25 Essential DOS Games of 1993

[@benthomson1132]

This video *IS* my childhood. God, 1993 was such an amazing year for PC gaming, I forgot that so many of my all-time favorite games released in a single year. Thank you so much for taking me back to some of my most treasured memories. 😊

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks a lot for watching, and it was easy, really, as I was aiming for mustplay games from the year.

[@ltdrak]

Frontier, so awesome. Dragged my Amiga to my friend's house, set it up next to his PC, and we spend an entire summer holiday playing it. He was Federation. I was Empire. Great times!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep, Frontier was amazing. I was at a buddy's of mine last night, and we were playing some C64 games. He showed me his "new" Amiga games that he just got, and among them was UFO Enemy Unknown (XCom), and the memory of hours spend playing it, and large chunk of them spent waiting for my A500's CPU to process each turn, that was something else... Same thing with Frontier. There may have been no pauses like in the UFO, but it was clear that A500 was too weak of a system for it. I mean, it didn't stop me from playing, but it was obvious the time for an upgrade was nearing.

[@whiskeygamer9402]

I miss the Amiga back in the day

[@federicocatelli8785]

Not a single bad or even average game here...well worth a look👏

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep, that was the idea. Ultimate games for the year. If you had these, you didn't have to worry about not having something good to play throughout the year.

[@knyght27]

I feel like you've been uploading a new video every half an hour! 😂

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

I did couple of 16-19-hour long days this week (8 of which was in my day job, so it doesn't count), so could release few extra videos for you. Also, there'll be one more dropping later on today too. xD

[@AtunDesenfrenado]

Golden era for games.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Some of the biggest all time classics came out in 1993, no doubt about that. :)

[@misterkefir]

1990 - 2010 imo

[@chaimkobylinski1988]

That's 2017 and Fortnite

[@MrSmokincodz]

I was 9 in 93. Mortal Kombat was something that blew everyone away. I still play it in MAME and love it. Easily on of the top 5 most impactful games of all time in my opinion. People would be crowded around the machine in the arcades watching, it was awesome.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Oh, I remember the crowds... I remember them arcades filled with cigarette smoke, back when it was still something that was OK. And yeah, MK was just something else when it arrived in my local arcade. Suddenly noone played SF2 anymore. xD

[@marccaselle8108]

I was 11 in 1993 and I played the first mortal Kombat at the arcades and it was amazing and later on the super Nintendo, genesis, game boy and PC. The DOS CD version of mortal Kombat 1 is very very close to the arcade. The sprites are good, the CD music is excellent and the play control is great and all the fatalities are there are not censored.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@marccaselle8108 All PC versions of MK games were rather amazing, not skimping on quality and content. :)

[@NeZKyMaN]

Top games of the year for a particular platform are probably my favorite lists. Keep it up!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks! I plan to cover most of the years, only picking the best of the best, as I've already covered the wider spread for each year in earlier videos. So summarising the years to the absolute cream seems fitting. :)

[@JLAvey]

DOS; how I don't miss you. Monkeying around with DOS box settings is more than enough for me.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Oh yeah, I remember messing around with both autoexec.bat and config.sys. It was bad. RetroExo removes need for any configuration, but it also weights just under 1TB before you even start unpacking games...

[@rayceeya8659]

Master of Orion is one of the best 4X games EVER! The sequels added complexity and depth at each iteration but the basic gameplay loop of the original was so perfect.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

And multiplayer! :)

[@housethegrate6093]

I'm currently playing through World of Xeen again. 1993 DOS games is peak nostalgia.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Ever since I've covered Clouds, I've been thinking about replaying World, but it's so tough to find so much free time these days.

