Thanks a bunch! :) Don't know about better, but similar length, that's for sure. :) Truth be told, if I was to restart the series now (which I'm not going to, but I've some fun things planned anyway) I'd release them the way I do the C64 one now. So, shorter videos each week, rather than a single long one every 3-4. And overall more games would be covered that way, as while the videos would be smaller, I wouldn't have to struggle to try to meet that 3 week deadline. Which in itself is silly as I have no deadlines here really. ;) To put things into perspective - 90 minute long video takes like 65-70-ish hours to put together (writing/recording/editing/graphics/etc.). 15-20 minutes ones I can drop (depending on how busy I get) sometimes twice a week. That's irrelevant now though. I've learned my lesson. And the next big series after C64 (as I don't consider Obscure games videos to be big series) will be released in this new format. A year split into parts I can release each week. And then after, a singular video covering a whole year. And finally, when the series are done, another ginormous one including all 10 years. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames That does indeed sound much better. you can even switch up topics between weeks to keep it fresh both for yourself and the audience. I also believe this format will benefit you from the TH-cam Algorithm perspective, which seems to prefer more frequent updates - ie a more active account. It also gives you a nice opportunity to make quick changes to the flow of things. As a viewer, i certainly prefer watching a 20 minute video every week than a 90 minute one once a month. TH-cam has become my most used streaming platform with videos like these replacing traditional TV content and recap/easter egg videos like from ScreenCrush being mandatory supplementary content to shows i already love and watch weekly. In short i look forward to new videos from channels i follow eagerly and having a steady trickle gives my soul a tickle. lol.
@@Shishkebarbarian Thanks for confirming what I felt - that it's a better format. So yeah, I've started using it with C64 and it worked for me. I mean, obviously C64 videos get lower views than DOS but that's understandable, but from a creative point of view when I can compartmentalise content into smaller bits, it's not only easier and faster to make, but can also be of higher quality as I'm not constantly rushing. Because whether I manage to release 1, 2 or 3 videos a week makes no difference, as there's always at least one. And I don't need to stick to artificial timetables that really have no place in this hobby of mine. ;) And yeah, I couldn't tell you when I've watched regular TV last. It's TH-cam mostly for me as well, and then after, a mixture of Twitch and Netflix-like streaming platforms in more or less similar proportions. But YT I watch religiously.
Come on Sierra games were easy and MS flight sim was a bit hard I’ll give you that. There were alot of semi difficult games but they kept you coming back to try and finish them. They made you use your brain as you couldn’t Google the solution. And I sure wasn’t going to spend the extra money on hint books.
I got my first DOS computer in 1985 and had SO much fun from there on. Getting my first EGA monitor.....getting my first VGA monitor......getting my first AdLib card......getting my first internal hard drive.....the list goes on and on. I have such a love for that era of computing, including and especially big box PC games.
Arguably, the DOS releases from the time were the prime of boxed releases of all time. You would always get a lot of extra goodies, thematically fitting to what the game was about, and very often they had unique box shapes or special ways that they opened up.
And that only covers "some" of the more "interesting" ones. I've a whole separate series for obscure games, and working now on early windows ones too. :)
The amount of work you've put into this video is truly impressive, and your passion for video games shines through. It's like a nostalgic journey, and we owe it all to you. Thank you for creating such an incredible and wonderful piece of work!
Thank you! :) And I'm glad you liked it. It's a compilation video of 10 individual episodes on the series, as originally it was coming out episodically. I've similar one for Amiga that's nearly 7 hours, and I'm working now on C64 and Early windows (1993-2002) but before they will be available as a single video, they are released as episodes.
What an awesome video man, thank you so much for your effort, your channel deserves way more subscribers ! There are some games that you missed though, like Dark Ages (1991) and Dangerous Dave (1990) which were pretty iconic back then
Thank you! :) Some games missing are a result of a silly methodology I applied to these videos as they were coming out as separate episodes a year or so ago. I didn't want any of the years to have more than 80, and they rarely did. So I had to cut the lists down to the most obvious choices. It's cause each year had its own video, and I didn't want those to be too long. Now, that was a mistake. My current series - so either Obscure DOS Games or 10 Years of Early Windows Gaming are done in a much smarter way. I release singular episodes of 10 games each, which may seem like a waste, but each and every episode can give much more time to every included game, and I've set no artificial limit on a number of games/episodes per year. So, it can easily get to 100 or more if needed. And when the year is done, I release it as a singular big video too. Well, in case of Obscure DOS Games, not a year but a season consisting of 100 games overall. And when years/seasons will be done, I'll drop them in singular gigantic videos like the one you've seen too. But in this new format, the videos are much more thorough, games are better covered and there's no limits with which I would feel unhappy. Also, they look and sound better. :)
@@Yc_91 Ha ha ha :) Then you better prepare, cause what I have in Obscure DOS Games so far, is already like 16 hours... And it's still ongoing. Well, at least to the end of this current 5th season. Maybe tiny bit longer. :)
I absolutely loved this. Not only is it soothingly nostalgic, but you really seem to have a solid understanding of each game - the basics at least - and you kept things low-key, which made things easy to watch all the way through (not all at once, of course). Well done - moving on to your other videos! Thank you for this! 🎉❤
I can't believed that either. It's the single longest retro gaming video on TH-cam and you ate it in two bites. xD Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you liked it. I have a similar one for Amiga too, but it's only the 2nd longest retro gaming video on the platform, and an older one too, so you know... ;)
Glad I could help! :) These are still pretty much playable and easy to run under DOSBox, so if you ever have a bit of free time, you can try them out yourself.
Only 20 minutes in but already enjoying this immensely. Looking forward to the rest of it! Must have been so much work getting a list like this. So many games I’d forgotten already!
I'm happy you enjoy it! Also, thanks for backing me up with that guy's silly comment. Making this video was not as difficult as it may seem, as it's really just 10 smaller hour-ish long ones tied together. Cause originally the series was coming out in separate episodes - one per month. Similar thing with my 10 Years of Amiga Gaming video, the one that's nearly 7 hours. Also came out in episodes first. And the C64/Early Windows that I'm working on now, also come out like that but weekly. It's easier for me to work on shorter episodes and then when the series is complete, to re-render them as a big single flie. :)
Absolutely must-watch if you want to understand the humble beginnings of PC gaming when it was young and unexperienced. Quite a hard work done here, lots of details and nostalgia mood. Thank you for this nice documental!!
Oh, the pleasure's all mine. If you liked it, check out my "Obscure DOS Games" series, there's 40 episodes (4 seasons overall), and around 12-ish hours of games there too. :)
Adventure games with a text parser were my childhood. They have a special place in my heart but they’re also fun because it makes the puzzles more challenging and you have to be creative and think.
Exactly the same thoughts I had. I grew up with these types of games and enjoyed them immensely. Maybe when AI hits some sort of game engine they will allow you to create oldskool Sierra and Lucasarts game types but with characters and stories of your own choosing.
Impossible Mission 2 required the whole 360kb diskette, that was so awesome at the days! Thank you for the description speech, it makes all this alive.
Thanks for watching and your kind words. I felt that another silent 100 games in 10 minutes video was unnecessary. And I prefer if the youtuber I'm watching actually says something about the games too. ;)
I'm sure this was not your intention - but this is so calming and relaxing to watch this huddled up in bed after a longggggg day - really appreciate the effort that went into this!
If you found a way to enjoy my video, who am I to tell you how? ;) Also, if you like those really long ones, I have a similar one for Amiga, it's around six and a half hours.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I do both. I like your voice so I like having this on a lot to relax, but I'm also watching every second in smaller chunks. There's so much packed into each of these little nuggets. Even on my millionth watch I see new things eg this time I kept rewinding one of the German video games about business bc of all the jokes. "Our Flounder" never gets old. It's amazing to see & trace the lineage of so many current genres in these digital seedlings. Thanks so much.
@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 You probably just made my whole December with this one comment! Thank you so much for your kind words! :) I don't get mean comments often, I'm lucky like that, but when I do, they are really mean and a hard pill to swallow. Some just know where to hit for it to hurt. But your comment is the exact opposite. Thanks again and Merry Christmas! :) Oh, and a new DOS video tomorrow (Thursday), 28th I believe, episode of Obscure DOS Games, and XMas Special 2 days later.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yay! That makes my December, thank YOU. The internet can be miraculous & most people are great, but I agree some people just know how to make others hurt & do it like it's their job. Then some are well-meaning but are asking for more-more-more, which can be overwhelming, or something so specific it's not a fit with the channel, & it can feel futile on rough days. But you have so much greatness here & I'm way more interested in following artists like you whose work I appreciate --- yes, I think this is a legit art-form --- so that I can watch them develop + evolve. I don't want to put my fingers on the weight; I just want to keep watching where you go with your videos & keep noticing + appreciating all the details as well as the enormity of sweep you put in them. It's so clear the love + care + thoughtfulness you put in these, & your personality + style shines thru. I'm slooooow at going thru these but I'll be putting in the watch time with pleasure. I'm alone on Christmas so I'm looking forward to that; I'll try to catch that in real time. Apologies if it takes me a while to watch everything else but I promise I watch repeatedly + closely & will catch up eventually! Thanks for making this work, Merry Christmas, & I hope 2024 treats you well.
@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Most people sure are great, and some really seem to be fishing for a moment to jab at someone, but whatever, it is what it is. And it makes those nice moments more special. :) I'm really happy that you like my videos and hopefully they'll keep getting better with time. Sorry to hear that you're alone this XMas, but try to at least take some time to yourself and do what you enjoy. I'm spending mine with family but to be honest whenever I wanna relax, I prefer just to be alone and do something by myslef. It re-centers me from my usual craziness to a more stable state, so to speak. xD
Solid video. These were important years in terms of PC entering the "master race" status. I had both Amiga and DOS PC in those years. From its humble beginnings, PC slowly but surely entered the gaming market, killing Amiga/Atari ST along the way. You can see the evolution of technology in your video.
