speed to any percentage you want.

The X-Wing series
SimCity
T2: The Arcade Game
Starflight

[snorlaxnut]

Bedlam is a good one.

[King Atari]

*COUGH* Space Quest I *COUGH* Space Quest V *COUGH*

[z28in82]

Day of the tenticle, sam and max, and indiana jones and the fate of atlantis

[desiv]

Full Throttle!!!!

Something about that game I LOVE!!!!

It's funny, humorous, and has a lot in it to make you laugh..

hmmm.. :-)

I just wish the sound wasn't so darn picky when trying to run it under XP...

FUN GAME!!!

desiv

Hey, with the American Chopper series on Discovery being popular, Full Throttle is in vogue again!!! Where'd I put that disc????

[Ze_ro]

Keep in mind that all the LucasArts games mentioned (such as Full Throttle and Sam & Max) can actually be run on modern OS's using ScummVM, and a lot of the Sierra _____ Quest style games can be played using either FreeSCI or Sarien... and the Ultima 7 games can be played through Exult (There's also Nuvie for the Ultima 6 games (which includes Martian Dreams), and XU4 for Ultima 4... there's also some Ultima Underworld work, but I haven't found anything that's made sufficient progress yet). So although Dos is necessary for playing some of the older games, some of the better ones have been "preserved". Some of the projects I mentioned are still a little new (for example, FreeSCI won't play Space Quest 4 yet), but they're definitely worth a try. Even if you can do Dos stuff fine, I still suggest Exult for playing Ultima 7, since that game is an enormous bitch to get working.

Anyways, a site that definitely has to be mentioned in this thread is Home of the Underdogs. Go there and download pretty much anything that gets more than a 4.5, and you'll have a damn good game waiting for you. Go get Dark Heart of Uukrul for example... I've never heard of this game outside of HOTU, but it's an extremely well done RPG game with ridiculous amounts of originality. I always liked Duke Nukem 2 (Before Duke went 3D), as well as some of the other shareware platformers like Hocus Pocus. SimCity 2000 was definitely fun (everything after that got overly complicated for my tastes). MinerVGA is a hard to find little mining game (it sounds stupid, but I had tons of fun with this game... good luck finding it though). Pharaoh's Tomb is a very old CGA platform game that I played for hours (it might be tough to run though... it errors out on fast computers, so you need to use some goofy stuff to make things sane). Jones in the Fast Lane is a mostly unknown life/board game combination which you have to play to really figure out what it is (No, it's nothing like the actual board game "Life"). Jetpack is a neat little shareware-turned-freeware platform game with it's own level editor (it's kinda like Lode Runner with a jetpack.. download it for free from the company's website, and try out Squarez while you're at it). Star Control 2 is a huge space epic that I sadly never had the proper time for (Check out Ur-Quan Masters for a modern-computer friendly port). Robinson's Requiem is part FPS part survival RPG... you have to monitor your condition closely to survive on an alien planet. Beware that it's a very hard game though. My all-time favorite RPG is Dungeon Master, which I've whored out enough that I won't bother saying anything more. God of Thunder is an excellent, pseudo-Zelda RPG/puzzle/adventure game set in Norse mythology, and has the distinction of being the first (and possibly only, can't remember) shareware game that I ever bought the full version of. Reaping The Dungeon is a bizarre game that plays somewhat like Rogue or Nethack (which you really need to try if you haven't already), but has a very strange and unique setting... you'll have a really hard time finding it though. Finally, I always loved playing Descent... part flight sim, part FPS.

That should keep you busy for a while

--Zero

[liquid_sky]

the crusader series by origin, crusader: no remorse and crusader: no regrets

[Inky]

I second Duke Nukem 2, and Duke Nukem 1.

And really, need you anything more than the original Wolfenstien 3-D?

[Mr.FoodMonster]

JB said:

Tyrian.

thats exactly what i was going to say when i saw this topic post, you my friend earn some cookies such a great game, its a shame that you cant play it with sound on the newer machines

[Sharky]

AtariYoungin said:

I just finished configuring my computer for Win 95/XP dual boot, and I wanted to know what you guys think the best games for DOS. I will look at any genre. Thanks for the input.

