MSDOS games

[Marcus]

I would like to play many of my old MSDOS games, sadly they're in floppy style and I was wondering if many of the floppy based games are possibly digital now? I would love to play some classic MSDOS games that I have laying around and if I can get some cheap version of the game in digital form, that'd rock. Is there any sites that do this? Steam doesn't help me much so I'm asking you fellas.

 

[Farseer]

Try http://www.dosbox.com/ - used it to play Dangerous Dave recently - it works great! It does use a command interface and not a GUI to load the games, though...

 

[Denis Hard]

You could also try this site:

http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/

My experience attempting to play DOS games has been bad. I don't know if it's something to do with my system but when I downloaded Mortal Kombat and tried to play it, the game just couldn't load. Must one use an ancient PC [with WINDOWS 98 OS or lower] to play these DOS games?

 

[Wubwub]

The most prominent memories I have with playing DOS games are when I played Larry Bird's basketball (I think), Jeopardy, and Wheel of Fortune. I remember using the Numpad then and only then and then never again.

 

[mikelouis]

DOS games I must say I have not tried them. It is even the first time am hearing about them. I guess I will have to check them to see how far gaming has come.