Yeah, at first it was rather slow, a dev here or there used something new like adlib, soubdblaster or even VGA, but then it exploded and everything, even the stinkers had Amiga-like or better presentation. xD
You know, I'm glad that you said that cause this is actually based on a special issue of a gaming mag that I had as a kid 20-something years ago. I don't remember the name of the mag at all, all I remembered was that there were 3-4 games per page with 2-3 screenshots and literally 9-10 sentences about the game. I wanted the series to be similar but with video rather than the pictures and the amount of text based more on whether I had something more to say about a particular title, rather than same length for each game. Also... THANK YOU! :)
I love how you regularly mention it when games are suitable for playing with friends. It speaks to what was the reality for me and many kids back in the day. We couldn't afford consoles, but we could afford all the magazines that came with shareware discs, and the occasional coveted full game (or someone's dad had a CD burner) So we played the hell out of many of the games here that were already a few years old even at the time. In hot-seat mode, or games like Tyrian in co-op, using different halves of the keyboard. It would be incredible to organise some original hardware and get people together with beers and play some of these games in this fashion in 2024. Ain't nobody got time for that, but one can imagine it.
Oh, most games are better with friends. Even some that were never made to be played like it. Like all the XCom titles. They're the best in couch co-op. :)
This is a masterpiece! Catapulted me right back to my youth and inspired me to build a 486 retro PC to experience these great games again. Great commentary on the video as well, full of subtly funny remarks. Please keep these videos coming!
Thanks! If you like this one, you'll like my new stuff even more, the quality/content is much better. And I have a lot of these. If DOS is your jam, Obscure DOS Games series might be something you'd like. It's available either as separate episodes, entire seasons (of 10 episodes each), or a whole series in a single nearly 17 hours long video. :)
Thanks a lot for this, I was watching this archiving my old DOS and windows game collections and did come across quite some titles in this video have the hardcopy of. Great watch, thanks! Hope you do another one for another decade! :D
Thank for watching! :) It's actually a compilation of all episodes for the series as they were coming out. And yeah, I have another one but for DOS. I'm also currently working on identical series for C64 and early Windows (1993-2002). So, if you're at all into these, they're on this very channel. Also, I have a separate series for Obscure little known Amiga games, in which I've completed a first season already (available as 10 separate episodes or a single big video), and are halfway through second season already too. :)
Thank you! :) By next week I will also have completed 4 entire seasons of Obscure DOS Games series, that's 400 little known DOS games, and after that I believe the series will culminate in just short under 500 titles, and will be released as a singular video. Same as this one, but better quality and I think even longer. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I don't have that much curiosity about DOS games to be honest, I'm just surprised that someone decided to give this level of commitment and attention to a DOS gaming video!
Holy childhood! Love this. Started learning to use dos as a little kid (born in 85) thanks to my dad’s job….i was able to navigate the shell pretty well & was able to use the command prompts to run games on floppy’s. Thank you for this flash back memory
Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you liked it! I've many more higher quality DOS videos now, so if you liked this one, I'm sure you'll like the newer ones. Like Obscure DOS Games series. Available as 50 singular episodes, or as 5 bigger "full seasons" videos, and also all rolled into one, as a close to 16-hour long behemot. ;)
Oh, no no no... Thanks for watching! And prepare, cause when my Obscure DOS series are done, currently releasing episodically, I'm gonna turn them into a single video, and it should be around 15 hours long. :)
03:06:17 Yeah, you did) The first part is pretty much spot on, the second is lOO-kee 'oo' as in 'look' and 'ee' as in 'see' (kinda), the stress in on the first syllable. Now you know xD Great work btw!
And now I know :) Thank you! One of the few videos on my channel though, and current ones are arguably better in all of their aspects. Also, when the Obscure DOS Series comes to an end (as it's releasing episodically now), I will drop it as a single video too, and it will beat this one in length with ease. It's already over 12 hours. :)
I subscribed just because you included some of the technical information as pop-ups. A little step beyond many videos that don't even include the game title on screen. For someone who uses original hardware it's nice to know right away what I'll need to get a game working.
Glad you enjoyed it! I've a similar one for Amiga, it's just short of 7 hours. And I'm working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002) now. But these two come out episodically every week or so, and will be released later as one single huge video too, but only when they're completed and all 10 years for both covered. And I also run Obscure DOS Games series too, if you're more into its games. :)
Good old DOS. Things were different back then. The games were simpler, but more experimental and imaginative. I still go back and play the Sierra quest games now and then. Those games are works of art.
Every new kind of a game was just that back then. New. Today, while I love gaming as much as I did then, most new games are concoctions of older genres mixed together. It's not a rule, there are exceptions but that's how it mostly is.
Awesome! Thank you! :) It was months in the work and it was coming out episodically before it was ready to be released as a singular video. I'm currently working on similar series for C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002). And have two whole seasons of Obscure DOS Games. Another separate DOS-centric series. So, if you're into stuff like that, I work on these all the time. :)
Thanks for the sub! There's more of these, and generally speaking quite a few videos covering DOS, Amiga, Early Windows, C64... Stuff like that. So hopefully you'll find something more to enjoy. The next video will be out tonight. And one after that either tomorrow or the day after.
Well, hopefully you'll like it. There's another one of these, over 6 hours of Amiga content. And I'm working on C64 and Early Windows now too. But for now they're coming out as episodes before they series is done, and I'll be able to combine them into single long video. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I never got even close to any Amiga. Here in Brazil we got only a few versions of the MSX and, after 1991 (mine in 1992) a lot of IBM PCs. As I'm going for the nostalgia, this is the real deal for me lol. But, as subscrived to your channel, eventually wilm watch other stuff and recommend you for other lads. Just finished 1988 and discovered a lot of games that didn't arrived here. Will try to watch an year each day. Cheers and really thank you for this video!
@@RTPJuI'm from Europe and I never saw either of the MSX machines, so you know, we all had systems we wanted to experience but couldn't. :) Still, PC stuff I have a lot, both the 10 years series that you're watching now and Obscure DOS Games series, that the first season finished recently and will be relaunching for a second one soon. And obviously the 10 Years of Early Windows that I work on now... Anyway, if you're willing to recommend my channel to anyone, I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart! So, thank you! :)
Thank you! I've similar one for Amiga, it's just shy of 7 hours. And I'm working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002) now, but these two so far come out episodically on a weekly basis and will be released as a single video when their series are completed. But if you're all about DOS, I also run Obscure DOS Games series. First season is already completed and on the channel and the second is two episodes from being done. So far released weekly but will be a single video when finished too. :)
@@Eindebaas The Amiga series was my first so it's a bit rough, so skip to games if the intros or whatever are a bit too much to handle. The other ones are newer, so considerably higher quality and production value than this DOS series was even. :)
Thank you very much sir! I've one for Amiga too, though it's a lot older and pretty rough around the edges. Also "only" shy of 7 hours. And I'm currently working on early Windows and C64. But these release episodically first, before I put them all in one huge video. xD
Operation Wolf btw was an arcade game, hence the screen formatting and flashing of the sprites for the gun to register hits. Love this compilation dude!
Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you like it! I've a similar one for Amiga and are currently finishing off series for C64 and working on early Windows too (1993-2002).
2:17:47 Wing Commander was my first PC game and the reason I got my first PC as a kid. I remember seeing the graphics on the box at my local store when it came out and I was blown away. I had only known the 8-bit NES world up until that point. Here we are 30 years later and I still enjoy PC gaming.
This is an absolutely incredible channel! Cannot believe i didnt find it before. Grew up with DOS from the late 80s onwards, and my cousins and friends had C64 and Amiga. So much nostalgia just from the first 20 min. Subbed, and gonna spend a lot of time here in the next weeks.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Totally understand. My channel is also very niche and attracts only a certain audience. But it makes each comment worth a lot more. Heard you're headed to the hospital. Hope everything is all right. 😐
@@klatre Yep, that's exactly how it is. :) And I like to talk to my viewers, as in most cases, we have similar interests. Gaming, retro and such. :) Going tomorrow, surgery the day after. I should be fine though as it's something that they do very often and seemingly not a risky one.
I like that you take the time to talk about each game for a bit. Most of these list videos just show the first 30 seconds of a game after start and don't offer any info at all. This is so much better. Liked and Subbed.
WEIRD DREAMS! I was just thinking of that game a few weeks ago and had no idea what to search for on Google to figure out the name of it. All I could remember was the bizarre setting of there being cotton candy and a giant bee/wasp. Thanks for making this video. It's a trip back to my childhood.
For youngsters wondering how we could leave through the CGA colors era with our mental sanity, remember that we often played on monochrome screens that made the four colors into four grays. Much more bearable !
I'm not a youngster in any shape or form, but I've lived through CGA period playing on my C64, so I too wondered a little how could people play in these four, odd I must add, colors. When I moved to PC (after Amiga), SVGA was a well known tech already and I started with it. Sure, I played most older games, even those CGA, but I've no experience at playing it its titles at their appropriate time of release.
your work is incredibly important as well as great content, getting impressions as well. I had Amiga, 286, 386, 486 in that era but just a handful of games for each platform/generation, my 486 was barebones no optical unit, missed out on sooo many titles.
