DOS Game Club

Bonjour mes amis, it's a new DOS Game Club episode!

In October we were looking for a spOo0ky game to play and luckily, we had several great suggestions over on our game suggestion forum. Out of the options available, we decided to go with 1992's "Alone in the Dark", suggested by long time DGC member Marwane ("wan"), who was also able to join the podcast!

Alongside our hosts Martijn ("Tijn") and Florian ("rnlf), joining this time is Phil ("PixelProphecy"), who you might remember from the great voice message he left in the previous episode (on Monkey Island).

And last but not least we have Anatoly Shashkin, host of the DOS Nostalgia podcast and YouTube channel. He's a big fan of French DOS games in general, and Alone in the Dark specifically, so it was great having him on the show and share his expertise with us.

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/12/ep23.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (134 mins, 118 MB)

* Frederick Raynal speaks about Alone in the Dark at the Game Developer's Conference in 2012

* Popcorn's Boss Key screen, kindly provided by Anatoly. Popcorn is a CGA Breakout clone, programmed by Frederick Raynal.

* Alone in the Dark OPL music, from the floppy disk version

* Alone in the Dark CD-ROM edition music

* Magazine review scans, kindly provided by DGC member Richard ("Pix")

Hey! A new DOS Game Club episode!

This time we're covering The Secret of Monkey Island - even if you haven't played the game, if you are into games at all, you more likely than not have at least heard about it. For some this is the pinnacle of Point & Click Adventure games, and we think they are not too far from the truth with that opinion - it's clearly a great game.

Anyway, last episode was the longest one until then, but this one is over three hours, so brace yourselves! That's what happens when you have a total of six people on the show and everybody has their own anecdotes and funny stories to tell about this legendary game. Martijn and Florian are this time accompanied by veterans Mike and Philipp, Esko makes a second appearance and there's a brand new member: Jozef. We had an absolute blast discussing this gem of a game, so we hope you'll enjoy listening to this episode as much as we did recording it!

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/10/ep22.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (192 mins, 158 MB)

* Why Adventure Games Suck, article by Ron Gilbert written in 1989 about his ideas on adventure game design.

* Aric's World games industry archive (archive.org mirror), awesome page with lots of original game design documents, including the one for "Mutiny on Monkey Island", what eventually became The Secret of Monkey Island.

Do you remember the Twitter poll we mentioned last month? The one Prince of Persia won? After playing that in July we felt sorry for the runner-up, so that's what we played in August!

And that runner-up was of course Warcraft II. Joining Martijn and Florian to talk about this cool RTS game are Tyler (Corgibuttz), who was previously on the Starflight episode, and new member Martin (Srandista).

Warcraft II was the game that really put Blizzard Entertainment up there with the big studios. For the second time in DGC history, all participants played this game as a kid. The only time this happened before was actually last month with Prince of Persia. We're really playing some classics now it seems!

This episode is a bit longer than average, but an epic game such as Warcraft II totally deserves it.

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/09/ep21.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (124 mins, 109 MB)

Hello!

After we almost caught up with our delay from the summer break with the last episode, this new episode means were back on schedule!

We ran a poll some time ago about which game to play in July. We had no idea what to play, so we pitted just a bunch of random favourites against each other. The options were Warcraft 2, California Games, Leisure Suit Larry and Prince of Persia, which ultimately won with 30% of the popular vote. It was close though and the winning option changed several times during the poll. How exciting!

So in July we played Prince of Persia and here's our discussion of the game. Martijn and Florian are accompanied by recurring podcast participants Richard (Pix) and David. Both of them have been playing this game since their childhoods and for the first time in DGC history, everyone on the show played the game a lot as a kid. It really proves what a true classic Prince of Persia is.

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/08/ep20.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (92 mins, 83 MB)

* Jordan Mechner - The Making of Prince of Persia

Hello!

We had a bit of a summer break, but we're back now! We hope to be back on track shortly.

Now back in June we wanted to play a vertical shooter, as this is a genre that we haven't covered so far. We ran a poll on Twitter between some classic games in the genre: Raptor, Tyrian, Xenon 2 and Raiden. Out of these, Tyrian won with a good margin, so that's what we played in June.

