Does Anyone Here Even Care About PC?

[Avenger]

its crazy, for as long as i've been here i dont think ive ever heard anyone talk about PC games...i for one dont really care for PC Gaming that much, with the whole compatability issue, having to upgrade and what not, it just doesnt seem worth it to me...but what is everyone elses opinion?

[Atarileaf]

I agree. I'm not a modern gamer but if there were a game or two that I'd like to get, I'd just as soon get an Xbox as opposed to spending a couple hundred (or more) on video cards every year, upgrading. And yes, compatibility is a huge pain in the behind.

Lets face it, gaming is 99% of the reason people upgrade. Who needs a P4 with the latest video card to send email or browse the internet?

[Cmosfm]

Well, ever since I got my Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop...I've been a PC game junkie. I plan to upgrade when necessary and start making all my "MUST PLAY" purchases on the PC.

Why? Well...I can play em at work! that's why!

But when I'm at home, it's console all the way baby. :)

[slip81]

I like PC games, but only tend to play older ones so I don't have to worry about needing the latest hardware. There are a lot of good games that can be played on low end PCs, mainly RPG's and RTS games, I'd say FPS', but most of the major ones have made jumps to the home consoles anyway. And if you're into the Sims, the only way to play it is on a PC cause you have all of the sweet expansion packs available.

[Pantechnicon]

Gave up completely on PC gaming about 2 or 3 years ago (excepting for emulators, natch). I work profesionally as a PC tech and when I come home from work I want to spend that time playing games. The last thing I want to do after working with computers all day is start screwing with dll's, patches, DirectX updates or fretting over whether my 3-month old video card will be up to task for Doom3.

No game is worth all that effort. None.

[Mr. Smashy]

I have a nice amount of systems out there and I like to keep a few of them pretty current. Of course, PC games don't seem to be quite as collectable.

[chaoticjelly]

I love PC gaming especially FPS

But I hate upgrading

For a student its very expensive!

[Cmosfm]

I have a nice amount of systems out there and I like to keep a few of them pretty current. Of course, PC games don't seem to be quite as collectable.

Yeah, PC games aren't collectable, and I don't plan on collecting for it. Although I've got a problem, I can't seem to pull myself to get rid of the ones I have already finished! I just let them rot in the closet...I guess I need to weed em out though. Maybe I will be able to afford that Twilight Zone Season 1 set that just came out. :D

Anyone wanna buy some PC games?

[AB Positive]

my pc gaming is almost exclusively "Myst clones" or hunt'n'peck adventure games. Look for a new Time To Kill article featuring these!

:)

otherwise no, I'm a console man

-AG

[Retsudo]

I use too be big on PC gaming. Especially FPS. I played Delta force 1 faithfully for 2 and a half years. After playing Socom 2 us navy seals on the PS2 online, I gave up playing those type of games on the PC. Dont have to worry about patches and all that other nonsense anymore.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I'm a big PC gamer. W00t.

[SoulBlazer]

Same here. I spend more time PC gaming then console gaming. :D

You don't NEED a cutting edge system for a lot of games.

And some are collectable, but the main attractions of PC games are better ideas, cheaper prices, free online play (in most cases), and some genre's are better done in PC forms, like FPS.

[Ed Oscuro]

I have a nice amount of systems out there and I like to keep a few of them pretty current. Of course, PC games don't seem to be quite as collectable.

Yeah, PC games aren't collectable, and I don't plan on collecting for it.
That depends on what you have. Some titles are INSANELY collectable.


Anyone wanna buy some PC games?
As always, that depends on what you have. Post an Interest Check in the B&S forum sometime (when I have money, that is!)

[Cmosfm]

I have a nice amount of systems out there and I like to keep a few of them pretty current. Of course, PC games don't seem to be quite as collectable.

Yeah, PC games aren't collectable, and I don't plan on collecting for it.
That depends on what you have. Some titles are INSANELY collectable.


Anyone wanna buy some PC games?
As always, that depends on what you have. Post an Interest Check in the B&S forum sometime (when I have money, that is!)

