DOS (Abandonware) Games Still Worth Playing

Are there any?

Feeling nostalgic, I'm looking for some DOS games to play on my EEE PC with an emulator. Are there any old games that are still worth playing today?

And a slightly related question: how does Starcraft and the Brood War expansion hold up these days? I bought it a while ago but never played it. Is that worth installing?

 

Master of Orion, Panzer General...hell, even the original Castle Wolfenstein would run! Lots of the Ultima series, probably even the VGA versions of Kings Quest, Space Quest, & Leisure Suit Larry games.

With the DOS games, it really was about the games, rather than graphics.

 

Just threw down some Silent Service 2 yesterday. Brought back some good memories.

 

Get ZDoom or any other source port for some good ol' DOOM action.

 

Crusader: No remorse and Crusader: No regret are still one of the few games that make me wish my current laptop has a proper numeric keypad.

 

I have a fondness for the Quest for Glory series. Still playable on some my old HP laptop.

 

Original GTA , DOOM , Duke Nukem 3d , Indiana Jones and the Last crusade was fun too ... Death Rally ... Original Wolfenstein 3d...

 

Star control, Star control 2, Master of Orion 2, Dune, Dune2, EGA Trek, Commander Keen series (1-7), Duke Nukem Series (episode 1, 2, 3, Duke Nukem 2, Duke3D), Space Empires 3, Scorched Earth, Jill of the Jungle, Carmaggedon, Moraff's World, Iron Man's Super Offroad, Skyroads, Raptor, Space War, Stelcon3, Warcraft, Wings of Fury, Zzt, Battle Chess, Ultima7, etc.

There are thousands out there.

 

Starflight

I still have the 5.25" diskettes with codewheel.

 

All of the lucas arts adventures like monkey island, indiana jones and loom. They work great with the ScummVM emulator, even on a PS3.

 

Kings of the Beach! I would play right now if I had it

Edit: Found it!
http://www.thehouseofgames.net/index.php?t=10&id=170

 

If you're a fan of Sierra like me, check this out these remakes. I've only played the qfg2 one so far, but yeah, it's pretty well done, faithful to the original.
http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/games.html

 

hey, thanks for that link Delta CT! That's pretty cool, just tried out KQ1 a bit, very nicely done!

 

Commander Keen and the King's Quest series were my top games when I was younger, try 'em out and see if ya like them.

 

i just remember a good one .. COMANCHE .. a helicopter game .. was really nice back then .

 

Terra Nova. That game screams for a proper remake.

The Crusader games also.

 

So get Comanche 4!

I remember JetFighter 3. Great jet sim/game before Jetfighter became utter arcade.

 

Oh the days of codewheels. Still remember Hardball 3 had one the size of a bike tire. Why don't they just do away with DRM and go for the codewheels again

 

Here're my two cents - Betrayal At Krondor. I've finished it (quite literally, and exactly) twenty times now.

Also could possibly look at King's Bounty. Ahh, the good ole days.

Or, if your memory stretches that far back... Akalabeth? Though you'd probably get more enjoyment out of the Ultima series.

 

I could play some Duke Nukem 3D right now.

 

Star Trek titles such as 'TNG A final unity', '25th university' and 'Judgment Rites' ... come to mind.

I really wish that games with current graphics had similar substance.
Trek did ok on PC in DOS days, and with some of it's newer titles ... but ultimately, they focused too much on the action and all while negating the adventure aspect of the genre.

I think a game that combines aspects of A final unity, Bridge commander and BOTF for example would be good.
Similar to Mass effect, making it in a 3rd person perspective when away missions are involved.

 

I always have One Must Fall 2097 on my PC.

 

Another game that screams for a decent numeric keypad, tournament mode on that game is really cool.

 

A lot of old DOS games are mistakenly considered Abandonware just because they're old. This is not the case.

Some of my favorite DOS games (most of which are not abandonware and are illegal to distribute):

Castles 2
Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator (abandonware)
Death Rally
Descent
Hidden Agenda (abandonware)
One Must Fall 2097
Star Control 2 (opensource rerelease available)
Terminal Velocity
X-Com: UFO Defense
all the Sierra/LucasArts adventure games

I've forgotten many.

 

Are there any multiplayer top-down games? or asteroid/spaceship style shooters?

 

On my eee,
Counter Strike condition zero, Deus Ex, and Return of Wolfenstein worked really well.. Also N64 and Neogeo..

 

Platformers

Abuse
Blackthorne (one of Blizzard's first on the PC)

Adventure

Bioforge (Origin)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Full Throttle (LucasArts)
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (LucasArts)

FPS

Descent
Doom
Heretic
Duke Nukem 3D
Dark Forces
Magic Carpet
System Shock
Terra Nova (Looking Glass...they made Ultima Underworld, too)

RTS

Hard to go back and play these after you're used to modern interfaces...

Command and Conquer (cutscenes still worth watching)
Dune 2
Warcraft
Z

Strategy

Master of Magic
Master of Orion
Panzer General
Steel Panthers
X-Com

And Syndicate and Crusader (No Remorse or No Regret) are a bit difficult to categorize...isometric platformers?

Tyrian was a good top down scroller/shooter for whoever that was that asked...(I believe it might have been two-player co-op...)

And I think very few, if any, of those titles are abandonware...X-Com is available on Steam...some of the others might be available on gog.com...emulators are worth a look as long as you still have your Genesis carts laying around so there's no question of legality...

 

Tyrian!

Or maybe... Ikaruga?

 

Be careful calling games abandonware GOG.com is resurrecting a lot of old games. Check them out.

 

Anyone still remember the name of this DOS game where you can chose to play as either helicopter or tank. In between mission, you get to use the points you earned to upgrade your weapons? There are even night missions. The view point is from bird's eye.

This game is fun as hell, released around warcraft 2 time.

 

Return Fire?

 

No, it is similar but I remember the graphics to look slightly better on the old monitor.

 

I still load up Raptor: Call of the Shadows once in a while. Ridiculously addictive, and I love the midi soundtrack. One of my all time favorites.

I also enjoy Megarace, which was another game I spent days on when I was six ish, but I can't get it to run with any stability