List of Worthwhile DOS Games

[Occasionally Fatal]

Found this trawling the internets. Looks like a pretty good list to me.

 

[SCO]

No master of orion 1, list is invalid.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

should have stuck to the obscure ones

like anyone who'll play dos games hasn't heard of all these already

also no Dark Sun or Stronghold.

 

[Excidium]

Where is Micro Machines 2?

 

[sgc_meltdown]

Where is Micro Machines 2?

The only micromachine car I owned had a body that would change colors from orange-red to light blue on contact with cold

the logical way to utilise this fine feature was of course via the fridge freezer and seeing the bits where the ice touched change immediately

magical stuff

 

[Occasionally Fatal]

It's also missing Dungeon Keeper, I'm realizing. And The Incredible Machine.

 

[SCO]

It's kinda impossible to do justice to such a large era.

For instance i see no QFG edit: they have the first WTF?
or Moonstone.

My MoO1 example was relevant though, since they include MoO2. Graphic whores.

 

[Occasionally Fatal]

Well what's weird is some of them have series listed (Syndicate, Mechwarrior), but others don't.

 

[Sceptic]

The list has Wacky Wheels! It gets the Sceptic Seal Of Approval

Like all lists it's missing some things, Dark Sun and Stronghold being really painful ones as meltdown pointed out... and including Goblins 3 but not Gobliiins is also odd, as Gobliiins was the much more original game. And while I'd have normally agreed with having QFG1 only there, as it's the best one, they did put whole series elsewhere (like Wing Commander and UW), so why not all of QFG?

 

[SCO]

Sins of omission are at least better than including bad games.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

No master of orion 1, list is invalid.

Tbf they claim that MoO II was released in 1994 so I smell another bullshit "let's pretend we know stuff by naming games we heard about once or twice" and just skimming through it other things are also off. Still, it contains a ton of absolutely brilliant titles and comparing it to, let's say, "best games of 21st century list" just makes you realise the scale of decline.

 

[JarlFrank]

Well, not a bad list, even though it's missing some gems.

As long as it will actually manage to inspire people who haven't played those to check them out, it's a great list.

I'd much prefer a "list of best DOS games you never heard of" though, because then there might be a chance that I could find some games I haven't played already.

 

[Gregz]

very cool, just wish it was chronological rather than alphabetical.

 

[DraQ]

I see no Frontier: Elite 2.

 

[MetalCraze]

More like the list of Most Popular DOS Games

 

[Untermensch]

Hmmmm.... Strife and Bioforge look interesting.

Codex, are they worth playing?

 

[Regis]

Hmmmm.... Strife and Bioforge look interesting.

Codex, are they worth playing?

Bioforge

+ Nice writing.
- Everything else.

Strife

+ It's better, than Doom.
- Not that this is an achievement.

 

[DraQ]

Hmmmm.... Strife and Bioforge look interesting.

Codex, are they worth playing?

Haven't played Bioforge, Strife is a bit of a schizotech (mix of high and medieval level technology) proto Deus Ex running on Doom engine and definitely worth a playthrough or two.

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

It's also missing Dungeon Keeper, I'm realizing. And The Incredible Machine.

It has TIM.

No Steel Panthers?

Still, a good list to show any gaming newbie that thinks new games are the shit.

 

[Astral Rag]

Is Bioforge worth playing?

Definitely.

+Setting
+Writing and story
+Excellent music and audio
+Decent voice acting
+Varied gameplay
+Advanced combat system
+Amazing graphics and cinematics
+Enemy variation
+Animation of characters
+Violence + gore (severed limbs, wounds and blood appear on characters,....)

-Controls/ camera might take some getting used to if you are not familiar with games like this (Alone in the dark 1-2-3)
-Ending/ sequel was cancelled

 

[Phelot]

WHERE IS MAH FAVORITE GAME?!

 

[commie]

Yeah, no Gold Box or many other SSI titles, but for what it is it's a pretty good list. Shows just how much quality there was back then and in a short period(most of the stuff covers a 5 or 6 year period) and this misses out on a shit load of things. You'd be lucky to be able to scrape up a list half as long of half decent games for the last 10-12 years. Cryway is missing the point: even if popular they were/are good. These days there's little correlation between popularity and quality.

I'd much prefer a "list of best DOS games you never heard of" though, because then there might be a chance that I could find some games I haven't played already.

I remember I gave you one of those...have to remember a few more I guess. Fuck the 742 X-Com remakes, where's my Sword of Aragon remake?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I'd much prefer a "list of best DOS games you never heard of" though, because then there might be a chance that I could find some games I haven't played already.

Yeah, but you guys don't need a list. This is directed at people who don't know where to begin ("Use this software called DosBox; ever heard of Abandonia?")

edit: for that matter, the picture came from here, where one can find similar lists, including a "brief story of PC gaming" that is sure to twist many panties and shatter a few monocles.

 

[commie]

Yeah, but you guys don't need a list. This is directed at people who don't know where to begin ("Use this software called DosBox; ever heard of Abandonia?")

Yeah, no point nitpicking...in this day and age this is a good thing to get the plebs started on what they missed out on. If it converts someone its done its job.

 

[MetalCraze]

Yeah, but you guys don't need a list. This is directed at people who don't know where to begin

I can safely bet that only 1 out of 10 people on the Codex ever heard about half of that list.