The sort of "grown-up version" of Gorillas, Scorched Earth: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Scorched_Earth_1991 …pic.twitter.com/iU2gEUfDv9
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It's April 1st and the world is still currently what scientists are calling "a mess". So lemme point out some Classic Games You Might Not Have Thought About For Like 25 Years But Can Play Now In Your Browser: QBASIC GORILLAS (hit shift-f5 after it loads) https://archive.org/details/GorillasQbasic …pic.twitter.com/7KzT9K1ViA
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Classic Downhill Yeti Panic Simulator, SkiFree: https://archive.org/details/win3_SKIFREE …pic.twitter.com/lWo22IhJQ2
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One of the greatest sidescrollers ever made for the PC, Commander Keen 4: Goodbye Galaxy! https://archive.org/details/msdos_Commander_Keen_4_-_Secret_of_the_Oracle_1991 …pic.twitter.com/Q73ZWZMmux
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One of the most unique implementations of one of the most common board games in history, Battle Chess: https://archive.org/details/battle_chess_1988 …pic.twitter.com/LR5FbkKrbZ
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A game you were almost REQUIRED to play in school, The Oregon Trail: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990 …pic.twitter.com/SXIykSmFYK
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Speaking of games you had to play in school, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? https://archive.org/details/msdos_Where_in_the_World_is_Carmen_Sandiego_Enhanced_1989 …pic.twitter.com/7VxwD3Fnmn
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And what's arguably the best game from The Learning Co's Super Solvers series, Gizmos and Gadgets. Build vehicles to race, avoid RoboChimps in platforming section, solve educational (but fun!) minigames. https://archive.org/details/msdos_Super_Solvers_Gizmos_and_Gadgets_1993 …pic.twitter.com/cIKq3zfkXS
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ENOUGH EDUCATION! Let's control the fate of some weird funky green-haired creatures who just want to walk off cliffs in peace, but no, you gotta save 'em: Lemmings! https://archive.org/details/lemmings_original_ms-dos_201705 …pic.twitter.com/dFsq5G1EGH
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It's time to escape the dungeons and rescue the princess in the originally cinematic platformer, Prince of Persia: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Prince_of_Persia_1990 …pic.twitter.com/y3K8Umgvl9
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Speaking of Cinematic Platformers, they really don't get better than Out of The World, aka Another World: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Out_of_This_World_1991 …pic.twitter.com/nAGkHkNDJB
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The PC's answer to Sonic The Hedgehog, from some little company currently dwindling into obscurity with some "fortnite" thing, Jazz Jackrabbit: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Jazz_Jackrabbit_1994 …pic.twitter.com/jZManIt6Ve
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This one is less a game and more a "software toy", and it's not even from Maxis: It's The Incredible Machine! Solve physics puzzles by placing assorted objects on a playfield, assembling a rube goldberg device to complete a simple task. https://archive.org/details/the_incredible_machine_1992 …pic.twitter.com/VFxx26Q892
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One of the best DOS 'shmups, Raptor: Call of the Shadows. It contains zero dinosaurs, but a lot of EXPLOSIONS https://archive.org/details/RaptorCallOfTheShadows …pic.twitter.com/908ZAVErl8
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Before Duke Nukem was a testosterone-poisoned Arnold parody quoting 80s action films, he was just a guy in a pink shirt who wanted to get back to watching Oprah. The original Duke Nukem 1! https://archive.org/details/DukeNukem …pic.twitter.com/rvAAtg92Xp
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Another edutainment game you may vaguely remember playing: Word Rescue! Some mean aliens have stolen all the words, so you have to platform around and match words to their icons. Simple, but surprisingly fun https://archive.org/details/WordRescue …pic.twitter.com/OLtAqb5hu8
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Long before they were just Epic Games, Epic had "Megagames" in their title and one of the ways they got to be so mega was with quirky platform games like Jill of the Jungle. https://archive.org/details/msdos_Jill_of_the_Jungle_1992 …pic.twitter.com/ruNBwBcDt4
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It's sometimes hard to remember that there was once a time when there weren't (many) first person shooters, and digital nazis were going sorely undershot. But then, Wolfenstein 3D changed the world forever. https://archive.org/details/msdos_Wolfenstein_3D_1992 …pic.twitter.com/M2pjrecrnS
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Back before they renamed themselves to Blizzard, Silicon & Synapse was making some interesting platformers, like 1993's Lost Vikings. You have to manage a group of 3 adventurers, switching between them to solve puzzles and using their unique abilities: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Lost_Vikings_The_1993 …pic.twitter.com/fqkSSq37hp
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DOS had a lot of unique simple-to-pick-up platformers, and one I particularly love is Crystal Caves. You're collecting gems in short small levels, avoiding alien baddies and natural hazards along the way, with some unique power ups to keep it fresh. https://archive.org/details/CrystalCaves …pic.twitter.com/jGu7psOXnW
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And you can't mention Crystal Caves without Secret Agent. Instead of a space miner collecting crystals, you're a James Bond expy sent to destroy satellite dishes on a supervillian's island lair. https://archive.org/details/SecretAgent_945 …pic.twitter.com/n1oRV88w6p
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And along the same quirky-platformer lines, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure! A young alien gets stranded on an alien planet when his parents are kidnapped, and he has to suction-hands his way across a colorful world of danger to rescue them. https://archive.org/details/CosmosCosmicAdventure …pic.twitter.com/bEWrUy8IyT
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Second only to Space Cadet Pinball (which isn't here, as it's a Windows 95 game which you can't play in the browser yet), Epic Megagame's Epic Pinball was by far the go-to Pinball game of choice in the DOS era. https://archive.org/details/epic_pinball_11 …pic.twitter.com/e36UGsKuus
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Another game in the sorta-educational genre, Alive Software's Animal Quest. Pick one of several animals, and avoid predators and devour prey. This is the shareware version, so you only get the Forest Animals pack, however. https://archive.org/details/AnimalQuestV2.02SW1993AliveSoftwareStrategy …pic.twitter.com/1KIT2xDrhC
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Another game in the "everyone played that" genre: Alley Cat! https://archive.org/details/msdos_Alley_Cat_1984 …pic.twitter.com/bkiA1iZOIG
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One of the best zelda-likes for DOS, God of Thunder. Play as Thor, questing across a puzzle-and-action filled world, to stop Loki's latest scheme to take over the world. https://archive.org/details/GodOfThunder_703 …pic.twitter.com/Z2vP8ETTsH
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From the same company, Jetpack! A Loderunner-inspired action-puzzler that has you fleeing from robots while collecting gems, with the twist that you aren't limited to wimpy jumps. No, you can FLY, rocketman style. Includes a level editor, too! https://archive.org/details/msdos_Jetpack_1993 …pic.twitter.com/oNESuzpP6C
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and I'm gonna stop with a game that's an interesting mix of relaxing and nerve-wracking. SkyRoads! Bounce your SpaceCar along a hovering road in the sky, avoiding crashing into walls or falling into deep space. Lots of fun, and lots of difficulty. https://archive.org/details/SkyRoads …pic.twitter.com/J4nWqtxoS7
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There's ton more DOS games playable on the internet archive. Here's a great place to start if are looking for more! https://archive.org/details/classicpcgames …
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and obviously, there's tons more classic DOS games I could have mentioned but didn't. Adventure games like the Kings/Space/Police quest series from Sierra, Lucasarts, all the SimCity/SimWhatever games... That was usually because they weren't playable on the archive.
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although I left out a few games that are still happily ported to everything and therefore don't really need the benefit of emulators... I'm really just talking about Doom here.
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