Internet Archive releases 2,500 MS-DOS games

Oct 18th, 2019 10:00 am

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Scote64 [OP]: Deal Addict; Jan 21, 2018; 4665 posts; 4718 upvotes; Vancouver

Oct 18th, 2019 10:00 am

Internet Archive releases 2,500 MS-DOS games

Deal Link:: https://archive.org/details/softwarelib ... sdos_games

"Internet Archive releases 2,500 MS-DOS games so you can relive the '90s

Play retro computer games like Mr. Blobby, Alone in the Dark and Alien Rampage in your browser."

https://www.cnet.com/news/internet-arch ... e-the-90s/

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games

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Oct 18th, 2019 10:26 am

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mh2000: Newbie; Jan 17, 2017; 98 posts; 221 upvotes

Oct 18th, 2019 10:26 am

A treasure trove indeed! Thanks OP!

Shame could be played only through emulator.

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Oct 18th, 2019 3:26 pm

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danned: Deal Addict; Jul 23, 2007; 2415 posts; 1192 upvotes; Vancouver

Oct 18th, 2019 3:26 pm

after playing this
my eyes are getting wiped by 256 types colors

Oct 18th, 2019 6:10 pm

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altf4wpg: Newbie; Oct 9, 2011; 65 posts; 25 upvotes; WINNIPEG

Oct 18th, 2019 6:10 pm

Thanks OP

Oct 18th, 2019 10:17 pm

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Scote64 [OP]: Deal Addict; Jan 21, 2018; 4665 posts; 4718 upvotes; Vancouver

Oct 18th, 2019 10:17 pm

oicthat2013 wrote: ↑ old news. dos games have always been free on internet archive

"2,500 More MS-DOS Games Playable at the Archive
Posted on October 13, 2019 by Jason Scott

Another few thousand DOS Games are playable at the Internet Archive! Since our initial announcement in 2015, we’ve added occasional new games here and there to the collection, but this will be our biggest update yet, ranging from tiny recent independent productions to long-forgotten big-name releases from decades ago."

https://blog.archive.org/2019/10/13/250 ... e-archive/

Oct 19th, 2019 8:56 am

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Checkered: Jr. Member; Jan 3, 2014; 157 posts; 91 upvotes; Canada

Oct 19th, 2019 8:56 am

Lots of classic games from the DOS era . Also some great Apple II games like number munchers and Oregon trail.

They even have Tomb Raider series, not sure that's abandonware though so it might get removed.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

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Oct 19th, 2019 2:53 pm

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ephemera: Deal Addict; Jan 7, 2005; 4030 posts; 296 upvotes

Oct 19th, 2019 2:53 pm

Modern games spoiled me, I don't have patience to relearn old control schemes and fighting with camera angles haha.... but I do love infocom/scott adams text adventures still.

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Oct 19th, 2019 6:59 pm

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eelw11: Sr. Member; Oct 27, 2017; 760 posts; 612 upvotes

Oct 19th, 2019 6:59 pm

Games that I first placed on a 80286 AT.

Oct 20th, 2019 10:39 am

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Scote64 [OP]: Deal Addict; Jan 21, 2018; 4665 posts; 4718 upvotes; Vancouver

Oct 20th, 2019 10:39 am

The comments are tempting me to a Monty Python moment:

"80286 AT!? 256 colours?! Luxury!! When I first played these games computer bits were only 0 or .5 !"

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Oct 22nd, 2019 3:17 pm

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pongster: Deal Addict; Mar 16, 2008; 3239 posts; 3035 upvotes

Oct 22nd, 2019 3:17 pm

Thx OP