[@housethegrate6093]

Darkside is probably my favorite game soundtrack ever. For years I tried to find info on the composer, Tim Tully. He co-wrote a book on MIDI in the 80s, so I contacted the main author who gave me his email. We talked a bit and it was the coolest. The guy who runs the Xeen Music channel worked directly with him to release all the music. Soundblaster/OPL3 version is the best.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@housethegrate6093 This comment, is one of the reasons why I run this channel. It's such a cool memory and experience. And you shared it with us, like-minded community. Thanks! :)

[@nicholsliwilson]

Cannon Fodder is one of my all time favourite Amiga games! Running it on a modern PC in Open Fodder is fun but doesn’t quite scratch that nostalgia itch in the same way but it’s still awesome. Although it’s not the same playing with a controller either the Game Boy Color port was surprisingly good for what it was too. Speaking of my favourite Amiga games, Flashback! I must admit we did just kind of believe it was a sequel to Another World, especially if the *copies* you had didn’t come with a manual… if you know what I mean? After loving it on the Amiga, playing the Sega CD (etc) version with some of the worst ‘stick a mic in front of anyone on a brake’ voice acting surprisingly added a new dimension of fun to the game. I don’t know if it would have enhanced the game had it been my first introduction to Flashback but I just remember laughing my a*s off hearing the guy with the broken leg near the beginning speak for the first time. (& several times after that.) 😂 Frontier was fantastic on PC. I risk being dead to you this time but the Amiga version was too slow & choppy, at least on an A500 & whilst running it on a 50MHz 486 still wasn’t perfect it was such a step up. Fun fact, I first played it on a 50MHz 486 laptop with no sound chip, so playing it with sound a few years later was actually fascinating for me, even though it wasn’t really a sound heavy game. Innocent Until Caught is new to me. It looks like something I would play though? Fury of the furries is one I learned of from you & it’s a blast. Definitely recommended for anyone getting in to DOS gaming. We’re back to my Amiga favourites with Pinball Dreams. One of the best video pinball games on the Amiga & just as good on PC. Star Trek: Judgment Rites is great! They did so much on limited hardware & sure, it helps to be a fan but I am. Star Wars X-Wing was pre-3D accelerators (there was a later patch I believe?) but it was so good for software 3D & in my youth it made me feel like I was really flying rebel ships in the Star Wars universe! 😄 A great game with some great sequels but even if you’re not a Star Wars fan it’s still a fantastic space shooter. If you are a fan just try to ignore the wrong voices & non too great “acting,” it’s still worth it. I think of The lost Vikings as a SNES game but obviously it came out on pretty much every platform of the day. The Game Boy Advance version’s just as good. Day of the Tentacle is fantastic! I love it & have it installed on a retro PC right now. My ex played through it first on the Play Station 3, of all platforms. 😄 Sins of the Farther is great. The whole Gabriel Knight trilogy is & are a must for retro/point & click fans. You haven’t played doom until you’ve played it in a LAN party on a bunch of POS tills when you’re supposed to be doing an overnight stock inventory… not that I would do that! Obviously not, that would be unprofessional! 😄 That being said Doom has been ported to so many varied & obscure devices, along with every mainstream device that a till seems positively pedestrian. FYI playing it in PrBoom3DS is actually hard on the eyes as the 3D is a bit weird but still very cool to see it in true 3D on a ‘New 3DS’ XL. Syndicate is another of my Amiga favourites but to be honest I also have fond memories but find it hard to go back to now. Shame really. I know being indifferent to the Simcity series makes me some sort of heathen but I just can’t get in to a “game” that has no goal or end. Sorry everybody. Simon the Sorcerer was excellent! It was aimed at younger audiences but is just as much fun for adults & I’m sure got a lot of younger players in to point & click adventures. Indycar wasn’t really a thing in the UK back then, we had F1 but Indycar Racing was still impressive back then. It really gets a lot out of software 3D rendering & plays well if you’re in to sim racers. Privateer manages to be something worth playing even though it was another Elite/Frontier/Wing Commander clone. One to play if you’re in to that sort of thing. Pirates Gold is Pirates but goldierer & that’s great. It’s a game I can sink lots if time in to. Definitely one if you’re looking in to the history of gaming. Remember all the moral outrage over Mortal Kombat? I played it & I’ve only murdered a couple of 4 armed monsters & people able to fly just above the ground. The Incredible Machine is, well Incredible. I actually have the Mac version on my G4 Cube right now. Never played Hand of Fate. No particular reason, you just can’t play everything, no matter how hard I’ve tried. 😄 Quick rap up there, seems like this was a long list for you too? Great list though with some of the most influential games of all time there, thanks. You should be proud of the fact I watched it all the way through with my short attention span. 😄

