Gaming DOS Games to Die For

[skullstatue]

I am currently going through a DOS game frenzy, and I believe DOS games are more interesting/solid than today's standard video game. I am currently playing the games I grew up with: Abuse, Heretic, Duke Nukem, and Blood. I would like to know what your favorite DOS games are, please show and tell.

 

[Maikel Steneker]

Commander Keen, Doom, Wolfenstein, Quake, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, these are the ones that I remember first... There are lots of great DOS-games. I like consolegames better though.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

doom2
tetris
spacewars
duke nukem 2
lemmings
myst

 

[Azimuth]

I grew up on LucasArts adventure games, day of the tentacle, monkey island and Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis were my favorites. oh and doom of course.

 

[Hadrian]

Wacky Wheels (best Mario Kart clone ever!)
Realms of Chaos
Bio Menace
Alien Breed
Superfrog
James Pond 2: Robocod (much better than the lame DS/GBA one)
Most LucasArt adventure games
BioForge
Blake Stone (which I prefer to Wolfenstein)

Have a look at what Epic Megagames and Apogee have done in the early 90's as they've done some fantastic stuff.

EDIT:
I eat jam on scones.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

oh i forgot:

rise of the triad
wacky wheels
the first doom also

 

[pasc]

The incredible machine !

And that strange gorialla game I played with my father when I was younger (which was fun too ^^ )

 

[Gaisuto]

I came into this topic just to say Commander Keen and expect to be the only person to say it. Then I was pleased to see maikelsteneker said it too. Bravo to you, good sir!

 

[Caoimhin]

The Incredible Machine
Phantasmagoria
Myst
Daedalus Encounter

Monty Python's Flying Circus.. Oooops, Amiga

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

oh there was another game with a little wizard guy that was a side scroller and he had to collect crystals or orbs or something and jump on frogs. apogee made it i believe.

 

[Killermech]

4-D Boxing.. simply one of the best boxing games ever made...

 

[Flozem]

Xwing
Tie-Fighter

Basically the first real 3d spaceshooters / sims with decent graphics and able to run on a 386DX with 4Mb memory.

Wacky Wheels

Kinda mario-cart with goofy animals... Nice battle modus too.

Battle Chess
Command & Conquer
Dungeonkeeper
Diablo
Master of Orion 2
Grand theft Auto
Wing Commander
Fantasy Pinball
Epic Pinball
Commander Keen
Bubble Bobble
SimCity
Lemmings
Spear of Destiny (sequel to Wolfenstein 3D)

Edit: the more I think about it - the more great games I remember...

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

dx-ball
hexen
starcraft

 

[Mooney]

Commander Keen 1-6 + Dreams
Tyrian
Jazz Jackrabbit 1/2
Epic Pinball
Hover
Oregon Trail
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Rattler Race
Backyard Baseball

 

[OrR]

Stunts (Great racer way ahead of it's time.)
Secret Agent (Awesome platformer.)
Ignition (Just played it again!

)

 

[Cyan]

Lemmings
Goblins
Ultima 7 and 8
Lucas games (Scum)
Simon the sorcerer
Genesia
Syndicate
Space crusade

Can't remember them all

I know a website with many abandonware, but it's almost in french.
I don't know if I can post links to abandonware site.

 

[Sinkhead]

Curse of Enchantia.
What a game...

- Sam

 

[Maikel Steneker]

I came into this topic just to say Commander Keen and expect to be the only person to say it. Then I was pleased to see maikelsteneker said it too. Bravo to you, good sir!

One of the greatest games ever made, so...

I just remember another classic: the concurrent of Commander Keen, Jazz Jackrabbit. That was a great game...

 

[Psyfira]

GORILLAS!!!

Haha no it was rubbish.

One Must Fall
Blues Brothers
Populous
Magic Pockets
Gauntlet
Treasure Island Dizzy
Prince of Persia
Slipstream 5000
Hitchiker's guide was great, I never got past that sodding babel fish!!! Don't tell me, I'll figure it out one day...

I totally didn't use that list on Wikipedia. Honest!

 

[Hadrian]

oh there was another game with a little wizard guy that was a side scroller and he had to collect crystals or orbs or something and jump on frogs. apogee made it i believe.

That would be the excellent Hocus Pocus by Apogee

They've also made such classics as Raptor, Death Rally and Boppin' (well Boppin' was actually developed by someone else on the Amiga).

Also check out Traffic Department 2091 by Epic Megagames (who did the Unreal series and Gears of War).