I approved this post. BUT, Muz, please elaborate: what kind of games do you like? There are way too many games and way too many opinions 😀

My opinion: start with Ultima 7

Muz wrote on 2020-03-21, 10:35:

I need recommendation of good DOS games. What are some good DOS games?

Hello, Joshua. Would you like to play a game of chess?

DOOM DOOM and more DOOM

EDIT: DOOM II DOOM II and more DOOM II

You also need to specify what type of hardware you have or, are you planning on playing on an emulator?

Some of my favourites are the Sierra & Lucasarts adventure games, Test Drive 1 & 2, the first Need for Speed, Doom 1 & 2, Duke Nukem 3D & Rise is the Triad, to name a few.

Dune 2, Civilization 1 and Wolfenstein 3D - Im very partial to these three games because they were the best games that worked on my 286 back in the day.

Good old Muz. Making us think we're part of a Turing test since he made his first post.

Maybe you like Angband and Zangband?

I find it comforting in these troubling times that Muz is still out there, going about his daily routine and pausing occasionally as he wonders things like, "what gold old DOS games should I, Muz, be playing?"

Jill of the Jungle is another classic.

The Quests. Police, Space, King's Quest games from Sierra. Mandatory DOS gaming.

I'll give 35 random DOS game recommendations because I feel like it.

Seek and Destroy
Rusty
Klass of 99
Dune
Flight Unlimited
System Shock
DIF-1 Laser Tank
DIF-2 Mirage Thunder
Stargunner
Farland Story
Adventures of Willy Beamish
Summer Challenge
Pyrotechnica
Pizza Worm
Terminal Velocity
Ports of Call
Descent
I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream
Quake
Blackthorne
Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia 2
Darkseed
D/Generation
Epic Pinball
SimAnt
LineWars II
Need for Speed SE
Car and Driver
Block Out
Princess Maker II
Comanche CD
Oregon Trail Deluxe
SkyRoads
Another World/Out of this World

Archimedian Dynasty / Schleichfahrt
Extreme Assault

Bluebyte made many good games back then.

Access:
-Amazon Guardians Of Eden
-Countdown
-Martian Memorandum
-Mean Streets

Accolade:
-Les Manley In: Search For The King
-Les Manley In: Lost In L.A.

Adventuresoft:
-Simon The Sorcerer 1
-Simon The Sorcerer 2

Core Design:
-Curse Of Enchantia
-KGB (Conspiracy)
-Universe

Dynabyte:
-Nippon Safes, Inc.
-Big Red Adventure

US Gold:
-Touché

Cyberdreams:
-Darkseed 1
-Darkseed 2
-I have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Delphine:
-Future Wars
-James Bond The Stealth Affair (Operation Stealth)

Divide By Zero:
-Innocent Until Caught
-Guilty
-Orion Conspiracy
-Gene Machine

Psygnosis:
-Daughter Of The Serpents (The Scroll)
-Discworld
-Discworld 2

Electronic Arts:
-Lost Files Of Sherlock Holmes 1
-Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case Of The Rose Tattoo
-Noctropolis

Infocom:
-Leather Goddesses Of Phobos 2
-Return To Zork

Infogrames:
-Eternam
-Shadow Of The Comet
-Prisoner of Ice

Ocean:
-Hook

Interplay:
-Star Trek 25th Anniversary
-Star Trek Judgement Rites

L.K. Avalon:
-Skaut Kwatermaster
-Soltys
-Sfinx

LucasArts:
-Loom
-Zak McKracken
-Maniac Mansion
-Day Of The Tentacle
-Sam And Max
-Indiana Jones 3
-Indiana Jones 4
-Secret Of Monkey Island 1
-Secret Of Monkey Island 2
-The Dig
-Full Throttle

Metropolis:
-Teenagent
-The Prince and the Coward (Galador)

Microprose:
-Dragonsphere
-Return of The Phantom
-Rex Nebular

New World Computing
-Inherit The Earth

Péndulo Studios:
-Igor Project Uikokahonia
-Runaway

Revolution:
-Beneath A Steel Sky
-Lure Of The Temptress
-Broken Sword 1
-Broken Sword 2

Sanctuary Woods:
-The Riddle of Master Lu
-Orion Burger

Seven Stars:
-Kajko And Kokosz

Sierra:
-King's Quest
-Quest For Glory
-Eco Quest
-Larry
-Police Quest
-Space Quest
-Conquest Of The Longbow
-Peppers Adventures In Time
-Freddy Pharkas
-Gabriel Knight
-Laura Bow

Dynamix:
-Adventures Of Willy Beamish
-Heart Of China
-Rise Of The Dragon

Coktel Vision:
-Fascination
-Lost In Time
-Ween The Prophecy
-Goblins

TopWare:
-Bud Tucker
-Jack Orlando

Tsunami:
-Blue Force
-Return To Ringworld
-Ringworld

Warner:
-Flight Of The Amazon Queen
-3 Skulls Of The Toltecs 1

Westwood:
-Legend Of Kyrandia 1
-Legend Of Kyrandia 2
-Legend Of Kyrandia 3

Legend Entertainment:
-Companions Of Xanth
-Superhero League Of Hoboken
-Death Gate
-Mission Critical
-Shannara
-Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Other:
-Alien Incident
-Fable
-Red Hell
-Time Paradox
-Toonstruck

Everyone's going to have their favorites, and some people won't like or recommend games that are considered classics. A little more detail in your question would be appreciated. 😀

I'm an RPG nut, so most of my recommendations would be in that genre. Here's three non-RPG DOS games I'd recommend:
-Dark Forces (Lucasarts)
-Crusader: No Remorse/Regret (Origin Systems)
-Wings of Glory (Origin Systems)

The original Tetris. Get version 1. Version 3.12 has pointless features you don't need and some annoying bugs.

Any DOS game that has no quit function and requires you to reboot.

Someone should make a list of those.

Star Trek the next generation: A Final Unity

+1

I recently threw a copy of that away. It was on one of those 'Award Winners' compilations that came to me as part of a bundle of stuff. I didn't like the look of any of the games so just tossed it. You're saying I made a mistake?

Errius wrote on 2020-03-23, 18:29:

I recently threw a copy of that away. It was on one of those 'Award Winners' compilations that came to me as part of a bundle of stuff.

Threw away? You wouldn't at least donate a game you don't want to a thrift store or something? I don't think I'd throw any game away unless the disc was totally trashed.

At first I just threw away the box, intending to keep the disks (space is limited), but after looking up the games on Moby and not liking the sound of them, I got rid of the disks as well.