Well, what I have is mostly newer stuff, but I posted a few games I'm selling over in the B&S forums already. Nothing too interesting (PoP: SoT, TMNT, MoH, etc)

[ECWSandmanECW]

Starting to get into it, now I have a computer that can atleast run games

[NintendoMan]

I don't like PC gaming one bit. I also agree on the games not being collectable.
Alot of the PC games are beautiful, but have always just been a console video game man.

[Necrosaro420]

I PC game more than any console that I own. But its mix and match for me. Like FPS's I cant stand playing on a console, to me they are horrible, but on PC thats what I play most of. Its just certain types of genre that I like for each

[tholly]

PC games used to be all I played, but i lost interest in them and it became very expensive to keep up with the new, powerful hardware that came out every 6 months....so i got out of PC gaming and now pretty much only deal with console and arcade gaming

[Chunky]

Spider solitare rocks!

[LazingBlazers]

PC gaming is pretty cool. Now that I just bought my super budget, super computer I'm going to get back into it again. Hey, PCs emulate all of the old stuff perfectly (at least in my experiences) so unless you like having all the old stuff or just love using the original equipment... they are absolutely the way to go.

I just bought this eMachines computer (model T3092) from Circuit City for $650. There's also $50 mail in rebate, and if you use a Circuit City credit card, there's 0% financing for one year. Basically what I'm getting at is that I got a computer that has a lot of goodies, with a decent processor, decent ram, I bought a decent monitor (Samsung 793MB), I will buy some more ram, and I will buy a decent graphics card (5900XT)... then I'll have spent less than a grand for some good shit that will let me do everything I want on a computer for a while. I've only had the thing for 2 days, so I can't speak for longevity, but the initial quality of the machine is very good. If anybody's in the market for a basic PC that's upgradable without getting radical, the magazines and user reviews don't lie.

[max 330 mega]

ive got the fastest laptop on the market right now, and can officialy say theres not one game on it.... lol

ive never liked playing games on the computer, other than maybe doom 2, that being the last computer game i really enjoyed thoroughly

[calthaer]

System Shock 2, Thief, Deus Ex, Tron 2.0, Half Life, Dungeon Siege, Neverwinter Nights, Warcraft III, Freedom Force, and a whole ton of others...

Yeah, I like PC games as well as console.

[scooterb23]

I love FPS games, and RTS games, but I hate them on consoles...I gotta have the mouse in my hands for those games :)

I actually game quite a bit on my computer, although it is showing its age.

I purposely try and star a couple years behind on PC games so my computer will run whatever I want to play...but now I want to play Halo...and my comp. won't hack the demo... :(

New video card time :D May get that DVD burner as well...

[Ed Oscuro]

Well, what I have is mostly newer stuff, but I posted a few games I'm selling over in the B&S forums already. Nothing too interesting (PoP: SoT, TMNT, MoH, etc)
Hmm, well, I see. Someday they'll be classics, of course, but until then... :P

I know the feeling from my x68K collection - just too many damned games to keep track of! LOL Really though, the PC blows everything else out of the water. There are some real rarities in PC games, and smart people (unlike myself) are tracking down all the good ones right now...I'm not sure what they are, though.

I would give an arm for a copy of System Shock on the Macintosh, though...

[Chronic]

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SERIOUSLY

Yeah i'm a pc gamer, i dont own many pc games, but I like what I got. :)

[Great Hierophant]

The emulation of the DOS/Win 3.1 era PC and the other major gaming computers (Apple II/+/e/gs, Atari 400/800/XL/XE/ST, Commodore Vic-20/64/Amiga) is a crucial area. There are so many unique games that deserve preservation on these platforms.

[Iron Draggon]

Well I don't really have a choice. I'm a hardcore roller coaster enthusiast, and almost all of the roller coaster games are for PC only. Plus I'm into modding, which unfortunately still can't be done on any console games that I know of. And now that I finally have a REAL high-end PC for gaming, I'm even more into PC gaming than I was before. I play my PC games way more than I ever play any of my console games now, which is quite a shock for me, because I have tons more console games and systems to play than I do PC games. But I collect PC games just as much as I collect console games, so it'll catch up!