Thank you for watching! :) If you liked it, I've more of these, for Amiga, C64 and Early Windows... Though the last two come out episodically now every couple of weeks. And Obscure DOS and Amiga series full of more gaming memories...
Thanks a bunch! :) If you liked this one, you'll like my Obscure DOS Series. So far, there's four full seasons, and I just started the fifth. When it's done, I'll release it as a singular video too, and I expect it to be around 16 hours long. xD
Star Control 2 went open source. For legal reasons it was renamed as Urquan masters. Fans made a version that you can run in modern systems and it has voices. Still, you need pen and paper to take note of data provided by characters, that will not be repeated along the game.
Thanks! Glad you liked it! It's actually a compilation of series of smaller videos as they were coming out. I have a similar one, little over 6 hours long for Amiga, and are currently working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002) but the last two are coming out as episodes and be a big singular video after the series are done. :)
Oh man, I had completely forgotten about Death Rally! Another game I spent an embarrassing amount of time playing. It was possible to win against the first three (from memory) tiers of cars with just the very first car that resembled a VW beetle, upgraded a little, just by learning to corner well.
There's one more for Amiga, just short of 7 hours. And I currently work on C64 and early Windows (1993-2002). These come out episodically though, every week or two or so. Then there's Obscure DOS Games, that first season of is completed, and 17th episode will be out tomorrow. So, if you liked this, I'm sure I've something else that's as interesting. :)
Well, it is an amazing party game, isn't it? And yes I'm gonna call it a party game for as long as I can. It's a Mario Party of the 90's with just a few mini games and a bucket or two of blood more. ;)
Thanks a bunch! If you'll leave one it'll be a good start! :) Also, I've a similar, a little under 7 hours video for there Amiga on the channel. And I'm working on C64 and early Windows Gaming (1993-2002) now too, but before they'll be released as single videos, they are dropped weekly in episodic format. :)
I love this 10 hour review of dos games you done a terrific job and I think it would be great if you could cover all topics of gaming for each machine and console as it’s so enjoyable to watch 😂 ❤
Thank you! :) I've done one for Amiga before this one. But it's a bit rough, so keep that in mind if you're interested. I'm currently also working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002), but so far these are released episodically on my channel, and will be made into singular long video when the series are completed. But if you wanna watch them in a longform format, you could just play their playlists on in here I suppose. :) Oh, and I've also series for Obscure DOS Games. Three seasons are out already and released as single files for each season too. And I'm working on the fourth season now and dropping episodes one by one. In fact, the new one should be out tomorrow.
When I was a kid in the 90's my brother and I had a Commadore 64, and a VIC 20! We also had purchased, or were gifted (I don't know how) 10 boxes of games on floppy disks! So many games. Our favorites were ones called "Wizard," "Aliens," and "Mission Impossible" -- but I'm definitely forgetting others.
I really really liked on C64: Wizard of Wor, Sid Meier's Pirates!, Hero of the Golden Talisman, Saboteur, The Last Ninja 2, The Piracy, The Great Giana Sisters and basically all multi event sports games to play with friends. :) There's more too, but these come to mind of the top of my head. Oh, and I have similar series running to the DOS video but for C64 too. So, if you're into it...
Im not sure why this popped up, but Im glad it did. Nostalgia is huge, and with all the craziness going on in my current life, I needed this. I wish the best and I can't wait to see you get that 100k subs one day!
Well then, first of all, I hope that the things in your life that go the way you don't want them to will sort themself out! And if that's not possible, then that you will find your own way to process and deal with what's bothering you! Secondly, and that's much much shorter: Thank you! :)
Thank you! It's actually 10 videos rolled into one. They were originally coming out over many months. But this one, whatever can be said about it, is still the biggest (longest) retro gaming video on TH-cam :)
I'm glad that you liked it. I've made a similar one for Amiga, it's little under seven hours. And I'm also working now on C64 and early Windows Gaming (1993-2002), but these come out weekly in episodic format and I'll release them as a single huge video when they're all done. Oh, and I'm also mid second season of my Obscure DOS Games series, so that's perhaps something potentiality interesting to you maybe?
@@OldAndNewVideoGames As long you keep making them I’ll keep watching. Your love of gaming in general is awe inspiring. It shines through with your vids. Safe to say this vid at 10 hours has completely used up my evening. No complaints.
@@anirangoncalvesbr It’s understandable. Apoc was so much easier than the previous titles especially when played in real time. But the chaos of a real time fire fight with the destructible environments was something to behold. Taken down office buildings, apt complexes, warehouses, all to dust. The owners aren’t happy usually.
The very first game I played, that I have memory of, was Scorched Earth. I was 2 years old when it released, but I don't know how old I was when first sat behind my dad's PC. My dad had a big, ugly, beige, IBM All-In-One with a built-in keyboard, and a monochrome green-and-black screen. He later upgraded, but this was my first experience.
I think you mispronounced the "My dad had an amazing, appropriately sized, classic, cloudy sky grey super machine, with an attached controller and a beautiful hazel coloured screen. ;)
Under Killing Moon 1994 was probably the first game (and the only Tex) I've seen on CDs. playing at friend's house, we only had HDs for 200-400mb of space and this jewel took up to 3 CDs to load. what a cool detailed game
Only half way through my pirate BBS youth. Star Control 2, Dune soundtrack, Dune 2, and the hack Super Dune 2 where you could play as the Fremen, Sadukar, or the ‘Icks’. So many other great time sucks. Thank you.
Thanks for watching! And glad that I could help in bringing back the memories. If you liked it though, I also have an Obscure DOS Games series. First season is completed and I'm working on second now. There are bound to be some other games there that you had/saw on that BBS. :)
I think you should be able to add DOSBox core. Haven't done it in a while, but I remember something was there to support DOS gameplay. Also, thank you so much! :)
Good lord, a friend of mine just told me about this video. I can't wait to give it a look see! And seriously much appreciate the shoutout in the description. Glad someone could use my gameplay videos for something! :) The DOS games of the 80s and 90s are filled with gems!
Oh my days... Your videos are amazing! They made it possible! So, thank you for doing the work you do! Without you the retro community would be in much worse state! :) Also, if you end up liking it, I've made a similar one for Amiga, working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002) now too, but these two come out weekly in episodic format first, before I'll be able to release them as a single upload, when they're done. And I also have a separate Obscure DOS Games series. So, as you see, I'm doing my best too. :)
This is making me want to boot up the old p166 MMX in my attic and play Jones in the Fast Lane and the two Dungeon Master games. lol. Damned good video, solid work!
I found on a certain site a archive of 17G dos games from 1980 to 2003, consisting of 3320 games. Even being such a huge collection, it misses years 1983, 1985, 1988 and 1993. I uncompress most of them and installed on a 32G USB stick with freedos and some utilities and whenever I wand I can play them (thanks SBEMU with sound other than PC speaker). From the games I have, you missed many. I played some of them and strangely some felt quite familiar, maybe at some point I played them but just forget about them? Very good compilation, that bring many memories. 10 hours well spent .
Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you liked it and managed to go through all 10 hours. That said, I never aimed to cover all games, it's just impossible having while also having a day job. I did best I could at the time picking the games I thought mind be interesting for one reason or another. Maybe if I'm ever in a position that I wont have to work for someone else, I'll try to redo everything. I do play the lottery, so you know, I've like 1 in a billion chance to make it. ;) If you'd like to get access to all DOS games, or nearly all try Retro eXo, that's like 400GBs of DOS classics with everything, covers, screenshots, reviews, manuals, walkthroughs and a neat launcher to run them all from. Google search will point you in the right direction.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I would like to have and play all the dos games that I like but, " it's just impossible while also having a day job" as you . However, I do my best. I got a netbook that is not very compatible with native dos and I am stuck with DosBox (I use the ECE version with D-Fend) on Windows 7, so that is the way I play dos games on the go or when I am not at home (btw,have you tried playing point&click games on a touchscreen?). Thanks for the Retro eXo tip, they have 7,200 DOS , more than two times that I have. If I start playing now, maybe in this life I will finish them all; must ask for a life extension for Win9x games, LOL. Not that I am old, but for example, M.A.X, C&C-RA, Heroes 2, Betrayal at Krondor, Tomb Raider, I replayed many times (BaK at least 5 times and it took me few weeks to finish). And yes, I watched all 10 hours, but not in one go; it would have been better (for me) to make a year at the time (that is the way I watched). Thank you again for making this video.
@@sebastian19745 You know I actually never managed to finish either Betrayal at Krondor or its follow up ...in Antara. I always wanted to, but somehow something always got in the way. I wanted to download the whole Retro eXo package too, but since three of my drives died over the last couple months or so, I had to postpone it as I've not enough space for that and for my TH-cam archives. And both C64 and Early Windows will be released same as DOS/Amiga as a singular long video when they're done. Meaning all 10 years completed.
The charm of this game is that the matches take just a few minutes, they're infinitely replayable, always fun, and need no prior setup. So you can play Scorched Earth on a moments notice, even if just for a few minutes. So... why not now, with your father? ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames We could, if I remember right there is a website with it playable, at least there use to be. If not, I think he has a copy backed up somewhere.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Oh yea, he's great. Got me into computers, always had spare parts laying around so he let me build my own. Been at it ever since. Helps we lived in the Puget Sound area of Washington. Early to mid 90s we had a lot of computer shops up there.
@@LWolf12 Funny how all those mom and pop's computer shops disappeared, isn't it? And it's all over the World like that now. On the other hand, I'm part of the problem. I'd rather something online then go around the shops looking for it. xD
Thank you! :) I actually have Sword of Aragon covered in my other series - Obscure DOS Games. I don't remember in which of the 24 episodes it was, but it's there. These too, where later on released as full season (long) episodes. So, 1st and 2nd season respectively.
