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by tonyf
Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:15 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: New to old games?
Replies: 20
Views: 35823

New to old games?

Seems most who come here are into the nostalgia attached to these games...is there anyone else like me who have come fresh,ie I didnt play dos games at all?

What fired your interest?

What s the attraction of these games for you?
by tonyf
Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:46 am
Forum: General Off-Topic
Topic: The Wiki band game
Replies: 23
Views: 44842

Craplet 1995-2000 Their seminal album was: Imperial College of Engineering aka ICE It contained only eight tracks (Does it qualify?) including the hit single "Jujeh Kabab", released in 1995 which launched the band to stardom. The track "Kinescope" is 18 minutes long and owes alot...
by tonyf
Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:29 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Precursors to newer games.
Replies: 11
Views: 17119

EG Viking Invasion: I ve come across an old game called "Vikings"which uses the same kind of map/territories approach. Very basic of course.

Im interested in the history of gaming.
by tonyf
Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:53 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: TombRaider
Replies: 8
Views: 11791

Again, thanks very much , dosraider. You ve been very helpful.
by tonyf
Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:59 am
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: TombRaider
Replies: 8
Views: 11791

Right Im new to all this. But Im glad I ve found Dos games-I ve now got DOOM with sound , too.

Thanks again.

All the very best.
by tonyf
Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:22 am
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: TombRaider
Replies: 8
Views: 11791

Thanks very much for the quick reply,dosraider.

PS Its worked a treat- sorry for the bother. Thanks a lot.
by tonyf
Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:23 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Precursors to newer games.
Replies: 11
Views: 17119

Precursors to newer games.

Im interested in dos versions of games Im used to playing these days.

C&C is an obvious example of a once dos-version.

How about Shogun Total War? And Medieval Total War (first version)? Were there precursors for these games in Dos?
by tonyf
Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:19 am
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: TombRaider
Replies: 8
Views: 11791

TombRaider

Hello all. I got to this site through the how to use DosBox thread-it proved invaluable as I am just learning to play Dos games on my XP system. Thanks. However I have an early TombRaider I downloaded which has good working graphics but no sound. I ve tried the VDMS to the best of my ability (not mu...