Author Topic: Old School DOS games (Read 1520 times)

bpti · « **Reply #30 on:** February 23, 2004, 09:55:14 AM »

WIng Commander rocked!
So did UFO and TFD! Awesome games, though really hard. Oh, the suspense of waiting for those alien mofos to show themselves!!!

AdmRose · « **Reply #31 on:** February 23, 2004, 10:05:35 AM »

Christ, this makes me wish I had kept some of my old games, they'd be worth a fortune now.

bpti · « **Reply #32 on:** February 23, 2004, 10:16:55 AM »

nope. most of them are free

http://www.the-underdogs.org

AKIron · « **Reply #33 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:18:45 PM »

I just received as an update to my Microsoft Action Pack subscription the Microsoft Virtual PC 2004. Let's you run multiple virtual PCs on one PC simultaneously including MSDOS and even OS/2. Pretty cool. If you work in the IT industry you can get this along with most of the server products and 10 users of Windows XP Pro and Office XP for $300/yr. Check it out here: http://members.microsoft.com/partner/salesmarketing/partnermarket/actionpack/actionpackus.aspx

Here's a link to the Virtual PC: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/evaluation/overview2004.asp

Engine · « **Reply #34 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:41:01 PM »

Aha! I got X-Com working, and for those of you who've downloaded the Win98-compatible version (8megs), just open up dxdiag and disable Directdraw acceleration. That fixes the graphics garbling.

Been playing for hours. Only a month has passed and I've got frickin battleships attacking my home base.

AKIron · « **Reply #35 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:44:42 PM »

I run Windows XP and just installed Virtual PC. I'm now installing Windows 98, have to admit, it made me a little nervous when it asked if I wanted to format my hard drive. BTW, "guest" o/s' don't come with Virtual PC.

Stoned Gecko · « **Reply #36 on:** February 23, 2004, 07:53:39 PM »

Anyone has Chuck Yeager Air Combat?

Reschke · « **Reply #37 on:** February 23, 2004, 08:25:52 PM »

Another one that just hit me....Transport Tycoon!

For the simplicity it was pretty damn good.

eilif · « **Reply #38 on:** February 28, 2004, 11:50:22 PM »

I just downloaded Aces of the pacific! The first sim i ever played. It came with a manual that must have been a hundred pages. My whole family read it because it was so interesting, It covered the history of WWII better than any history book i have read. I got win ace to open the file after i unzipped it now i just got to get x com or something to run it since its for dos. Sure hope this thing can work must have been the greatest sim flying i have ever had back in the day. Dang thing got me hooked on these vertual WWII fighter games o well lol. Going to try to get red baron working to!:)