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Old 09-08-2010, 11:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I think I'm going to relive some old awesome games now that I've finally gotten around to getting DOSbox
DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS

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King's Quest 5-7 were the absolute best.

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OMG I need to know more .. synopsis please? dosbox?
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From DOSbox's FAQ:

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DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD. However, it is not restricted to running only games. In theory, any MS-DOS or PC-DOS (referred to commonly as "DOS") application should run in DOSBox, but the emphasis has been on getting DOS games to run smoothly, which means that communication, networking and printer support are still in early development.

DOSBox also comes with its own DOS-like command prompt. It is still quite rudimentary and lacks many of the features found in MS-DOS, but it is sufficient for installing and running most DOS games.
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Giggity .. I have to check that out. They have Blood .. BLOOD I TELL YOU!!! Hillarious and Gory .. what more could you want??
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Good Old Games, the game site itself, has some of the top listed games of yore. Myst, the King's Quest games, Independence War (one of the most realistic space flight games ever), Oddworld, you name it. The first couple of Fallout games. They're all either $6 or $10 each, or some come bundled in 2-3 packs for $10, and you download them straight to your computer.

It is glorious.

This is very similar, only it's for newer, direct-to-customer, and indie games. I got Portal off of this:

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Giggity .. I have to check that out. They have Blood .. BLOOD I TELL YOU!!! Hillarious and Gory .. what more could you want??
And they have the Phantasmagoria games at GOG. Blood and bewbies!
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Another great thing is, once you download them, they're yours forever. You can put them on whatever computer you want. No having to repurchase them every time you upgrade or anything. For both GOG and Steam.
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Do you need both the emulator and the front end?
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I honestly don't know. I just got it like a few minutes ago.

GOG says all their games are compatible with current Windows systems, so there's some reading I'm going to have to do. But I have a lot of old DOS games still, so getting DOSbox lead me to GOG; it's a link on their site.

It's all so new and shiny!
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In a Brand New Old Fashioned Way

I'm so excited
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