2400 MSDOS video games uploaded to Internet Archive

[Azure]

No 8 year old would think of writing down how many screens you had to go in each direction in order to get to water. That is probably the only way of figuring it out.

[Hugh Jahrmes]

Just played through Star Trek: 25th Anniversary on DOSbox, is Judgement Rites available on this does anyone know?


I remember Hugo's House of Horrors too.. Going to the mall and bugging my parents for a few dollars to buy shareware disks from little mall kiosks.

[endeavor]

This is awesome.

I have been playing Prince of Persia and yep, I still suck at it.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Azure

No 8 year old would think of writing down how many screens you had to go in each direction in order to get to water. That is probably the only way of figuring it out.

Was t it all just chess knight Ls

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Azure

There were a lot of different sites that let you play some of the old games like Kings Quest, but you had to start halfway through due to some kind of licensing restriction.

This seems different.

Turns out it is. I just learned that the Internet Archive holds a DMCA exemption for this software on historical preservation grounds.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Azure

I'm only 26 and I clearly remember playing a lot of the DOS games back in the day. Insane how fast the gaming world has improved in the last 15 years.

Same here (well, I'm 25). But I remember playing a lot of these games, like Gorillas.bas, side-scrolling Duke Nukem, and Lemmings. Was a long time ago!

Makes me wonder how far gaming will come by the time my son is 25...

[SuperMatt18]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- The Arcade Game!

Well there goes my productivity for the day.

[calumniate]

Ironman Super Off road

[Azure]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Same here (well, I'm 25). But I remember playing a lot of these games, like Gorillas.bas, side-scrolling Duke Nukem, and Lemmings. Was a long time ago!

Makes me wonder how far gaming will come by the time my son is 25...

Back then I think you got disks full of free side scrolling games. Keen and others were fun as well.

[Wormius]

Wow. I seem to remember the graphics as better than they actually were. Damn you Thexder!

On another note, I was looking back at some old programs and loved how there were not special installation procedures. You just copied the files and everything worked. Then when you were done, you just deleted the files.

[ernie]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

My first computer games were typed from a library book using a Texas Instrument TI-99. There wasn't even a tape drive to save them.

Same. TI 99/4A with cassette save/load. I remember countless hours of searching for that damn O I had turned into 0 (or vice versa). And then after finally figuring out all the errors you made in copying the program you got to play just a terrible game for the half hour before you got sick of it.

And then I'd fire up Tunnels of Doom for an afternoon of Wyvern slaying

[chalms04]

Leisure Suit Larry seemed a million times better when I was a wee lad.

[Weirdness]

Originally Posted by chalms04

Leisure Suit Larry seemed a million times better when I was a wee lad.

That's what I hate about nostalgia. What's that saying? "You can never go home again?" Feels like it applies when I try playing these old games again.

I love finding classic games that I haven't played before though, that's always fun.