DOS Games Discussion

Dogbreath · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:43 am Post subject:

Prolly read it and forgot you wrote it. (I've seen similar posts on other forums, and they're all jumbled - I normally don't read in a linear fashion like most people, I glance at a post and get the gist of it in a second or two, and then move on. It has it's downsides) When I saw the new one I thought of this discussion.

the123zach · Member Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 13

Sure Dosbox is cool but since its an emulator and not the real thing it doesn't have 100% compatibility and it is anything but n00b friendly.
So Retroplay will be a great alternative to DosBox and will even be able to be used by people who get scared off by Dosbox's complexity and even by people who don't know a whole lot about computers in general
Of course it will also be great for those who are power users since it includes features DosBox does not and the fact it doesn't require a compatible OS like how Dosbox does.

So all in all both are great but Retroplay is all around easier and a good choice.

Just a quick update this project is still kicking and very much alive its just behind the scenes alive.

What will hopefully be the last public preview will be coming out by the end of November and the promised release date has been delayed as I am now a little short when it comes to beta testers.

I'm not going to be revealing too much about this upcomming preview but I will say this it will contain alot of features and more compatibility then the first preview in September and it will also be much more user friendly too.

I have come up with a pretty good idea and would like to know what others think
This idea is to include some Game creation programs so users can easily create their own games without any programming required.

Dogbreath · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject:

dosbox? Complex? It's about as easy to use as a toaster. I can't really think of too many ways to make it *more* N00b friendly.

the123zach · Member Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 13

dosraider · Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

...... seems you try to reinvent what's already exist, the123zach:
http://geekdos.weebly.com/

And the stuff runs pretty good I must say.
Not that I would run it on a modern PC, but if you have an older PC or laptop laying around gathering dust it's a good applic to blow new life in it.

the123zach · Member Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 13

the123zach · Member Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 13

Status update:I am almost completely done creating Retroplay now I am just doing some testing and I am expecting a release sometime in March.

Retroplay is a portable gaming system on a USB drive for playing all kinds of classic retro games such as Duke Nukem,Doom, Jill Of The Jungle and many more games.

After Retroplay is released in March depending on how popular it ends up I will probably continue with Retroplay related stuff.

So pretty much the concept is that games are downloaded off the Retroplay website and then put in a numbered folder and then it automaticaly gets installed in Retroplay.

A video of Retroplay can be found here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiso0BBXys

the123zach · Member Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 13

Ok status update and preview of what will be the 1.0 version of Retroplay
I don't think posting this reply counts as bumping as this project is still very active infact almost complete too(Took longer than I had anticipated but its pretty much done just need to get feedback and finish setting up the website)

*drumroll* Retroplay is now almost complete id just like to get some feedback etc. from this preview this is so close to the 1.0 release that maybe i should be calling this a Release candidate

This preview or release candidate as i should be calling it is 99% close to what will be the 1.0 release that will be released by the end of March

Known bugs in this release candidate are that will be fixed in the release are:
sometimes the screen will go a little dark this has been fixed and the fix will be in the release
When changing settings in the settings manager don't get applied I have fixed this and the fix will be in the release

What is Retroplay:Retroplay is a portable gaming system on a USB drive powered by FreeDOS for playing Dos classics such as Duke Nukem, Doom, Jill Of The Jungle, Epic Pinball and many more classic games you are bound to enjoy.

Retroplay is 100% menu driven no knowledge of DOS required and you don't even need to know what DOS is in order to use Retroplay its that easy

There are many games available for download off of the Retroplay website and are easily installable into Retroplay just put the downloaded gamedisk file into one of the eight(8) numbered folders in the games folder.

It is easy to use,just insert the USB drive with Retroplay on it and use the bootmenu to boot Retroplay and use the easy menus and you'll be playing in no time.

A gamedisk is a game that is packaged for use with Retroplay.

Retroplay is portable you can play a game on one computer and continue where you left off on a different computer.

There are lots of Gamedisks.

Retroplay and all Gamedisks are 100% free and downloadable.
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A video showing off Retroplay is here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiso0BBXys

The preview can be downloaded here:http://zachinator.deceifermedia.com/Retplay1.0b.EXE
Website for Retroplay and the place to download games for Retroplay is here: http://www.retroplay.zachinator.net

dosraider · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:17 am Post subject: Re: Release candidate

the123zach · Member Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 13

dosraider · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: Release candidate