We were young and these games required so much phantasy and imagination. Not all served obviously and in even a bit sterile as today. I only have some.of that feeling in the real gems like Mass Effect 1 or Dead Space for example...
OMG! Thank you so much for this! This takes me back so hard. There is not nearly enough love out there for DOS soundtracks AND sound effects! They are so uniquely DOS. I remember being little and thinking “this sounds so different from my NES games… and I love it!” All the bleeps and bloops, the sharp, jagged tunes.. LOVE IT
There is a cinematic I remember from mid 90's where wizards are fighting eachother. One goes up a tower, and the other one starts smashing it from below. His head morphs into a fist. I remember the intro, but I've been searching for 20+ years and wasn't able to find it. I assume it was an RPG, but nothing I came across resembled what I saw. There was also a game that looked like Eye Of The Beholder. I remember it having a secret door and to pass through it, one had to say a code word, which was "Alexander". I assumed that knowing that bit would allow me to look up the game, but nope. Nothing on the internet about an RPG where "Alexander" is one of the passwords. I remember so many games from the 90's that I was never able to find again. I'm glad to have compilations like these to watch. I'm hoping that one day someone else will remember what I remember.
Cheers for sticking to OPL synthesis! I've been on a 486 DOS music kick lately and this is a great compilation to put on in the background while doing other stuff.
there were so many fun games with originality which made the best of the technology of the era. this makes me want to play all those games but I'm not sure I can finish them to the end as I did when I was young. playing games takes a lot of energy and time lol
So your video reminded me I have played ALL of these games and could graduate university with honors?! Sierra was iconic but Origin, Cryos and Bullfrog were the most impressive intro makers. To pass the Origin FX orchestra costed me a huge amount of money in memory, video card and sound card. Wing Commander was a highly ressource demanding game at that time!
I learned about computers from trying to run Wing Commander on my parents' pile of shit Windows 95 PC when I was 10. Dicking around with .ini, .bat .cfg files, virtual memory, sound blaster settings, etc. etc. without really knowing what I was doing, just piecing the puzzle together, not really thinking about hardware limitations. The fact that game was resource demanding contributed to success in my career many years later, I was never afraid of computer issues. I think I got it to run for like a minute in the end.
I've been looking for an intro to a DOS game, but I can't remember the title. A boy is returning to his home within a walled town or castle with his dog, an English shepherd. He passes a young woman selling apples, who gives him one and offers some to an overweight shirtless man, probably the blacksmith. The man refuses the first two apples and takes a third. Meanwhile the boy reaches his room just as a storm begins. Darkness creeps along the ground, consuming everything in its path: the castle walls, the man and woman, the dog... At the last second a wizard appears and teleports himself and the boy to safety.
Got lost and mugged in memory lane on some of these. Shame that DOSBox wasn't as good as genuine older hardware for some of them though. Good work anyway
Lands of Lore....what happened to the kings voice? Thats not Patrick Stewart.....didn't know the floppy disk version had a different voice actor www.imdb.com/title/tt0131459/
Yes, originally the intro was voiced by Richard Smith, voice of Ak'Shel. They got Stewart for the CD release, where he also did extended narration of the game world lore. Notice at the beginning of the floppy intro, instead of voiced game title, there's only a sound effect so the difference is noticeable straight away. Apparently Stewart got $30,000 for less than 3hrs of work :D Very good choice to hire him though IMO.
Yes, Original floppy version din't have any voice acting besides the intro if I remember correctly. Westwood hired PS for one day reading lines. Extended intro lore was his most signifigant contribution in CD version.
There is so much more atmosphere DOS era games than modern games. Everything has so much more...something
We were young and these games required so much phantasy and imagination. Not all served obviously and in even a bit sterile as today. I only have some.of that feeling in the real gems like Mass Effect 1 or Dead Space for example...
OMG! Thank you so much for this!
This takes me back so hard. There is not nearly enough love out there for DOS soundtracks AND sound effects! They are so uniquely DOS. I remember being little and thinking “this sounds so different from my NES games… and I love it!” All the bleeps and bloops, the sharp, jagged tunes.. LOVE IT
I've watched that Dune 2 intro so many times as a kid...
Thanks for putting this together. Massive nostalgia trip!
Same, and I still watch it today from time to time.
countless nights awake playing all missions with Ordos, Harkonen and House Artreides. I can still remember the game as if was today..good old times!
So impressive, love VGA graphics, fun to watch all the little details within the limitations.
So much nostalgia. I remember enjoying most of those games back in the day.
There is a cinematic I remember from mid 90's where wizards are fighting eachother. One goes up a tower, and the other one starts smashing it from below. His head morphs into a fist. I remember the intro, but I've been searching for 20+ years and wasn't able to find it. I assume it was an RPG, but nothing I came across resembled what I saw. There was also a game that looked like Eye Of The Beholder. I remember it having a secret door and to pass through it, one had to say a code word, which was "Alexander". I assumed that knowing that bit would allow me to look up the game, but nope. Nothing on the internet about an RPG where "Alexander" is one of the passwords. I remember so many games from the 90's that I was never able to find again. I'm glad to have compilations like these to watch. I'm hoping that one day someone else will remember what I remember.
