A lot of DOS games "don't exist" because they're not published by Apogee and aren't first person shooters 😀
Very true.
Ooohh, the pain......
Super easy, and contains clues if not immediately recognized, but it won't be a waste of a turn if anyone is introduced to it. 😀
wrote:Yup, it's Morphose: […]
Yup, it's Morphose:
A fun little time waster, too bad only this site mentions it by name (look in Misc. software). MobyGames, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, etc, don't seem to know it even exists. And yes, sorry about clipping part of the screens - as you can see, it was necessary ^^.
Well done ripsaw8080. Your turn 😀
The screenshots for this game also serves as a good monitor inversion test. (They flicker slightly on this monitor) 🤣
wrote:Super easy, and contains clues if not immediately recognized, but it won't be a waste of a turn if anyone is introduced to it. 😀
I know what it is ... but I am not sure if I should say it because I can't think of a game to put up.
No bites?
Ok. It's Strange Adventures in Infinite Space.
wrote:It's Strange Adventures in Infinite Space.
Correct.
For those that don't know, it's a free game for PC and Mac, with improved sequels available for sale: http://www.digital-eel.com/sais/
SAIS only runs in fullscreen on the Windows platform, which can be not-so-nice on modern widescreen displays, but DxWnd or similar can run it in a window: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/
It's neat that it is open source. Someone should make some free assets so it will become completely free.
This is probably easy but I thought I would post it since I just bought it.
A wild guess - Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative?
Ooohh, the pain......
Well it is a Star Trek game but it's not that one.
Star Trek: First Contact
wrote:Star Trek: First Contact
Got it.
$0.50 thrift store find.
Might be easy to those who love C64 and Compute! Gazette type in games 😉
Crossroads?
Nope, not Crossroads.
If I didn't know better, I'd have said something with Indiana Jones.
Not Indiana Jones related either. It's one of the type in games from Compute Gazette 1985 issue.
The premise is you must move along the green lines closing them in like doors around whirligigs which chase you.
Ah, type-in games! I had to search through archive.org, but I think I found it.
Turnabout by Mark Tuttle and Kevin Mykytyn, from issue 28 of Compute! Gazette (October 1985)
Ding Ding Ding! Turnabout it is, you got it!
We spent a few days typing in all that code and had bugs everywhere so I never got past level 8.
It was this game or Hacker I spent most my time on as a kid 😀 (typing them in that is, never got whirlybird working...)
wrote:Ding Ding Ding! Turnabout it is, you got it!
We spent a few days typing in all that code and had bugs everywhere so I never got past level 8.
It was this game or Hacker I spent most my time on as a kid 😀 (typing them in that is, never got whirlybird working...)
Cool! I remember my brother typing in games for GW-Basic from 3-2-1 Contact magazine.
Here's something I discovered recently. Guess the game!