I used to play a game when I was a kid in school. It was on the PC in 1994. It was a DOS looking game, the main purpose was to use the left and right arrows so you don’t touch the walls / you have to stay in your lane. From what I recall, it was a black screen, my vehicle looked like a small rectangle, and the walls were dotted lines. As I passed the levels, the walls got closer together, making it more challenging to not crash. Final level, there was no room between your vehicle and the walls, so you have to be insanely precise. Have you heard of this game? We used to play it often along with Oregon Trail.
Thanks a bunch! Also, I've a similar for Obscure DOS Games, if you wanna check out those more less known but often as good games that hardly anyone talks about.
really fun to watch, to remember all the games! favorite game was mechwarrior 2! had one of the best intros of all time and the game play was just great, atmosphere was fantastic...well, except for this one bug i encountered in one of the last missions. i think it took me half a year to figure out how to prevent a mech running into a glass dome destroying it! :D
I was getting DOS same time as Windows 95. NHL 96 was my first MS DOS game. I also had Need for speed, Full Throttle, Fade to Black and Phantasmagoria (7 cd:s! Time before DVD).🙂 CD:s was anyway very modern! And the game-boxes was HUGE! :-)
I’m literally watching this hoping to find an ancient game I played as a super young kid with my dad. Best chance I’ve got, and I’m learning a lot as I’m going! Awesome video!
I got miyoo mini plus and you would think for less money you get less games, but nope in the 90s there was so much to choose from, I discovered so much incredible games, as you can emulate arcade, dos, sega cd, turbografx 16 CD etc even PS1 and it all plays gorgeously
I know right? I have one of those Anbernic portables and a Steamdeck, and the first one runs everything up to N64, and the other can emulate pretty much everything.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've a similar one for Amiga, just short of 7 hours. And I currently work on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002), but these come out weekly in episodic format and will be released as a single video when their respective series will be completed. I also have Obscure DOS Games series of you're more into DOS, and the first season is done already and available as a single video too, and episodes in second are released weekly. More or less. But even if you're not into any of these, once again, thanks for watching! :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I grew up with alot of these games, will definitely check out more videos, subscribed now so will be going through everything, thanks again for an amazing video (^_^)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I can't imagine how much effort you have to put into these, I really appreciate it, it really was great nostalgia seeing alot of these games again and I enjoyed your commentary and pacing too.
Very informative, thank you! If I could make one suggestion -- in the DOS era, a lot of the best games (the majority, IMO) were distributed via the shareware paradigm. While your list is very comprehensive with respect to games that were released primarily through the usual retail channel, you've missed a *lot* of great shareware games...
Thanks and I agree. It's a bit old compilation video and I aim to remake it at some point. In a couple of years or so. For now though, if you're interested in those less known and/or shareware games I have a separate series "Obscure DOS Games" that was releasing episodically, but it's also available as a single long video same as this one. Even longer actually if I remember correctly. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Thank you so much for pointing me the Obscure Games series! That was exactly what I was looking for. I recently managed to acquire the last few components I needed to assemble a very nice 486, and have been looking for some games to load it up with! 😀
Ha ha ha :) I've another one of these for Amiga. II also currently work on C64 and early Windows (1993-2002) but these come out episodically every week or two. And Obscure DOS Games series too, that the first season is completed already and second is ongoing. 17th episode will be out tomorrow. What I'm trying to say, is that if you liked that video, I've many more alike. :)
the first entry of the settlers was basically the work of one single man: volker wertich. he spent 2 years developing the game for the amiga and wrote the complete code and music in assembler. and it was a pita for the rest of the blue byte team to work with the code and make it work for dos. and the settlers 2 didn’t use any of the code of the first game because without volker it was simply impossible to understand the spaghetti code volker wrote all by himself without any commentary or conventional coding, because he just didn’t have in mind that someday other people needed to. so they had to reverse engineer many of the game mechanics. ❤
My cousin I basically lived in Descent and Hi-Octane in the 90s. Our two favorite games.Terminal Velocity was so good. I still play Raptor and Tyrian quite often. Demo Derby had a great feature I loved - you could use your own music CDs in game for music.I still play all the descent series - but I have yet to get Hi-Octane to work well one modern systems and it is a shame! We used to play Primal Rage at a nearby arcade all the time.
These are some really cool memories there. :) And I enjoyed all of these games too. Short of Primal Rage, but I can't really tell you why, just for whatever the reason it never really resonated with me. xD
Thank you! If you enjoyed it, my newer videos are arguably much better. :) I'm working on 10 Years of Early Windows, 10 Years of C64 and Obscure DOS Games series now, so maybe you can find some interesting watches within them. :)
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This is a better investment of time than the last two seasons of Game of Thrones. A+ content right here
100 times better :)
Thanks a bunch! :)
Don't know about better, but similar length, that's for sure. :)
Truth be told, if I was to restart the series now (which I'm not going to, but I've some fun things planned anyway) I'd release them the way I do the C64 one now. So, shorter videos each week, rather than a single long one every 3-4. And overall more games would be covered that way, as while the videos would be smaller, I wouldn't have to struggle to try to meet that 3 week deadline. Which in itself is silly as I have no deadlines here really. ;) To put things into perspective - 90 minute long video takes like 65-70-ish hours to put together (writing/recording/editing/graphics/etc.). 15-20 minutes ones I can drop (depending on how busy I get) sometimes twice a week. That's irrelevant now though. I've learned my lesson. And the next big series after C64 (as I don't consider Obscure games videos to be big series) will be released in this new format. A year split into parts I can release each week. And then after, a singular video covering a whole year. And finally, when the series are done, another ginormous one including all 10 years. :)
Thanks! :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames That does indeed sound much better. you can even switch up topics between weeks to keep it fresh both for yourself and the audience. I also believe this format will benefit you from the TH-cam Algorithm perspective, which seems to prefer more frequent updates - ie a more active account. It also gives you a nice opportunity to make quick changes to the flow of things.
As a viewer, i certainly prefer watching a 20 minute video every week than a 90 minute one once a month. TH-cam has become my most used streaming platform with videos like these replacing traditional TV content and recap/easter egg videos like from ScreenCrush being mandatory supplementary content to shows i already love and watch weekly. In short i look forward to new videos from channels i follow eagerly and having a steady trickle gives my soul a tickle. lol.
@@Shishkebarbarian Thanks for confirming what I felt - that it's a better format. So yeah, I've started using it with C64 and it worked for me. I mean, obviously C64 videos get lower views than DOS but that's understandable, but from a creative point of view when I can compartmentalise content into smaller bits, it's not only easier and faster to make, but can also be of higher quality as I'm not constantly rushing. Because whether I manage to release 1, 2 or 3 videos a week makes no difference, as there's always at least one. And I don't need to stick to artificial timetables that really have no place in this hobby of mine. ;)
And yeah, I couldn't tell you when I've watched regular TV last. It's TH-cam mostly for me as well, and then after, a mixture of Twitch and Netflix-like streaming platforms in more or less similar proportions. But YT I watch religiously.
I miss DOS games. It was so simple in the old days. 😢
Well then, the "new" video coming this week will be a first episode of new season of Obscure DOS Games. :)
It's pretty easy to play most of them nowadays. You can even play them on a phone
What do you mean simple? It was one of the most hard (Sierra adventures) and complicated (flight sims!) time in video have historii! 😁
Come on Sierra games were easy and MS flight sim was a bit hard I’ll give you that. There were alot of semi difficult games but they kept you coming back to try and finish them. They made you use your brain as you couldn’t Google the solution. And I sure wasn’t going to spend the extra money on hint books.
I got my first DOS computer in 1985 and had SO much fun from there on. Getting my first EGA monitor.....getting my first VGA monitor......getting my first AdLib card......getting my first internal hard drive.....the list goes on and on. I have such a love for that era of computing, including and especially big box PC games.
Arguably, the DOS releases from the time were the prime of boxed releases of all time. You would always get a lot of extra goodies, thematically fitting to what the game was about, and very often they had unique box shapes or special ways that they opened up.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yes, absolutely!
Man, this made me realize just how many games I've played back in the day
And that only covers "some" of the more "interesting" ones. I've a whole separate series for obscure games, and working now on early windows ones too. :)
The amount of work you've put into this video is truly impressive, and your passion for video games shines through. It's like a nostalgic journey, and we owe it all to you. Thank you for creating such an incredible and wonderful piece of work!
Thank you! :) And I'm glad you liked it. It's a compilation video of 10 individual episodes on the series, as originally it was coming out episodically. I've similar one for Amiga that's nearly 7 hours, and I'm working now on C64 and Early windows (1993-2002) but before they will be available as a single video, they are released as episodes.
What an awesome video man, thank you so much for your effort, your channel deserves way more subscribers !
There are some games that you missed though, like Dark Ages (1991) and Dangerous Dave (1990) which were pretty iconic back then
Thank you! :)
Some games missing are a result of a silly methodology I applied to these videos as they were coming out as separate episodes a year or so ago. I didn't want any of the years to have more than 80, and they rarely did. So I had to cut the lists down to the most obvious choices. It's cause each year had its own video, and I didn't want those to be too long. Now, that was a mistake. My current series - so either Obscure DOS Games or 10 Years of Early Windows Gaming are done in a much smarter way. I release singular episodes of 10 games each, which may seem like a waste, but each and every episode can give much more time to every included game, and I've set no artificial limit on a number of games/episodes per year. So, it can easily get to 100 or more if needed. And when the year is done, I release it as a singular big video too. Well, in case of Obscure DOS Games, not a year but a season consisting of 100 games overall. And when years/seasons will be done, I'll drop them in singular gigantic videos like the one you've seen too. But in this new format, the videos are much more thorough, games are better covered and there's no limits with which I would feel unhappy. Also, they look and sound better. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames ohh i understand now
I'm gonna check your videos tomorrow
Keep up the awesome work bro !
