DOS Games Discussion

Abandonware. The very name implies that it's being thrown away or 'abandoned'.

I see it as the digital equivalent of dumpster-diving. As they say; "One man's trash..."

My advice:

Whatever you do, don't create puzzles or quests that cannot be satisfied out of sequence, and are critical to being able to move forward.

Wizardry VII was a fantastic game, except... ...

Nobody else has Wacky Wheels?!? Shocked

Wasn't it called

Thanks.

About 10-15 years ago, Quarterdeck made this app that allowed you to multitask (sort of) in MS-DOS.

I'll be buggered if I can remember the name of the thing. I'm having a mental block. It was real ...

I suppose I already know the answer to this, but...

I have an ISA Ethernet card and a PC/AT 386 running DOS6. Is it possible to connect this machine to a Microsoft Windows Peer2Peer Network?

All ...

I was working a 3 week contract job, doing a 700 Win XP workstation roll-out, when I noticed a pile of old equipment on a palette in the back of the warehouse. Curious, I gave the pile of old junk a c ...

Onboard FDD/HDD controller didn't happen untill the tail end of the 486 era, so NO

The board has 8 and 16 Bit ISA slots, VLB was in the 486 era, so NO

I've seen 386 compatible mainboards with on ...

Are you in the US? I have a 386SX/40 MB that needs a battery, maybe we could trade.

Unfortunately, I'd need the whole nine yards. I have old drives < 500MB for it, some old 4 - 12X CD-ROMs that ...

Where can one purchase an old system like this? I've got a Pentium 133 (see signature), and even a Pentium 90, but they're too advanced for some of my favorite old DOS games (Gunship 2000, Pirates! Go ...

I bought Warhammer 40K: Rites of War on eBay but it was the disc only. The interface is very complicated, and I really need the game manual. Does anyone know a good site to download game manuals in PD ...

I am looking for an IBM PC-AT or clone system with the following specs. If anyone knows a good online source for something like this, or has one he'd like to dump, let me know please.

386DX/40 CPU ...

According to posts in other threads, the original SimCity is available in stores, so please don't post links to, or otherwise trade it on these forums. Thanks Happy

That's what the Private Message fea ...

Actually, I had to do that to recover a couple of files from the install set that were too badly damaged to be recovered.

They all have the contents of both install diskettes combined in a single a ...

Nevermind. I figured it out. Pretty cool. Happy