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Ha ha ha :) Copies of most my games back then not only didn't came with the manuals, but were usually on disks of different colours. ;) You know, I knew of SEGA CD's Flashback version but never played it. I mean, I saw the Genesis' one, and even played it through emulation, but not the CD. Oh, I 100% agree. As much as I've spent hundreds of hours playing Frontier on the Amiga, my A500 was just not up to the task. And I had no other. So, after moving to PC, it was like having a new game. You WILL love Innocent Until Caught, it's great! Both Star Trek and Star Wars games were excellent! They should be used as examples of how to make tie-in games. They were not only faithful to their respective source materials, but also very good in their own rights. The Lost Vikings is an Amiga game for me. I remember hearing the music as it was loading up and getting excited every single time that I run it. Out of all its versions, it easily had the best music on the Amiga. Yeah, that's what was so great about Simon. Everyone could play it, and enjoy it for a variety of different reasons. No matter the age. Funny enough Pirates! Gold on PC is much better than Pirates! Gold on the Amiga. Even if Amiga's version looks way juicier. I think it's cause originally Gold on Amiga was supposed to be a CD32 game only, so they consolized it a lot. Added plenty of walk-around-the-town sequences, which while nice looking also slowed the game down to a crawl. Regular Pirates on the Amiga is the best for the system. Talking about Mac's, funny enough, my first ever was a laptop that I got for free from Les McKeown (from Bay City Rollers), who was a regular at the pub that I was one of the managers of back in the day in London, and he was a good buddy of mine. He taught me to drink Wild Turkey with lemonade. He was a riot! I miss his jokes. xD Your attention span's not that short. You've watched most of my videos to the end from what I can tell. ;)

[@marccaselle8108]

Never played cannon fodder but general chaos on genesis was very similar.

[@nicholsliwilson]

@@marccaselle8108 not really. General Chaos is great fun & it is mouse driven (kind of) but General Chaos as all about quick, frantic face to face skirmishes whereas Cannon Fodder has you moving around a much larger landscape where you can sneak up on the enemy from cover & sneak around behind them. Each mission includes other elements too, not just shooting the enemy & it’s a more nuanced, dynamic game that requires you to think on the move.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@marccaselle8108 Oh, you have to check it out, the later levels are SO MUCH fun, you wouldn't believe! It's fantastic!

[@bloodykenshiro8218]

Lists like these are like a nostalgia shot in the arm, so very nice. Personally, I think MoO is a lot more streamlined and elegant than Civ, but I maybe I just think space/futuristic stuff is cooler than historical.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thank you! And I get that. Many people prefer sci-fi to "history". And while I agree when it comes to movies and TV series, and shooters/arcade games, Civ has a very special in my heart. :)

[@goge-]

And again I cant overexpress the vibe of this collection! From now it seems that I've lived the significant part of life in half of the set. Music from Furries, Vikings and Xeen is a separate brilliant/ TY again.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks for watching! I was aiming for the games that would make all gamers happy if they had them in 1993. It seems, I've hit the nail. :)

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Man I used to smash Frontier Elite II on the Amiga!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep, same! :) But it run sooooo much better on PC. xD

[@Bowen_Landry]

Gabriel Knight:Sins Of The Fathers, is my favorite point and click adventure title. and boy do I love the pixel art in it. and the narration is just awesome. sometimes I swear she was just like "lord this child is foolish" depending on what you would try lol.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Did you liked the other GK games too? The digitized graphcis ones in particular? I did, but somehow felt that the pixels had a bit more charm to them than the actors.

[@Bowen_Landry]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames I never finished the 2nd one, but I did enjoy, what I played of it. as for the third one.....I saw it, and walked away lol. I did not like what I saw, game was probably fine though. I'm one of those people that actually preferred the fmv look to 90's 3d.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@Bowen_Landry Oh, I get it. Early 3D is trash. xD

[@Bowen_Landry]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames yeah, although I was excited about it back then. but remembering reviewers and a lot of gamers looking at pixel art as not worthy like those 2d fighters. boy that did not age well...like those old 3d titles lol.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@Bowen_Landry True :)

[@Hektols]