@@Yc_91 Ha ha ha :) Then you better prepare, cause what I have in Obscure DOS Games so far, is already like 16 hours... And it's still ongoing. Well, at least to the end of this current 5th season. Maybe tiny bit longer. :)
I absolutely loved this. Not only is it soothingly nostalgic, but you really seem to have a solid understanding of each game - the basics at least - and you kept things low-key, which made things easy to watch all the way through (not all at once, of course). Well done - moving on to your other videos! Thank you for this! 🎉❤
Thank you so much! Very kind words for a good beginning of this New Year. :)
I can't believe I watched all of that in just two sittings. All these games I used to play that I had forgotten about. Thank you!
I can't believed that either. It's the single longest retro gaming video on TH-cam and you ate it in two bites. xD Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you liked it.
I have a similar one for Amiga too, but it's only the 2nd longest retro gaming video on the platform, and an older one too, so you know... ;)
Man you helped me reconnect with my lost childhood. thanks for this.
Glad I could help! :) These are still pretty much playable and easy to run under DOSBox, so if you ever have a bit of free time, you can try them out yourself.
So many nice memories. Haven't even played most of them but I remember reading about them in gaming magazines. Also nice to learn about hidden ones.
Glad you liked it! I've a similar video about Amiga games on my channel, around 6 hours long, so if that's your thing, perhaps you'll enjoy it too. :)
Only 20 minutes in but already enjoying this immensely. Looking forward to the rest of it! Must have been so much work getting a list like this. So many games I’d forgotten already!
I'm happy you enjoy it! Also, thanks for backing me up with that guy's silly comment. Making this video was not as difficult as it may seem, as it's really just 10 smaller hour-ish long ones tied together. Cause originally the series was coming out in separate episodes - one per month. Similar thing with my 10 Years of Amiga Gaming video, the one that's nearly 7 hours. Also came out in episodes first. And the C64/Early Windows that I'm working on now, also come out like that but weekly. It's easier for me to work on shorter episodes and then when the series is complete, to re-render them as a big single flie. :)
Absolutely must-watch if you want to understand the humble beginnings of PC gaming when it was young and unexperienced. Quite a hard work done here, lots of details and nostalgia mood. Thank you for this nice documental!!
Oh, the pleasure's all mine. If you liked it, check out my "Obscure DOS Games" series, there's 40 episodes (4 seasons overall), and around 12-ish hours of games there too. :)
Adventure games with a text parser were my childhood. They have a special place in my heart but they’re also fun because it makes the puzzles more challenging and you have to be creative and think.
I get all that. It's just me who hates them with passion. xD
They were really great educational tools, in my opinion.
Space Quest 2 and Kings Quest 3 taught me how to type.
@@NathanIsLame Despite how much I dislike parser games, this actually makes a lot of sense. :)
Exactly the same thoughts I had. I grew up with these types of games and enjoyed them immensely. Maybe when AI hits some sort of game engine they will allow you to create oldskool Sierra and Lucasarts game types but with characters and stories of your own choosing.
Impossible Mission 2 required the whole 360kb diskette, that was so awesome at the days!
Thank you for the description speech, it makes all this alive.
Thanks for watching and your kind words. I felt that another silent 100 games in 10 minutes video was unnecessary. And I prefer if the youtuber I'm watching actually says something about the games too. ;)
I'm sure this was not your intention - but this is so calming and relaxing to watch this huddled up in bed after a longggggg day - really appreciate the effort that went into this!
If you found a way to enjoy my video, who am I to tell you how? ;)
Also, if you like those really long ones, I have a similar one for Amiga, it's around six and a half hours.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I do both. I like your voice so I like having this on a lot to relax, but I'm also watching every second in smaller chunks. There's so much packed into each of these little nuggets. Even on my millionth watch I see new things eg this time I kept rewinding one of the German video games about business bc of all the jokes. "Our Flounder" never gets old. It's amazing to see & trace the lineage of so many current genres in these digital seedlings. Thanks so much.
@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 You probably just made my whole December with this one comment! Thank you so much for your kind words! :) I don't get mean comments often, I'm lucky like that, but when I do, they are really mean and a hard pill to swallow. Some just know where to hit for it to hurt. But your comment is the exact opposite. Thanks again and Merry Christmas! :)
Oh, and a new DOS video tomorrow (Thursday), 28th I believe, episode of Obscure DOS Games, and XMas Special 2 days later.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yay! That makes my December, thank YOU.
The internet can be miraculous & most people are great, but I agree some people just know how to make others hurt & do it like it's their job. Then some are well-meaning but are asking for more-more-more, which can be overwhelming, or something so specific it's not a fit with the channel, & it can feel futile on rough days.
But you have so much greatness here & I'm way more interested in following artists like you whose work I appreciate --- yes, I think this is a legit art-form --- so that I can watch them develop + evolve. I don't want to put my fingers on the weight; I just want to keep watching where you go with your videos & keep noticing + appreciating all the details as well as the enormity of sweep you put in them. It's so clear the love + care + thoughtfulness you put in these, & your personality + style shines thru. I'm slooooow at going thru these but I'll be putting in the watch time with pleasure. I'm alone on Christmas so I'm looking forward to that; I'll try to catch that in real time. Apologies if it takes me a while to watch everything else but I promise I watch repeatedly + closely & will catch up eventually! Thanks for making this work, Merry Christmas, & I hope 2024 treats you well.
@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Most people sure are great, and some really seem to be fishing for a moment to jab at someone, but whatever, it is what it is. And it makes those nice moments more special. :)
I'm really happy that you like my videos and hopefully they'll keep getting better with time. Sorry to hear that you're alone this XMas, but try to at least take some time to yourself and do what you enjoy. I'm spending mine with family but to be honest whenever I wanna relax, I prefer just to be alone and do something by myslef. It re-centers me from my usual craziness to a more stable state, so to speak. xD
Solid video. These were important years in terms of PC entering the "master race" status. I had both Amiga and DOS PC in those years. From its humble beginnings, PC slowly but surely entered the gaming market, killing Amiga/Atari ST along the way. You can see the evolution of technology in your video.
Yeah, at first it was rather slow, a dev here or there used something new like adlib, soubdblaster or even VGA, but then it exploded and everything, even the stinkers had Amiga-like or better presentation. xD
You are amazing! If you had an illustrated print version of this series, I'd buy them! What an amazing collection of knowledge and nostalgia!
You know, I'm glad that you said that cause this is actually based on a special issue of a gaming mag that I had as a kid 20-something years ago. I don't remember the name of the mag at all, all I remembered was that there were 3-4 games per page with 2-3 screenshots and literally 9-10 sentences about the game. I wanted the series to be similar but with video rather than the pictures and the amount of text based more on whether I had something more to say about a particular title, rather than same length for each game.
Also... THANK YOU! :)
I love how you regularly mention it when games are suitable for playing with friends. It speaks to what was the reality for me and many kids back in the day. We couldn't afford consoles, but we could afford all the magazines that came with shareware discs, and the occasional coveted full game (or someone's dad had a CD burner) So we played the hell out of many of the games here that were already a few years old even at the time. In hot-seat mode, or games like Tyrian in co-op, using different halves of the keyboard.
It would be incredible to organise some original hardware and get people together with beers and play some of these games in this fashion in 2024. Ain't nobody got time for that, but one can imagine it.
Oh, most games are better with friends. Even some that were never made to be played like it. Like all the XCom titles. They're the best in couch co-op. :)
This is a masterpiece! Catapulted me right back to my youth and inspired me to build a 486 retro PC to experience these great games again. Great commentary on the video as well, full of subtly funny remarks. Please keep these videos coming!
Thanks! If you like this one, you'll like my new stuff even more, the quality/content is much better. And I have a lot of these. If DOS is your jam, Obscure DOS Games series might be something you'd like. It's available either as separate episodes, entire seasons (of 10 episodes each), or a whole series in a single nearly 17 hours long video. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGamesPerfect, will check them out. Thanks for all your hard work! ❤
@@SteamDeckLab :D
Thanks a lot for this, I was watching this archiving my old DOS and windows game collections and did come across quite some titles in this video have the hardcopy of. Great watch, thanks! Hope you do another one for another decade! :D
Thank for watching! :) It's actually a compilation of all episodes for the series as they were coming out. And yeah, I have another one but for DOS. I'm also currently working on identical series for C64 and early Windows (1993-2002). So, if you're at all into these, they're on this very channel. Also, I have a separate series for Obscure little known Amiga games, in which I've completed a first season already (available as 10 separate episodes or a single big video), and are halfway through second season already too. :)
Wow, so much love for DOS gaming in this epic-ly sized video!!
Thank you! :) By next week I will also have completed 4 entire seasons of Obscure DOS Games series, that's 400 little known DOS games, and after that I believe the series will culminate in just short under 500 titles, and will be released as a singular video. Same as this one, but better quality and I think even longer. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I don't have that much curiosity about DOS games to be honest, I'm just surprised that someone decided to give this level of commitment and attention to a DOS gaming video!
@@you2be839 Fair enough :)
Holy childhood! Love this. Started learning to use dos as a little kid (born in 85) thanks to my dad’s job….i was able to navigate the shell pretty well & was able to use the command prompts to run games on floppy’s.
