List of worthwhile DOS games

[Makabb]

Not sure this was posted here

 

[schru]

All that uncorrected aspect ratio.

 

[laclongquan]

Only Theme Hospital worth a recent replay~ as I had done last year.

 

[Makabb]

Only Theme Hospital worth a recent replay~ as I had done last year.

Dungeon keeper, Settlers 2 ,Simcity 2000, TTD

Timeless games that can be replayed over and over

 

[Ash]

I still need to play Strife.

Also, some brave soul who isn't sheltered and has standards defined by some gaming history should do a list of worthwhile modern games (any platform/format).

 

[Zarniwoop]

List of worthwhile Linux games:

 

[A user named cat]

List of worthwhile gaming lists:

 

[Mikeal]

Fuck Lemmings were rad.

 

[Lagi]

so many games i dream to play as whipster. Many of them I only see in magazines. I guess its time to rape my nostalgia. I had to wake up earlier to have more time to waste on games.

Jazz was not competing with Sonic, cause blue hedgehog was in weaker league.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Fuck Lemmings were rad.

Lemmings were rad and made for the Commodore Amiga, as were a number of other games in that graphic, without any mention of this fact.

 

[Makabb]

btw use Dosbox ECE (enhanced community edition)

It's a version of dosbox still being worked on with MT-32 emulation so you can have glorious midi music.

It also features pixel-perfect scaling, so a resolution of 640x480 gets enlarged without noticable distortion on todays high resolutions

https://blog.yesterplay80.net/dosbox-ece-en/

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Thanks for the reminder of this image, it's been kicking around for a few years (and the factual errors still haven't been fixed).

While there are many good games on that list, only a few of them are worth the effort of going through firing up and configuring DOSBox, or assembling your own DOS-based computer. By that I'm not saying that the games were crap or have aged badly (though some of them have) but that many of them have received remakes, sourceports or some other upgrade since then to make the task easier. So look around online for an ease-of-use solution to your DOS game itch first.

Also, some brave soul who isn't sheltered and has standards defined by some gaming history should do a list of worthwhile modern games (any platform/format).

I'm gonna give you a light-hearted "Fuck no" on that one. The reason is very simple: Volume.

The Spectrum line of computers had a lifespan of a decade, and the most accurate (though not conclusive) number of titles available for those computers is 25.000.

The PC has been around and kicking since 1981, and while I cannot find any sensible numbers for how many titles are available on it, I can tell you this: 7.672 games were released on Steam last year. In 2016 it was a little under 5.000 titles, and somewhere around 3.000 titles in 2015. That's around 15.000 titles in three years. The Spectrum had 10 years to rack up 25.000, even if you split up the PC games into distinct eras you're still gonna end with several buttloads of games for people to go through. You need an army for that.

 

[Ash]

A shitton of indie shovelware.

It's true though, there is an influx of games being made, especially since the indie boom, but nobody said this list has to be definitive. Main purpose of it would be to share some actually good modern games with others from a trusted opinion, as they are hard to find. Good modern games and trusted opinions both.

 

[Strange Fellow]

Well I sure hope this isn't meant as an exhaustive list of worthwhile DOS games, so a similar list of modern games wouldn't need to be either.

Oh look, beaten to it ^

 

[Strange Fellow]

Taking a look at the list, there's certainly a lot to criticize, but one thing really puzzles me. You have the entire catalogue of DOS RPGs to choose from, including ports of games developed for other systems, and in a list with fewer than 10 RPGs in total, Albion makes the cut? No mention of Gold Box, Wizardry, Might and Magic, only a single Ultima, but the furry game gets the nod. Really?

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Well it IS heavily biased towards the 1990s...

 

[Strange Fellow]

Then pick one of the good ones for fucks sake

 

[Makabb]

Playing Dungeon Keeper and it's still so good, the controls aged better than I remember, and the graphics are still nice, probably best rts/god hybrid ever made. in-game press alt+r to bump up the resolution.

 

[Beastro]

Incredible Machine

 

[PorkBarrellGuy]

>Tyrian, Raptor, Darklands, NetHack and Wasteland

Acceptable

 

[Makabb]

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

What happened to you, video-games?

 

[deltamind]

Only Theme Hospital worth a recent replay~ as I had done last year.

Dungeon keeper, Settlers 2 ,Simcity 2000, TTD

Timeless games that can be replayed over and over

Yo I actually have to agree on this one!

 

[Lagi]

Battle Arena Toshinden (1995) vs One must Fall (94)

 

[Makabb]

Duke Nukem 3d is ofcourse also a classic.


I can't decide which is the better one, Duke Nukem or Jedi Knight