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[theweaselking]

Big list of great DOS games. (giant image)

Seriously. Some of the best games ever are on this giant image.

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[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

Wow, I forgot that Descent ever existing. That game consumed my PC-owning friend when it first came out.

[eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com]

such a good list. I kept saying "Oh yeah! X Com! Oh yeah! D Gen!"

[nsanity-au.livejournal.com]

needs more freelancer and solarwinds.

I played the shit out of those.

Particularly Freelancer with the Rebalance mod.

[laplor.livejournal.com]

Command and Conquer, Dune II, Mechwarrior 2, Sim City 2000, King's Quest (all of them), Eye of the Beholder. I would still play these games if I could.

Hubby played even more.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Dune II has *not* aged well.

But The Best Game Ever, (also on that list) is playable here and now today. Improved, even. (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/)

[sbloyd.livejournal.com]

Hello, *extremely*!

[drcuriosity]

*jumping peppers!*

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It is, indeed, smiley time.

[monodelamuerte.livejournal.com]

I might have a nostalgic bias, but Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen was my favorite DOS RPG game.

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

Thanks to GoG.com I still play MoM and MOOII. I think Dungeon Keeper 1 should be on that list as well.

[rbarclay.livejournal.com]

I recently re-played Full Throttle, even (abandonware, so free to download).
The climax of the fun adventures.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

I forgot Abuse was that long ago.

I think you mentioned it recently, but there's a Carmageddon remake in the works.

The graphics in Another World were recently re-done, making it even better looking than before.

I'd love to see another Descent and/or Magic Carpet game. Pretty much any Bullfrog game, really.

I've always felt that Armadillo Run was a spiritual successor to TIM.

OpenTTD is an updated version of Transportation Tycoon.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I bought into the Carmageddon remake. GOG's version of the original Carmageddon is included as a free reward!

[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

Abuse is available as freeware if you want to endulge your nostalgia: http://abuse.zoy.org/

-- Steve found this out in his Bungie days, as Bungie was the publisher for the MacOS version. (Yes, once upon a time there were Mac game developers...)

PS: That game list is awesome, and I don't know whether to be proud or ashamed at how many of those I played and enjoyed.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Not only was Bungie a Mag game developer (and sometime publisher), they were a non-Halo game developer! They revolutionized FPSes (with storytelling to rival System Shock and invention of a buttload of multiplayer modes still used today) and RTSes (emphasizing tactics over micromanagement)... and hey, I liked Oni. But Halo makes money, so who am I to complain?

[drcuriosity]

Many good times.

[stormfeather.livejournal.com]

Man, I STILL keep hoping that someone, somewhere will put out an updated/followup version of Darklands.

[terheyt.livejournal.com]

Who do I throw money at to get this as a poster on my wall?

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Yourself!

[dscotton.livejournal.com]

I love the list. But it does bug me that they put the wrong year on two of my favorite games. (MOO2 and Star Control 2).

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I did not even notice that. I got up and checked my original box of SC2 (on The Shelf Of Awesome in my office) just to see, and you're right: 1992.