What Dos games do you still play today?
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What Dos games do you still play today?
Now that we know your first an original dos game; what one or ones do you still play today?
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RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
Hard to say which games are truly dos designs sometimes.
Once something runs on Windows, is it still a dos game?
I think the oldest games I will 'try' to play, are Steel Panthers, V4Victory, Construction Set 2 Tanks, Steel Panthers 3 (if the download cooperates), original Civilization and original Heroes of Might and Magic (often just for the nostagia hit). I have a few titles on the site mentioned in another thread that might interest me if they cooperate.
I think I am likely among many when I say, often older titles from a long way back, run better than a lot of supposedly 'better' programs of today.
I've seen the comments, the AI was better, the simulation superior, all while having seemingly dreadful graphics when compared to today's fare.
In a lot of cases, older software is amazingly similar to older board games. Not as complex, complicated and glitzy, and yet, better at providing the fun.
Once something runs on Windows, is it still a dos game?
I think the oldest games I will 'try' to play, are Steel Panthers, V4Victory, Construction Set 2 Tanks, Steel Panthers 3 (if the download cooperates), original Civilization and original Heroes of Might and Magic (often just for the nostagia hit). I have a few titles on the site mentioned in another thread that might interest me if they cooperate.
I think I am likely among many when I say, often older titles from a long way back, run better than a lot of supposedly 'better' programs of today.
I've seen the comments, the AI was better, the simulation superior, all while having seemingly dreadful graphics when compared to today's fare.
In a lot of cases, older software is amazingly similar to older board games. Not as complex, complicated and glitzy, and yet, better at providing the fun.
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Play with Barbies 05% of the time.
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Shopping 60% of the time.
Exlains why I buy em more than I play em.
Play with Barbies 05% of the time.
Play with Legos 10% of the time.
Build models 20% of the time
Shopping 60% of the time.
Exlains why I buy em more than I play em.
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RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
1944 Across the Rhine, Battles of Napoleon, Carriers at War 1/construction kit/II, Action Stations, Task Force 1942, Great Naval Battle Series, Wolfpack, Sub Battle Simulator and Command Aces of the Deep - the dos game era really was best when it came to naval strategy i think
RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
Not to be repetitive, but after a long hiatus, started playing the SSG games starting with Battles in Italy. I couldn't believe the moves the AI was pulling off. Pretty disappointed in the "progress" of the AI in the latest wargames. Not sure if SSG were DOS games though.
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RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
Once something runs on Windows, is it still a dos game?
Depends on the version of Windows. Before Windows 2K, it was largely an overlay on DOS.
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RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
Carriers at War 1 & 2 + Construction Kit, Action Stations!, Panthers in the Shadows, Tigers on the Prowl II, F-14 Fleet Defender Gold, Gunship 2000, Falcon 3 Gold.
Edit: I forgot "Master of Magic"; basically Civilization + Magic: the Gathering. The strategy guide was as thick as a phone directory; I still wonder where (or when) I lost it
Edit: I forgot "Master of Magic"; basically Civilization + Magic: the Gathering. The strategy guide was as thick as a phone directory; I still wonder where (or when) I lost it
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RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
most of mine, through out the year, but mainly Arnhem
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SSG (Strategic Studies Group) made many DOS games. Check out the list of SSG games on Moby Games (games released before 1996 were either DOS games or for some other system).ORIGINAL: Rosseau
....Not sure if SSG were DOS games though.
I still play Master of Magic, but mostly the GOG version on my Windows 10 computer. The only DOS games I remember playing under DOS recently have been Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon and Ascendancy.
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AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet, cool game! [;)]
https://classicreload.com/aegis-guardian-of-the-fleet.html
https://classicreload.com/aegis-guardian-of-the-fleet.html
RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
Sid Maier's Railroad Tycoon (original version - 1989) - challenging game!
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Heroes of Might and Magic II
Is it in some way better than Railroad Tycoon Deluxe? Or don't you have the Deluxe game?ORIGINAL: sanch
Sid Maier's Railroad Tycoon (original version - 1989) - challenging game!
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Now that we know your first an original dos game; what one or ones do you still play today?
Lords of the Realm. And every x years I reinstall and play episodes of the Monkey Island™ and / or Maniac Mansion™ series. Lechuck is indeed my archenemy.
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Heroes of Might and Magic II
Is it in some way better than Railroad Tycoon Deluxe? Or don't you have the Deluxe game?ORIGINAL: sanch
Sid Maier's Railroad Tycoon (original version - 1989) - challenging game!
Deluxe was an embellished version of the original. I have a suspicion (but don't know for certain) that the Deluxe was dumbed down a little bit. It does seem easier to win on Deluxe, but that's just one opinion. I will happily play either.
RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
The only DOS game that I have played recently is Age of Rifles.
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Carriers at War 1 & 2 + Construction Kit, Action Stations!, Panthers in the Shadows, Tigers on the Prowl II, F-14 Fleet Defender Gold, Gunship 2000, Falcon 3 Gold.
Edit: I forgot "Master of Magic"; basically Civilization + Magic: the Gathering. The strategy guide was as thick as a phone directory; I still wonder where (or when) I lost it
I'm looking at my Masters of Magic guide now. Amazing I still have it after all these years It is thick; man what happened to guides and manuals like that?
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Oh still love that old Masters of Magic, noticed there a new one on Steam was suppose to be like that, but doesn't feel the same at all. Still like the old fashion much better.
Also like playing that old Daggerfall too.
Also like playing that old Daggerfall too.
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Heroes of Might and Magic II
Is it in some way better than Railroad Tycoon Deluxe? Or don't you have the Deluxe game?ORIGINAL: sanch
Sid Maier's Railroad Tycoon (original version - 1989) - challenging game!
Deluxe was an embellished version of the original. I have a suspicion (but don't know for certain) that the Deluxe was dumbed down a little bit. It does seem easier to win on Deluxe, but that's just one opinion. I will happily play either.
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe is available as a FREE download from 2K Games. It is the download on the right under the heading Railroad Tycoon - Full Game. The name shown is a misnomer as it is NOT the original Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon. (Edit: I can run RRTDX on my Windows 7 PC; I haven't tried it on my Windows 10 PC.)
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RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
Yeah, Sid Meier's railroad tycoon and 1830 railroads and robber barons (dos) are the greatest.
RE: What Dos games do you still play today?
Every now and then War in Russia and Pacwar.
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