I was one of the people who were sad when Windows no longer came with DOS. I thought I would never be able to play my beloved Pinball Fantasies, Lotus 3 and many others. The last games released commercially for DOS... I'm sure glad that they didn't mark the end of all DOS gaming forever. :) I know I've missed many of the great ones when they came out then.
What windows doesn't come with ms-dos? You have been able to boot into ms-dos or use the command prompt since windows 95. That's how people ran dos games on win 95 and higher back then, by running ms-dos.
@@SxGaming3390 I'm afraid I have to disagree. The newer versions of Windows don't have DOS in them. The command prompt we can use on modern PCs as cmd.exe is not the actual DOS operating system. That's why we need to resort to emulation, such as DOSBox. And of course, I was not referring to Windows 95 in my comment, but to more recent Windows OSes. :)
@@TeaAndFloppyDisks Indeed, every new Windows, like XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 is based on Win NT & 2000 and thus are not based on DOS. IIRC the last one with DOS support was ME . I liked booting into DOS and fidling around, too. Good times, good games 🙂
Don't worry, you can make all the lost games today. I mean it's never been easier to run them. No longer you have to worry about having enough memory or the right drivers, it just works. Also, you know you can always just give me a shout and I'll try to help :)
Fiddling with DOS sure was "fun" but it also was troublesome of you couldn't figure out how to secure enough low memory or load particular drivers. Whether we like it or not, moving to Windows was a natural and good step in the evolution of PC gaming. :)
I must admit that I simply love your sense of humour and, just out of curiosity, do you even follow a script/loose notes or maybe you make it as you go since all those moments of going off topic are pure comedy gold, especially the ones about your infamous boss's wife XD? Anyhow, I'm a big fan of your videos regardless of the content albeit the topics you touch upon are usually spot-on and I'm a sucker for nostalgia, feed me retro until I burst... out laughing in this case :). Also, kudos for mentioning two Polish PC games, chapeau bas :)!
Thank you so much! Comments like that make it all worth it! And yeah, I have a general script of what I'd like to say about the games, and some jokes are in fact pre-written, but many happen on the spot too, which means hell when I'm editing, cause I have to go through it all and cut stuff and then stitch it all together so it would make sense. Stuff about my boss' wife though is sadly no joke. She is a creature of the dark and the most unknowingly evil person that I've ever met. She literally doesn't realise how awful and mean she is to people. Or maybe she doesn't care, I'm not gonna tickle this particular beast just to know for sure and ask her. Cause she bites. xD
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I know the pain regarding the editing, I post reviews of films on my channel, so I know exactly how cumbersome it can be at times, but the feedback is worth it :). BTW: In a couple of minutes my new video review of the film "Blue Streak" from 1999 will premiere, maybe you could have a look at it? Your opinion on it would mean the world to me :)! I watch your videos regularly and please never give up, but keep up the good work :). I haven't been a PC/video game player for the last 10 or so years, but I have fond memories of games from my childhood and teens and thanks to you, I can cherish those memories :).
@@kad3tuk Sure, no problem at all :). BTW: Today, my new review of the film "10 Things I Hate About You" from 1999 will debut, so there will be yet another one waiting for you in a queue should you feel like checking it out too :). Thanks in advance and have a safe trip back :)!
Damn, never expected to see Snood (46:50) again. One of those games I used to play often but one which completely faded from memory. Was quite fun but also frustrating as it was impossible to aim consistently when you needed it the most. With Realms of the Haunting (58:52) I unintentionally developed a tradition of playing it every 10 years (next up is 2027). Story and locations are just so enthralling. Takes some DOSBox knowledge to set up though since controls aren't beginner friendly. Yeah love that game and a decade is just the right amount of time for my mind to experience it for the first time yet again :)
Some of the best games were also done of the most demanding ones. Today we only really have souls-like and most other games are on the easier side. When taking about arcade titles at least. I used to play classic XCom every single year on January for a decade or so. Good times. Sadly, I've very little time these days.
My pleasure! It was interesting to take a look at the absolute last games for the platform. We often see videos taking about the best or most famous, but very rarely just last.
I only noticed the categorization when I started the video. The approach/idea is absolutely brilliant. This way, treasures come to light that the “normal” person doesn't know (I've played every single one, but I'm not normal either^^). Thank you very much for your great work and all the effort that goes into it!
It would be nice, wouldn't it? Though, there are a lot of issues with licensing of many of these oldies. Often, the IP ownership is unknown, unclear, or, in the worst case, even contested by a few parties for neither of which it's worth legal costs. So some games will stay in permanent limbo. Fortunately, we have stuff like RetroEXO/eXoDOS.
