descender wrote on Jun 29, 2014, 23:50:Copy? You mean its code? If so, then I remember doing that with 3-2-1 Contact magazines, but they don't always work with Apple 2 computers.
I remember copying BASIC games out of a magazine to play on my atari, I think that ran DOS 2.5?
These kids and their extended memory. Ha.
nin wrote on Jun 27, 2014, 17:58:I couldn't play DOOM shareware on my 286 10 Mhz. Even 386 Mhz was too slow!Brataccas wrote on Jun 27, 2014, 17:42:
"Were you alive and computery in the early- to mid-1990s?"
Er, the golden age of DOS gaming was alive and well a long time before that. Damn kids...
I remember, after playing the hell out of Wing Commander, WC2 come out and required a either a 16 or 25mhz proc. And I had a measly 12...I was so pissed...
jdreyer wrote on Jun 27, 2014, 18:21:DOn't forget EMS, XMS, LoadHigh, QEMM386, EMM386, etc. Also, multi-configuration menus!
Memories of DOS gamingconfig.sys
autoexec.bat
DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T2
That is all.
jdreyer wrote on Jun 27, 2014, 18:23:
They've even got an app that will run Xcom on your android tablet.
Brataccas wrote on Jun 27, 2014, 17:42:
"Were you alive and computery in the early- to mid-1990s?"
Er, the golden age of DOS gaming was alive and well a long time before that. Damn kids...