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Big list of Windows versions of DOS games

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Reply 20 of 23, by BaronSFel001

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You may ignore if this is discussion specifically geared towards Windows 95. That being said, MicroProse is unrepresented on the list when it comes to their 16-bit Windows entries. Sid Meier's Civilization got hoopla (including an updated box) for its Windows port, as did Sid Meier's Colonization which was among the relatively-few MicroProse games of the time to be enhanced for its CD-ROM release (CD audio in this case). Both boasted higher resolutions, definitive digitized audio clips (in the form of WAV files), and ought to be playable on a modern system via OTVDM. The dirty secret about both: they were not ports from the original DOS version directly, but are the Macintosh versions brought over to Windows. It may be worth noting that this does not include Fleet Defender or 1942: The Pacific Air War as both Gold editions came on CD with Windows-native multimedia content but the simulations themselves were still DOS-only.

It is questionable whether Holodream's Nebula Fighter even belongs on the list: its only DOS variant was the first shareware release; all full versions are strictly 32-bit Windows.

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Reply 21 of 23, by BaronSFel001

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Also, either pick X-Wing Collector Series or the individual entries of X-Wing & TIE Fighter because that is redundant. As a LucasArts fan I recommend the former since that distinguishes how the two games are overhauled re-releases, not merely Windows ports.

While on the subject of LucasArts I believe Rebel Assault II, like Afterlife, came with both DOS & Windows versions on disc (and is effectively identical, limited to 640x480; what more can be done with a game built around FMV?). While they took a while to release and at that only limited, Windows ports of several of their adventure games (Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Full Throttle) appeared in the early 2000s as covered by Aaron Giles (https://aarongiles.com/programming/war-lec/). What I am not counting are the DOS games that got Windows re-releases in the 90s but only with new Autoplay menus, entries of which are shortcuts to the DOS executables (Dark Forces, Full Throttle, The Dig).

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Reply 22 of 23, by marxveix

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There are more ATi 3D Rage games and they are all Windows versions, Actua Soccer: Semi-Finals (also VR Soccer) is only DOS game for ATi 3DCIF.

MechWarrior 2 ATI 3D Rage Edition (Windows). Only 3D Rage Edition exist (IBM OEM)

30+ MiniGL/OpenGL Win9x files for all Rage3 cards: Re: ATi RagePro OpenGL files

Reply 23 of 23, by willow

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Ecstatica 1 has a windows version with 640x480 resolution only in english. Dos version has only 320x200 dos version
https://retroarchives.fr/ecstatica/#1