Loved Lands of Lore, much enjoyable than Eye of the Beholder and similars, specially the flexibility in character progress, even if you chose the muscle guy at the beginning he still could learn and use magic and rogue skils. The Mortal Kombat port for MS-DOS being the best domestic version of the game was a very nice suprise back in the day, during the 80's MS-DOS used to have worse arcade ports than consoles and other computers, the boxes of a lot of PC games used to have the images of the Amiga version in the cover.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Oh, Mortal Kombat was an outlier... All of its ports, every single one of them to PC, be it DOS or Windows were fantastic! Only proves, that if the devs wanted to, they could made amazing games and break from under the curse of our low expectations. ;)

[@ruthlessadmin]

So many games I missed out on...My family was pretty sparing on what they'd buy. Most of the games I played were whatever my dad could pirate from buddies at work (and later, whatever I could pirate from friends or the internet on dial-up). From when I was 10, having my first PC experience in 1993 until ~2011, I played less than 50 unique games. Of that, only about 10 that I ever played religiously. All that to say, very good list. Had not heard of 99% of these and they all look great. Adding this to watch later, for whenever I'm bored and feeling DOSy :)

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

You know, in a way you may have been non-religiously blessed by that. Cause for one, you've sooooo many games to check out now, if something catches your eye. And for two, you may not suffer now from unable to pick a game syndrome. I've so many games, and picking one to play is sooooo difficult. xD

[@olivierpelletier9643]

Id forgotten 3/4 of all those games and yet, Ive played almost all of them when I was a kid. Awesome times.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep, they were. They are. ;)

[@Trepanist]

Iron Helix is a great 1993 game, if you've not played it before. Unique gameplay with great graphics. Also, Betrayal at Krondor.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

:)

[@furiousapplesack]

Good work as always. I don't know if you already covered it, but have you played Ascendancy? It's like Master of Orion and and also for DOS but came out in 1995, and I remember loving it. Nostalgia glasses being what they are, it certainly was more visually appealing than Orion to me in terms of the alien appearance and the interface. Despite being terrible at it, I just had to keep playing it. Also it's worth mentioning that I think the shapeshifting toilet seat that was spying on you was your boss' wife the whole time, which explains why she's so insufferable toward you.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thank you! And yeah, I played Ascendancy. Not gonna lie, had to do a quick looksie in mobygames, as the memory's not what it used to be, and some titles just escape me, but I could never forget the circle-filled tech tree. Good game indeed! :) Interesting theory on the toilet seat. Disturbing but interesting. I thought that it was a random shapeshifter, but clearly not the case here. On a side note, she'e not that terrible towards me, because I occasionally keep her in check telling her whenever she goes a little too far, that it takes but one notice, and I'll be gone. All she has to do, is tell me that I'm laid off, and we'll both be happy about it. It infuriates her beyond belief but also keeps her "crazy" contained for a little while. She's not targeting me per say, she's just a generally speaking a bad person.

[@drewnewby]

Another great list, captured all the essentials!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thank you! :)

[@amazingsparckman]

I always look at these to get ideas to make new game, in a way there is nothing new just improvements of what people make in the 90s

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

:)

[@otherreality]

Countless hours on my amiga with most of these games. Great memories...

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, great games too!

[@X-Prime123]

The Legend of Kyrandia freaking rules.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Great game, great series, great fun! :)

[@dylanbyrne9591]

Great collection, Simon 1 & 2 are so good

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks! :) Yep, both great games indeed.

[@Axehilt]

Given how PC-centric my gaming is now, it's always interesting to look back to the early 90s to realize I really wasn't a huge PC gamer yet. I did play some stuff like Civilization 1, MoO, Warcraft 1, X-Wing, Battletech Crescent Hawks' Revenge, Star Control 2, Starflight 2, etc, but I think probably 60-70% of my time was SNES games back then. This caused a lot of things I would've loved to slip through the cracks. I'm certain if I'd played more M&M games (I think I just had cloud of xeen) I'd have enjoyed those more, and I definitely would've been into Syndicate. I _might've_ been ready for Pirates Gold, but I was like 14 at the time so patience wasn't a strong suit yet. Privateer? Well, I enjoy the concept, but hard to see myself enjoying it due to that _ridiculously_ restrictive view screen. (I think I prefer X-Wing's simpler ships, if that's what it takes to be able to actually see.) Elite 2 I probably would've loved, because I played Elite on C64 quite a bit (though I was absolutely awful, I would've been like 9 years old haha).

