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[quadomatic]

I've never used DOSBox before, but I started to think about it, and I think there are at least a few games I'd want to try.

The first ones that come to mind are Relentless and Twinsen's Odyssey (LBA 1&2). I've never played Alone in the Dark, but I may want to try it. I'll probably play Warcraft as well.

What do you all want to play in DOSBox?

[Nupfi]

Dungeon Keeper.

[Prometheus]

Here's what comes to mind for me, instantly: Jazz Jackrabbit, Pharaoh's Tomb*, Arctic Adventure*, and Commander Keen (Invasion of the Vorticons, and Goodbye Galaxy), along with the bizarre officially-licensed MS-DOS Mega Man titles.

Since x86-based machines were largely irrelevant here until the mid/late 1990s, there are a number of games I have yet to discover (I mean, Commander Keen is a recent thing, for me, even ), so I'll be watching this thread with interest.

*(Both Pharaoh's Tomb and Arctic Adventure are legally available as freeware here.)

Edited by Prometheus, 18 April 2010 - 10:40 PM.

[r00tw00t]

Dungeon Keeper.

gl hf running dungenon keeper at a enjoyable speed

[Timstertoo]

The 2 Discworld point and click adventures would be great

[Azure]

I know it's a stretch, but One Must Fall: 2097 is pretty high on my list

EDIT: Oh, and Warcraft II, of course

Edited by Azure, 18 April 2010 - 11:27 PM.

[second exodous]

I really want to go though the two Dark Sun games. I had the first one when I was a kid but lost one floppy disk(out of 6?, still have them somewhere) and never passed it. I recently found both of them on CD though so I want to give them a try.

As for other straight up DOS games I'm sure I can think of some, but some of the are Scumm games so I'll use ScummVM.

I have a copy of Dark Forces, that would be fun.

EDIT: Oh yeah, Warcraft II, got that.

Edited by second exodous, 18 April 2010 - 11:11 PM.

[pder]

Ultima VI
Ultima: Martian Dreams
Wing Commander
Kings Quest V
Space Quest IV

[Timstertoo]

Ooh Wing Commander, there's a blast from the past

I play Eve online which to me is how we fantasized over 20 years ago Elite should look like in the future with a nice bit of Wing Commander thrown in.

[TrashyMG]

Warcraft II
Stunts

[Khan]

- Sierra classics (Quest for Glory saga, Space Quest saga, Gabriel Knight...)
- Megatech games (Cobra Mission and Knights of Xentar, mainly)
- Infogrames adventures (Eternam, Shadow of the Comet, Alone in the Dark...)
- Princess Maker 2
- Betrayal at Krondor
- Darksun I & II
.....................................

And I guess most of them should run reasonably well

[Chrab]

The 2 Discworld point and click adventures would be great

+1

Rincewind FTW!!!

[second exodous]

- Space Quest saga

Space Quest are Scumm games, I'd suggest using ScummVM for them. I'm sure its a lot faster and will take up less resources/power.

The 2 Discworld point and click adventures would be great

+1

Rincewind FTW!!!

Ah, those also. I'll stop this right now because there are a ton of DOS games that are Scumm and will work better through ScummVM.

Edited by second exodous, 18 April 2010 - 11:31 PM.

[Gerix]

- Sierra classics (Quest for Glory saga, Space Quest saga, Gabriel Knight...)
- Megatech games (Cobra Mission and Knights of Xentar, mainly)
- Infogrames adventures (Eternam, Shadow of the Comet, Alone in the Dark...)
- Princess Maker 2
- Betrayal at Krondor
- Darksun I & II
.....................................

And I guess most of them should run reasonably well

Betrayal at Krondor was such an amazing game. Have you read any of Feist's novels?

[Khan]

Space Quest are Scumm games, I'd suggest using ScummVM for them. I'm sure its a lot faster and will take up less resources/power.

AFAIK Scummvm only supports the old SCI0 engine (earlier Sierra Games with typing interface and EGA graphics).