Thank you for this flash back memory
Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you liked it! I've many more higher quality DOS videos now, so if you liked this one, I'm sure you'll like the newer ones. Like Obscure DOS Games series. Available as 50 singular episodes, or as 5 bigger "full seasons" videos, and also all rolled into one, as a close to 16-hour long behemot. ;)
First time I'm watching to a +10h video. I don't regret it. Huge work ! Thank you, Sir !
Oh, no no no... Thanks for watching! And prepare, cause when my Obscure DOS series are done, currently releasing episodically, I'm gonna turn them into a single video, and it should be around 15 hours long. :)
03:06:17 Yeah, you did) The first part is pretty much spot on, the second is lOO-kee 'oo' as in 'look' and 'ee' as in 'see' (kinda), the stress in on the first syllable. Now you know xD
Great work btw!
And now I know :) Thank you! One of the few videos on my channel though, and current ones are arguably better in all of their aspects. Also, when the Obscure DOS Series comes to an end (as it's releasing episodically now), I will drop it as a single video too, and it will beat this one in length with ease. It's already over 12 hours. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yeah, it's already on my list)
I subscribed just because you included some of the technical information as pop-ups. A little step beyond many videos that don't even include the game title on screen. For someone who uses original hardware it's nice to know right away what I'll need to get a game working.
Oh, thanks! :)
What an absolute HUGE video. Thanks for this.
Glad you enjoyed it! I've a similar one for Amiga, it's just short of 7 hours. And I'm working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002) now. But these two come out episodically every week or so, and will be released later as one single huge video too, but only when they're completed and all 10 years for both covered. And I also run Obscure DOS Games series too, if you're more into its games. :)
I skimmed through the entire video trying to find two puzzle games of my childhood..to no avail! Maybe one day ...
Describe them in as much detail as you can. Perhaps I can help. Or some of my viewers for that matter too.
Good old DOS. Things were different back then. The games were simpler, but more experimental and imaginative. I still go back and play the Sierra quest games now and then. Those games are works of art.
Every new kind of a game was just that back then. New. Today, while I love gaming as much as I did then, most new games are concoctions of older genres mixed together. It's not a rule, there are exceptions but that's how it mostly is.
I've been watching this for 5 days, and I'm here to say, great job man this is a huge amount of work and effort and it's appreciated. Good job!
Awesome! Thank you! :) It was months in the work and it was coming out episodically before it was ready to be released as a singular video. I'm currently working on similar series for C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002). And have two whole seasons of Obscure DOS Games. Another separate DOS-centric series. So, if you're into stuff like that, I work on these all the time. :)
I am, and I'll be tuning in for sure. Can't wait@@OldAndNewVideoGames
@@whatifindinteresting3067 :)
Zastanawiałem się co to za akcent, ale gdy powiedziałeś że Die Hard to film świąteczny, to już nie miałem złudzeń 😁
Świetny film, dzięki!
Ha ha ha :) No tak. To dość stare video, w międzyczasie mówiłem też o paru polskich grach, więc pojawiło się parę typowo poskich tytułów. :)
They do a great job of taking me down memory lane so I just subscribed. Keep up the great work 😊
Thanks for the sub! There's more of these, and generally speaking quite a few videos covering DOS, Amiga, Early Windows, C64... Stuff like that. So hopefully you'll find something more to enjoy. The next video will be out tonight. And one after that either tomorrow or the day after.
I loved the pace and information quality... 10h25m11s will be watched! Thank you very much, sir!
Well, hopefully you'll like it. There's another one of these, over 6 hours of Amiga content. And I'm working on C64 and Early Windows now too. But for now they're coming out as episodes before they series is done, and I'll be able to combine them into single long video. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I never got even close to any Amiga. Here in Brazil we got only a few versions of the MSX and, after 1991 (mine in 1992) a lot of IBM PCs. As I'm going for the nostalgia, this is the real deal for me lol. But, as subscrived to your channel, eventually wilm watch other stuff and recommend you for other lads. Just finished 1988 and discovered a lot of games that didn't arrived here. Will try to watch an year each day. Cheers and really thank you for this video!
@@RTPJuI'm from Europe and I never saw either of the MSX machines, so you know, we all had systems we wanted to experience but couldn't. :) Still, PC stuff I have a lot, both the 10 years series that you're watching now and Obscure DOS Games series, that the first season finished recently and will be relaunching for a second one soon. And obviously the 10 Years of Early Windows that I work on now... Anyway, if you're willing to recommend my channel to anyone, I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart! So, thank you! :)
You obviously put a lot of effort in this, much appreciated, very well done.
Thank you! I've similar one for Amiga, it's just shy of 7 hours. And I'm working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002) now, but these two so far come out episodically on a weekly basis and will be released as a single video when their series are completed. But if you're all about DOS, I also run Obscure DOS Games series. First season is already completed and on the channel and the second is two episodes from being done. So far released weekly but will be a single video when finished too. :)
Sounds good! I'll be sure to check these out too
@@Eindebaas The Amiga series was my first so it's a bit rough, so skip to games if the intros or whatever are a bit too much to handle. The other ones are newer, so considerably higher quality and production value than this DOS series was even. :)
Ah, VGA... I still love something about that fat-pixel, 320x200x256color mode
Oh, pixel graphics aged like a fine wine. It didn't loose any of its charm. Early 3D on the other hand...
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Alone in the Dark is a horror game on multiple levels
@@Tasarran LOL :) A meta horror ;)
This is amazing. Puts all the big name creators to shame. And full commentary throughout the video! For 10 hours! What a masterpiece ❤
Thank you very much sir! I've one for Amiga too, though it's a lot older and pretty rough around the edges. Also "only" shy of 7 hours. And I'm currently working on early Windows and C64. But these release episodically first, before I put them all in one huge video. xD
This was epic- and awesome! But Frontier Elite II... darn. You brought it back for me with that one! 👍
It's probably my single most played game on DOS. Close second would be UFO Enemy Unknown and SimCity 2000.
Operation Wolf btw was an arcade game, hence the screen formatting and flashing of the sprites for the gun to register hits.
Love this compilation dude!
Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you like it!
I've a similar one for Amiga and are currently finishing off series for C64 and working on early Windows too (1993-2002).
Huge, great work! Thanks a lot.
Thank you and I'm glad that you liked it! :) Also, I have many more of these on my channel. :)
2:17:47 Wing Commander was my first PC game and the reason I got my first PC as a kid. I remember seeing the graphics on the box at my local store when it came out and I was blown away. I had only known the 8-bit NES world up until that point. Here we are 30 years later and I still enjoy PC gaming.
Well, as an owner of all three major consoles and a PC, I can confirm that PC versions of games are pretty much 95% of the time the best.
This is an absolutely incredible channel! Cannot believe i didnt find it before. Grew up with DOS from the late 80s onwards, and my cousins and friends had C64 and Amiga. So much nostalgia just from the first 20 min. Subbed, and gonna spend a lot of time here in the next weeks.
Welcome aboard! And I'm glad that you like it! It takes a while, so whenever someone's enjoying what I release, it's a reward all in itself. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Totally understand. My channel is also very niche and attracts only a certain audience. But it makes each comment worth a lot more.
Heard you're headed to the hospital. Hope everything is all right. 😐
@@klatre Yep, that's exactly how it is. :) And I like to talk to my viewers, as in most cases, we have similar interests. Gaming, retro and such. :)
Going tomorrow, surgery the day after. I should be fine though as it's something that they do very often and seemingly not a risky one.
I like that you take the time to talk about each game for a bit. Most of these list videos just show the first 30 seconds of a game after start and don't offer any info at all. This is so much better.
Liked and Subbed.
Thank you! And that was the idea! :)
I was so happy that Shadow President made the list, a hidden gem for sure.
It's a good game, definitely worth mentioning. :)
WEIRD DREAMS! I was just thinking of that game a few weeks ago and had no idea what to search for on Google to figure out the name of it. All I could remember was the bizarre setting of there being cotton candy and a giant bee/wasp. Thanks for making this video. It's a trip back to my childhood.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you got to relieve your childhood finding the game! :)
For youngsters wondering how we could leave through the CGA colors era with our mental sanity, remember that we often played on monochrome screens that made the four colors into four grays. Much more bearable !
I'm not a youngster in any shape or form, but I've lived through CGA period playing on my C64, so I too wondered a little how could people play in these four, odd I must add, colors. When I moved to PC (after Amiga), SVGA was a well known tech already and I started with it. Sure, I played most older games, even those CGA, but I've no experience at playing it its titles at their appropriate time of release.
Love the info tab on the left of each title! Freeing up Conventional Memory was a talent of mine back in the early/mid 90's
Glad you like the videos!
My talent was playing hundreds of games and completing none. ;) Not really true, but not that far off either.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Good line though :D
@@ReiverBlue1971 :)
That was just a pleasure to watch and listen. Thank you!
Thanks! Glad that you liked it. And since you did, I've even longer (over 16 hours) Obscure DOS Games video too. ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames, I will definitely give it a go. Thanks. :)
@@mptodorov :)
your work is incredibly important as well as great content, getting impressions as well. I had Amiga, 286, 386, 486 in that era but just a handful of games for each platform/generation, my 486 was barebones no optical unit, missed out on sooo many titles.
Thank you! I suppose as odd it is to admit today, it's in large part due to how prominent the piracy scene was here in the 80s and 90s. xD
Watched the whole video. Thank you SO MUCH.
Thank you for watching! :) If you liked it, I've more of these, for Amiga, C64 and Early Windows... Though the last two come out episodically now every couple of weeks. And Obscure DOS and Amiga series full of more gaming memories...
Absolute banger documentary!