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

I think you would've loved all three of the games. In Privateer you could change the ship, so the restrictive view screen was not something that would happen in all ships in the game. Also, it was a lot like a smaller Frontier, with a plot. So, if you'd like one, chances are you'd like another. :)

[@b0gster]

Cannon Fodder - Never actually played it (don't remember why) but I love the song from the intro video (War! Never been so much fun! ) Flashback - Played it, like it, never finished it. Will return to, perhaps soon. Frontier: Elite II - I had Elite 1, it was one of my first games, and as I child I could never understand it, so I skipped Frontier too. Innocent Until Caught - Never played it but high on my list, I plan to play this one and the sequel, Guilty Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen - One of my all times favorite RPG games, I beat it numerous times and plan to play it more. It has such an epic intro! Fury of the Furries - Played it and liked it both as a kid and recently, awesome game but it get very hard on later levels, always made me give up near the end. Pinball Dreams - I liked it... for a day or two, before I got Pinball Fantasies which became and remain my all-time favorite pinball game. Star Trek: Judgment Rites - Haven't played it, but all those Star Trek P&C adventure games are high on my list. Star Wars: X-Wing - I think I played Tie Fighter, the sequel. Or was it an add on? I don't remember. But I do remember it being very cinematic and fun, and me sucking at it. The Lost Vikings - Also one of my first and all-time favorite games. I love the sequel too, even though it's a tad inferior. Ultima VII: Part Two - I'm a huge RPG nerd but for some reason I could never get into Ultima games, they all always seemed archaic and complicated somehow. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle - One of my all-time favorite P&C adventure, a true gem. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - I played it and liked it as a kid, but never gotten far. This one is also very high on my list for a replay. Doom - I got Doom 2 before Doom 1 and so never really liked it so much, the sequel is basically the same game only better. And an all-time classic, of course. Syndicate - Never actually tried, it seemed too complicated for the young me, and also I'm not that much into tactical strategies. SimCity 2000 - THE city-builder game! Simon the Sorcerer - Loved it. The sequel is even better. Great looking and very funny games, but some of the puzzles can be a bit on the moon logic side and therefor hard. IndyCar Racing - I might have tried it, not so much of a fan of racing games. Wing Commander: Privateer - Never played it, see Frontier note Pirates! Gold - Never played this one either, but I played some inferior clones Mortal Kombat - Played all versions, arcade, Sega, PC... It was THE game and it still is. The Incredible Machine - Loved all TIM games, but I don't think I ever completed them, I play to play the all again soon. Master of Orion - Haven't played it, but I have played a similar game, can't remember the name now Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos - Haven played it, but I plan. I love dungeon crawlers, especially those with good graphics like this. The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate - I've played and replayed the first two Kyrandia games several times, once in a while I play the again because they are forgettable and enjoyable in the same time.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Cannon Fodder is amazing! Really worth a playthrough. I never finished Flashback either but was quite close a few times. Oh, Frontier is probably game I spend most time playing out of this whole video. It's such a huge gem of a sandbox game. Fury of the Furries does sure get quite difficult. I always liked to play it with a buddy of mine back in the day, as it allowed each of us a breather, while the other would try to complete a particularly demanding stage. Also, you sir, have an excellent taste in Pinball Games! ;) Day of the Tentacle is great, same as most LucasArts games of the time were. I fail to recall one bad game that they made. They were just the best at gaming! Or developing games, but you get what I'm on about here. I prefer Doom 2 over 1 too, but music from 1 is better than the one in the second. :)

[@thatsnotoneofmeatsmanyuses1970]

I'm disappointed that the '92 '93 videos don't have Comanche: Maximum Overkill. That game looked amazing for the time, and was very fun.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Sorry to disappoint but I just couldn't fit them all. And some years were more difficult to land on the final 25 than the others.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

I miss the DPaint2 era of computer gfx. You can tell immediately graphics that were drawn with it.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

You know what, I think you're right!

