Any old DOS games freaks out there??

[NorthernAutumn]

Okay, so while I absolutely adore my old DOS games that I grew up on, I am completely incompetent at running the DOS BOX emulator.

Don't ask why .. just have no skills .

Take a look at this: http://www.freegameempire.com!

It allows you to play good ol' Commander Keen, Captain Comic , Aladdin, LEMMINGS!, anything you want frombefore 1995 inside the web-browser! They have the games right there, just click and play

No more fiddling withDOS BOX yourself (which I swear was builtby geniuses, for geniuses)

All you have to do is download the emulator setup[just an internal dosbox version](no viruses, no alerts from my computer so far...)

I AM STOKED and WASTING all sorts of time :inlove:

Come play 2D sidescrollers with me All you kids who like the 80s, come live it up!

 

[Luvr of Wabbits and Polar Bears]

You are a horrible woman for posting this. I had to give up on Commander Keen for now. I kept dying all the time.

 

[NorthernAutumn]

hehehe!!! AWESOME! Now you are sucked into the vortex that is Keen!
Thank you for playing with me, Rebecca

 

[mardigraskisses]

LEMMINGS?!?!?!?!?;FAJ;A'SDLKASDLKF


I love emulators. I have one for gameboy and playstation. I'm waiting for them to perfect the gamecube one.

Now I have another to add to my list. :highfive:

 

[kirbyultra]

O M G!

 

[NorthernAutumn]

Jess, have you tried out VisualBoyAdvance for GBA roms?
I've also had a few copies of Steve's Snake's Fusion... pretty cool .. it's a very flexible program.



ON a side note, you guys can save any of the games you play on this site, as the save file goes directly to the game that is stored in your hard-drive...

Saved my butt on Keen 4 a few times last night

 

[tonyshuman]

MASTER OF MAGIC!!! I got it from the cheap bin at Office Max when I was about 12 and the version we had must have had a bug or something because it had all these errors. Sometimes it would even make our "Compaq Presario" crash! Sometimes you'd get an AMAZING character to play with--like waaay too good. Thanks, I really needed something to distract me from my work (yeah right!)! At least I can't play them with co-workers watching.

 

[Luvr of Wabbits and Polar Bears]

I found BRIX. I love/d this game

 

[tonyshuman]

GAH Autumn I blame you for my re-addiction to this game!

 

[Luvr of Wabbits and Polar Bears]

tonyshuman wrote:

GAH Autumn I blame you for my re-addiction to this game!

Me too. There are other things I could be doing but NNNNNOOOOO have to check out all the games :X

 

[NorthernAutumn]

LOL
I love RO's DOS dorks

 

[Blaze_Amita]

Lemmings!!!!! I LOVE Lemmings!
I want to find the one game I used to play. I thought it was Myst but I can't remember the name. No images, but just like D&D all words that you typed in for function. it was a completely mentally stimulation game. It was on our old DOS system.
My brother's actually still trying to get them off the old 5 1/4 floppy disks onto CD so we can play them again
Children of the 80's??
We are the true geeks of our generations-but we're the best!

 

[NorthernAutumn]

Two other great places for old dos games dorks:

dosgamesarchive

Home of the Underdogs

 

[RexyRex]

SIM ANT :yes:

This child of the 80's/90's thanks you Autumn!!

 

[NorthernAutumn]

You are most welcome, my seasonal counterpart!
Good to see you posting!
(The snow outside my window indicates it's time for you to take the reins )

 

[JadeIcing]

I don't know any of these. Please post ages people.

 

[BethM]

Blaze_Amita wrote:

I want to find the one game I used to play. I thought it was Myst but I can't remember the name. No images, but just like D&D all words that you typed in for function. it was a completely mentally stimulation game. It was on our old DOS system.
My brother's actually still trying to get them off the old 5 1/4 floppy disks onto CD so we can play them again
Children of the 80's??
We are the true geeks of our generations-but we're the best!

Are you thinking of Zork? I used to LOOOOOVE Zork games! There were lots of non-Zork games put out by Infocom, too. I think I have an emulator on my pc that plays some of the Infocom games (Zork 1,2,3, Beyond Zork, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Spellbreaker, Sorcerer, Wishbringer, Plundered Hearts,.......)

I used to have all of the Infocom games, then a while back I re-formatted my computer and stupidly didn't back them up. By then, some of the games had been taken off the internet, but I was able to get many of them back again.

Gosh, I just love those "interactive fiction" games. I somehow managed to solve Beyond Zork without hints!
I wish there was a way I could play them on my iPhone, that would be the awesomest thing EVER. I would pay much money for that.

 

[mardigraskisses]

NorthernAutumn wrote:

Jess, have you tried out VisualBoyAdvance for GBA roms?

That's the one I've been using. It's awesome.

 

[BethM]

BethM wrote:

I used to have all of the Infocom games, then a while back I re-formatted my computer and stupidly didn't back them up. By then, some of the games had been taken off the internet, but I was able to get many of them back again.

Gosh, I just love those "interactive fiction" games. I somehow managed to solve Beyond Zork without hints!
I wish there was a way I could play them on my iPhone, that would be the awesomest thing EVER. I would pay much money for that.

After a little bit of digging online, I just found most of the Infocom IF games available for download.

And an iPhone app that translates IF games, so I can play them on the go! It has built-in ftp, so I can even transfer the games I just downloaded onto my phone, and play them anywhere.

:bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance:

 

[PepnFluff]

LEEMINGS! ohmygawd!