Thanks a bunch! :) If you liked this one, you'll like my Obscure DOS Series. So far, there's four full seasons, and I just started the fifth. When it's done, I'll release it as a singular video too, and I expect it to be around 16 hours long. xD
Star Control 2 went open source. For legal reasons it was renamed as Urquan masters.
Fans made a version that you can run in modern systems and it has voices.
Still, you need pen and paper to take note of data provided by characters, that will not be repeated along the game.
Yep, and it's even better than the original.
geeezz this video requires hardcore labor, congrats!! Really enjoyed it
Thanks! Glad you liked it! It's actually a compilation of series of smaller videos as they were coming out. I have a similar one, little over 6 hours long for Amiga, and are currently working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002) but the last two are coming out as episodes and be a big singular video after the series are done. :)
Oh man, I had completely forgotten about Death Rally! Another game I spent an embarrassing amount of time playing. It was possible to win against the first three (from memory) tiers of cars with just the very first car that resembled a VW beetle, upgraded a little, just by learning to corner well.
Yep, amazing game! There was actually a remake made few years back, which was not bad, but did not had the charm of original.
I hope I finish watching this video this year. Can't wait to remind myself when I was little boy.
There's one more for Amiga, just short of 7 hours. And I currently work on C64 and early Windows (1993-2002). These come out episodically though, every week or two or so. Then there's Obscure DOS Games, that first season of is completed, and 17th episode will be out tomorrow. So, if you liked this, I'm sure I've something else that's as interesting. :)
The games and the period ... pure magic. Unfortunately I had them running on Win95 and that was a nightmare. ;) Awesome Video. Thank you so much.
Thanks for watching! :)
I've a whole separate series for early Windows games too, maybe you'll find something in it as well?
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I'm sure of it. At the moment I'm re-playing Blood. 😁
I appreciate this video. I still
have some of these older games (88-93) in their original packaging.
Oh, they're probably worth a lot today. :)
The best content ever! My childhood...
Glad you liked it. That said, I have many more, much better videos since this one. :)
Ok you sneaky bastard. You got me not skipping this just for the moonstone castle thumbnail that hit directly in the soft sposts of my heart. Damn
Well, it is an amazing party game, isn't it? And yes I'm gonna call it a party game for as long as I can. It's a Mario Party of the 90's with just a few mini games and a bucket or two of blood more. ;)
Bro this deserves million likes just for the effort allone.
Thanks a bunch! If you'll leave one it'll be a good start! :) Also, I've a similar, a little under 7 hours video for there Amiga on the channel. And I'm working on C64 and early Windows Gaming (1993-2002) now too, but before they'll be released as single videos, they are dropped weekly in episodic format. :)
I love this 10 hour review of dos games you done a terrific job and I think it would be great if you could cover all topics of gaming for each machine and console as it’s so enjoyable to watch 😂 ❤
Thank you! :) I've done one for Amiga before this one. But it's a bit rough, so keep that in mind if you're interested. I'm currently also working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002), but so far these are released episodically on my channel, and will be made into singular long video when the series are completed. But if you wanna watch them in a longform format, you could just play their playlists on in here I suppose. :)
Oh, and I've also series for Obscure DOS Games. Three seasons are out already and released as single files for each season too. And I'm working on the fourth season now and dropping episodes one by one. In fact, the new one should be out tomorrow.
Guimo.... i've searched for this game for years! Thank you so much 🎉
Glad I could help and thanks for watching! :)
When I was a kid in the 90's my brother and I had a Commadore 64, and a VIC 20! We also had purchased, or were gifted (I don't know how) 10 boxes of games on floppy disks!
So many games. Our favorites were ones called "Wizard," "Aliens," and "Mission Impossible" -- but I'm definitely forgetting others.
I really really liked on C64: Wizard of Wor, Sid Meier's Pirates!, Hero of the Golden Talisman, Saboteur, The Last Ninja 2, The Piracy, The Great Giana Sisters and basically all multi event sports games to play with friends. :) There's more too, but these come to mind of the top of my head.
Oh, and I have similar series running to the DOS video but for C64 too. So, if you're into it...
Thank you for the Flashbacks.
You're welcome and thanks for watching! :)
Im not sure why this popped up, but Im glad it did. Nostalgia is huge, and with all the craziness going on in my current life, I needed this. I wish the best and I can't wait to see you get that 100k subs one day!
Well then, first of all, I hope that the things in your life that go the way you don't want them to will sort themself out! And if that's not possible, then that you will find your own way to process and deal with what's bothering you!
Secondly, and that's much much shorter: Thank you! :)
what a masterpiece of a video, good job
Thank you! It's actually 10 videos rolled into one. They were originally coming out over many months. But this one, whatever can be said about it, is still the biggest (longest) retro gaming video on TH-cam :)
Just an incredible video. So many great games. Xcom Apoc is my favorite game. Still play it to this day.
I'm glad that you liked it. I've made a similar one for Amiga, it's little under seven hours. And I'm also working now on C64 and early Windows Gaming (1993-2002), but these come out weekly in episodic format and I'll release them as a single huge video when they're all done. Oh, and I'm also mid second season of my Obscure DOS Games series, so that's perhaps something potentiality interesting to you maybe?
@muchopreguntas you're a rare sight ! I'll retry Apoc someday, but back in time I remember that title got me so frustrated
@@OldAndNewVideoGames As long you keep making them I’ll keep watching. Your love of gaming in general is awe inspiring. It shines through with your vids. Safe to say this vid at 10 hours has completely used up my evening. No complaints.
@@anirangoncalvesbr It’s understandable. Apoc was so much easier than the previous titles especially when played in real time. But the chaos of a real time fire fight with the destructible environments was something to behold. Taken down office buildings, apt complexes, warehouses, all to dust. The owners aren’t happy usually.
@@muchopreguntas Well then, it looks like the Windows one, when all done and complete, so in few months may end up being considerably longer. xD
is this really a 10 hour documentary about old games?
hell yeah - THANKS
Enjoy! There's also another on Amiga, it's older, a bit more rough but it's there. And I'm working on C64 now. :)
Very nostalgic... Thanks a lot!
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
The very first game I played, that I have memory of, was Scorched Earth. I was 2 years old when it released, but I don't know how old I was when first sat behind my dad's PC. My dad had a big, ugly, beige, IBM All-In-One with a built-in keyboard, and a monochrome green-and-black screen. He later upgraded, but this was my first experience.
I think you mispronounced the "My dad had an amazing, appropriately sized, classic, cloudy sky grey super machine, with an attached controller and a beautiful hazel coloured screen. ;)
Under Killing Moon 1994 was probably the first game (and the only Tex) I've seen on CDs. playing at friend's house, we only had HDs for 200-400mb of space and this jewel took up to 3 CDs to load. what a cool detailed game
Under a Killing Moon is so B-movie that it's fantastic. And it's one of the few titles I use as examples of actually good FMV games.
Only half way through my pirate BBS youth. Star Control 2, Dune soundtrack, Dune 2, and the hack Super Dune 2 where you could play as the Fremen, Sadukar, or the ‘Icks’. So many other great time sucks. Thank you.
Thanks for watching! And glad that I could help in bringing back the memories. If you liked it though, I also have an Obscure DOS Games series. First season is completed and I'm working on second now. There are bound to be some other games there that you had/saw on that BBS. :)
Love this ! Can I play dos games in retro arch ?
I think you should be able to add DOSBox core. Haven't done it in a while, but I remember something was there to support DOS gameplay.
Also, thank you so much! :)
Thank you for all your hard work.
Thanks for watching! :)
Good lord, a friend of mine just told me about this video. I can't wait to give it a look see!
And seriously much appreciate the shoutout in the description. Glad someone could use my gameplay videos for something! :)
The DOS games of the 80s and 90s are filled with gems!
Oh my days... Your videos are amazing! They made it possible! So, thank you for doing the work you do! Without you the retro community would be in much worse state! :)
Also, if you end up liking it, I've made a similar one for Amiga, working on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002) now too, but these two come out weekly in episodic format first, before I'll be able to release them as a single upload, when they're done. And I also have a separate Obscure DOS Games series. So, as you see, I'm doing my best too. :)
Thanks for playing thru all the games you do.
@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 @TheMedievalNerd does hell of a job! :)
This is making me want to boot up the old p166 MMX in my attic and play Jones in the Fast Lane and the two Dungeon Master games. lol. Damned good video, solid work!
Thank you kindly! I've more of these. :)
I found on a certain site a archive of 17G dos games from 1980 to 2003, consisting of 3320 games. Even being such a huge collection, it misses years 1983, 1985, 1988 and 1993. I uncompress most of them and installed on a 32G USB stick with freedos and some utilities and whenever I wand I can play them (thanks SBEMU with sound other than PC speaker). From the games I have, you missed many. I played some of them and strangely some felt quite familiar, maybe at some point I played them but just forget about them?
Very good compilation, that bring many memories. 10 hours well spent .
Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you liked it and managed to go through all 10 hours. That said, I never aimed to cover all games, it's just impossible having while also having a day job. I did best I could at the time picking the games I thought mind be interesting for one reason or another. Maybe if I'm ever in a position that I wont have to work for someone else, I'll try to redo everything. I do play the lottery, so you know, I've like 1 in a billion chance to make it. ;)
If you'd like to get access to all DOS games, or nearly all try Retro eXo, that's like 400GBs of DOS classics with everything, covers, screenshots, reviews, manuals, walkthroughs and a neat launcher to run them all from. Google search will point you in the right direction.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I would like to have and play all the dos games that I like but, " it's just impossible while also having a day job" as you . However, I do my best. I got a netbook that is not very compatible with native dos and I am stuck with DosBox (I use the ECE version with D-Fend) on Windows 7, so that is the way I play dos games on the go or when I am not at home (btw,have you tried playing point&click games on a touchscreen?).
