MS-DOS Gaming is so Underrated

Let's talk about DOS gaming, and gaming on the PC in general, 'cause it's something that really doesn't get the love it deserves. 🔔 Click the bell and don't miss a (Pixel) thing!

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[jer]

Grew up on the DOS command line. My fondest memories are of DOS games... Store purchased, shareware, BBS door.. all of it.

[itsaPIXELthing]

Were you also a DOS gamer back in the day? Do you also have that same opinion that DOS gaming doesn't get the love and respect that it deserves? Tell me everything!
And please, have a great week!

[kdhogmi]

As a MegaDrive owner back in the day, I was impressed by the sound and gameplay of Dune 2. PC games had a depth console games were not used to. It was games like that, which lead me to build my first PC. Great episode as usual!

[DeckardGames]

Very nice retrospective.
I agree with you. A console has a lifecycle, while on the PC, as a system, it doesn't die. Hardware changes, a lot, but as system goes on. That may be the main reason why people are not as nostalgic.
That being said, there's lot of people who still care about the good old PC.

[ClassicGameSessions]

Have to fully agree with you - DOS games are underrated and I've had the most memorable game experiences with them. Great content dude!

[RGF]

I was a huge DOS gamer....back then i had a 386...were I could play SimCity...on monochrome monitor....with windows 3.1...
But the games that i spend more time on DOS was the first championship manager....Italian League....

So many memories...

Your video is great...as usual.. you're a true master...

[Slayr]

I'm still playing DOS games regulary. I even create longplays on my channel when they don't yet exist on youtube. Great video!

Wow! Those old musics give such a nice nostalgic ambience to the video!

[GregoryTheGrster]

OMG, what memories! I, too, started with an Amiga in 1990. I LOVED it! But I, too, had to abandon it for a 486 PC. The sound and graphics for the PC improved so much that it soon surpassed the Amiga. Still, the joy that my Amiga brought me will *always* be with me.

[devvynully]

I agree with what you said about commodore riding the Amiga into the ground. I jumped from Amiga to PC in 1994. This was a period of exponential growth in everything PC, RAM and CPU and hard drives and my Amiga was stuck with incremental improvements.

[DrowningManH]

So it's true, you still play dune II :) ! I played it back in 1992 with only PC speaker sounds. I just got a soundblaster compatible soundcard around 1997 for my ageing 386sx. The first thing i did was to re-play Dune II for the whole Xmas hollidays. It was like a new game! I wish I had time to do that again !

[GregoryTheGrster]

Also, I like how you restored your DOS PC, rather than use a DOSBOX in Windows. The trouble with DOSBOX is that it does not emulate the Adlib FM synthesis quite right. Some games made ingenious use of FM synthesis for sound effects and musical instruments, and they don't sound correct in DOSBOX, sadly.

[vitorsilva]

Adoro a tua intensidade a falar dos jogos e a curtires a música das intros. Ao jogares nesse belo computador antigo aposto que te sentes nos anos 90 outra vez! Muito bom trabalho, vídeo muito interessante! Keep it up!

[GreenHillsZone]

Thanks for the nostalgia trip! Some of those are still on the HD of my old Pentium! Cheers!!

[Jammet]

The time of DOS games across maybe a decade was more influential on the games that I (still) play today, than my Commodore 64 and Amstrad years that preceded this time, and all the Steam games that I can play now. It shaped my likes and dislikes, and the friends that played these games with me still are all around, today! <3 All these years together are quite the package, but a lot of the DOS games and tools will never be forgotten. I'll dig out my Cubic Player and listen to my S3M collection after watching. ;)

[JohnSmith-iucj]

This video deserves more views. Though it didn’t age well in terms of the message, that there’s no nostalgia for dos gaming. Today i would say that there is a huge nostalgia for dos gaming. To be fair, 5 years ago the dos retro gaming movement was not as popular on YouTube as it is today.

[zazzozazzini]

My teenAge is Amiga, SuperNes and DOS game.I love this ages.

[quiksr]

Yes def more Dos Gaming videos, This was awesome... At the time I had a 386 DX33 w/8mb ram... It came with a 100mb HD I think. I remember paying like $400 for a 1GB HD it was crazy. Back then I ran a dual node Wildcat BBS and we use to trade games. My buddy got a 486 DX2 66 ( like in the video ) I was so jealous, then a few years later he gets a Pentium 60. Great times in the PC and gaming.

[acs]

Doom I & II + X-Wing were some of my favorite DOS games! :)

[amerigocosta]

I got my first PC in about 96-97, it was a Windows 1995 Pentium machine but I'd always exit to DOS for gaming because back then Windows was very taxing for the hardware. And I had plenty of old, shareware games. I think Epic Pinball was the first PC game I ever played. DOS FPS were mind blowing..Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Rise of the Triad, Exen, Heretic, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake..I also started emulating the C64 on that machine (does anyone remember C64S by Miha Peternel?). Like you, I also played the last Amiga classics (eg. Worms) actually under DOS. I agree with you about why retrogaming on PC is not as popular as on consoles but I think there are other reasons too: Collecting for very old PCs is not easy or convenient, it requires a lot of dedication and some technical know how (let alone room!). A lot of people will just go the easy route and buy, say, Doom for the PSX to handle their nostalgia.