50 Dos Games in 10 minutes [1988-1997]

[@satnav1980]

It's crazy how good the games were back then. And even crazier how well they ran. They move so smoothly.

[@frstchan]

Yes. New games are mostly "flashy" but not so fun.

[@littleretrostudios]

Yeah unless you have lived through that period you wouldn't understand that these games did not run smoothly. Half the games in this video are "remastered" versions or upscaled. Back when Quake was launched I was one of the few kids in my school that had a PC capable of running the game at above 30fps and that was at 320x240 resolution. Most of us only had graphics cards around the time quake 3 launched and even then running a game at 800x600 at about 40 - 60 fps. Anything higher would tank your framerate well below competitive playing. P.S same was with the original doom. First time I ran that was in low res mode(when you push F5) and that was the only way to get proper framerates.

[@knappeknirps6511]

Wolfenstein 3D, 1992 not 1995. Its older than Doom ;-)

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

you are absolutely right!

[@qaz3000]

I wanted to comment the same but I said somewan must have done it allready and there you have, good catch bro.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

what if that was a test to see if you guys were paying attention? :p

[@qaz3000]

@@RetroGamesLibrary Yeah well that only you and God know ! :p But we were indeed attentive haha.

[@tayljordan]

@@RetroGamesLibrary Also Mortal Kombat was 1992. Great video thanks.

[@thinkforyourself2109]

I prefer these old games to the new. There was so much imagination that went into them and they were fun to play. This is a great compilation.

[@TheDGAF06]

Because they really were original and beautifully optimised. Most games now run on one of a handful of engines.

[@DarthPferd]

I totally agree. So much love and imagination were there. Not only from the creators, but also from us.

[@yakovkhalip9714]

Agree ! old games have it's charm. I even began to collect vintage computers in 2006 to play classic games on original hardware. Now have about 40 machines - mostly PC's from 286 to PIII, Amiga 3000 and some macs)

[@ndafyst4769]

some new games are still basic. like Norco.

[@games-zz3ju]

@@yakovkhalip9714 I have Celeron 333 with Windows 95 and play there in "Sudden Strike II - Противостояние IV - Сталинград".

[@Aeliarthegreat]

I had no idea that Megaman X was a DOS game

[@alyahoodii]

Dungeon keeper is one of my favorite games, glad to see it here

[@mickaeld.9020]

So much memories ❤ thanks for this video

[@Grimmtombobulus]

Little Big Adventure is so underrated. Phenomenal game. Not sure why it was in the thumbnail but not in the video.

[@LionFo21]

click bait? i was wondering the same thing

[@Kalamain]

Yeah... I saw that. I was wondering when it would come up... Then the vid ended!

[@fel.tostes]

I clicked because of the thumb 😂😅 i love Twinsen Odyssey

[@Dalzedur]

Hmmh, not sure how difficult it is to get it to run on a modern computer, even with a dosbox. Maybe that could explain it? Trouble getting it to run properly?

[@matthiasv6608]

wolfenstein 3d came out in 1992 not 1995. crazy how graphics evolved in that decade

[@svyat83]

It was time of fantastic speed of new technologies appear. 1993 was Wolfenstain 3d, and five years after came Half-Life!

[@gentooboy1337]

That's basically my childhood

[@michaelkutschke6533]

Very interesting to see how varied the quality is.

[@daze0x]

This was so fun watching! Never seen so many of the exact same games I was playing during my childhood in one video. Amazing compilation✨

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

glad you liked it 😉

[@yakovkhalip9714]

nice video ! Old games have it's charm ! I even began to collcet vintage computers in 2006 to play them on original hardware)

[@billdagrasshawking]

My first part time job was being a “gaming consultant” at computer city….I was 10 years old doing $1000 in commission a week. The nostalgia runs deep for me in this video

[@videozoom12]

This is amazing! So glad I found you!

[@retluoc]

DOS games... that brings back so many memories 😀. I don't think Windows became popular until 95. And around then, I just bought a PS1. The PS1 is still my favorite console system. My gaming days are over now 😔

[@Snorri81]

Pretty much sums up my early teens......

[@slobodanmitic1354]

That's nice. It would be nicer if you showed all the games in their original DOS form, but ok, I guess it is not that easy to find those.

[@kingarthur83rd]

most dont work on modern platforms. and, as good as dosbox is, some games are a massive pain in the ass to get working properly.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

Maybe I'll redo the video. It seems like several people would rather see the original versions.

[@AiJ_Alew]

@@kingarthur83rd dosbox is the solution. The only problem to run nowdays is windows 95 native games

[@codys4863]

That original Command and Conquer music. Classic

[@yellalot101]

All the nostalgia in this video....