Cheers for sticking to OPL synthesis! I've been on a 486 DOS music kick lately and this is a great compilation to put on in the background while doing other stuff.
So much nostalgia in one video! Lands of Lore - Throne of Chaos and Space Quest are my favs
Subscribed! Thank you for this gift! I'm 47 and played all these games growing up. I had forgotten the haunting melody of Ultima!
Me too
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Keep going eino! Love your work man! Dune 2 is awesome
Great video. Brings back so many good memories.
VGA with sound blaster music... beautiful Dune...
You saved the best for last! ❤;) Frontier blew my child mind.
there were so many fun games with originality which made the best of the technology of the era. this makes me want to play all those games but I'm not sure I can finish them to the end as I did when I was young. playing games takes a lot of energy and time lol
Man, I love old games.
Holy crap some of these dos graphics!
I still get goosebumps hearing the intro to Ultima 6. Amazing music. Thanks for doing this! Brings back lots of memories.
Prince of Persa, the very first game on my pc in my life in 1992.
I loved to play the series of Monkey island.
Thank you for this video.
Oh Boy, a rerun of my childhood. thanks. :)
the list you made in your more info, is what true heroes are made of.
The good old times when 320x200 were enough for everything!
Good work!
I discovered this through PC Gamer. Great video - wonderful memories!
So your video reminded me I have played ALL of these games and could graduate university with honors?! Sierra was iconic but Origin, Cryos and Bullfrog were the most impressive intro makers. To pass the Origin FX orchestra costed me a huge amount of money in memory, video card and sound card. Wing Commander was a highly ressource demanding game at that time!
I learned about computers from trying to run Wing Commander on my parents' pile of shit Windows 95 PC when I was 10. Dicking around with .ini, .bat .cfg files, virtual memory, sound blaster settings, etc. etc. without really knowing what I was doing, just piecing the puzzle together, not really thinking about hardware limitations. The fact that game was resource demanding contributed to success in my career many years later, I was never afraid of computer issues. I think I got it to run for like a minute in the end.
01:11:49 One of the best intros ever, I was so scared of it...
0:00:00 - 2:09:45 best part! ⌨️🖱️🖥️
Great stuff here! 👍
I've been looking for an intro to a DOS game, but I can't remember the title. A boy is returning to his home within a walled town or castle with his dog, an English shepherd. He passes a young woman selling apples, who gives him one and offers some to an overweight shirtless man, probably the blacksmith. The man refuses the first two apples and takes a third. Meanwhile the boy reaches his room just as a storm begins. Darkness creeps along the ground, consuming everything in its path: the castle walls, the man and woman, the dog... At the last second a wizard appears and teleports himself and the boy to safety.
The game you're speaking of is Stonekeep by Interplay
Magic Carpet was one of the games of my youth, love that game!
That game was awesome.
Lol, I never heard the lector speaking over Dune 2 intro! :O
Games had a soul at that time.
FM sounds
Hey bud, good stuff! New subscriber.
Que recuerdos!🥰
Came here for syndicate!
I love the settlers Intro. (o:
1:46:45 - Interesting title for a game.
The VA for Privateer sounds different than I remember.
Got lost and mugged in memory lane on some of these. Shame that DOSBox wasn't as good as genuine older hardware for some of them though. Good work anyway
Does anybody remember a game intro where a man on a hill sees a city below it being blown up?
Never mind, found it, it is "Zone 66". It looked less sketchy and far more traumatizing in my childhood though 😅
@@kagenekoUAGreat MOD tracker soundtrack playing (it was s3m file I believe)
no sound in darkside of xeen
It was copyright claimed unfortunately.
Any chance you could do another one featuring CD intros?
Maybe one day. It takes more time, having to install each game. Probably not going to happen anytime soon.
No worries - I really appreciate all your efforts!
Was this ever done?
Про дюна и команд энд конкуренции в курсе был, про остальные игры не знал что их вествуд выпускали
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Lands of Lore....what happened to the kings voice? Thats not Patrick Stewart.....didn't know the floppy disk version had a different voice actor
www.imdb.com/title/tt0131459/
Yes, originally the intro was voiced by Richard Smith, voice of Ak'Shel. They got Stewart for the CD release, where he also did extended narration of the game world lore. Notice at the beginning of the floppy intro, instead of voiced game title, there's only a sound effect so the difference is noticeable straight away. Apparently Stewart got $30,000 for less than 3hrs of work :D Very good choice to hire him though IMO.
Ah, not CD versions, so that's why LoL's king isn't voiced by Patrick Stewart!
Yes, Original floppy version din't have any voice acting besides the intro if I remember correctly. Westwood hired PS for one day reading lines. Extended intro lore was his most signifigant contribution in CD version.
SOY EL ME GUSTA NUMERO 666!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arrgh, nice but DOS music is so pathetic ! I hope somebody does an Amiga version !
And/or a Gravis UltraSound version ;)