Playing DOS games - Archon (IBM 5155)

Playing some games on my IBM 5155! Thanks to viewer Berend Vosmer for helping me fix it :) . One of a series of three videos I'm releasing this week playing on this machine (for now).

[@NiksSofa]

If you start talking and do this on twtich, you can make some serious money.

[@1man_crowd]

You haven't understood a single thing of what it's all about. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NiksSofa]

@@1man_crowd And you're not even a real crowd. just one man.

[@RetroJackal]

That amber tube CRT looks amazing. Dead jealous.

[@RainbowCornet]

So glad you got this fixed! I knew how much that computer meant to you.

[@Chyrosran22]

Yeah I love this thing :D . Just so cool and so much nostalgia!

[@NoahBershatsky]

Loved archon! Played it countless hours!

[@kitrod]

Modern computers need more amber. Such a beautiful color.
I might try replacing the lock light LEDs on my Omnikey with amber ones...

[@wanner251]

This is the first (and probably only) comment I've ever made on TH-cam. This is my favorite game of all time, though I played it on Atari 8-bit back in the day, which was definitely better and actually earlier than this version... Thank you so much for bringing this forward; I truly loved every minute of it. More people should be aware of amazing games like this with such great replayability. Also, you're terrible. Haha. ;)

[@dressupgeekout]

This was really exciting to watch! Just goes to show how gripping many older games can really be. God, amber screens are my absolute fave

[@NatalieT505]

Considering the limited capabilities of the CPU, the computer player is a remarkably sophisticated simulation of a human opponent high on a mix of crack and sugar. This was very enjoyable, thanks ! Like the board that accompanied the system - quality and good design are timeless.

[@Chyrosran22]

The AI in this game is extremely hard to beat, it feels very unfair xD . Still cool though! But the sequel was loads better!

[@chewbaccarampage]

Wow this brings me back. I use to play Archon as well on an orange and black 286.

[@Chyrosran22]

The AI is so unfair but I still love it xD .

[@yopachi]

Do more videos playing DOS games you like. I'll watch 👁👄👁

[@alpzepta]

OMG this is the best old pc ASMR video right here!!

[@macktheinterloper]

Oh hey, it's one of the games I remember rage quitting a lot as a kid.

[@GalileoAV]

Glorious setup, mate. That monitor is pure nostalgia

[@piecaruso97]

Next up you could play monkey island or a text adventure on this bad boy

[@DavidWonn]

I vaguely recall a friend playing this on his Commodore 64 way back in the day. I never fully understood what was going on, though.

[@ziting5756]

This looked like something I played in school. I feel old

[@alistairblaire6001]

Takes me back. I was an infant when this came out but I played with an IBM XT clone with an amber monitor as a kid. PCs were extremely expensive and people generally didn’t upgrade every year until the late 90’s. So I played with that old XT until we got a Pentium in 97 or so.

[@davidbliss8352]

Forgot this existed! Holy cow!

[@greyareaRK1]

Ohhh, Mr Fancypants and his portable computer. God I miss writing on an amber screen -- so easy to focus. Amazing how upset some players get when you shout 'Archon rules!' during a chess match and wipe their pieces off the board with magic spells.

[@daveg7878]

Played a ton of this on the Atari 800. Was a lot easier with a joystick.

[@Jordan4Ibanez]

This is awesome :D

[@NostraDavid2]

Back when Electronic Arts was about the arts.

[@NostraDavid2]

I miss the square, circle, triangle logo.

[@brunocat4402]

I sucked at this so hard as a 14 year old😂 Amber screens were so sick when I first saw them

[@0LoneTech]

Just casually running a game on an original IBM PC. At its age, it may have needed some capacitor replacements, but sounds perfectly stock.

[@Chyrosran22]

The rifas blew up recently but someone helped me fix it. Other than that the computer is bizarrely immaculate on the inside, it must've had almost zero runtime before I got it as there was virtually no dust inside it!

[@Basso_]

ChyrosrASMR22. Nice!

[@davidbliss8352]

More classics please 🙏

[@berendvosmer948]

Yeah, noice!

[@Bando710]

The sounds tho

[@kenneth.topp.]

I had this for apple ][. Never understood the rules

[@gearsgamer7115]

Hi

[@user-wl6rg4zw9j]

get a gaming keyboard so you can beat the AI next time

[@Chyrosran22]

It's got a Model F, what more could I want?! XD

[@kornaros96]

​@@Chyrosran22 an Alienware KB-0168?

[@BreadTeleporter002]

​@@kornaros96oof I'd rather wank then use an Alienware keyboard unironically, model F is the much better choice (rollover moment)