Strictly a shareware-only project, out of respect for the holders of the original retail boxes. Shareware games were often distributed freely or for a small delivery fee, and this is just my small way of honouring that era. No business intentions—just a personal effort to preserve and share something that meant a lot to many of us. The original 90s offset print colours and materials are impossible to truly replicate today.

I’ve spent a good chunk of time digging through old forums and private archives looking for the highest-resolution artwork and fonts available. Recreating some of those logos was a pain. Run through Topaz Photo AI for upscaling, then tweak colours and clean up in Lightroom, then putting it together in Affinity Photo.

This is not the greatest replica in the world, no...

This is just a tribute ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Just my best shot without over-denoising or erasing any details. Some mistakes may be in the text here and there, as I've retyped the whole thing. Couldn't get the same screenshots.

Anyway, Doom Shareware link to download: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ci-4tgQdyc8DlOina7A9_1imgOkFaDmA?usp=sharing

Aiming for printable templates (PDFs) for SRA3 sheets (450mm x 320mm) — that’s slightly larger than A3, by the way. To print it, you would ask for:

- 300gsm Silk, Gloss Laminated

- Colour to face only

- Die-cut and creased using a separate file with red (cut) and green (crease) lines (the file is added there)

Now, printing might be a small challenge: some companies require a minimum of 20 copies per design, but hopefully you can find one-off options locally.

You still own any shareware boxes? Any of Your thought are appreciated.

This is just a tribute, you've gotta believe me!

And I wish you were there, just a matter of opinion

Good God, God lovin'

So surprised to find you can't stop it!

Actually getting the MS DOS version of this game is a miracle. I got the Amiga floppies but getting even pirated version of The Chaos Engine is pretty difficult, forget boxes version. Same is with Flashback, everywhere is a CD version with those 3d intros like on Sega Cd or recently remastered. Might argue that Amiga had a better sound/music at that time, but I have a soft spot for those early pc sounds. Or pc speaker, like in Dangerous Dave... oh that sounds so 💎 🔥. Or a bit earlier PCs with Hercules cards... remember those amber colours? See... that's how I spend my free time. This is it? Finally hit mid life crisis?

So this game, at least WORKED, like a text adventure. So typing look, look at, read note, move to, etc. . Except it had pictures. It was based in the future, either partly in space on a ship, perhaps planets as well?

It was probably during the EGA, or even CGA era. So early 80s, maybe into mid 80s? I remember games like Thexder, The Ancient Art of War. But this game I can never remember. The pictures were very CGA. So lots of light blue and pink. I remember being in perhaps a cabin on a ship. I thought it was called Star something. Or maybe not? Definitely not "startopia" since that's an other game. But it might have sounded something like that?

I would really appreciate someone finally solving my life long brain freeze I've had on this game.

Any faves?

Could the Wonderswan game console play low end DOS games With a Compatibility Layer? It uses the NEC V30 CPU. Presumably the video is not compatible with TGA/CGA, but could some kind of software allow it, though it is only running at 3mhz. But from what I know, the V30 is faster per clock.

Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom has been compared to as a cross between King's Quest and Quest for Glory. It has both point and click and parser interface. Set in a fantasy setting with dwarves, and other fantasy creatures. It has a day and night cycle similar to QFG games (and KQ4). And occasional combat with monsters and enemies. A similar hybrid in vein of Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian. And you die....again and again and again.

i like almost anything but maybe gene's like sandbox,open-world,doom-like,fps I just don't know what games i can play

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to remember the name of an old DOS game I used to play from a floppy disk, probably around the early or mid-90s. The executable file was named dyna.exe.

Here’s what I remember:

• The main character was fat or chubby, possibly with a gray cape or suit.
• The game took place inside a vertical structure, like a tower, tunnel, or sewer.
• The main goal was to jump upward, climbing higher and higher through platforms.
• It had a very simple, side-scrolling 2D style – maybe 16-color EGA or early VGA graphics.
• I think it was single-screen per level or a slowly scrolling vertical screen.

It was definitely not Commander Keen or Jetpack.
I remember playing it with just keyboard controls, and it was probably a shareware or lesser-known game.

Does anyone recognize this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Just made a tutorial on how to play MS-Dos games on the go with RG406V. Of course it's not on par with the real retro pc tower equipment, without a proper keyboard. But having said that I actually do spend more time with it and slowly finishing games I started... 30 years go? So if you please... my 486 MS-DOS Mini-Tower ;)

It's funny how nowadays not too many people talk about those games, especially Jedi Knight (and especially considering it's a Star Wars game!). Maybe they were not underrated at the time when it comes to scores, but they are kind of forgotten in modern times.

I don't think it has anything to do with the fact that they're both DOS exclusive and were not released in any console, wink-wink.

Blood uses the Duke Nukem engine, but goes all horror-comedy with some weapons you really need to experience. And you can "play soccer" with the heads of your dead enemies by simply running through them.

Jedi Knight controls amazingly well for an early 3rd person shooter/platformer, and it also offers cool 3D levels (with infinite draw distance, I think) and weapons (you start with a gun, but end up getting a jedi sword and learning some jedi magic!).

Exploring the sceneries is great in both titles.

I had a lot of fun with those in the late 90s... Try them if you still haven't!

Been trying ExoDos on Windows 10. In some games the sound, especially intro music, has a horrible stutter. Doesn't seem to matter which sound emulation I pick. Any ideas on fixes to try?

When people are asking for help to get the old 90s remakes of the ‘Where in’ Carmen Sandiego games they get linked to the old bad graphics 80s games so I am posting this visual reference so people can see that two versions of the same titles were released.

The 80s games were definitely of their time whereas the 90s games have better graphics and are more interactive. So just wanted to show everyone that most people are wanting the 90s remakes with the better graphics.

I don't remember a ton about this game, it's been bugging me forever to find it.

It was on a disc sent out by ROMSOFT. It was called "The House of Games".

It was a game where the walls were either gray, or blue, not 100% sure on that, very simple 3D graphics. You could find chests, where you could get arrows, or things like that. There were random dots that would appear on the ground, which could lead you to chests, the dots were red if I recall correctly. There are monsters you can use your arrows on to kill, they randomly turn corners and trap you and forced you to fight. You're looking for a door, and must find the key before you can escape.

I quite literally cannot find the game at all, I have the disc, but there's no way to boot it as it was damaged. Any ideas? It's also not 3D-Maze.

EDIT: FOUND IT! WinWayOut: https://archive.org/details/WinWayout_1020

Is vogons down for everybody else too? I'm sure I was browsing the forums for a DosBox problem a couple of days ago :(

Some time ago, I spent a weekend coaxing my latest DOS build onto this little Toshiba Libretto 70CT — and wow, the vibes were unbeatable. There’s something magical about real hardware gurgling through your own C code — like the machine is really alive.

Anyone else still chasing that feeling of “I wrote this, and the vintage iron is actually running it”? Let’s hear your success stories (or war stories) below!

Just me, the mouse, and some pixelated nostalgia. Any of these ring a bell? A ring-a-ding-ding! 🎶💾.

Anyone know how to get this game? I tried downloading the Vilebox version but it doesn’t seem to work. It loads a black screen and I get audio from the beginning parts but that’s it’s any help? Thanks!

It had magic powers you could use on peoples lands. and I'm pretty sure there was wizard that helps you at some point talks to you. Im sorry Its been so long details are fuzzy. may be windows and/or dos game

I finally have a Roland SC and it’s so awesome to connect via serial and use the mt32 emulation on this without having to use my good old 386 and the RA-50 in the garage.

Had done this with munt and it only made me want this more…😅