I guess I've just gotten to the point now where I prefer to let my console games just sit around going up in value while they collect dust. Once in a while I still play them, but mostly I just keep filling up holes in my collection, and do all my gaming on the PC. I search ebay and the rest of the net for the things I still need, hang out here as much as possible, and when I just have to get some kind of game on I do all that right here at my desk too. But even then, I usually end up doing more modding than I do playing. So I'm kind of a collector/modder/gamer hybrid now, and typically in that order.

If I'm not modding or playing a coaster sim, I'm probably playing some video pinball. I really wish that I could have a Roller Coaster Tycoon pinball machine from Stern, but even if I could afford one, I don't have anywhere to put it right now. I keep hoping that someone will be nice enough to make a video version of it, but the chances of that are pretty doubtful. Maybe I need to send a letter to Atari and see if I can persuade them to do it for me anyway. Anyhow, I collect all the video pinball games that I can find, both for the PC and for all the consoles. The rest of the time, I play racing games on the PC.

To give you an idea of what a total pinball nut I am, I even collect pinball games for consoles that I don't own yet. I do the same thing with coaster sims too, but luckily there's very few coaster sims that I don't own or have no way to play them because I don't have the right system for playing it. But pinball games on the other hand, boy do I still have a long way to go! I'll probably never have them all, because there's just too many of them to be had. Anyhow, I'd say that I care alot about the PC as a gaming platform. Without it, I couldn't enjoy my most favorite genres, and do stuff like this!

http://www.gayrollerride.com/urdownloads.html

These are all my mods for Disney's Ultimate Ride series, some of the best coaster sims there are. I've made more mods for these games than any other modder in the entire UR community. Unfortunately though, I can't make my own 3D models to save my life, so I can't make any mods that require a new model without some outside assistance from someone else. This keeps me extremely limited as to what I can do, but my mods are still considered among the best there are for this series, so I've earned a great deal of respect for my work in the UR community. That's always nice too.

But console games? How can they even compare? Every single PC port I have of a console game looks way better on my PC than it does on any of the consoles, and that will never change. The PC will always be a superior gaming platform in that respect, and with respect to modding as well. The only thing that the consoles really have going for them is ease of use. No installation necessary, just insert game and turn on power. But once you install on the PC, it works the same way, so why get irritated over that? I still prefer the consoles too, but I've grown to love the PC like it was a console.

[sniperCCJVQ]

I was a big PC Gamer in the mid 90's when I think most of the gaming innovation came out : Warcraft 2, Duke Nukem 3D, Indycar ("Paul Page from Papyrus"), Nascar Racing, Quake, Doom and it's childs (Hexen and Heretic), Wolf 3D, Jazz Jackrabbit, Need For Speed, Starcraft.....

I think the "gaming innovation" begin to downfall in 2000 when almost everything that was new was only shooters and the video card war begin.

I really don't care after that.

[poe]

PC games are not collectable.
Never mind the argument of the definition of 'collectible' I know has been made before. Do an eBay search for "Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga," "Heroes of Might and Magic IV," or "Leisure Suit Larry Collection," among many others, then come back here and say that.

[zektor]

The only games I ever play on the PC are emulated games. Arcade, console, pinball, handheld...you name it. They're good, quick, and don't have to be installed.

[thegreatescape]

Wolf: ET > ALL!
I finished No one lives forever last month, that was pretty damn good (and blows the PS2 version away easy) :)
And for the record, im running an Mx440 with a Duron 1.4 oveclocked to 2ghz... Who says PC gaming is expensive :P

[YoshiM]

I play PC games and console games in streaks. From about 1993/94 until early 1997 I mostly played PC games until the N64 came out. Then I was doin' the console thang not only because the N64 (and a select number of PSX games) was getting some quality next-gen titles but my PC had become seriously out of date.

Now that I have a more modern machine I'm starting to take interest in some of the newer games (Tron 2.0 is currently on my gaming docket) plus I've got a huge back log of PC games that I bought but never played. On top of that DosBox has proved that it is the cat's meow with older DOS games (I can play Simtrek again, YEA!) so I'm thinkin' this winter it's going to be a lot of PC fun for me.

[Hovoc]

PC games are not collectable.
Never mind the argument of the definition of 'collectible' I know has been made before. Do an eBay search for "Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga," "Heroes of Might and Magic IV," or "Leisure Suit Larry Collection," among many others, then come back here and say that.