Thanks for the Retro eXo tip, they have 7,200 DOS , more than two times that I have. If I start playing now, maybe in this life I will finish them all; must ask for a life extension for Win9x games, LOL. Not that I am old, but for example, M.A.X, C&C-RA, Heroes 2, Betrayal at Krondor, Tomb Raider, I replayed many times (BaK at least 5 times and it took me few weeks to finish).
And yes, I watched all 10 hours, but not in one go; it would have been better (for me) to make a year at the time (that is the way I watched). Thank you again for making this video.
@@sebastian19745 You know I actually never managed to finish either Betrayal at Krondor or its follow up ...in Antara. I always wanted to, but somehow something always got in the way.
I wanted to download the whole Retro eXo package too, but since three of my drives died over the last couple months or so, I had to postpone it as I've not enough space for that and for my TH-cam archives.
And both C64 and Early Windows will be released same as DOS/Amiga as a singular long video when they're done. Meaning all 10 years completed.
Me and my dad loved Scorched Earth when I was growing up. Heck we was just talking about it a few days ago.
The charm of this game is that the matches take just a few minutes, they're infinitely replayable, always fun, and need no prior setup. So you can play Scorched Earth on a moments notice, even if just for a few minutes. So... why not now, with your father? ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames We could, if I remember right there is a website with it playable, at least there use to be. If not, I think he has a copy backed up somewhere.
@@LWolf12 myabandonware . com (without spaces, and say hi to your dad from me, it's a cool game, and he's probably a cool dad)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Oh yea, he's great. Got me into computers, always had spare parts laying around so he let me build my own. Been at it ever since. Helps we lived in the Puget Sound area of Washington. Early to mid 90s we had a lot of computer shops up there.
@@LWolf12 Funny how all those mom and pop's computer shops disappeared, isn't it? And it's all over the World like that now. On the other hand, I'm part of the problem. I'd rather something online then go around the shops looking for it. xD
KKND was so fun! I played that game so much as a kid.
So did a friend of mine. Whenever I visited he was playing it. xD
I really enjoyed this. Sword of Aragon was a title that I feel like you missed. It was an awesome strategy game of the time.
Thank you! :) I actually have Sword of Aragon covered in my other series - Obscure DOS Games. I don't remember in which of the 24 episodes it was, but it's there. These too, where later on released as full season (long) episodes. So, 1st and 2nd season respectively.
I used to play a game when I was a kid in school. It was on the PC in 1994. It was a DOS looking game, the main purpose was to use the left and right arrows so you don’t touch the walls / you have to stay in your lane.
From what I recall, it was a black screen, my vehicle looked like a small rectangle, and the walls were dotted lines.
As I passed the levels, the walls got closer together, making it more challenging to not crash. Final level, there was no room between your vehicle and the walls, so you have to be insanely precise.
Have you heard of this game? We used to play it often along with Oregon Trail.
Not really, sorry. But I'm hearting your comment, so maybe someone else did, and they'll be able to help! :)
I just got ExoDOS 6, loving it and thanks for this video, huge effort A+++++++++++++++++
Thanks a bunch! Also, I've a similar for Obscure DOS Games, if you wanna check out those more less known but often as good games that hardly anyone talks about.
i'm sad I never heard of this channel before. Super stuff.
Well, glad that you found your way here and enjoy your stay! ;)
Vermeer's plot is wild. "Let's get stolen art...by establishing plantations." Intriguing!
Yep, and in the process also sell of some obvious fakes too. xD
I don’t know you, I haven’t even watched the video yet, but I love you.
Well then, I think we'll get along just fine. ;)
Die Hard isn't just a Christmas movie, it's the only Christmas movie you need.
Not me perhaps, but some would argue that the sentence could go as follows: "Die Hard is the only movie you need." :)
really fun to watch, to remember all the games! favorite game was mechwarrior 2! had one of the best intros of all time and the game play was just great, atmosphere was fantastic...well, except for this one bug i encountered in one of the last missions. i think it took me half a year to figure out how to prevent a mech running into a glass dome destroying it! :D
Now that's perseverance! Something that's not common these days... :)
My weekend enjoyed this 10 hours video.. Nice job for made a good DOS PC Game review
Glad you enjoyed it! I've a similar one for Amiga, and working now on C64 and Early Windows. So... :)
I was getting DOS same time as Windows 95.
NHL 96 was my first MS DOS game. I also had Need for speed, Full Throttle, Fade to Black and Phantasmagoria (7 cd:s! Time before DVD).🙂
CD:s was anyway very modern! And the game-boxes was HUGE! :-)
Yep, games in boxes, can you imagine? xD
I love DOS games so much, especially during the 256K era!!
Oh, so the early stuff mostly. Cool cool. :)
This is quite the video. Very impressive.
Thank you very much! I've done a lot since though. :)
I’m literally watching this hoping to find an ancient game I played as a super young kid with my dad. Best chance I’ve got, and I’m learning a lot as I’m going!
Awesome video!
Glad you enjoy it. If you don't find it, give me as much details about the game as you can and I'll see if itt rings a bell. :)
I got miyoo mini plus and you would think for less money you get less games, but nope in the 90s there was so much to choose from, I discovered so much incredible games, as you can emulate arcade, dos, sega cd, turbografx 16 CD etc even PS1 and it all plays gorgeously
I know right? I have one of those Anbernic portables and a Steamdeck, and the first one runs everything up to N64, and the other can emulate pretty much everything.
This was amazing, what a gem of a video ❤️
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've a similar one for Amiga, just short of 7 hours. And I currently work on C64 and Early Windows (1993-2002), but these come out weekly in episodic format and will be released as a single video when their respective series will be completed. I also have Obscure DOS Games series of you're more into DOS, and the first season is done already and available as a single video too, and episodes in second are released weekly. More or less. But even if you're not into any of these, once again, thanks for watching! :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I grew up with alot of these games, will definitely check out more videos, subscribed now so will be going through everything, thanks again for an amazing video (^_^)
@@Zycoreination Thank you too! And I do actually enjoy working on those, even if it sometimes means having a second nearly full time job. ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames I can't imagine how much effort you have to put into these, I really appreciate it, it really was great nostalgia seeing alot of these games again and I enjoyed your commentary and pacing too.
@@Zycoreination Words like those make me wanna keep going! :) Btw. new video tomorrow. Obscure DOS Games - Part 13.
Very informative, thank you! If I could make one suggestion -- in the DOS era, a lot of the best games (the majority, IMO) were distributed via the shareware paradigm. While your list is very comprehensive with respect to games that were released primarily through the usual retail channel, you've missed a *lot* of great shareware games...
Thanks and I agree. It's a bit old compilation video and I aim to remake it at some point. In a couple of years or so. For now though, if you're interested in those less known and/or shareware games I have a separate series "Obscure DOS Games" that was releasing episodically, but it's also available as a single long video same as this one. Even longer actually if I remember correctly. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Thank you so much for pointing me the Obscure Games series! That was exactly what I was looking for. I recently managed to acquire the last few components I needed to assemble a very nice 486, and have been looking for some games to load it up with! 😀
@@isd8894 Glad that I could help, hopefully you'll enjoy it! :)
I put this video on while I was working. Just realised I have done a full day of work and it's still going.
Ha ha ha :) I've another one of these for Amiga. II also currently work on C64 and early Windows (1993-2002) but these come out episodically every week or two. And Obscure DOS Games series too, that the first season is completed already and second is ongoing. 17th episode will be out tomorrow. What I'm trying to say, is that if you liked that video, I've many more alike. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Will definitely watch more! This is such a nostalgia trip.
@@o0Donuts0o Thank you and enjoy! :)
the first entry of the settlers was basically the work of one single man: volker wertich. he spent 2 years developing the game for the amiga and wrote the complete code and music in assembler. and it was a pita for the rest of the blue byte team to work with the code and make it work for dos. and the settlers 2 didn’t use any of the code of the first game because without volker it was simply impossible to understand the spaghetti code volker wrote all by himself without any commentary or conventional coding, because he just didn’t have in mind that someday other people needed to. so they had to reverse engineer many of the game mechanics. ❤
That's actually very useful background info on the game. Thanks for sharing! I'm hearting the comment so that more people could see it. :)
My cousin I basically lived in Descent and Hi-Octane in the 90s. Our two favorite games.Terminal Velocity was so good. I still play Raptor and Tyrian quite often. Demo Derby had a great feature I loved - you could use your own music CDs in game for music.I still play all the descent series - but I have yet to get Hi-Octane to work well one modern systems and it is a shame! We used to play Primal Rage at a nearby arcade all the time.
These are some really cool memories there. :) And I enjoyed all of these games too. Short of Primal Rage, but I can't really tell you why, just for whatever the reason it never really resonated with me. xD
Waterworld has one of the best soundtracks of all time IMO. The entire soundtrack is good start to finish. Agreed on the game play though!
Ha ha ha :)
Master of Orion 2 is one of the all time greats. Just perfect
It's a classic!
Love this content!!!
Thank you sir! Then you'll like all the rest that I have on my channel. Especially, that this one, is not even my longest DOS video. ;)
Great video. The narration really sets it apart.
Thank you! If you enjoyed it, my newer videos are arguably much better. :) I'm working on 10 Years of Early Windows, 10 Years of C64 and Obscure DOS Games series now, so maybe you can find some interesting watches within them. :)
I'll be sure to check the C64 ones!@@OldAndNewVideoGames