DOS Games Discussion

[Grandy02]

Hello,

I'm from Germany and I've already discovered your website dosgames.com some years ago, and your effort is really amazing. It is very important that people like you save the - both well-known and not so well-known - classics from being forgotten, my respect!

Of course I know that the archive isn't complete yet, but I still know a lot of DOS shareware and freeware games from the 1990s (and 1980s) that aren't in. In particular, the games I miss are in German. About 10 years ago (when I was around 8 years old ), I got hundreds of shareware and freeware games from some 1990s shareware CDs. You know, that CDs that were thrown in masses on the market in the 1990s and contained hundreds of programs. Well, there are still dozens of games from these CDs that aren't on your site.

The problem is: For many of these games, there is almost no or really no information about them on the Internet. That means that there is also no download for them. But your site states that a download link is needed when suggesting a game. Does that mean you wouldn't upload games which aren't already available on the Internet? That would be bad, because then those games would really become forgotten.

Do you have to ask every game's maker before you upload it? Because in many shareware games, the people wrote their contact addresses and prices for register, but almost all of them are surely outdated today.

And last but not least there is the question what's about non-English games, since the German language. I have seen the Russian-language game Perestroika on your site. Does that mean that you accept non-English games in general?

Of course, there are also games left who aren't that "problematic", but I really would like to save those rare shareware and freeware games for the posterity before they are completely lost. I just want to know what the "conditions" for the games on your site are before I contribute.

So, that's all for know. Please answer, thanks!

@emmzee: Yes, I sent this message to you only two days ago, but I think it's better to discuss it here, because then also other people can find information about this topic.

[Larry Laffer]

Well, afaik, as long as the game is shareware(and provides a good playing experience), there shouldn't be a problem with having it on DOSGames.com


And a bloody good idea you posted this here, knowing how often emmzee checks his dg.com email

[Grandy02]

Thanks for your answer!

But I could I get more specific information about certain facts?

What's about the fact that you don't know if the game maker really wants that you upload his/her game (though it's shareware or freeware)?

And do you also accept games that are (almost) unplayable without speaking German? You could make a hint on your site at the specific game's entry.

[emmzee]

Hiya, sorry that I haven't responded to your email yet.

Generally speaking any game can be added to the site as long as it is freeware/shareware or otherwise freely distributable. The old "it must be downloadable on the web" thing is really old and not applicable anymore since I host most of the game files myself now.

Re the German language issue, all of the games currently on the site are in English. I haven't included any other-language games so far ... I guess if the game is still fully or essentially playable without knowing German I'll consider it. In the future I may start including non-English games but they would likely be in a separate category entirely.

[Ro@m]

Ah,willkommen Grandy02!
Ich bitte dich das du einen post in dem "Introduce yourself" thread machst das wir mehr uber ich wissen koenen.

Concerning the German DOS games,i happen to have 3 or 4 cd's with plenty of German DOS games,maybe it is time to dig it up and see what i can find...

[Grandy02]

@emmzee: Okay, I understand. But how can I send you the games? eMail? Or should I upload them on a site (which one?) and post the download link here?

Anyways, I strongly hope that you'll also host the non-English "unplayable" games some day.

[Wally]

Tetris is a Russian game and its on this site!

[dosraider]

*One extra cookie for Grandy02*

[Larry Laffer]

Oh, so now we're(by which I mean you're) in "ROTFLMAO in Belgium", eh?

[dosraider]

Now ????
It's been there the last 1 1/2 year or so ......


Those electroshocks in the mental institution did you no good, or they were not intense enough, Larry, time for your next series.

When you go in for your next series take Wally with you, he needs them also.

[Larry Laffer]

Now, if you'd've said you added "in belgium" in the past months, when I was away, I would have believed you, but 1 1/2 years...


You mister, are a lying liar!

[Grandy02]

Okay, I'll search for games in the next time. But these questions still remain unanswered:

If someone complains that his/her game is on your site, who assumes liability? I hope not me!

The addresses and register information in the shareware games are mostly outdated. We even don't know whether the maker already lives in another country or still sells the full version. What's about that?

And, most important, how should I send the games? Mail or upload on another site (where?) and posting the link here?

[dosraider]

If the games are shareware and you include ALL the files (where to buy the full one, order form, whatever ...), outdated or not, it's legit to host them, aslong it is not explicit asked in a readme or ... whatever.

As for your other questions, how to send them and such, wait t'll emmzee has some time to answer you, but remember he -(as most of us)- sits on a huge pile of ol'games himself. And we all have a private life. (Now yeah almost all, Wally doesn't.)

As you can see in the site updates dosgames.com isn't about adding so much as possible as fast as possible, easy on, small old games, we don't want to get spoiled, do we?

[Grandy02]

Thanks for your answer, now it's clear. Of course I don't want to suggest all the dozens of games at one time, only bit by bit. I've already selected 4 games I want to suggest first. Now I only need an answer from emmzee, but of course I know that you all have a private life. Sorry if I annoyed you.

[dosraider]

Oh don't misunderstand me, you ain't an annoyment, far from even.
I wish we had more members as you.

But not too much, we would be flooded .....