[@smilingbandit4975]

The das thing is that when you look at those games which are already three decades old you realize how little games have developed until today. Graphics got better but that’s it for most of them. Not to mention these "indie" games where the graphics haven't even improved. But for those who grew up with them it really was the golden age of gaming.

[@paumic6366]

Settlers 1 & 2 and SimCity 1 & 2000 in one list is exactly my opinion.

[@billlgilbert3719]

The 7th Guest, Prehistorik 2, Another World, Blood, Carmageddon, DIG, Quests by SIERRA...

[@agyhalott86]

so many good/fond memories, reminds you how have the indusrty changed in recent years, back then wheter a game was on console or pc, you instantly got immersed in a new exciting world…now, you got constantly reminded of stores dlcs purchases or presence of other people…it struck me yesterday during Diablo 4 beta, good old times

[@stigkenobi7525]

The Monkey Island clip is from the modern remake. So technically not the Dos version.

[@RustyDust101]

I tried running my original Wing Commander I with the Speech Pack Add-On a few years later on my Pentium DX-50. I was horrified because the enemies shot me down the instant the launch sequence was over. There simply was no speed limiter on the CPU performance, and having sixty times the speed (at least) made the game unplayable. But it was still fun seeing the old 'Blue-Hair Guy', or later Commander Blair again.

[@Domarius64]

Thank you so much for another great video! Some nostalgia for me, some new surprises for me which I would like to look into. I think the upscaling makes the high detail games look nice, but ruins the pixelated games. Most escaped but Battle Chess looks very distorted, I would keep the upscaling away from the low res games.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

I have upscaled the entire video. Maybe I should edit each clip individually. Thank you for the comment nonetheless.

[@Cryshalo]

That SimCity clip was using their Western theme pack - I remember that one from way back in the day.

[@gardnerjp1]

Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic is the thumb nail but they don't have the video. Too bad, that's a great game

[@crossedpolars]

Nice one, I was just about to ask about that

[@DJKnol1977]

Some real gems here, but there's only one missing that really should have been here: Sid Meiers Civilization!

[@thedicktator40]

Old dos game on disk , UFO was at the top , even better than the new remake (more random) , master of Orion 1-2 , Civ 1-2 , that would be my best 3

[@LawrenceSolon]

That was fun, I'd forgotten about quite a few of them.

[@charleschristner7123]

Had the shareware copy of krush kill and destroy, pretty fun command and conquer clone. Took overnight to download on dial up, but was so rewarding to finally get installed and working.

[@EliseyRodriguez]

Maybe someone remembers the game: I don't quite remember the whole 'plot' but it was an old DOS game about some kind of old school plane race. You had to flight in circles and win. You could also crash. My feeling that there were at least 3 characters you could choose from, but I might be wrong.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

i know this game! I can't remember the name of the game. but I will find out and tell you! :)

[@EliseyRodriguez]

@@RetroGamesLibrary that would be very good! Because so far I saw too many Ms DOS games videos 😀 It was 2D and I think the camera was locked, you could see the whole lap like that.

[@liz2k]

chatGPT answer: The game you are thinking of might be "Red Baron" or "Stunts" both released for DOS in the 1990s. "Red Baron" is a flight simulation game set in World War I where players can participate in aerial dogfights and complete missions, including a race mode where players fly through rings in the sky. "Stunts" is a racing game where players can choose from different vehicles, including airplanes, and race on stunt tracks featuring loops, corkscrews, and jumps. Crashing is possible in this game, and players can even create their own tracks with the built-in track editor. Both games were popular in their time and might fit your description.

[@EliseyRodriguez]

@@liz2k oh, chat gpt, I'll ask it myself. But no, not these two games. Thanks for the tip!

[@deonisius6897]

The Rocketeer kzbin.info/www/bejne/haiaeKxorM6UbMU

[@ukasza6606]

Wolfenstein 3D in 1995? Realy?

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

watch description :)

[@ianfrancis3605]

Some treasured memories here ❤

[@FunnyHaHa420]

I liked Earth Siege 2 a lot. It got overshadowed by the Mech Warrior series.

[@Z3phrim]

Great List, though there is a suspicious lack of Moonstone in it :p

[@pointblank722]

Where these games can be downloaded?

[@TheLastAshbringer]

Some of these I don’t think of dos games lol

[@daweller]

Command and Conquer and Sim City, I spend so much time on those

[@Envy188]

The fuk is that dukenukem 3D... some new mod in 2022 ?

[@cybergothika6906]

Why some of the games appears altered for you? Ex; why the lag on Street Fighter, why Prince of Persia is a blonde guy? Some of the music doesn't sound like the original's I remember either.

