New to DOS gaming...any suggestions??

[luke83]

Dont forget the Open source multi platform front End for DosBox DBGL
http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/

, i have been using it for some time

[KenMasters1007]

Hi all the one great series of games was never mention Kings Quest, the manhunter series to. 7th guest. 11th hour. phantasam Goria (might be missed spelled) War craft 1 and 2 diablo 1 and 2. conflict as well.

[PMJPlay]

Police Quest
God of Thunder
Commander Keen
Bio Menace
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Maniac Mansion


I also recommend getting SCUMMVM to play Monkey Island and all those other adventure games

[Dragon Mech]

from what i remember. diablo 1 and 2 aren't dos games but are windows games

[Gonchi]

Diablo 2 is definitely not a DOS game. Diablo 1 though is a different matter, it came out early enough (96 or 97?) that it might have a DOS version. I really don't know, sorry, the Google do nothing.

As for recommendations, pretty sure some mentioned did not have DOS versions (StarCraft, Planescape: Torment...). Anyway, I'm going to throw a bunch of games out there that I consider must plays and have not been mentioned. (Beware, very long list. RPG in bold)

Beneath a Steel Sky
Betrayal at Krondor
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (aka. Circle of Blood)
Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
Crusader: No Remorse
Crusader: No Regret
Fallout
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars + The Price of Loyalty
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!
Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!
Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen
Out of this World (aka. Another World)
Populous
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
Quest for Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
Sid Meier's Civilization
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
Space Quest V: The Next Mutation
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Star Wars: X-Wing
Syndicate
System Shock
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
The Dig
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
The Last Express
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
Ultima VI: The False Prophet
Ultima VII: The Black Gate + Forge of Virtue
Ultima VII: Part Two - Serpent Isle + The Silver Seed
Wasteland
Wing Commander
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Wing Commander: Privateer
Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
X-COM: UFO Defense (aka. UFO: Enemy Unknown)
X-COM 2: Terror from the Deep

[Hot Trout]

An excellent list of games and the majority of them I played at the time. xCom is an excellent mention as is Wing Commander series.

Nice one.

[Gonchi]

An excellent list of games and the majority of them I played at the time. xCom is an excellent mention as is Wing Commander series.

Nice one.

Wanted to throw out a fairly diverse list, I'm sure I left out a lot of classics though (Dungeon Keeper and Ultima Underworld are coming to mind).

[Hot Trout]

I totally lost weeks to Dungeon Keeper and still have my original. It was a great game in every respect and I would urge everyone to play it. I wish they would remake it for today.

I spent days building massive dungeons, come to think of it it was like mine craft only with better game play.

[PMJPlay]

"Betrayal at Krondor"

I do recommend reading the Raymond E. Feist novels starting with the first book "Magician"

[Hot Trout]

I have such fond memories of this game, a real classic. Pity someone would not remake this.