[@fishmccool]

Man, what a year that was, and in so many genres...

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Next one's going to be about 1994. Also decent!

[@GoodPunk]

This list is definitely missing "The Settlers"! :D Also I would have taken Sam and Max, Space Quest 5 or even Larry 6 over Innocent Until Caught or Judgement Rites and personally I would have tried everything to snuck "Skyroads" in there as well. :D

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

The Settlers actually came out in 1994 on PC. On Amiga, indeed, it was 1993. That said, the other suggestions are great, and it was difficult to land on the 25 I did, as you can imagine, so some cuts had to be made. Personally, I like S&M bit more than Innocent Until Caught too, but wanted the list to be a bit more spread when it comes to devs.

[@arielbochman]

I guess Space Quest V didn't make the cut with these other great games but to me it's the best! Damn such an amazing year for games and graphics..

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yes, sorry. I couldn't fit them all. But the year itself was a blast, wasn't it?

[@conm87]

Some of my favourite games as a teenager!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

No wonder, they're all sooooo good! :)

[@dannyhartwig7595]

Transport tycon is missing! absolute must play man. or ascendancy.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Transport Tycoon came out in 1994. That said, I'm not sure if I'm not gonna skip it, and leave for TTD in 1995. What do you think? Too big game to skip for 94?

[@NORDSTRAND83]

This list should be called best Amiga games of 2023. 😅😉

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

It would not be far off, you're right. :)

[@timoschneider4980]

That was the entry year for me. 80486 DX2-66 and three games: Privateer, Day of the Tentacle and Wizardry 7. Just one thing sucked: my skills at Privateer. Never got past one of the earlier missions. 😅

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

You know what, as a starter games, these are pretty great! Even if Privateer was a bit too demanding.

[@zzziuqs]

My only complaint is that Betrayal at Krondor - one of the greatest (if not the greatest) cRPG games - was not included.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, it was a tough choice having to reduce it to 25 absolute best games in all genres. xD

[@Jimbatron]

1993 was an impressive year, good list but it shouldn’t be missing Hired Guns.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

It's a good game, no doubt about that.

[@MarkAltosaar]

Look up Remnants of the Precursors for a modern direct remake of Master of Orion. Different art and race names for copyright reasons, but it uses the same rules with major bugfixes. As well there are lots of mods and evil optional AI.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Sounds cool, thanks! Gonna heart your comment, so that others could see it too! :)

[@konasavage]

Great nostalgia video

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks, glad you liked it! 😀

[@ShootingStar1313]

It's sad to see that out of all these great titles, only Doom still has an active community, churning out mods like it was a brand new game. I bet the people at 'Id' never imagined their game would still be fervently played 30 years later! 🥳

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep, and on pregnancy tests, fridges, air condition control panels, and anything that has a screen. xD

[@Toon_Pirate]

🎵WAR, has never been so much fun~~🎵

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Holy moly... YES!

[@pelimies1818]

Very good set of games.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thank you! In just a few hours 1994 will be out. :)

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

Oh, I've not only heard of most of these games, but even played several. Pinball Dreams especially :D it had some nice tables and music. Though the version I have seems to be an Amiga emulator launcher XD And that being said, I've just hit another high score while writing this... The adventure games you mentioned are all really good. I've only played Kyrandia 2 to completion. Had no idea about the Star Trek one. With original voice actors? Yes, please :D And Doom. Well... I've heard it runs on anything with a screen ^^ Btw... shapeshifter toilet seat? Creepy...

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, the idea was that the list would contain only the best of the best for the year, the ultimate games, that would make a whole year fun, for any gamer that had them all. Casually hitting high scores... Nice! xD A year before Judgment Rites, there was also Star Trek 25th Anniversary, and it was also really good.

