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Loads Of Awesome Old PC Games Will Keep Your Damn Kids Busy

PC

6 months ago

Loads Of Awesome Old PC Games Will Keep Your Damn Kids Busy

Luke Plunkett

A Programmer Lost A Game He Made As A Kid, Until Someone Streamed It On Twitch

In Real Life

9 months ago

A Programmer Lost A Game He Made As A Kid, Until Someone Streamed It On Twitch

Heather Alexandra

2

One Man’s Quest To Collect Every Classic PC Game In Existence

PC

9 months ago

One Man’s Quest To Collect Every Classic PC Game In Existence

Luke Plunkett

1

They’ve been outdated since the arrival of Windows 95, and aren’t always easy to get running on a modern PC. But MS-DOS games—those designed to launch from Microsoft’s old text-based operating system—are still very much worth preserving. One man is on a quest to archive every single one of them,…

2500 Classic MS-DOS Games Are Now Free To Play

PC

11 months ago

2500 Classic MS-DOS Games Are Now Free To Play

Luke Plunkett

7

In Real Life

2 years ago

In 2018, A PC Game Is Being Made In DOS

Luke Plunkett

16

MS-DOS, the text-based operating system people used to use before Windows took over the planet, was how PC games were played in ancient times. It’s been dead for decades, but one developer figures 2018 is as good a time as any to make a brand new game for it.