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Amnesia10
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I have managed to find a program that enables me to play old MS DOS games on my iMac. I am having fun playing Syndicate again, but a thinking of others. Something that I can hunt down on eBay. So any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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| Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:03 pm |
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JJW009
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If you Google "abandonware" you'll find lots of sites dedicated to old software. Much of it has been "abandoned" by it's developers, and is often freely available to download. Here's a starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... s_freewareOne of my personal favourites: http://www.3drealms.com/stryker/_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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cloaked_wolf
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I tried to play a few games but the sound was a no-go. I have a dedicated machine that runs DOS/win98 but don't have space to set it up and play.
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Amnesia10
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I have tried those sites and have downloaded some abandonware and freeware. So all legal as well. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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soddit112
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may i suggest Dungeon Keeper? a friend introduced me to it a while back, and its pretty awesome, if you can find it  works well in DOSbox too
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forquare1
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Some of my favourite DOS games included 688, Retaliator, and Sherlock.
The previous two I think are abandonware, Sherlock is still under development, I have a demo version on my Mac!
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l3v1ck
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Yeah, Sherlock os addictive.
Monkey Island is DOS, and I think Descent is too.
Doom! Don't know about Duke Nuken 3D
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soddit112
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id think it is, as the version i got from Good Old Games runs in DOSbox
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John_Vella
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I found a free version of Road Rash and Road Rash 3 both of which even run on Windows 7. I can't remember the link, but google will  And it's legal! _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise
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l3v1ck
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Sim City 2000?
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bobbdobbs
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discworld 1 & 2
Panzer general
Dungeon master
Pirate gold
settlers 2
world of xeen
ufo enemy unknown
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