Joining our regular hosts Martijn ("Tijn") and Florian ("rnlf"), we had a very special guest: new DGC member and Tyrian speedrunner Esko ("FireFyte"). Esko is not just A Tyrian speedrunner, he is the one who came up with the idea of doing speedruns of this game in the first place! He's spent countless hours figuring out this game in great detail, so it's great he wanted to join our show and explain everything that's cool about Tyrian. He's one of the moderators of the Tyrian page over on speedrun.com.

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/08/ep19.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (90 mins, 80 MB)

* Watch Esko's speedruns on YouTube

* Tyrian composer Alexander Brandon's music, including the Tyrian soundtrack

* Get Tyrian 2000 for free on gog.com

Hello there!

We're about halfway through June, so there's still plenty of time left to dive into TYRIAN, our game of the month. You can share your opinions on this game over on our forums.

In May we played DEATH RALLY, as suggested by M2tias. It's a great little shareware game, released by Apogee/3D Realms in 1996 and developed by Remedy Entertainment (who later made Max Payne, amongst other things). The game is full of racing, shooting and even Duke Nukem makes an appearance!

Joining Martijn and Florian for this episode are David (DavidN) and Oddvar (Dollarone). David previously made a cool video about the 3D Realms Anthology, which also includes Death Rally. You can check that out on YouTube.

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/06/ep18.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (110 mins, 101 MB)

During the podcast, we quickly mention the freeware Windows port of Death Rally, made by our Ludum Dare friend Jari Komppa. He has a great writeup of his story on his website.

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We ran another poll on Twitter to help us determine which game we should play next. We didn't have a real plan this time, so we just put some great games from various genres in there, based in part on some entries from our suggestion forum.

Surprisingly, every game (except Larry) was in the lead at one point! It was really quite exciting and we had no idea which game would end up on top. But eventually the winner turned out to be Prince of Persia (Brøderbund, 1990), so that's what we'll play in July.

That's all for now! If you'd like to join us, please feel free to register an account, play the games with us and discuss them on the forums.

The forum is also used for suggesting games to us. Most of the games we play are chosen from your suggestions.

You can also talk to us on IRC. We've got a fairly active channel on AfterNet, called #dosgameclub. Now if IRC isn't really your thing, there is a web client on our site which you can use to join our IRC channel straight from your browser.

And last but not least, we're also on Twitter. If you're on Twitter as well, follow us to get updates on what's going on.

Until the next time!

Hello, hello, hello!

In April we played Starflight, a game of hard to define genre, that is nonetheless pretty damn cool!

Starflight is a game from the very early days of DOS gaming. Still from a time when game genres were still a bit diffuse. So this game is a bit adventure, a bit RPG and a bit simulation. Apparently it's also been one of the main influences for Mass Effect. All those are reasons for us to check it out.

Joining the discussion with Martijn and Florian are Joshua (vede), Richard (Pix) and Tyler (Corgibuttz). Tyler was the one who suggested the game and has been playing it since his childhood, so he has a lot to tell us about it.

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/05/ep17.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (111 mins, 92 MB)

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We had a Twitter poll to find our game for June. Since we wanted to play a vertical shoot-em-up, we let you choose between Raptor, Tyrian, Xenon 2 and Raiden. And more than one third of you wanted Tyrian, so that's what we're gonna play.

Usually we tell you to play our current game, but it's only three days left in May, so if you want to, feel free to play some more Death Rally, but we're jumping right into Tyrian!

If you'd like to join us, please feel free to register an account, play the games with us and discuss them on the forums.

The forum is also used for suggesting games to us. Most of the games we play are chosen from your suggestions.

You can also talk to us on IRC. We've got a fairly active channel on AfterNet, called #dosgameclub. Now if IRC isn't really your thing, there is a web client on our site which you can use to join our IRC channel straight from your browser.

And last but not least, we're also on Twitter. If you're on Twitter as well, follow us to get updates on what's going on.

Happy DOS gaming!

Yo yo yo!

Last March we played Duke Nukem 3D, so here's our podcast episode discussing this great game. But before we dive into that, here's a quick reminder that there's about a week left in April to check out the amazing Starflight, a space RPG from 1986. There's all sorts of cool stuff going on on the forums, so if you haven't already, please check them out now!

Now in March we celebrated our 1 year anniversary with the DOS Game Club. Last year we started off strong with the all-time favourite DOOM, so we were looking for a game that could compete with that and thus landed on DUKE NUKEM 3D.

