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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:21 am
by MrFlibble
RGB Classic Games has moved to another domain:
http://www.classicdosgames.org/
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:36 am
by MrFlibble
S&F Prod.
A neat site about oldies, with various interesting and useful info about classic games (an, in some cases, utilities like game data extractors).
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:21 am
by dosraider
MrFlibble wrote:S&F Prod.
A neat site about oldies, with various interesting and useful info about classic games (an, in some cases, utilities like game data extractors).
That's Frenkel's lair.
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... file&u=961
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:06 pm
by MrFlibble
Ahh, didn't know that, thanks for heads up!
Re: Various websites dedicated to classic games
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:16 pm
by MrFlibble
MrFlibble wrote:MicroProse FTP Archive at GameFront
This is an archived copy of the official MicroProse F
TP. Playable game demos, previews, patches and related files can be found here. The descriptions are rather scarce, insufficient and sometimes misleading though, so in some cases you might not known what you've got before you actually downloaded an item.
Westwood Studios FTP Archive
An enhanced version of the Westwood FTP, with some extra content thrown in, by Nyerguds, a well-known C&C enthusiast and author of the unofficial C&C v1.06 patch.
These links are unfortunately no longer active and have been removed from the list.
The MicroProse FTP copy can be found via the Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/199802220735 ... e.com/ftp/
However, not all files are available - hopefully this is fixed sometime in the future.
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:04 am
by MrFlibble
After a period of uncertainty and worry,
classicdosgames.com is back online
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:01 pm
by dosraider
Pixelmusement is worth mentioning, more review -(some critical)- oriented.
http://www.pixelships.com/adg/
[Also]
As there is a lot of interesting stuff in this thread: Sticky it will be.
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:41 pm
by MrFlibble
Ahh, the site that hosts the Ancient DOS Games reviews
dosraider wrote:
[Also]
As there is a lot of interesting stuff in this thread: Sticky it will be.
[/Also.
Yay, thankies!
I've updated the OP as well with the most recent version of the list (divided into categories for a somewhat handier presentation).
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 8:20 am
by MrFlibble
Your mileage may vary, but personally I find Mecha-Neko's game reviews at
Super Adventures in Gaming quite entertaining to read
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 12:50 pm
by MrFlibble
Here's a functional Westwood Studios FTP mirror (since their official FTP goes down frequently thanks to EA's tinkering or whatever):
http://downloads.silverbulletservers.co ... twood_FTP/
BTW, that site also has downloads of freeware C&C games:
http://downloads.silverbulletservers.com/C&C/Freeware/
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:41 pm
by MrFlibble
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:59 am
by dosraider
Hmmmm .... some interesting stuffs up on those.
Latest half-life updates, 'Aces over whatever' updates, and so on .... game tools ..... etcetera .....
But hell, you need to dig deep in those ftp things to find the really interesting stuff.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:00 am
by MrFlibble
There is talk about FilePlanet getting closed down, so I've started looking for alternatives
(I've been getting quite a few demo files 'n' stuff off FP lately). Most of what I've posted above I've found using FTP search engines - either independently or their results popped up in Google.
Some time ago I discovered FileWatcher.com but after successfully finding some rare stuff with it it started to give error messages, and is generally not functional now.
Mamont FTP Index is pretty neat, and others that prove useful from time to time are
Global FTP Search (I hate it though when it returns 0 results with a message, "We have found NOTHING.") and
FileSearching.com.
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:40 pm
by MrFlibble
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:52 am
by MrFlibble
The Games Shed - a retro gaming blog that also includes a video section (and an
affiliated YouTube channel).
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:08 pm
by MrFlibble
OCUK PC Games - ( INDIE ) ( RETRO ) Database
This is a list of over 300 retro indie games (both complete and WIP), including remakes of well-known PC and Amiga classics.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:16 pm
by dosraider
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Chex Quest 3 - ZDoom engine [ FPS ]
10 years since the incomplete Chex Quest 3 beta was released on Digital Café’s website, Charles Jacobi (the original Chex Quest artist) has finally finished off this epic FPS trilogy! Chex Quest, a total conversion of Doom, was the first video game to be released in a cereal box, and garnered a relatively large cult following.
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:33 am
by MrFlibble
Classic Old Games - a recently started retro gaming blog with video reviews, by a guy from Brazil (in Portuguese).
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:11 am
by dosraider
MrFlibble wrote:... by a guy from Brazil (in Portuguese).
Looks neat, but alas don't understand a word of that stuff ....
Ah well, the game clips are nice.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:46 pm
by MrFlibble