DOS Games Discussion

Is it by any chance called Monster Mash, for the Apple II? Somewhere in my searching just now, I came across the name, and saw it described once or twice as a sort of monster creator thing.

It looks like there are a couple of copies of "Upside Town" being sold on Amazon, from independent vendors/people/whatever. One used, one new. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763003085/ref ...

Magic Pockets? http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/magic-pockets/screenshots/gameShotId,2431/

That description makes me think of Mystic Towers, http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/mystic-towers/screenshots , but my memory of it is.. dim.

NetStorm: Islands At War?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetStorm:_Islands_At_War takes place in a world called "Nimbus"

I've a hunch about it from seeing info about the game, answering ab ...

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 ...

Enlisting, and the memorial service, makes me think of the F117A or F-19 Stealth Fighter games: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/f-19-stealth-fighter/screenshots , http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/f ...

Not Monster Bash, is it? I at least have vague memories of a big house level somewhere in it.. and having an outside to that house sounds familiar..

Was it mostly blue and black? If so, it'd be Last Half of Darkness. http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/last-half-of-darkness/screenshots/gameShotId,309619/ ?

Jazz Jackrabbit, possibly?

NetStorm: Islands at War?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NetStorm_Screenshot.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetStorm:_Islands_At_War

Or, http://everything2.com/title/Netstorm for a big descr ...

Star-Control 2, also known as the free open source remake, The Ur-Quan Masters.
Screenshot of the Super-melee ship selection screen: http://sc2.sourceforge.net/screenshots/scale_triscan.php
And in b ...

First game: Out of this World
Also known as... *checks* Another World. http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/out-of-this-world/screenshots
DOS, SNES, apparently some other systems, too.

I just tried out Robots from Hell (it runs okay in DOSBox, no need to restart in DOS or such), but didn't notice any powers in the instructions.
Ubuntu, with GNOME, has a clone of the sort of game as ...

You'll probably have better luck running it in DOSBox. http://www.dosbox.com/
It is a free, open source DOS emulator program.

(If I could get to the page to try this game, I'd do more than just as ...