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Title: Internet Archive now has old games
Post by: Thorin on January 08, 2015, 02:03:23 PM
The Internet Archive website now has some old DOS-based games available for download.  You can also play them on the site in a DOS Box emulator.  The ones that caught my eye were Prince of Persia (https://archive.org/details/msdos_Prince_of_Persia_1990) (the original), Pool of Radiance (https://archive.org/details/msdos_Pool_of_Radiance_1988) (the AD&D game), and Oregon Trail (https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990) (dysentery, anyone?).

https://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Asoftwarelibrary_msdos_games&sort=-publicdate

Okay, maybe it's more than "some"...
Title: Re: Internet Archive now has old games
Post by: Mr. Analog on January 08, 2015, 03:12:49 PM
Wow! I love the Internet archive already but this is great!

Now to find a DOS emulator to do some old time research
Title: Re: Internet Archive now has old games
Post by: Lazybones on January 08, 2015, 10:30:10 PM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on January 08, 2015, 03:12:49 PM
Now to find a DOS emulator to do some old time research

These run right in the browser via some form of DosBox magic.
Title: Re: Internet Archive now has old games
Post by: Tom on January 10, 2015, 12:36:49 AM
Quote from: Lazybones on January 08, 2015, 10:30:10 PM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on January 08, 2015, 03:12:49 PM
Now to find a DOS emulator to do some old time research

These run right in the browser via some form of DosBox magic.
I heard it was dosbox compiled into javascript to run in the browser.
Title: Re: Internet Archive now has old games
Post by: Darren Dirt on January 13, 2015, 08:10:41 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/01/05/you-can-now-play-nearly-2400-ms-dos-video-games-in-your-browser/

found a reference to this in the most unexpected of places -- http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/farewell-internet-explorer-and-stingrays-okay-outdoors



see also: (from late 2013) a reference to the "Console Living Room"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/28/the-top-5-retro-games-you-can-play-right-now-thanks-to-the-internet-archive/