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames They are very good games indeed. And more to come in the next years as well. I got 1st place actually :D The high score songs are always so nice, like a treat for the winner. I heard you mentioning the 25th Anniversary. Wow, Star Trek TOS was an old series back then too XD

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@TeaAndFloppyDisks I'm gonna blow your mind. But keep that to yourself or I may lose my Star Trek Card. I've seen all series apart from TOS. Only few episodes from it. It just didn't sit well with me as compared to the latter ones. I may fix it when I get more time, but... You know... I'm not sure. xD

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Mum's the word. I haven't finished TOS myself :D How do you feel about the new series, from Picard onwards? TOS kind of shows its age from the mentality point of view at times. But if you do see it, I recommend you also check out Star Trek Continues, which is a fan series made to resemble the original very closely and to finish it off too. And it's actually good. It was on YT when I saw it.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@TeaAndFloppyDisks Well then: 1. Discovery: Good (I know some don't like it, but I never expect anything, and judge series based on what they are, and not what they are in relation to what earlier stuff was) 2. Strange New Worlds: Very Good (It's like TNG but newer. No Picard, but what can you do?) 3. Picard: Good to Very Good, it varies. Very sentimental. I like that there's the actor in it that starred in Netflix's "Salvation", he's rarely seen in movies/series these days, but he's a surprisingly good actor. 4. Lower Decks: Very Good! For once, most adventures are shown from a perspective of ensigns and other lower rank crew members, and not officers or bridge crew. It's full of fun little moments and hilarious situations but NEVER breaks the lore, which is just fantastic! 5. Prodigy: Trash (yep, that's what I think of it! Netflix shouldn't have picked it up after it was dropped by CBS)

[@MarquisDeSang]

Cannon Fodder probably inspired Diablo Frontier Elite 2 is No Man's Sky of its time.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

For sure Frontier and No Man's Sky have a similar scope. :)

[@ReiverBlue1971]

Cannon Fodder: One of the most difficult games to get running with CDRom, sound and mouse drivers in Conventional memory. Now that's a talent I don't get to use much these days ;P Was it worth it? Yep

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Ha ha ha :) Hell yeah it was! :) Wish it also had as amazing intro as the Amiga original did.

[@Zeziliath]

Incredible video✊🔥

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks 🔥:)

[@williamcase426]

Man, watching someone fumble around Doom's Nuclear Plant like it's their actual First Time is super weird.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

LOL :)

[@litjellyfish]

Calling cannon fodder one of the best arcade shooters with games like Gradius thunder force etc is a pretty bold claim imo 😅

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

It may be, but it's also DOS video for 1993, so...

[@jon-from-tx]

Did you hear about DOS 4.0 being made Open Source? I wonder if we're going to see some new DOS games in 2024

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep, I did. But if I'm to be honest, I think that MS should stop dancing to the tune of music running in their own heads, and open source 6.22, rather than the earlier ones. That would be a better move for "us". :)

[@bizzzzzzle]

The incredible machine was installed on every pc in my school district….

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

We had Deluxe Ski Jumping, Life & Death, Prince of Persia and I think Wolf 3D.

[@FrankHerfjord]

thanks for all of these. So how is the the best way to play DOS games in 2024?

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Easily RetroEXO aka eXoDOS. It comes with a little over 7000 DOS Games built-in, a one-click launcher and all the manuals, code wheels and whatever you may need for it. :) Also, nearly take 1TB of data, so uhm, yeah... It's pricey in terms of storage.

[@67steinip]

You missed Trilobyte's "The 7th Guest" in all of this bahhh!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Sorry, but 25 is not a lot, and some games were missed because of that. xD

[@kristina7long71]

Awesome!!!Big Like 🌟💗

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thank you!

[@andrewdupuis1151]

good old dos days

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

:)

[@steinarvilnes3954]

Think this was the year until the PC took over totally. The last year I used my Amiga, next year would mean the purchase of my first PC.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, definitely by 1993, you could tell that the switch was complete, and it was no longer PC trying to catch up to the Amiga, but vice versa.