Joining the discussion with Martijn and Florian is Matthew, known as "mgoddard" on the forums. He's been an active member for a while now, so it was great to have him on the show!

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/04/ep16.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (122 mins, 95 MB)

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As you know, we're still playing STARFLIGHT for the rest of April. After that we'll be playing DEATH RALLY in May, suggested by DOS Game Club member M2tias. This racing game features a bunch of different characters, including the one and only Duke Nukem again! This is a really enjoyable game in the vein as Super Cars II, really something to look out for.

If you'd like to join us, please feel free to register an account, play the games with us and discuss them on the forums.

The forum is also used for suggesting games to us. Most of the games we play are chosen from your suggestions.

You can also talk to us on IRC. We've got a fairly active channel on AfterNet, called #dosgameclub. Now if IRC isn't really your thing, there is a web client on our site which you can use to join our IRC channel straight from your browser.

And last but not least, we're also on Twitter. If you're on Twitter as well, follow us to get updates on what's going on.

Happy DOS gaming!

Hello everybody!

As we're getting ready to switch the site over from playing Duke Nukem 3D (which was our March game) to Starflight (which we'll play in April), we've got something special for you: an extra DOS Game Club podcast, celebrating our 1 year anniversary!

We invited all of the regulars that were on the show during the past year. All in all it was pretty crowded, with no less than 7 people total on the show! Besides hosts Martijn & Florian, the following people were present: Marwane, Mike, David, Philipp & Raphael.

Now during the show, we decided to rank all the games that we've played in the past year. This got pretty crazy, as we were all editing the same document at the same time and people started to replace the real names with joke names, as if ranking all these games wasn't confusing enough to begin with If you're interested in a screenshot of the final list, you can find it here.

At the end of the episode, we played a fun quiz Philipp which had prepared. He also runs the DOS Quiz Twitter account, so if you want more DOS trivia, you can follow him there.

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/03/ep15.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (105 mins, 90 MB)

In March, we've played Duke Nukem 3D. A podcast discussing that particular game will follow shortly, but if you have something to contribute, please don't hesitate and share your thoughts on our forums.

In April, we will be playing Starflight, as suggested by DGC member Corgibuttz. Although the game is quite old (1986!), it's supposedly a very interesting RPG-like game about exploring outer space. If you want to get in the mood, here's a cool video introducing the game by a few enthusiasts:

If you'd like to join us, please feel free to register an account, play the games with us and discuss them on the forums.

The forum is also used for suggesting games to us. Most of the games we play are chosen from the suggestions.

You can also talk to us on IRC. We've got a fairly active channel on AfterNet, called #dosgameclub. Now if IRC isn't really your thing, there is a web client on our site which you can use to join our IRC channel straight from your browser.

And last but not least, we're also on Twitter. If you're on Twitter as well, follow us to get updates on what's going on.

Thanks!

Hello Dossers!

It's time for another DGC episode, but before we dive into that, a short reminder that it is still March and that means it's our anniversary and we are playing DUKE NUKEM 3D!

So go and play the game and talk to us about it on the forums! We use your input for the podcast episode and we also like to have people on the show who know more about the game than we do.

But that's a story for next month. Last month, in February, we've played Transarctica, a somewhat strange game of undefined genre, published in 1993 by French studio Silmarils.

We were very happy to have our new DGC member Raphael ("evilteuton") on the show, who has been playing the game for 20+ years. He also shared a playthrough of the game on YouTube. It's an excellent Let's Play, you should definitely check it out.

This being a French game we're also very happy to have Marwane join us once again. And as always, Martijn and Florian are there as well.

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2018/03/ep14.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (96 mins, 89 MB)

We're still playing Duke Nukem 3D now, but in April we will switch over to the next game: Starflight. It appears to be some sort of space travel simulation or something? We'll find out very soon! It was suggested by our club member Corgibuttz and should be a lot of fun!

If you'd like to join us, please feel free to register an account, play the games with us and discuss them on the forums.

The forum is also used for suggesting games to us. Most of the games we play are chosen from the suggestions.

You can also talk to us on IRC. We've got a fairly active channel on AfterNet, called #dosgameclub. Now if IRC isn't really your thing, there is a web client on our site which you can use to join our IRC channel straight from your browser.

And last but not least, we're also on Twitter. If you're on Twitter as well, follow us to get updates on what's going on.

That's all we've got for now. Thank you and until the next time!