Note: This is a creative first-person narrative review told in a personal voice. Quick outline Why I tried browser DOS games What I played, where I found them The good stuff The rough bits Handy tips that actually help Who this is for Final take Why I even tried this, honestly I wanted something small …
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I fired up Paratrooper on a rainy Sunday. You know what? I thought it would be a quick “one round and done.” It wasn’t. Ten minutes later, my palms were slick, and my coffee went cold. Blame the nostalgic write-up I’d skimmed earlier for luring me back into the cockpit.By the way, this is the …
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You know what? I didn’t just remember Nibbles (for a deeper dive into its origins, see the Wikipedia page on Nibbles). I loaded it up. I ran the real thing. Old school. QBASIC and all. I grew up on this game on a hand-me-down 486. Now I run it in DOSBox on my Windows laptop. …
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I grew up loading games from floppies and noisy CDs. I can still hear the whirr. I can still smell the warm dust from the CRT. Last month, I spent a few late nights with a stack of 3D MS-DOS games I used to love. I wanted to see if they still feel good. Spoiler: …
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You know what? I didn’t plan to fall down a rabbit hole. But I did. I spent four weekends with a big pack called “1746 DOS Games.” It’s a giant menu of old PC games that runs through DOSBox. Click a title. It boots. Boom. You’re in 1993, give or take.Curious what living with that …
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