Ancient DOS Games, hosted by shareware game designer Kris Asick, takes a look back at old PC games, talks about their features and how to get them working on modern systems.
Full description and show creditsSince Breakout clones are so incredibly common, it's no wonder that only a handful of them really stand out, but then you have strange cases like today's Ancient DOS Game, Electranoid, which has some very unique features, but doesn't quite pull them off perfectly. Electranoid was released by Pixel Painters in 1995 and today's episode looks at how the game is played, tips to survive, and how to get the game working best on modern computers using DOSBox. There's also gift codes to win so make su...
It's a nightmare and it involves flying... it's a Flightmare! Get it?! Ha ha ha oh who am I kidding that was terrible. Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini takes a look at Flightmare, a REALLY old action game from 1984, created by Peter Adams, that plays with two 2D views to simulate a 3D perspective. This episode looks at how the game is played, tips to survive, and how to get the game working best on modern computers using DOSBox.
Games are almost always more than just graphics, they're also audible! Alas, early sound efforts in DOS were kinda lame. Though this changed fast enough thankfully. In today's filler episode, Gemini takes a look at the various sound cards DOSBox supports and shows how to get them working best in the games that support them through the DOSBox configuration file.
This is what happens when someone else tries to re-make Battlezone into something better... with a margin of success I might add! Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini reviews Stellar 7, a tank-driving, 3D first person shooter created and published by Dynamix in 1990. This episode covers how the game is played, tips for playing, and how to get the game working best on modern systems using DOSBox.
To be honest... I'm really bad at Boulder Dash and games that have similar gameplay, but despite my inability to play such games, I had to review one sooner or later. Thus today on Ancient DOS Games, we'll be taking a look at Supaplex, an action/puzzle game developed by Think!Ware and published by Digital Integration in 1991. This episode covers how the game is played, tips for playing, how to obtain the game, and how to get the game working best on modern systems using DOSBox.
It's such an innocent little name and yet you fight powerful monsters and cast deadly spells... Can't get much better than that! In today's episode of Ancient DOS Games, Gemini reviews Magic Carpet, a first person shooter unlike any other developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1994. This episode covers how the game is played, tips for playing, and how to get the game working best on modern systems using DOSBox.
Ancient DOS Games, hosted by shareware game designer Kris Asick, takes a look back at old PC games, talks about their features and how to get them working on modern systems.