You forgot the Kings Quest series.

I dont buy that compatability bullshit. I can run anything on this machine with the exception of dos/95 stuff. For that I have a seperate machine.

PC Upgrades? Who doenst upgrade to a brand new 300-300$ console when they come out?

Pc Tech Guy - I was a pc tech for 3 years, been out of the game for 2, IF a problem does occur, its fixed in 10 min max, so thats not an issue.



And lastly, im sorry PC graphics > console port graphics.

[Bronty-2]

I'm not big on pc stuff but diablo is a must 8-)

[Griking]

While I love videogames in general I'm primarily a PC gamer. Computer's have been my primary gaming machine since I purchased my Apple II computer back in the 80s.

Also, PC games can definately be collectable. Just like with console, RPGs tend to retain resell value more than other genres.

As far as PC gaming being too expensive, what's the difference between upgrading a PC componant every year or so and purchasing a new console, memory card, LAN adapter, etc... every few years?

[Bronty-2]

Way more of a pain to the average person. I wouldn't know how to upgrade my PC if my life depended on it.

[Griking]

Way more of a pain to the average person. I wouldn't know how to upgrade my PC if my life depended on it.

It's no more difficult than learning how to mod your PS2 or Xbox

[LazingBlazers]

Way more of a pain to the average person. I wouldn't know how to upgrade my PC if my life depended on it.

It's no more difficult than learning how to mod your PS2 or Xbox

Yeah, man. There's plenty of books and sites out there that explain it. Knowing how to mess with a computer is a good skill to have, too.

Maybe I'm just psyched about how value wise my cheapo computer is, but I've been missing out on a lot for cool stuff for the past couple of years.

[Iron Draggon]

PC games are not collectable.
Never mind the argument of the definition of 'collectible' I know has been made before. Do an eBay search for "Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga," "Heroes of Might and Magic IV," or "Leisure Suit Larry Collection," among many others, then come back here and say that.

Oh for real! I made about $500 on ebay last Christmas, just selling off about 100 old PC games that I had lying around which I didn't want anymore, so there's plenty of PC game collectors out there willing to pay alot for rarities.

I thought that I'd be lucky to get $1 apiece for them, but some of them went for $50 or more, and they had big bidding wars over them. I was really wondering what they knew about some of those games that I didn't know.

It got to be so amazing that I was beginning to regret deciding to sell some of them, and I even considered cancelling all the bids and closing them early. People were offering me all kinds of bribes for some of them at one point.

And these weren't even complete games! All of them were CD's & manuals only, no boxes and none factory sealed, but all with no scratches on disks. I wish that I had a truckload more for sale where all of that stuff came from.

BTW, don't bother checking my feedback to verify my claims, as I was selling them all under my sister's seller account at the time. I just got my own seller account this month, so you wouldn't find any record of that in my feedback.

Now, for those of you who say that PC gaming is too expensive because you have to upgrade all the time, aren't you doing the exact same thing when you buy the latest new console just so you can play the latest new games?

At least when you upgrade a PC, it still plays all your old games too, most of the time. I agree that the old DOS games deserve preservation though, and I really wish that the DOS emulator in XP worked like it's supposed to also.

Actually, I really wish that the 95/98 emulator in XP worked like it's supposed to as well. I have several 95/98 games that I still can't run in "compatibility" mode, and I've only gotten one DOS game to run in XP, without any sound.

But anyway, minor annoyances like that aside, as a general rule all your old games still work after an upgrade and they usually work even better too. So to me, upgrades are always worth it for the results you get by doing them.

And as for the price of games, PC games typically only cost half as much as their console counterparts do, so you can build up a much larger collection for the same price as the poor gamers paying all those console licensing fees.

[-hellvin-]

I am huge into pc games. I play almost nothing current day...the two most recent I can recall within at least a six month period are doom3 and thief 3. I LOVE most early to mid 90's games such as:

Betrayal At Krondor
Might & Magic
Heroes of Might & Magic
Zeliard
Lucasarts Adventure Games
Sierra Adventure Games
ect

In fact..I think I'm gonna go install heroes of might & magic II

[Speedy]

I did care about PC (gaming), before i started collecting consolegames i collected PC games, but they changed the nice big cardboard boxes for stupid ass DVD cases so i switched to the classic consoles :)
For now i can't combine both, collecting is eating to much money and my PC haven't seen a decent upgrade in years so i can't play all those new first person shooters anymore (the games wich i loved the most on the PC)

[thegreatescape]

Now, for those of you who say that PC gaming is too expensive because you have to upgrade all the time, aren't you doing the exact same thing when you buy the latest new console just so you can play the latest new games?

