DOS Games Discussion

[swaaye]

I have some old CD magazines that I thought you guys might enjoy. They are all from 1994-6. Some of them will work in XP but no promises :) The downloads are 7zipped ISOs (200-350 MB). If anyone has more of these, let me know!!!

Identical files available from 2 different sources.

PC Magazine

Fall 1995
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CD-ROM Today
For PC & Mac. They still work on XP but are originally for Win 3.x and Mac OS 7.x (i guess)

theDISC! 2 (7-94)
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PC Stuff

• Multimedia stuff
  (Medieval France, SoundFX Manager for Windows, Endangered Species, etc)
  
• Edutainment demos
  (Living Books, Ruff's Bone, Tuneland, Forever Growing Garden, Gus Goes to Cybertown)
  
• Game demos
  (Myst, Theme Park, Spear of Destiny, Inferno)
  
• Compendium of Shareware Games
  ('The Shareware Ethic', Catacomb Abyss, Aliens, Ancients I: Death Watch, BipBopII, Brix, Blake Stone, Empire II for Windows, Gold Monkey, Ishido, Kosynka II, Lost in the Labyrinth, Pork, Rune-Mania, Solar Winds, Stellar Defense II, T-zero, Vampyr, Zanti)
  
• special Trek section
  (WinTrek, Star Trek clock, Star Trek Timeline, ST movie snippet, The Final Frontier-artwork)
  
• Shareware apps
  (Wide Range of ASP shareware, Editeur 13, 'Hi, Finance!', Household Register, Quick Read, Resume Master, SmartFont, TreeChart, Sunshine, Vision Edit, Financial Analysis for Windows)
  
• Digital novel library (quite a few) and "internet information"

theDISC! 3 (9-94)
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PC Stuff

• Games previews
  (Feist on Krondor, Sam & Max, SimCity CD, FPS: Baseball, Corridor 7, Pinball Fantasies)
  
• Multimedia
  (Q/Media 2.0, Leonard the Inventor, Monty Python Flying Circus, Wired For Sound, MediaPedia Video Clips, Blue Ribbon Photos, Fantazia Fonts & More, Paint Shop Pro)
  
• Lots of ancient "info about the Internet" and some app tours
  
• Edutainment demos
  (Adventures with OSLO, Wiggins in Storyland, Grammar Expert, American History, Win SignMaster, Tangaroos,...)
  
• Digital Bookshelf (dozen or so childrens' classics)

theDISC! 6 (12-94)
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theDISC! 12 (6-95)
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(run Install in Magazine dir)

PCGamer

Disc 1 (12-94)
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Disc 7 (6-95)
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Disc 8 (7-95)
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Disc 11 (10-95)
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Disc 2.8 (9-96)
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This one has the cool Coconut Monkey adventure game as the interface. :)

Computer Shopper
(all thanks to Davros)

Issue 96, Feb 1996
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• business: quark express, serif type plus, serif photo plus
  
• internet: latest web software
  
• multimedia: rolling stones voodoo lounge, redshift 2
  
• games: destruction derby, nhl ice hockey 96, shoppers roll of honour, descent, magic carpet 2, us navy fighters
  
• business: visio 3, office 95, superoffice
  
• leisure: monty python, battle beast, world war 2

Issue 98, April 96
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if shopper.exe crashes in xp run browser.exe

• command and conquer, pga golf 96, fanasy general, praire dog pro, renegade 2, time gate, rayman
  
• comptons encyclopedia and groliers, word viewer, visual basic 4, internet explorer
  
• 40 essential programs and utilities

Feb 97
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• Power Rangers, SimCity Network, Sonic the Hedgehog
  
• Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia, Simpson's Screen Saver, Simpson's Cartoon Studio, Pink Panther's Passport to Peril
  
• Business Apps
  
• Editorials

Others
(thanks to Davros)
PC Direct Aug 95
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• Paradox 5 for Windows evaluation kit, OfficeTalk, Take Your Best Shot, Visual CADD, WinCIM v1.4 and now NetLauncher, NavCIS TE 1.6, monthly screensaver

PC Direct Dec 95
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• winforcast, plugin, multifax, worms, telepower

PCPro Aug 97
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• Primarily Internet apps. Lots and lots of them from the time.

PCW Interactive Oct 95
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• charm2, pc tax, recorder, mahjong, poke_it poker, postcode, photovista, mscdex updater of 2.22 to 2.23, space quest, renunion, flagtower, kingdom
  
• gallery 60 hi res photos
  
• 90mb of mac software

PCW Interactive Jul 97
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• Goosebumps, interstate 76, MDK, yoda stories
  
• an introduction programming to java applets, headliner, sound forge 4.0, netobjects fusion

PC Zone
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• Command & Conquer, rebel assault 2, warcraft 2, warcraft 2 - level editor, descent 2, earthworm jim 1 + 2, battle arena toshinden, pga golf 96, fantasy general, virtual carts, silent thunder, renegade 2, speed haste, culky
  
• Bullfrog Christmas Demo 1995, syndicate wars, theme hospital, dungeon keeper, high octane, MAGIC CARPET 2 - NETHERWORLDS
  
• Some apps, etc

Gamers Collection 1998 (ZD)
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• Quake 2, Forsaken, Heavy Gear, Jedi Knight MotS, Battlezone, Wing Commander Prophecy, F16 Fighting Falcon, Precision CART Racing, Ultim@te Race Pro, Close Combat 2,
  
• Tomb Raider 2, Screamer Rally, G Police, Hexen II, Dungeon Keeper, Dark Colony, Worms 2, Wipeout 2097, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Panzer General 2

Extras

TIE Fighter magazine preview demo w/ Dodge Neon ad
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[dosraider]

Thanks for sharing this, swaaye, it's appreciated.

Maybe I will sticky this topic, it's worth it.
[Edit]
Hmmmm, forget that 'maybe', sticky it will be for a long while ......

[swaaye]

Thanks for the sticky. I hope people have fun with these bits of history.

[2LT Worm]

I downloaded the one that is Mac compatible...let's see if I can get Classic working on here again.

[swaaye]