Poll: Dos Games

[Jazoni89]

Heretic.

That game was amazing because it was essentially Fantasy style Doom.

I also liked when you'd plug in the cheat codes for Doom it would punish you accordingly

(IDDQD - kills you)
(IDKFA - Takes away all your weapons and leaves you with a stick)

Hexen: beyond heretic was loads better than the original though in my personal opinion.

I have some serious nostalgia for that game.

 

[Chemical Alia]

I played a lot of DOS games growing up. My favorites are Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3d and Crystal Caves. I played those ones in particular, even after we got that fancy CD-ROM thing and the Sega Genesis.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

No love for Dark Forces? I've had it since I was a kid, and I loved it then, but the true brilliance didn't hit me until I started a new playthrough a couple months back. It still holds up as one of the best FPS's of all time, right next to Doom, Quake, and Unreal. A heck of a lot of fun, and I heartily recommend it to anyone who likes FPSs but hasn't played it.

Edit: Kudos for remembering RoTT, though. That was an even better game than Mortal Kombat for a kid looking for the forbidden fruit of violent videogames back in the day.

 

[barbzilla]

My favorite DoS game by far was Fantasy Empires. Old fantasy strategy game by TSR. I spent countless hours on that game, I still have it too. Unfortunately I do not have the manual any longer and I need it to actually play the game (strange form of DRM). I was also a huge fan of wing commander and Prince of Persia.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

My favorite DoS game by far was Fantasy Empires. Old fantasy strategy game by TSR. I spent countless hours on that game, I still have it too. Unfortunately I do not have the manual any longer and I need it to actually play the game (strange form of DRM). I was also a huge fan of wing commander and Prince of Persia.

Have you checked to see if there's a text file with the answers somewhere? If you poke around on enough abandonware sites, you're bound to find either that or a full copy of the manual.

Note to mods: this guy has a legit copy of the game but he lost the manual, which is needed for the copy protection scheme. I'm giving him a suggestion of how to play his legally piurchased game, not a suggestion of how to get an illegal copy.

 

[barbzilla]

Have you checked to see if there's a text file with the answers somewhere? If you poke around on enough abandonware sites, you're bound to find either that or a full copy of the manual.

Note to mods: this guy has a legit copy of the game but he lost the manual, which is needed for the copy protection scheme. I'm giving him a suggestion of how to play his legally piurchased game, not a suggestion of how to get an illegal copy.

Yes, I have found text files, but they were not in proper order to decipher the answers.



OT: does anyone else remember a game called "Chaos Overlords"? It is abandon-ware now so if you haven't tried it then try it.



P.S.
As he said I do legally own the game, I have the floppies right next to me. This is not a piracy discussion.

 

[Mordekaien]

No Daggerfall?
"I find your lack of poll options... disturbing"

So TES:2 for me, totally great game- I was having a blast with it, when I was younger, I recently started it again and it's still awesome.

Hexen: beyond heretic was loads better than the original though in my personal opinion.

I have some serious nostalgia for that game.

Also, this. I liked Hexen better too. Something with being the Badass that punches giant Snake Demons with his hands...
(Although Heretic has gauntlets of necromancer and those are pretty epic)

 

[captaincabbage]

Voted for Doom because of the insane amount of time I put into those games. I really wish they would remake a bunch of the old dos games, update the sound and graphics but leave the gameplay EXACTLY as it was.

Honorable Mentions:

Afterlife - Sim City, except you build Heaven & Hell. Best Lucas Arts game ever IMO.

Myst - Really fun & at the time, prettiest puzzle, adventure game around.

Theme Park - Predecessor of Roller Coaster Tycoon.

Mechwarrior 2 - Fucking awesome, nothing else needs said.

TIE Fighter Wars - Second best space combat sim ever.

Descent - Like a cross between Doom & a space combat sim. Fun but hard and confusing to navigate.

Damn right, all of these.

I was thinking to myself before, where the hell is Mechwarrior 2??

 

[Neverhoodian]

Call me crazy, but I miss DOS in general. Sure it was tedious typing in the exact commands, but it felt like you were truly interacting with the computer. Moreover, it helped teach accuracy and precision when typing; having to retype a lengthy command because you missed one key was enough of a hassle to make you pay closer attention next time.

Sadly I cannot play most of the games listed in the poll, as I tend to suffer from motion sickness when I play early FPS titles like Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. Mimicking 3D environments by manipulating 2D sprites just doesn't sit well with me.

I was more of a flight and space sim buff in the DOS era. I must have spent hundreds of hours playing classics like X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Red Baron, A-10 Tank Killer, and Chuck Yeager's Air Combat. Thanks to programs and services like DOSBox and Good Old Games, I still play many of these games today.

 

[Ironman126]

I find you lack of Star Wars X-wing disturbing... Seriously, that was what got me into gaming. Been doing it ever since.

 

[GiglameshSoulEater]

Heretic.

That game was amazing because it was essentially Fantasy style Doom.

I also liked when you'd plug in the cheat codes for Doom it would punish you accordingly

(IDDQD - kills you)
(IDKFA - Takes away all your weapons and leaves you with a stick)

Sir, we are two of a kind.
I love Heretic. I have Shadow of The Serpent Riders on Steam.
Awesome.
What about Hexen? That was pretty good, and a different direction than fantasy DOOM.

Also, System Shock. I find the controls difficult, but it was good.

Hexen: beyond heretic was loads better than the original though in my personal opinion.

I have some serious nostalgia for that game.

You can get it on steam for around £2.00, if I remember correctly or a whole bunch of the old games.

 

[Blunderboy]

The Duke and Carmagedon will probably have to share this between them.
I'm not sure if it counts, but I loved Mind Maze on Encarta 95.

 

[Easton Dark]

Man... Crusader: No Remorse was the most awesome thing ever.

TRI-GRENADE LAUNCHER. DISINTIGRATIONS. GUARD ROBOT HACKING.

That was great.

 

[Saulkar]

Shattered Steel.
Not going to argue.

 

[ferryman]

the lost vikings. haven't seen anything like it since.
also, Loom(the cd version). artsy adventure game