The thing to remember is you only have to buy a new console once every 5+ years, but youd have a hard time being a PC gamer if you only upgraded whever new consoles come out. ;)

[Iron Draggon]

Well, I've done OK with only doing major upgrades every 5 years so far. Got my first computer in 1998, replaced it with a new one in 2003. Only minor upgrades before then were a new graphics card and more RAM after about 2.5 years, so I don't think I'm upgrading anymore than the average console gamer is. There's always some new peripheral for the consoles about every 2.5 years, so it still doesn't seem much different to me, basically the same.

[Jedi805]

The only thing I play on my computer is emulated games. I would rather wait years for a game to show up on a console that came out on PC first.
I just hate the install uninstall incompatible crap. Dont get me started on upgrades. I have already been through 2 desktops and 3 laptops cause upgrading can only go so far till you gotta start over with a new computer. :angry:

[YoshiM]

@Iron Draggon: XP does have the "compatibility mode" but it can only go so far as many old programs will try to do things that the OS won't allow. As for no sound with DOS programs: many fairly modern sound cards don't have DOS drivers and if it does it's typically an emulator that *tries* to do the job but typically doesn't (in my experience-even Creative Lab's emulator didn't work). Thankfully there is VDMSound for NT/2K/XP that does a decent job or DOSBox that hasn't let me down yet.

What's really making PC gaming more appealling to me now (due to lack of "fun funds") is that within a year or two most PC game prices drop dramatically in price. Freedom Force I think dropped from $49.99 to about $20 in a year, then to $15 in some places and then $10 most everywhere now. Then there are a LOT of decent homebrew games and online games that are out there as well that are free.

[gamegirl79]

Wolf: ET > ALL!

Hell yeah! Best online FPS game ever. :D

I like games on PC, but only FPS's. Everything else I prefer on consoles.

[Cmosfm]

PC games are not collectable.
Never mind the argument of the definition of 'collectible' I know has been made before. Do an eBay search for "Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga," "Heroes of Might and Magic IV," or "Leisure Suit Larry Collection," among many others, then come back here and say that.

:eek 2: :( :( :(

2 years ago, I GAVE AWAY a copy of Leisure Suit Larry Collection to a guy I knew cause I didn't want it anymore.

Someone kill me.

[tom]

PC gaming rocks.
I was PC gaming in the UK when everyone else was still hacking away on their Sts/Amigas. I learned the (hard) DOS/edlin way....
My first CD-Rom Drive was a single speed Matsumi, it was exciting times...

Love the classics, King's Quest series, Spellcasting series, and the excellent Star Saga series, Sim City, Life & Death, Manhunter 1 & 2, The Fools Errand (excellent), Stunt Island and the great (German) Lula series.Return to Zork on CD was a MUST for me.

I actually think that the PC features the most classics (next to Apple II).

Nowadays, I wouldn't miss any of the future classics on PC...

[Hovoc]

The thing to remember is you only have to buy a new console once every 5+ years, but youd have a hard time being a PC gamer if you only upgraded whever new consoles come out. ;)


not entirely true

for the longest time i ran 750mhz 256mb ram, 32mb video card, and up until the release of doom 3, FFXI, and soon to be half life, I ran everything quite well, especially my former addiction of everquest.


Only recently did i upgrade and unfortunately I spent a little over 300$ bc i needed a video card, new cpu, board, and bc of the board new ram. However this set up will last me for quite some time.


Consoles come out roughly every 5 years. How many games are actually taking full potential of these systems? 5 years after the recent consoles came out, these games are just now looking great, imagine what a few more years could turn out.