Oopsie daisies! You know why I said that? Cause I've been holding it for a decade or two now, waiting for an appropriate moment to do so, cause you know, no one in their right mind would say it aloud. And since it didn't look like the time would ever come, I pulled the trigger on your comment. Also, yeah, I know, I was meant to fix it for this compilation video, but then as I was preparing for my trip to Japan, packing and stuff, I totally forgot about it. xD
3D cards is what killed DOS for me. 3DFx was supported under DOS for a lotta games - Dungeon Keeper, Caramgeddon, Tombraider, Quake, etc. But I hung onto DOS for as long as I could cos Windows 95 sapped too many resources in my opinion, making the low level API requirements of DOS more attractive - everyone knows Quake ran SUPER smooth in DOS compared to W95. It was the advent of DirectDRAW, D3D - Direct X in general that finally made me install W95. But I'd still drop back into DOS if I was playing a game that had a native DOS4GW executable. Of course, by the late 90's, everyone had enough RAM and CPU power that Windows 95 overhead didn't actually matter anymore, and developers like Blizzard were making games exclusively for Windows. So....
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yeah Direct Draw was very important. Bringing everything together under a common HUD was far easier for developers to work with, rather than supporting every single GPU and Soundcard individually etc. Windows also brought the universal memory management - lots of people struggled back in the DOS days to maximize their conventional and expanded RAM.
I hope you'll like it. There's much more to come as soon as I'm back from Japan. Though, there's few more videos scheduled to release by then, so I suppose if you enjoy classic games, there's always going to be something new releasing here. :)
I loved X-Com: Apocalypse. At that time there was some critique about it (i don't remember the details, though) but as a X-Com: Terror from the deep fan, i found X-Com: Apocalypse awesome. The follow up game from hmm similar genre I loved was ... Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate. It had awesome, truly amazing music. :) (not for the DOS though)
I agree. I didn't care much about the criticism. I loved the game and had tons of fun with it. Though, it has to be said that i kept playing it in turn- based mode, completly omitting the real time mechanics it introduced.
It is. But is it as good as let's say Shart or Help? Imagine calling for him in a park full of people. That would raise some serious questions and also be a fun inner joke between you and yourself ;)
Dos died because windows simple to use that even grandmas started using it.Windows thrived because it handled 3d games better and made corporations easier.to run and train people for jobs
There was also no need to make sure to have a certain amount of certain kind of memory available, and no fiddling with drivers. It was just better. Perhaps not with it's first iteration but 98SE was great!
@@OldAndNewVideoGames yeah even as buggy as it was.Half life imo and unreal really changed 3d gaming on PC but doom 3 really started showing how graphics were starting to be like DAYUM! However I still used dos. Even with win95 but during xp days I started messing with dosbox and it's worked decently now days alot of older games run on it or are ported to windows or remastered for newer hardware.Thx to great studios like nightdive who are redoing killing time soon
Yakuza Like a Dragon Infinite Money was made in Unity and it was fantastic. Sure, it may not look as good as Unreal games do, but I wouldn't say that it was lacking or ugly. Could I propose another reason for DOSes demise? And it was unnecessarily difficult driver and memory management.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Lol Yakuza games had the best realistic fights.....NOT! Looks like a mobile game... Also it uses a custom made engine called: Dragon Engine, nice try wokie...
DOS was in a golden age when it could do SVGA graphics - 800x600 with 16 million colours.
I was one of the people who were sad when Windows no longer came with DOS. I thought I would never be able to play my beloved Pinball Fantasies, Lotus 3 and many others.
The last games released commercially for DOS... I'm sure glad that they didn't mark the end of all DOS gaming forever. :) I know I've missed many of the great ones when they came out then.
What windows doesn't come with ms-dos? You have been able to boot into ms-dos or use the command prompt since windows 95. That's how people ran dos games on win 95 and higher back then, by running ms-dos.
@@SxGaming3390 I'm afraid I have to disagree. The newer versions of Windows don't have DOS in them. The command prompt we can use on modern PCs as cmd.exe is not the actual DOS operating system. That's why we need to resort to emulation, such as DOSBox.
And of course, I was not referring to Windows 95 in my comment, but to more recent Windows OSes. :)
@@TeaAndFloppyDisks Indeed, every new Windows, like XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 is based on Win NT & 2000 and thus are not based on DOS. IIRC the last one with DOS support was ME . I liked booting into DOS and fidling around, too. Good times, good games 🙂
Don't worry, you can make all the lost games today. I mean it's never been easier to run them. No longer you have to worry about having enough memory or the right drivers, it just works. Also, you know you can always just give me a shout and I'll try to help :)
Fiddling with DOS sure was "fun" but it also was troublesome of you couldn't figure out how to secure enough low memory or load particular drivers. Whether we like it or not, moving to Windows was a natural and good step in the evolution of PC gaming. :)
I must admit that I simply love your sense of humour and, just out of curiosity, do you even follow a script/loose notes or maybe you make it as you go since all those moments of going off topic are pure comedy gold, especially the ones about your infamous boss's wife XD?
