DOS Games Discussion

[emmzee]

Grandy02, if the games are small (say less than 200k) you can email them to me, but if you could zip/upload them somewhere that might work better.

There's a whole pile of different file-sharing sites out there, like:

http://www.eatlime.com/
http://www.senduit.com/
http://www.yousendit.com/
etc

(And yes, you're right, I forgot about Perestroika )

[2LT Worm]

Oh wow...is DOS Games going global? That would be pretty awesome.

We could start modding the website into other languages and stuff too.

[Larry Laffer]

But first, a game database!(hint, hint)

[Gamer_V]

I agree with the database thing! It is, THE FUTURE!


And there are some easy to use CMI's out there which don't require much coding, if you think it's too much trouble. Most of us would be willing to help. We know this is your pet project, but don't you want it to grow and become even bigger?

[Grandy02]

So, here I finally suggest the first 3 games. These ones are even on the Internet, but almost unknown in the English-speaking world. They are games by TOM Productions (Germany). Sadly, their most famous games, the Game of Robot series, are available in German only and you need to know this language to play them. However, they also made a number of other nice games both in English and German. Plus the very old "ancient version" of Game of Robot, that is self-explanatory though it contains German text. Here we go:


The Game of Robot - 1986 - Freeware

The precursor of the same-named (in certain regions) successful series of games. Originally made when the name TOM Productions didn't even exist in 1983 for 6502 computer, the game was ported to DOS in 1986. In 2002, the game appeared on TOM Productions' homepage for free download, with a few improvments including slowed-down speed for modern computers and a nice introduction. The intro text is in German only, but that shouldn't matter, it's easy to understand this game by yourself (the rest of the very rare texts is even mostly in English).

It's an ASCII game where you control the hero (the face) through a number of rooms. Your objection is to destroy all robots (the Greek letters) in every room to continue. No, not by shooting, you have to outsmart the robots instead. Lure them into the electric fences (the #) that kill both the robots and you on contact. Various things appear in the rooms, like moveable blocks, teleporters to labyrinths and duplicator stars, just try it out. Also keep in mind that you can change the speed before the game starts (as seen in the upper status bar) and create electric fences around your hero by pressing Return (the "Safes", mentioned in the status bar).

In the last room, you have to collect the gold and carry it into the first room again. Over and over again until you have lost all your lives and can hopefully make your entry in the high score table.

Download: from here (site German only, here's the direct link)


PC-Bakterien! - 1993 - Shareware

In this unusual game, you have to get rid of the evil bacteria and viruses in the microcosm. The character you play is the microbe Mikky. It must inform the Helper cells about the enemies so that they can mark and stop their propagation. The sluggish Feeder Cells eat the marked bacteria. All as it is in the real microcosm.

But Mikky's friends aren't as smart as it. So Mikky has to use different items to lead the cells to the bacterias and viruses. And don't forget the time, you'll lose if there are too many enemies, the fever gets up. It's hard to describe this unusual game, just give it a try and see!

The game features smooth-scrolling VGA graphics with loving attention to detail. Many objects are animated and even every minor object has its own description.

The game is both fully available in English and German.

Download: from here or here



FlipOut - 1994 - Shareware

A colorful ball & paddle game with high-quality graphics. Unlike the most of the other games of this kind, you don't automatically loose the game when the ball falls into abyss. Instead, you have to continue the game on a lower level after that and to reach the higher level again. But if you even fail on the lowest level, the game is finally over. Try to reach the highest level!

Like PC-Bakterien!, you can play this game either in English or German. Just click on the UK or Germany flag to change the language.

Download: from here or here


So, I hope those games are right for dosgames.com. They also made another shareware game called Nicolausi, but since it's a Christmas-themed game, we should reserve it for the December update, I think. Next time, I'll definately suggest games that aren't on the Internet.

[2LT Worm]

That TOM Productions is also available in English:
http://www.tom-games.de/eng/index.html

[Grandy02]

[dosraider]

I really hate to be a spoiler, alas, if I understand this right:

[Grandy02]

[Grandy02]

I sent a mail to Andreas Tofahrn (one of the makers), but currently he doesn't have enough time to answer. Please have patience, thanks!

@emmzee: Can you already tell me whether these 3 games are suitable for dosgames.com?

[dosraider]

Me guess is that question will be if emmzee is willingly to host downloaded files from other sites?
Usually it's considered bad behaviour to do such things.

Just a thought.

We also wouldn't like it if other sites simply download our games and host them. (At least without link to the original site, and even then ....)
It's called 'leeching'.

[Grandy02]

[dosraider]

[Larry Laffer]

[Grandy02]