[mezrabad]

Sooo much more in to the PC gaming thing than the consoles. Not just IBM compatible but Apple II, C64, Amiga and the Atari PCs. Like the way I'm playing console games, I'm restarting the experience by playing any game I can get my hand on starting from the late 70s. Anyone have a copy of "Starfleet Orion" for the Commodore Pet? I can't find it *any*where.

[esquire]

I have a nice amount of systems out there and I like to keep a few of them pretty current. Of course, PC games don't seem to be quite as collectable.

Have you checked out the ebay prices for Heroes of Might and Magic IV and even III, the including expansion packs? I just sold HOMM IV nearly complete for $75. I've seen it complete with all the inserts go for $100. There are rare PC games, you just need to know what to look for.

The two main problems with PC game collecting as far I can tell is:

1. Many people don't keep the entire product, such as the boxes, warranty cards etc. Many people threw out the boxes (especially with the larger old style boxes).

2. As people are always upgrading their PC hardware and OS, it's harder to play older games on newer PCs. XP caused a lot of compatibility issues. Also, its difficult, if not impossible, to run a game like Ultima I or even Unreal (which used the 3dfx Glide technology) on your new PC.

Personally, I keep an older rig so I can run those games when I still want to play them.

[Nature Boy]

I love PC gaming. However I love it only for games that are well suited to the PC. I'd buy "Splinter Cell" on a PC the same day I'd buy "Civilization" on a console (which is to say never).

For whatever reason I'll buy the PC "Greatest Hits" version in an instant (which I'd never touch on a console). There's something about paying one low price for SimCity 4 and it's expansion as opposed to buying 'em as they come out.

And what I love most is (as has been mentioned), the modding. Downloading extra modules for Neverwinter Nights, new courses for Tiger Woods 2004 (including ones that can never appear in the game), and new regions for SimCity (like my hometown of Toronto or my fav Canadian city of Halifax).

I also think that the general disregard for PC collecting these days makes it *more* of a candidate for collecting in the future than the current consoles. Things really only become collectible after they've been considered rubbish for awhile (and so nobody bothers keeping anything)

[orrimarrko]

Hell no.

[Sibs]

I only play games like Sim City,The Sims, and Doom.

[Neonsolid]

P.C. games are about half of what i play now and i wish more people on this site were into them.

[Duncan]

Never really been a PC gamer -- consoles have always dominated.

The longest time I ever remember being into PC stuff was during our family's 286 DOS era -- even then, it was mostly shareware stuff like Duke Nukem (the original). Police Quest and King's Quest took up a good portion of my gaming time, though. A little-known game called Street Rod (in which you buy, build and race your very own '60s-era hot rod) was also a lot of fun. Then we moved on to Macs, where there were less games available anyway. And then my brother and I got an N64 (the one I still have) to supplant our Genesis, and it pretty much took over.

The only game I've really gotten into lately on PC has been the Sims. I'd get Sims 2, but our current PC (which I've had since 2000) won't run it.

[Iron Draggon]

What's really making PC gaming more appealling to me now (due to lack of "fun funds") is that within a year or two most PC game prices drop dramatically in price. Freedom Force I think dropped from $49.99 to about $20 in a year, then to $15 in some places and then $10 most everywhere now. Then there are a LOT of decent homebrew games and online games that are out there as well that are free.

Yeah, this is one of the things that I love the most about PC gaming too. Any title that debuts at more than $20 will usually end up being marked down to $20 or less within 6 months or less, so there's no reason to ever pay more than $20 for a game, unless you just absolutely have to have it as soon as it comes out. I make a list of all the new games that I want to get for Christmas, and by the time summer arrives, I buy them all for the price of what just one of them was selling for at Christmastime. It's totally awesome.

[Vigilante]

I started with PC based games in 1989 when I got my first xt clone. As with my consoles, I prefer old pc games instead of the newer stuff. I've saved every game I've ever collected and recently dumped them on to a pentium 2 350mhz pc. Not very powerfull, but good enough to run dos based apps certainly. I just played thru leisure suit larry 7, love for sail... again. I've got lsl5 loaded up and The 7th guest. I'll be playing them in my spare time over the next few days.

Hard coding a sound blaster card with jumpers is sometimes easier then plug and play... at least you KNOW what the card is set too and it doesn't change.

