DOS Games Discussion

Guest · Guest

There was a game i had way back when, i was only like 7 so i dont remember much of it, but, it was all purple and black, kind of like a platforming puzzle game, you were some pixelated purple guy going around "dungeons" trying to...do something...while avoiding what i think was traps, kinda like an old indiana jones style game, for 95 or 98, maybe 2000 im not sure

id really appreciate begin able to atleast see this game again, i loved it so much

Swiftcutter · Experienced Member Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 72

Jumpman?
Lode Runner?
Arctic Adventure?

emmzee · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:06 am Post subject:

Could also be ...

Pharaoh's Tomb
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/pharaohs-tomb/screenshots

or

Montezuma's Revenge
http://www.mobygames.com/game/pc-booter/montezumas-revenge/screenshots

(Screens here are red/green/black but easily could have been palette-swapped to purple/white/black)

If it's Pharaoh's Tomb, you can get it here: http://www.dosgames.com/g_side4.php

Clunk · Guest

I can't post a link sorry as I'm not registered...

But it's got to be the original Prince of Persia game in CGA mode, surely?

Do a google image search for "70292.png" for a picture (first result).

Larry Laffer · Admin Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 3924 Location: Romania

Guest · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject:

Sounds like Rogue maybe

Guest · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject:

Haha, no its not the prince of persia, graphics are wayyyy too good

uh, very similar to Pharoh's Tomb, but i remember it being purple...

Guest · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject:

EDIT to last post(Sorry if thats forbidden or whatever rules prohibit it)

ARTIC ADVENTURE, thats it!!

Thanks alot for commenting and helping out guys, i appreciate it alot

anywhere where i can find this game/download and play with keyboard on XP system?

Swiftcutter · Experienced Member Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 72

It was just recently released as freeware, actually. You can find it here...
http://www.3drealms.com/news/2009/03/several_old_games_released_as_freeware.html

AshyRaccoon · Experienced Member Joined: 02 Dec 2008 Posts: 52

Ha, yup, I was about to link to that.

To get it to run right, or for less hassle, you'll probably need to use DOSBox. http://www.dosbox.com/
There are some topics to help with setting it up, like http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5443 (XP), or the others (Vista, Linux) in http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3