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500+ DOS games free & legal

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:40 pm
by Gernot66
I thought why not share this offer from the german CHIP computer magazine?

The first link brings you to a "Megapack" (already) of 50 DOS games, which is a good selection and includes classics as; The Settlers, Commander Keen & Duke Nukem, many more which i don't know and haven't yet the time to try them out.

[url]http://www.chip.de/downloads/50-DOS-Games-Monsterpack_51404038.html[/url]

To get the rest of the "junk" of 525 DOS games follow this link, it includes some to me known games as; 20'000 Leagues Under the Sea, Ace of Aces, Afterburner, Batman - the Caped Crusader, Battle Chess, California Games, Castle Wolfenstein, Centipede (many more Atari arcade classics), Commando, Dragon's Lair - Escape from Singe's Castle, Dungeon Master, Caves of Kroz, Dungeons of Kroz, F-15 Strike Eagle 1+2, Indiana Jones: and the Last Crusade - and the Revenge of the Ancients - and the Temple of Doom, Leather Godesses of Phobos (ok, this i don't know, but it sounds erm - interesting), Marble Madness (!), Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0, Paperboy, Populous, Prince of Persia, Se* Vixens from Space, SimCity, Spy vs Spy 3, Star Trek - the Kobayashi Alternative, Wings of Fury, Zack McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, just to name a few.

[url]http://www.chip.de/downloads/525-kostenlose-DOS-Games_101608995.html[/url]

Of course you need this to play them on recent Machines:
[url]https://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1[/url]

Post questions how to run them here, i will try to help you (dosbox configs and such problems), but don't expect a quick reply.
I can't (and won't) upload 575 configs ;) but i can help you out for a specific one.

I haven't played most of them yet, neither that i have set them up, but if you don't expect from me to install 575 everything is cool (i like to run 574 gernot and i have no idea how to handle dosbox ;) )

RE: 500+ DOS games free & legal

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:41 am
by Geraldine
Hey Gernot! :)
500 DOS games? That could be pretty cool! Are they German versions though? No matter, still a great pack. As for getting them to run, I've always used D-Fend Reloaded. It's easy to set up and runs just about everything, no matter how old, I've thrown at it. Basically it provides a front end GUI for Dosbox. By the looks of things it has been updated too since I last used it. You can find it here.
Have fun! :)

RE: 500+ DOS games free & legal

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:21 am
by sscadmin
Sorry Gernot, for some reason the system flagged this post for some reason. I approved it through, I will remove the other two...

Anyone know if we are are allowed to host the scifi/space related ones?

RE: 500+ DOS games free & legal

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 6:05 pm
by Gernot66
@geraldine
hi,
in most are the english versions, some are german games they are for sure in german.
the 500+ collection contains a lot of rubbish, from cga games in the fabulous four colors to shareware & PD releases.
but one has to browse the content, i can identify only a few.

@D1
I have no idea how far a redistribution is allowed, but i can look out for a note in the zip or on the website.

RE: 500+ DOS games free & legal

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:25 pm
by theAntiBob
Redistribution *shouldn't* be a problem, since it appears CHIP is re-re-redistributing them.
the "megapack" is "mirrored" on archive.org and the article links to this abandonware site on the right side of the page.

FYI: MANY German releases of games have undergone censorship in one way or another.
current list of dt. version censored games