1/20/2010

dos baby

Okay, so I was talking with my sister today and we get to reminiscing about the old days of DOS computer games and I think we came up with 8 awesome MS-Dos games from childhood:

Tom & Jerry
Yep, this one's based on the old tv series, this one was pretty advanced for the world of Dos. It was so intense. You started out in the basement and worked your way up through the house with each level being a new room. I could never conquer the attic. I still wonder what happens after that...
Secret Agent
Sam is his name. This is where I learned how to shoot a gun...at robots.
Math Rescue
I learned my basic math skills here. Oh man, was this ever a nail biter game. Those time warps- they were hit and miss and weapon of choice?: a nice steaming cauldron of lava poured over your enemies body...by a butterfly.
Hugo 2: Whodunit?
Seriously, this is probably the game that my sisters and I did not take lightly. The beginning started out with a short skit where Penelope walks in on her man murdered! She needs to find out who killed her man! You typed in the commands at the bottom of the screen and she will obey (if she can understand you...). There's a point in the game where she has to go through a huge maze and collect items. We literally had a HUGE map of this maze drawn out,
one 8X10 paper per screen shot. We knew that maze front to back. Actually, we had a whole binder dedicated to this game...the in's and out's...what to do here and there...
Gorillas
So this screen shot is a little different than the one I used to play...I think mine was older than what google could supply a picture for... Basically, type in coordinates of the gorilla on the other side of the skyline, toss the explosive banana, and see who can blow the other one up first!
Also on the list were games like Dr. Brain (again, my version was older than what google could supply me with), Encarta (a Medieval trivia game), Hover, and of course the classic Commander Keen (we had 1, 4, & 6).

Wow, I've really just labelled myself as an ultra-geek here... Please know I turned out alright despite all of this!

4 comments:

mannygoossen said...

I grew up on Commander Keen. Also I loved the classic type in commands games. I played one of these in elementary where you'd travel across Canada as a trucker having to type in where you want to go and how to cope with your broken down truck!
p.s. I had to type in Screpr to post this... Caleb?

Cam F. said...

chips challenge?

Anonymous said...

in school we played Cross Canada and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego based on the tv show, but i liked our games way better. I am DOWN with some Hover action by the way... and i'm pretty sure i conquered Fury on all levels except the hard one. MAN that was HARD! don't even get me started on Hell Bender. that was like Fury level hard, on level 1! i never conquered HB.

Jillian said...

Loved Keen 4. Knew so many cheat codes.

No, didn't own Chips Challenge, Cam..but did play it at a friends house once in a while.

That trucker game you speak of Manny was ringing a bell SO hard in my head...til you mentioned it too Meag! Cross Country Canada! We played it too!! Oh yes, Fury and Hell Bender..forgot about those. I sucked at those.

Haha, I think I've had to type 'screpr' in before too.