Anyhow, I'm a big fan of your videos regardless of the content albeit the topics you touch upon are usually spot-on and I'm a sucker for nostalgia, feed me retro until I burst... out laughing in this case :).
Also, kudos for mentioning two Polish PC games, chapeau bas :)!
Thank you so much! Comments like that make it all worth it! And yeah, I have a general script of what I'd like to say about the games, and some jokes are in fact pre-written, but many happen on the spot too, which means hell when I'm editing, cause I have to go through it all and cut stuff and then stitch it all together so it would make sense. Stuff about my boss' wife though is sadly no joke. She is a creature of the dark and the most unknowingly evil person that I've ever met. She literally doesn't realise how awful and mean she is to people. Or maybe she doesn't care, I'm not gonna tickle this particular beast just to know for sure and ask her. Cause she bites. xD
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I know the pain regarding the editing, I post reviews of films on my channel, so I know exactly how cumbersome it can be at times, but the feedback is worth it :).
BTW: In a couple of minutes my new video review of the film "Blue Streak" from 1999 will premiere, maybe you could have a look at it?
Your opinion on it would mean the world to me :)!
I watch your videos regularly and please never give up, but keep up the good work :).
I haven't been a PC/video game player for the last 10 or so years, but I have fond memories of games from my childhood and teens and thanks to you, I can cherish those memories :).
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Wise....very wise.
@@BlastandthePast Sure, I'll take a look. Remind me via email in a week or so as I'm still abroad, OK?
@@kad3tuk Sure, no problem at all :).
BTW: Today, my new review of the film "10 Things I Hate About You" from 1999 will debut, so there will be yet another one waiting for you in a queue should you feel like checking it out too :).
Thanks in advance and have a safe trip back :)!
Got a copy of Last Express on Steam. It's a really good game if you like old Sierra point and click titles. It reminds me a lot of Dagger of Amon Ra.
Dagger of Amon-Ra was fantastic too!
Great video and great memories!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Wonderful video, thank you mate!!
Glad you liked it! I have more of these on the channel, if you're into DOS gaming. :)
Damn, never expected to see Snood (46:50) again. One of those games I used to play often but one which completely faded from memory. Was quite fun but also frustrating as it was impossible to aim consistently when you needed it the most.
With Realms of the Haunting (58:52) I unintentionally developed a tradition of playing it every 10 years (next up is 2027). Story and locations are just so enthralling. Takes some DOSBox knowledge to set up though since controls aren't beginner friendly. Yeah love that game and a decade is just the right amount of time for my mind to experience it for the first time yet again :)
Some of the best games were also done of the most demanding ones. Today we only really have souls-like and most other games are on the easier side. When taking about arcade titles at least. I used to play classic XCom every single year on January for a decade or so. Good times. Sadly, I've very little time these days.
I played Gates of Skeldal as a kid, loved the music and the art style.
It's a unique title, no doubt about that.
"Sun is the name of our star" ... Thank you! :D
Delivering obvious since late 90s, one silly sentence at the time. That's me! ;)
Nice, thanks a lot for the decent collection..!
My pleasure! It was interesting to take a look at the absolute last games for the platform. We often see videos taking about the best or most famous, but very rarely just last.
I only noticed the categorization when I started the video. The approach/idea is absolutely brilliant. This way, treasures come to light that the “normal” person doesn't know (I've played every single one, but I'm not normal either^^). Thank you very much for your great work and all the effort that goes into it!
@@eigengrau1 I'm glad that you enjoyed the video! Thanks! :)
Clash looks super fun! Reminds me of Heroes
:)
It truly is! It even got a sequel very recently but haven't tested it yet.
ms-dos era still the best period for pc gaming, i love most of these games
It was an innovative time for gaming, no doubt about that.
I hope Gog picks up some of these games!
It would be nice, wouldn't it? Though, there are a lot of issues with licensing of many of these oldies. Often, the IP ownership is unknown, unclear, or, in the worst case, even contested by a few parties for neither of which it's worth legal costs. So some games will stay in permanent limbo. Fortunately, we have stuff like RetroEXO/eXoDOS.
