Nostalgia and DOS

[Ftaghn To You Too]

Being a younger gamer, I never got a chance to play and DOS games in back in the day. However, the Elder Scrolls nerd in me decided to download Daggerfall from the Bethesda website.

After a spell of figuring out DOSBox and getting a hang of the combat system, I was blown away. A HUGE world, interesting combat, choices out the wazoo on character progression. I knew going in that TES II was different from III and IV, but this is incredible.

So, do any Escapists have fond memories of Daggerfall, Arena, Text-based games or old DOS games in general?

 

[Tartarga]

I recently got a chance to play Doom using DOS at my school. It was my first time using DOS and playing Doom, it was awesome.

 

[scnj]

Not specifically DOS, but I do remember having to create a floppy boot disk to run TIE Fighter on Windows 95. Those were the days.

 

[Wayneguard]

Being a younger gamer, I never got a chance to play and DOS games in back in the day. However, the Elder Scrolls nerd in me decided to download Daggerfall from the Bethesda website.

After a spell of figuring out DOSBox and getting a hang of the combat system, I was blown away. A HUGE world, interesting combat, choices out the wazoo on character progression. I knew going in that TES II was different from III and IV, but this is incredible.

So, do any Escapists have fond memories of Daggerfall, Arena, Text-based games or old DOS games in general?

lucky bastard. I could not get daggerfall to work AT ALL.

 

[Ftaghn To You Too]

Being a younger gamer, I never got a chance to play and DOS games in back in the day. However, the Elder Scrolls nerd in me decided to download Daggerfall from the Bethesda website.

After a spell of figuring out DOSBox and getting a hang of the combat system, I was blown away. A HUGE world, interesting combat, choices out the wazoo on character progression. I knew going in that TES II was different from III and IV, but this is incredible.

So, do any Escapists have fond memories of Daggerfall, Arena, Text-based games or old DOS games in general?

lucky bastard. I could not get daggerfall to work AT ALL.

Was it a screwy installation error? or did you get a "Not enough memory" thing too?

 

[EnigmaticThor]

I've got fond memories of Commander Keen and The Lost Vikings, the great but little known platformers of the early 90s.

 

[Weaver]

DOS games were amazing.

Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a personal favorite of mine.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Ahh, DOS! *runs for cover*

[small]Simcity 2000 was the only DOS came I ever played...[/small]

 

[Wayneguard]

Being a younger gamer, I never got a chance to play and DOS games in back in the day. However, the Elder Scrolls nerd in me decided to download Daggerfall from the Bethesda website.

After a spell of figuring out DOSBox and getting a hang of the combat system, I was blown away. A HUGE world, interesting combat, choices out the wazoo on character progression. I knew going in that TES II was different from III and IV, but this is incredible.

So, do any Escapists have fond memories of Daggerfall, Arena, Text-based games or old DOS games in general?

lucky bastard. I could not get daggerfall to work AT ALL.

Was it a screwy installation error? or did you get a "Not enough memory" thing too?

I can't quite remember. I seem to remember the emu requesting a "disc" which is odd as surely daggerfall was on floppy o_0

 

[NeutralDrow]

I still play Curse of the Azure Bonds every so often, and I love the Gold Box Dragonlance games (Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn, Dark Queen of Krynn).

Also, I <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.194259-Off-Topic-Reviews-Ragnarok>reviewed such a game, once (a roguelike).

 

[Infinatex]

Ahh.. run the original Command and Conquer through DOS to unlock 'funpark' mode! Dino-killing fun!

 

[Valiard]

lets see tie fighter, duke nukem 1, 2, and 3d, Star Command..the list goes on

 

[Wayneguard]

lets see tie fighter, duke nukem 1, 2, and 3d, Star Command..the list goes on

tiefighter needs a remake...

 

[Blimey]

Zork. I played the fucking shit out of those games. Me and my dad would sit there for hours and peck away at 'em. I actually have an old-ass PC which I used for DOS gaming when the desire strikes.

Other then that, I played and enjoyed stupid amounts of DOS games. I've always been a PC gamer, so I can't even list all the games for DOS that I love.

 

[twasdfzxcv]

Played this little Japanese RPG on DOS called Lunatic dawn 2 that I consider to be the only true RPG ever made. It's basically a sandbox fantasy hero simulator that has no story line at all. You just starts off creating a character and pretty much do whatever you want with it (albeit when the game allows), going around towns taking jobs, recruiting teammates and exploring dungeons. Spent countless hours on it.