What?... I heard this would cause problems, as system files will start arguing with each other, and could cause a big problem soon.

Anyway for me my favourite game in the DOS/Win95 Days would clearly have to be SimCity 2000.
There was a DOS Version, then later the Win95 version which was even better because of the 4th Zoom level.

[AtariYoungin]

The system files only argue with eachother if they are on the partition, and 95 can't even recognize XP's NTFS partition, so it seems fine to me. The only problem I had is that 95 didn't like processers over 350mhz, found a patch for that though. And thanks for all these sugestions, I might buy a new larger HD for all these .

[Sharky]

AtariYoungin said:

The system files only argue with eachother if they are on the partition, and 95 can't even recognize XP's NTFS partition, so it seems fine to me. The only problem I had is that 95 didn't like processers over 350mhz, found a patch for that though. And thanks for all these sugestions, I might buy a new larger HD for all these .

Well now I know it can be done, its attempting myself to try it as I hear some games have problems under XP or 2000, but run fine on Windows 95.

That means you can go to Real DOS and also have windows XP on your system!

[BeerGnome]

Redneck Rampage!!!

Its based on the Duke Nukem 3D Biuld engine. you get to kill loads of ornery Rednecks, Hillbillies, Aliens, chickens..
and of course your Power ups are beer and Moonpies

[Sharky]

BeerGnome said:

Redneck Rampage!!!

Too cartoonist to be taken seriously. But I loved that game on my old 486, beautifully designed levels, and sound effects, sewers are a bit boring though, but the Drive-in-threatre is quite a hilousous one.

Redneck Rides Again is the squeal and you get to ride on Motorbikes, Boats, even get to see a plane crashing, and loads more.

[Jasoco]

YES! Red Neck Rampage! That was a classic demo! I loved the demo but never got the full game. It was pretty damn fun.

There's always Ultimate DOOM, DOOM ][, Wolfenstein, Duke 1, 2 and 3D, Heretic, Hexen.

[Ze_ro]

AtariYoungin said:

The only problem I had is that 95 didn't like processers over 350mhz, found a patch for that though.

What!? I'd never heard anything about that... I've been running Windows 95 on my 400MHz system for years without any problems...

I said:

God of Thunder has the distinction of being the first (and possibly only, can't remember) shareware game that I ever bought the full version of.

Ah, I almost forgot another old favorite of mine that I actually bought legitimately... Corridor 7! It's based entirely on the Wolfenstein 3D engine (and even bragged about this on the box, despite the fact that Doom was already available). It's set on a space station, and you shoot aliens with futuristic guns. The artwork wasn't terribly good, and as far as I can tell, I'm the only one who ever liked this game, so maybe you shouldn't try it after all It was definitely better than Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold though.

--Zero

[Inky]

Am I the only one that despised Redneck Rampage?

I thought the levels were horridly designed, and there was one point where you had to kill a boss alien before he killed Bubba. And, of course, to get out of the level, you have to bash Bubba with the crowbar -- impossible to do if there's no bubba!

YOu may want to check at www.theunderdogs.org for some classic DOS gaming goodness!

[AtariYoungin]

it may have been 450 then all i know is that it wouldn't run on my AMD 1800+ without a patch, got a windows protection error.

[Ze_ro]

Inky said:

Am I the only one that despised Redneck Rampage?

I never much cared for this game either... it was funny for the first 15 minutes, but after that, the joke just got old. Duke Nukem and Shadow Warrior were much better games in my opinion. Blood was pretty good too, and was based on the same engine. Quake 2 still ranks as one of my favorite FPS games ever... I always loved the level progression it had.

--Zero

[Inky]

Ze_ro said:

Inky said:

Am I the only one that despised Redneck Rampage?

I never much cared for this game either... it was funny for the first 15 minutes, but after that, the joke just got old. Duke Nukem and Shadow Warrior were much better games in my opinion. Blood was pretty good too, and was based on the same engine. Quake 2 still ranks as one of my favorite FPS games ever... I always loved the level progression it had.

--Zero

Shadow Warrior was pretty decent, although I never solved it. Duke 3D was the king of FPS

[Sharky]

Dont forget Rise of The Traids.

A must-have for DOS games collectors.

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