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bryanf445
09-03-2005, 04:15 PM
anyone know any good sites for freeware games? thanks
AH_Viper
09-03-2005, 04:33 PM
Yes, yes i do :)

http://www.abandonia.com/

Go crazy, tonnes of free DOS games! WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?! :D
dekstar
09-03-2005, 05:10 PM
or, if you can't run some DOS games (Stupid XP), then go to www.gamehippo.com - they're really good. I get lots of games off them.
Quixoticism
09-03-2005, 07:30 PM
Don't forget The Underdogs (http://www.the-underdogs.org/)
AH_Viper
09-03-2005, 09:29 PM
or, if you can't run some DOS games (Stupid XP), then go to www.gamehippo.com - they're really good. I get lots of games off them.

What?! you trying to tell me you dont have a 486 sitting under you desk with a mem man bootdisk in the disk drive! :D
Gargantou
09-03-2005, 09:44 PM
Most DOS games can be run under XP using DOSBox.:)
Lucid
09-03-2005, 10:38 PM
DOSBox runs games really badly.
Wolf3D runs slow as hell.
PoeticRocker
10-03-2005, 02:44 AM
http://www.abandonia.com/game.php?ID=3
VirusType2
10-03-2005, 02:49 AM
Don't forget The Underdogs (http://www.the-underdogs.org/)

underdogs and acid play

http://www.acid-play.com/

may I recommend Beats of Rage

you can download it from the underdogs or acid play.

very fun. runs on xp

Glace is a game like sonic or mario. not bad.
Gargantou
10-03-2005, 09:17 AM
DOSBox runs games really badly.
Wolf3D runs slow as hell.
All DOS games I run on my gaming comp using DOSBox runs perfectly, you just need to tweak the CPU speed etc a lil bit and then each game runs like a charm+ussually DOSBox requires a pretty fast comp to run "recent" DOS games in a good speed.
VirusType2
10-03-2005, 09:35 AM
All DOS games I run on my gaming comp using DOSBox runs perfectly, you just need to tweak the CPU speed etc a lil bit and then each game runs like a charm+ussually DOSBox requires a pretty fast comp to run "recent" DOS games in a good speed.
I've told him in a similar thread that you need to increase the CPU cycles in the DOSBox config.

preset was 3000, I set mine to 10000.*

runs perfectly fast now **


*caution don't increase more than you have to
**Your results may vary
Gargantou
10-03-2005, 09:46 AM
Indeed, like say when you run Scorched Earth you need to turn the CPU cycles down to 500, I forgot it one time and the shot went at light-speed and I went like "WOAH!" lol.:p

Also, you can increase CPU cycles in real time in DOSBox by pressing, I think it was F11 for less and F12 for more.
KagePrototype
10-03-2005, 09:53 AM
Neithr Underdogs, nor Abandonia are freeware sites. They are abandonware sites, and they're not always strictly legal.