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My earliest memories are of playing (a very early edition of) Oregon Trail, playing educational computer games, and then getting my first website 5 or 6 years ago. It was very exciting.
Age of Empires II and its expansion were awesome, but they really botched it when they created the third edition.Chandler wrote:I'm a PC user! There is an old PC around here that I've made use of whenever I want to play Age of Empires or games like Sherlock Holmes or Nancy Drew... but now I just play them on a Mac.
I totally loved "Midnight Rescue" as a kid!KODY 105 wrote:The Learning Company's "Gizmos and Gadgets." The pictures of evil robots were in "Midnight Rescue" I think.Tyler wrote:Also, does anyone remember those PC learning games where you were the guy in a blue jacket and you had to answer questions to get parts to build stuff like a blimp and such? And there was another one where you had to take pictures of the evil robots or something.
I liked the game in the solar system one where you could bounce and have all those jet packs and stuff.Trent DeWhite wrote:Oh, wow. I remember that one, too.Anna><> wrote:I liked all the Magic School Bus games. Especially the solar system one.
The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body was a personal favorite of mine - I always wondered what it'd be like if the school bus exited through Arnold's eyes.
So much love for Gizmos and Gadgets!Sherlock wrote:I remember Gizmos and Gadgets! Also some other game - I think it was called Troggle Trouble? And, of course, the ever popular Oregon Trail!
Try DosBox. It's a free download-- just search for it. Try abandonware or DOS game sites. Supposedly DosBox will allow an old DOS game to work properly, but I haven't gotten it working for me yet. But G&G works for me without it...LizzieG wrote:So much love for Gizmos and Gadgets!Sherlock wrote:I remember Gizmos and Gadgets! Also some other game - I think it was called Troggle Trouble? And, of course, the ever popular Oregon Trail!No one ever knows what it is when I mention it.
It was one of my favorite games growing up. Sadly, I can't get it to work on either of our Windows XPs.
(Any tips?)
I loved that too.Trent DeWhite wrote:Oh, wow. I remember that one, too.Anna><> wrote:I liked all the Magic School Bus games. Especially the solar system one.
The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body was a personal favorite of mine - I always wondered what it'd be like if the school bus exited through Arnold's eyes.
Which is ironic, because the creators of myst were a couple of preacher's kids, who weren't afraid to share their faith. I read about them in Breakaway Magazine (a teen guy's magazine which used to be published by Focus on the Family.)LizzieG wrote:While I'm being comprehensive, I also played Hoyle games and Myst at my grandparents'... until my mom became convinced that the latter was evil and made me stop.![]()
I echo the usage of dosbox. It's an excellent dos emulator which I have on two of my PCs, as well as on my Wii.KODY 105 wrote:Try DosBox. It's a free download-- just search for it. Try abandonware or DOS game sites. Supposedly DosBox will allow an old DOS game to work properly, but I haven't gotten it working for me yet. But G&G works for me without it...LizzieG wrote:So much love for Gizmos and Gadgets!Sherlock wrote:I remember Gizmos and Gadgets! Also some other game - I think it was called Troggle Trouble? And, of course, the ever popular Oregon Trail!No one ever knows what it is when I mention it.
It was one of my favorite games growing up. Sadly, I can't get it to work on either of our Windows XPs.
(Any tips?)
Thanks, guys!David O wrote:I echo the usage of dosbox. It's an excellent dos emulator which I have on two of my PCs, as well as on my Wii.KODY 105 wrote: Try DosBox. It's a free download-- just search for it. Try abandonware or DOS game sites. Supposedly DosBox will allow an old DOS game to work properly, but I haven't gotten it working for me yet. But G&G works for me without it...
To run a game, you first need to mount the drive the game is on using the following command:
At the command prompt type "mount c c:\****"
**** = the name of the folder where you have your games stored. For easiest access, place your dos games in a folder in the root directory.
Then just type in the name of the executable program you use to run the game (be sure to include .exe at the end of the game's name.) Type dir/w to get a list of all the files in the your current directory, if you aren't sure of the exact filename.
For a more thorough tutorial, try this handy link!