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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 19:25:22 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   I don't normally enjoy this framing of the topic, but I'm having a weird day, so here goes:
   What were some of the worst *retail* DOS games that you have played? And I specifically mean games that one would buy in a big box in a store for $40-60 back in the day.
   #DOSGaming #Videogames #PCGaming #80sVideogames #90sVideogames #VideoGameHistory #MSDOS #IBMPC

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 19:29:08 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • John Spounias :opalstack:

     @d3cline That's why I very specifically said "retail games".

   • John Spounias :opalstack: (d3cline@opalstack.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 19:29:09 UTC John Spounias :opalstack:

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     @dosnostalgic lol, we had shareware so we knew if the games were good first.

   • John Spounias :opalstack: (d3cline@opalstack.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 19:35:48 UTC John Spounias :opalstack:

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     @dosnostalgic Abuse by crack dot com. It promised so much. Could have been so much. But for lack of gravis gamepad support. Alas.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 19:35:48 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • John Spounias :opalstack:

     @d3cline Abuse did have a shareware release though

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 20:00:12 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • F0h 🧣

     @0xf0

   • F0h 🧣 (0xf0@camp.smolnet.org)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 20:00:14 UTC F0h 🧣

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     @dosnostalgic I remember buying some game in the late 80s in an Olivetti store in Southern Italy for around 15.000 Lire

     I can't even remember what that was: does it qualify?😅

   • Gustavo (gkaltwasser@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 20:14:30 UTC Gustavo

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     @dosnostalgic Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport. Saw the box, saw the “Apogee” logo on the back and then some screenshots. Told myself “this gotta be an absolute blast”.

     It wasn’t.

     I still have the disc.

   • Deadly Headshot (dheadshot@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 20:45:47 UTC Deadly Headshot

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     @dosnostalgic I could never get Robocop working, but I never bought that - it came bundled with our CD-ROM drive...

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 21:12:14 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Jim Lawless

     @jimlawless But they were all optional.

   • Jim Lawless (jimlawless@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 21:12:15 UTC Jim Lawless

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     @dosnostalgic Spellcasting 101 - Sorcerers Get All The Girls (Legend / Steve Meretzky)

     I was fine with text-only interfaces for these kinds of games. The images, sounds, and drop-down selections just got in my way.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 21:19:51 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • cmos4040

     @cmos4040 I think Amsterdoom is actually pretty charming. 😄

   • cmos4040 (cmos4040@post.lurk.org)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 21:19:52 UTC cmos4040

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     @dosnostalgic came out in 2000 so not a Dos Game. But Amsterdoom by Davilex Games comes to my mind right away.
     I think every Davilex game falls in this category. We bought them for being Dutch but also out of curiosity, if they were really as terrible as the magazine reviews

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 22:42:29 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Zorro

     @zorrobandito It's funny how far we've come in tech regarding computing speeds in regards to decompression. Today we stream full HD video at speeds that usually don't exceed those of a 2x CD-ROM.

   • Zorro (zorrobandito@aus.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Nov-2022 22:42:30 UTC Zorro

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     @dosnostalgic the crushing shallowness of the early CD-ROM games was a dark time and few games illustrated this better than Mega-Race. Crappy rendered sprites on a crappy lo-rent, lo-res FMV. The future was not looking good.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 01:13:33 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • DefaultKevin
     • briandemodulated

     @bthylafh @demodulated This one?
     https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/100713155627376443

   • DefaultKevin (bthylafh@nerdculture.de)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 01:13:38 UTC DefaultKevin

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     • briandemodulated

     @demodulated @dosnostalgic I had a semi graphical Spiderman game on my Apple //c where you're in a highrise and have to do... something. I always got stuck trying to get past Sandman and/or the second floor up.

   • briandemodulated (demodulated@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 01:13:39 UTC briandemodulated

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     @dosnostalgic I bought an Incredible Hulk text adventure in the 80's. You start the game tied to a chair. I couldn't figure out how to proceed past the opening scene. Yes, I tried "get angry".