Those old DOS games

[mikeymansimpsons]

Got/Had any treasured old DOS games you used to play and if so do you still play them, do you not, or have you lost em over the years? What was your favorite?

For me it was Strawberry Magic. It was this mathematical game where it taught you through non-obvious maths games, which made it incredibly enjoyable. There were loads of tasks to do and I used to love it. I lost my copy recently and I've literally looked everywhere for it. Anybody got any idea?

[morbot]

Space Quest, Adventure Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Monkey Island... ahh... the days of VGA & SVGA.

[Kuje]

Police Quest!

[sacrelicious]

The original Prince of Persia.

[NJ Pete]

Kings Quest

[Kiyosuki]

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[bovine_university]

King's Quest was definitely my favorite amongst the classic DOS games. I'm not including some of the later ones like V or VI when the interface went to mouse-clicking and voice-acting, but the first four were still great experiences in their own right. Of those ones, I preferred III, with its misleading but ultimately rewarding story, its tension-filled time structure, and its agonizing challenge with such tasks as typing the exact instructions for conjuring a magic spell otherwise suffering comedic consequences.

Outside of King's Quest though, I also tried my hand at the Space Quest games, which at the time had comedy that went over my pre-pubescent head, but were still fun and colorful (as I've gone back and revisited them however, I do laugh quite heartily). My favorite of the first three was again the third, if only for the fact that you could visit a fast food restaurant and really tick off the guy behind the counter.

Police Quest, Quest for Glory, and Leisure Suit Larry were all games that I didn't get play, but I wish I had (then again, I don't think my parents would have approved of my playing them). I'd love to revisit them, the problem is with today's high tech computers, most of these games are practically unplayable what with their freakishly fast speed systems, and the fact that some (like KQIII) required peripherals like a spell book that came with the game. I heard a while back that many games in the Sierra catalog were getting a re-release for versions of many of their classics formatted to run smoothly on today's systems, but it seems like those plans have disappeared. There's always tomorrow.

Besides Sierra, there were plenty of other games that I played on DOS, though most of them were simply versions of already popular games like Tetris and Pac-Man, and there were others that weren't always that well known. It's been so long since I've played or seen these games that you must forgive me if my recollection is skewed in any way.

Hard Hat Mac-You play a hard-hat wearing worker on a building project, how constructive.

Alley Cat-You play a cat trying to avoid such pitfalls as ravenous dogs and vacuum cleaners, all while trying to trying strut your stuff and be the top cat in town.

Sea War-You fight pirates and conquerers at sea through boarding battles, cannon encounters, and water races while trying to claim the crown as king of the sea.

Bouncing Babies-Heroic firemen must save the pint-sized inhabitants of the local orphange after it's been set ablaze. I always found it more fun when you let the babies miss the tarp.

Diamond Digger-I can't remember how to play this one. Could someone lend a hand?

Those were the days.

[phil]

...
C:\cd sierra
C:\sierra\kq5

[SubSane]

I worked for Sierra for a time and learned all about the old stuff. Even played a few... good work all around.

I only own Bart's House of Weirdness and Simpsons Arcade. A PC player I'm not.

[Tab]

Prince of Persia was alright.
I used to play XS.