Great video full of good memories!. There's a typo in Queen: The Eye. It came in 1998, not 1988
Oopsie daisies!
You know why I said that? Cause I've been holding it for a decade or two now, waiting for an appropriate moment to do so, cause you know, no one in their right mind would say it aloud. And since it didn't look like the time would ever come, I pulled the trigger on your comment. Also, yeah, I know, I was meant to fix it for this compilation video, but then as I was preparing for my trip to Japan, packing and stuff, I totally forgot about it. xD
3D cards is what killed DOS for me. 3DFx was supported under DOS for a lotta games - Dungeon Keeper, Caramgeddon, Tombraider, Quake, etc. But I hung onto DOS for as long as I could cos Windows 95 sapped too many resources in my opinion, making the low level API requirements of DOS more attractive - everyone knows Quake ran SUPER smooth in DOS compared to W95.
It was the advent of DirectDRAW, D3D - Direct X in general that finally made me install W95. But I'd still drop back into DOS if I was playing a game that had a native DOS4GW executable.
Of course, by the late 90's, everyone had enough RAM and CPU power that Windows 95 overhead didn't actually matter anymore, and developers like Blizzard were making games exclusively for Windows. So....
Windows 95 was just a first step. It might have been a rough one but is was necessary for what came later.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yeah Direct Draw was very important. Bringing everything together under a common HUD was far easier for developers to work with, rather than supporting every single GPU and Soundcard individually etc. Windows also brought the universal memory management - lots of people struggled back in the DOS days to maximize their conventional and expanded RAM.
I found Hardline enjoyable back in the days. It was one of the better FMV shooter.
Cool stuff, saving to watch for lunch at work, thank you very much. God bless. Jesus loves you!
I hope you'll like it. There's much more to come as soon as I'm back from Japan. Though, there's few more videos scheduled to release by then, so I suppose if you enjoy classic games, there's always going to be something new releasing here. :)
I loved X-Com: Apocalypse. At that time there was some critique about it (i don't remember the details, though) but as a X-Com: Terror from the deep fan, i found X-Com: Apocalypse awesome. The follow up game from hmm similar genre I loved was ... Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate. It had awesome, truly amazing music. :) (not for the DOS though)
I agree. I didn't care much about the criticism. I loved the game and had tons of fun with it. Though, it has to be said that i kept playing it in turn- based mode, completly omitting the real time mechanics it introduced.
I never played Lost Vikings. I always heard it was very good. I should change that. I'll bet it's on GOG.
You should, it's a really well thought out game, and a very fun one at that.
I used to have a Samoyed called Comet. It's a good dog name.
It is. But is it as good as let's say Shart or Help? Imagine calling for him in a park full of people. That would raise some serious questions and also be a fun inner joke between you and yourself ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Reminds of an old friend of mine, who called their dogs flaps.
@@joke2741 LOL :)
Bulliten boards and file downloading via Outlook, weird world. But I never came across "Dust", off to have a look see :)
These were truly special times.
52:52 you have a typo 1988 instead of 1998
I tried Retro - Gaming with LaunchBox and Big Box I gave up trying because every game never works. I play nothing now because there’s nothing out.
RetroEXO aka eXoDOS - everything works and comes in a nice way to use console-like interface.
Dos died because windows simple to use that even grandmas started using it.Windows thrived because it handled 3d games better and made corporations easier.to run and train people for jobs
There was also no need to make sure to have a certain amount of certain kind of memory available, and no fiddling with drivers. It was just better. Perhaps not with it's first iteration but 98SE was great!
@@OldAndNewVideoGames yeah even as buggy as it was.Half life imo and unreal really changed 3d gaming on PC but doom 3 really started showing how graphics were starting to be like DAYUM! However I still used dos. Even with win95 but during xp days I started messing with dosbox and it's worked decently now days alot of older games run on it or are ported to windows or remastered for newer hardware.Thx to great studios like nightdive who are redoing killing time soon
DOS died because it cannot be used for good 3d games, they were all shitty, same as unity in 3d now, windows and directx was the only way.
Yakuza Like a Dragon Infinite Money was made in Unity and it was fantastic. Sure, it may not look as good as Unreal games do, but I wouldn't say that it was lacking or ugly. Could I propose another reason for DOSes demise? And it was unnecessarily difficult driver and memory management.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Lol Yakuza games had the best realistic fights.....NOT! Looks like a mobile game... Also it uses a custom made engine called: Dragon Engine, nice try wokie...
@@cesaru3619uh oh another UE copenstein. Pipe down edge lord wannabe
@@J77199 LOL enjoy your shitty 2d woke games LOSER
What an odd collection of words that barely relate to one another