DOS rocks! :rocker:

[ddockery]

I'm starting to get back into PC gamng. I just got a bunch of old sleeve games (probably freebies with a system and/or video card) and I have never played through these. Half Life Deus Ex, Thief Descent III I'm have a blast for about $2/game.

[YoshiM]

Hard coding a sound blaster card with jumpers is sometimes easier then plug and play... at least you KNOW what the card is set too and it doesn't change.

DOS rocks! :rocker:

I totally agree with you: DOS kicks a lotta tail. It works and works well. Rarely had OS related crashes (I've had hangups, but that was usually due to TSR issues and such), I knew exactly what was running and why it was running (because I told DOS to run them) and there's a sort of uber geekiness that came with knowing how to plow through DOS. Even the "hip" kids, who gave a rat's patoot when it came to technology, watched in literal amazement when I made the seldom used IBM PS/2 computers in the computer run and play Dragon's Lair II (the floppy disk version).

I can't wait to get my low grade Pentium I just acquired set up with DOS 6.2 and my Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum card.

[Kamino]

Hard coding a sound blaster card with jumpers is sometimes easier then plug and play... at least you KNOW what the card is set too and it doesn't change.

DOS rocks! :rocker:

I totally agree with you: DOS kicks a lotta tail. It works and works well. Rarely had OS related crashes (I've had hangups, but that was usually due to TSR issues and such), I knew exactly what was running and why it was running (because I told DOS to run them) and there's a sort of uber geekiness that came with knowing how to plow through DOS. Even the "hip" kids, who gave a rat's patoot when it came to technology, watched in literal amazement when I made the seldom used IBM PS/2 computers in the computer run and play Dragon's Lair II (the floppy disk version).

I can't wait to get my low grade Pentium I just acquired set up with DOS 6.2 and my Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum card.
Man, i used to have a box like that. well, i had a tweaked out pentium 1 box:
p1 200mmx
96mb ram
dual 4.5gb 7200rpm scsi drives
56x cdrom
16 bit sb-pro
cantremember the rest, but i do know i had a ps2 optical mouse running in dos. holy shit, was the tracking on lemmings sweet....

[YoshiM]

Man, i used to have a box like that. well, i had a tweaked out pentium 1 box:
p1 200mmx
96mb ram
dual 4.5gb 7200rpm scsi drives
56x cdrom
16 bit sb-pro
cantremember the rest, but i do know i had a ps2 optical mouse running in dos. holy shit, was the tracking on lemmings sweet....

My last "true" DOS box (that I didn't just kick into DOS from Win 95) was a Packard Bell:

486 SX 25
8 MB of RAM
2X CD-ROM drive (Sony-proprietary drive as it wasn't quite IDE and I don't think it was SCSI either).
500 MB hard drive (Double space to about 800 MB)
16 bit Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum (MOD music RAWKED on this card)

I ran QEMM 386 to help max out my base RAM but prior to I was able to squeak out 610KB with EMM386 and a little rearranging. With QEMM I got close to 620 KB. The memory stealth worked wonders and I only paid $10 for it at Kohls.

[Vigilante]

Nothing beats a good 20 rounds of "Scorched Earth"... for DOS

For those who know it, they love it.

For those who don't... really simple game. Bunch of wee little tiny tanks with really big weapons. You set the angle and velocity, then take out half the board with a deaths head (9 baby nukes).

God, I need a fix right now! :evil:

[Kamino]

Nothing beats a good 20 rounds of "Scorched Earth"... for DOS

For those who know it, they love it.

For those who don't... really simple game. Bunch of wee little tiny tanks with really big weapons. You set the angle and velocity, then take out half the board with a deaths head (9 baby nukes).

God, I need a fix right now! :evil:
GOD DAMNIT why did scorched earth never hit a console

[SoulBlazer]

I posted a link here a month ago about this WONDEFULL 3D remake of Scorched Earth, free and fully playable online. Search for it. :D

[calthaer]

In high school we used to make the tanks say things in Scorched Earth that our teachers used to say (or that we had always imagined them saying). What fun! Scorched is a great game.

[Ed Oscuro]

On the other end of the spectrum, though still cpncerned with blowing things up: Duke Nukem/II!

Saw some screenshots of the helicopters in the original, brought back memories. That game actually had some decent gameplay!