[@steinarvilnes3954]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames As seen by Wing Commander and especially Doom type games, the Amiga seriously struggled with that kind of 3D games, and they seriously came into fashion then. I think if you were not into 3D games like me, the Amiga could have been a viable platform for a few more years, but I guess the people who wanted to play 3D games were to numerous? But what also killed it for me was that fewer and fewer games got ported to it. 1992 was really the last year most of the cool stuff was available for the Amiga. And by 1993, rather than catching up many claim that the Atari ST with its Falcon model had even surpassed it.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@steinarvilnes3954 In the end, I say it often, and I will say it again, whatever happened, regardless of the reason, we have the best Amigas today. And the best Amiga today is a PC. :)

[@steinarvilnes3954]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Yes, and the PC did indeed continue with and develop the types of games that were popular on the Amiga in its heyday. To me it really is the computers versus the consoles in the end.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@steinarvilnes3954 Yes and no. I mean, I agree but also not really. I'm all for all gaming. Regardless of the platform. Some are better, some are worse, some have better libraries, others additional perks or freedom of customisation. Ultimately, I love games, and don't care much what platform the game is on, as long as I can play it if/when I want to. :)

[@gumdeo]

1993 was a great year.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep :)

[@brickotronic]

Instead of the Incredible Machine, let me suggest Sid and Als Incredible Toons.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Good suggestion!

[@adamwee382]

2:31 I dont think so. For another world, Delphine Software acted more like a publisher. The game was solo developed by Eric Chahi and he did a really great post mortem for GDC a few years ago if you''re interested in the story of the games development. I don't think he had anything to do with Flashback. If im not mistaken Delphine acted as their French Publisher but had another international publisher as well.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

That may be the case. It doesn't change that here, there was an urban legend back in the day saying that both games were related.

[@neithus1]

why was raiden from mortal kombat game/s main charatcter in the movie ?

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Because Christopher Lambert ;)

[@neithus1]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames and i still don't know:)

[@whiskeygamer9402]

I was sad when the Amiga went down the tube.😢

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Same, but it is what it is. And PC is a pretty darn good platform now, with literally decades of back compatibility (even if part of it through DOSBox or other projects). That's thousands of games.

[@whiskeygamer9402]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames I ended up buying a 486 dx2 66mhz PC after Commodore went bankrupt. But I always missed the Amiga

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@whiskeygamer9402 I actually hanged around for a couple more years, hoping it will somehow comeback through an IP buyout or something. Also, had no money for a PC straight away. So, when I moved to PC, it was to AMD K5-PR133 with S3 Trio 64V+ graphics card. It was a powerful beast that allowed me to run all current and future games, great, and earlier ones with no issues too. Other than having to edit config.sys/autoexec.bat files for some older releases. It was great!

[@whiskeygamer9402]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames I just use my Laptop for a Amiga and Dosbox emulator connected to an old CRT monitor these days. It's better than nothing but not the same as the good old days.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@whiskeygamer9402 Well, of course the original hardware is the most nostalgic and fun to interact with. But there are some quality of life improvements to emulation that you could not get on OG systems. Like save states or fast loading. So both, are as good in my eyes. Just for different reasons. :)

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

46:06 the shapeshifter wife of your boss that spied on you as a toilet seat tried to poison King Dick? That's terrible!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

It is, nearly as terrible as she is. xD

[@itaytal6628]

what about betrayal at krondor?

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

As much as I wanted to, I couldn't fit them all. xD

[@itaytal6628]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames its a must imo, though you did mention star control 2 in some other video so everything is forgiven.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@itaytal6628 If I only knew it would be so easy, I'd mention it twice as often. ;)

[@HiddenPalm]

SUBBED/LIKED/BELL PERIOD

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks for the triple combo ;)

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

6:56 uh, why is the mouth icon on his nether regions?

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Who are we to judge how they love? ;)

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

It was just scientific inquiry, not judgement :)

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@AntipaladinPedigri Oh, I get that. If I truly thought there was some prejudice behind it, I wouldn't answer. I've made a post about it a year or so ago. On comments I do not answer at all. Yours don't fall in the drawer. :)

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

Hmm, did I see that one? Or did I miss it? What was the gist of it?

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@AntipaladinPedigri The gist was I do not answer comments with hate speech, regardless if it's directed towards sexu4l, race, gender spectrum or any other minority. People are people and they should be allowed to be. Also not with comments that are pure trolling. Also, no politics, cause there's plenty enough of it in real life, so no more is needed here.

[@sigouinfb]

Hmmm... I noticed that is X-Wing there are no diverse strong female or non-binary characters...

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Such were the times.

[@Rubycored]

Ohai

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Hi! :) I love your video! :)

[@PC-ONE]

No Prince Of Persia 2?! Seriously

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yes, and sorry?