Posts Tagged "cd-rom"

Carmageddon: The Rolling Demo

This is a video trailer for Carmageddon that could be found in a bunch of places. Mine is from Redneck Rampage cd-rom. Buy the game here: GOG: http://www.gog.com/game/carmageddon_max_pack Steam: TBA

DMA Design logo 1997

This publisher-developer logo was taken from Grand Theft Auto (DMA/BMG, 1997)

Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth (DOS demo)

The original DOS non-interactive demo of Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth by Coktel Vision which would eventually be released on Windows in 1994 and known as The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble in America. Music and voices from this demo never appear in the final game.

DOS Nostalgia Podcast #08: Space Quest

The Space Quest Historian himself, Troels Pleimert joins yours truly to discuss the glorious adventure game series by Sierra On-Line. Games are celebrated, bashed and defended. Sierra design philosophy is questioned. Download MP3: http://www.dosnostalgia.com/podcast/dosnostalgia_ep08.mp3

Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance installation program

Another cool installer for Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance (Capstone/IntraCorp, 1996) featuring full screen animation, voice, sound & graphical effects and MIDI music. Pretty damn neat! MobyGames page: http://www.mobygames.com/game/witchaven-ii-blood-vengeance  

Command & Conquer: Red Alert installation program

Another animated Westwood installer for a Command & Conquer game. This time it’s Red Alert (Westwood Studios/Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1996). Voice & full screen animations. Goes well with the theme of the game. MobyGames Page: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/command-conquer-red-alert  

Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny installation program

Another cool Westwood installer for Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny (Westwood/Virgin, 1997), the second entry in the series featuring sound effects, voice and full screen animation. MobyGames page: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/lands-of-lore-guardians-of-destiny  

Command & Conquer installation program

A cool installation program for the original Command & Conquer (Westwood Studios/Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1995) featuring voice, effects & some craziness at the end. MobyGames page:  http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/command-conquer

DOS Nostalgia Podcast #06: Expansions

A YouTube star Clint Basinger (of Lazy Game Reviews) joins yours truly to discuss data disks, add-ons and other various expansions for DOS games. We also trail off into other topics along the way. Download mp3: http://www.dosnostalgia.com/podcast/dosnostalgia_ep06.mp3

DOS games in 1993 part 2

Here’s the second part of the 1993 video, featuring an hour of great games from over 20 years ago. Enjoy!

Anatoly remembers #2: DOS games in 1993

With 2013 almost gone, here’s the first part of my video showcasing some DOS games from 20 years ago. Relax and enjoy. And Happy New Year!  

DOS Nostalgia Podcast #05: DOOM and games made with its engine

A pixel art maestro extraordinaire Ben Chandler returns to discuss one of the most important, successful and amazing PC games of all time – the mighty DOOM (and also other games made with its revolutionary engine.) Download MP3: http://www.dosnostalgia.com/podcast/dosnostalgia_ep05.mp3

Space Quest Historian – Foreign Quests

On the brand new episode of The Space Quest Historian show Troels, myself and Christian Giegerich discuss Space Quest releases in foreign territories. Well, just Russia and Germany, actually.

Broken Sword installation program

A rather interesting installation program for Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templairs (Revolution Software/Virgin Interactive, 1996) featuring voice, music, cool effects and a Breakout clone while you wait. MobyGames page: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/circle-of-blood

Quake Redone Quick

This is the original 1999 release of Quake Redone Quick, a complete Quake 1 speedrun on Nightmare difficulty in 14:32 by just one person – Ingmar “Nagasaki” Poerner. Although this speedrun was later improved on and released in a variety of versions, this original release is still my personal favorite. The video includes the whole […]

“Black Zone” introduction

The introduction sequence and a tiny bit of gameplay from a Russian MS-DOS game “Black Zone” (DOKA Company, 1995, CD-ROM release). Made by Aleksey Silaev, it appears to a be a spiritual successor to his little known gem “Mick”. This game is very rare and almost completely unknown even in Russia.

“Blood” help screen

Was just reminiscing about this on the podcast, so I just HAD TO make a video of it, so it could be preserved: The magnificent HELP section from the classic DOS first person shooter Blood. We need more stuff like that in games today.   Buy Blood: One Whole Unit here: http://www.gog.com/gamecard/one_unit_whole_blood

DOS Nostalgia Podcast #03: Build Engine

A renowned adventure game developer and artist Ben Chandler joins yours truly to discuss (what else?) a bunch of (mostly) classic DOS first person shooters made using Ken Silverman’s legendary Build Engine. Download MP3: DOS Nostalgia Podcast #3: Build Engine

DOS Nostalgia Podcast #02: Audio in the MS-DOS era

My Twitter friend Brian joins me to discuss the history of IBM PC audio and our favorite DOS game soundtracks. Download MP3: DOS Nostalgia Podcast #02: Audio in MS-DOS era Follow Brian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/demodulated

A Tribute to Rise of the Triad

My tribute to the classic first person shooter Rise of the Triad: Dark War by Apogee in a form of a music video. Goin’ Down the Fast Way remix by The Hamster Alliance Website: www.hamsteralliance.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/hamsteralliance by Lee Jackson MobyGames page: www.mobygames.com/game/rise-of-the-triad-dark-war Buy the game on GOG: www.gog.com/gamecard/rise_of_the_triad__dark_war