[@DGneoseeker1]

Prince of Persia having a blonde prince is the DOS version I remember (Also Amiga). The versions where he's a guy with a turban were on various other PC systems. Here are all the versions of the original game. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWq7ipqhhbSIhdk There are a LOT.

[@cybergothika6906]

@@DGneoseeker1 My gosh. Thanks for the clarification, I had no idea. Got lucky then, my version was original's. Times have changed for sure.

[@inkloki]

Glorious times..today;s kids with their consoles and 4 k will not believe someone actually played these.

[@DJNoobAlot]

Ah Duke 3D was way ahead of it times. Too bad it never gotten a proper sequel or reboot.

[@jeltevl8868]

its also one off the few games in this list that aged well enough that its still fun to play today.

[@Mau.89]

I don’t mind that it showcases newer version of old DOS games, but i do with games that were never released for it, like Megaman X. That game has nothing to do with the list. Putting that aside, good compilation and editing work.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

you are right! Mega Man X was not originally released for MS-DOS. It was initially released exclusively for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1993. However, there have been various ports and re-releases of the game over the years, including versions for DOS.

[@thinkforyourself2109]

Xargon was a great DOS game. Rise of the Triad was one of the better Doom clones. Duke Nukem of course. Very fun to play. C & C and Warcraft II were among the best strategy games. Spent countless hours in multiplayer with my brother on WC2. And not least, Vinyl Goddess from Mars, which has very catchy music. The old video game music -- some of them were masterpieces. I recall Age of Rifles and Gettysburg as interesting war video games. Fond memories of the 90s games. The graphics are far better now, but I much prefer those old games.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

there were so many good games, but i can't list them all :p

[@craigprocter1232]

are these available to download as a pack or something please?

[@swilsont]

Great list! but there's a mistake about Wolf3D, it was released in 1992

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

well spotted, but look description :p glad you like the video

[@MinecraftMartin]

Did mega man x release for PC??

[@vesper8]

No Ultima 7 or 8, no Crusader No Remorse/No Regret.. this makes me very sad

[@Puschit1]

That Streetfighter II looked like the SNES version. And the GODS one looked like the Amiga version. Populous should have made the list and maybe Bard's Tale. But there were too many good games out there, for example I would still play Empire Deluxe today

[@ivanyiattila3547]

6:67 It's not the original Duke Nukem 3D. It's modern "modding".

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

you are right. I mentioned that in the description

[@ronch550]

Can't believe we survived without DirectX.

[@Kalamain]

Loved CnC... And I dread to think how many hours I sank into X-Wing... And then its sequels..! And I must be one of the few people that NEVER played GTA... No idea why... Just never got into the hype.

[@stunts-retrogame]

I love it!

[@EvilNecroid]

aww yes i remember building a mech that could 1 shot everything in the game in mechwarrior 2

[@lindseymorrison2012]

I was expecting to see Hexen on here lol

[@vesper8]

And no Betrayal at Krondor! Blasphemy!

[@asaki2769]

MegaMan x isn't a dos game is it?

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

It was initially released exclusively for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1993. However, there have been various ports and re-releases of the game over the years, including versions for DOS.

[@pikachugad]

Really? Doom 1993 and Wolf3d 1995?

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

description :)

[@williamwright9079]

Hundy! Cheers!

[@EvilNecroid]

i recently got the settlers 2 on GOG

[@markxr1]

Where is UFO / XCOM ? Best DOS game ever.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

awww man, how could I forget about XCOM -.- dude.. you are absolutely right. There are so many other great games, but then the video would be 2 hours long :p

[@Charistoph]

4:12 - I think that was Mechwarrior 2, not Mercenaries. Mercenaries had you starting out with Inner Sphere Mechs, not Clan Mechs.

[@nescoalrem]

The trainer's voice in Mercenaries was way more epic too. "How does it feel to be strapped in a walking nuke reactor at 6am." ❤

[@williamcraig6377]

Where is Civilization???

[@WauWsy]

Love KKND!

[@MrZozue]

Good times when games were a simple past time instead of trying to replace real life fun

[@Peter23Jetta]

Wolfenstein is not 1995

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

Anyone know what damage value in warcraft mean? It is like 2 - 11 is it a range or what?

[@Dalzedur]

Kinda. That's the simple explanation iirc, but it was a bit deeper and more complex than that. The units had two damage values that somehow combined to end up with those numbers, and armour value was not a fixed reduction from those numbers. The map editor allowed you to customize the units stats and the two damage numbers made no sense to me (back then).

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

@@Dalzedur I have googled about it a bit. The first is 'piercing' minimum damage that will occur regardless of target's defense value The difference is 'normal damage' which will minus target defense to get actual damage done. Am I right?

[@Dalzedur]

@@theeraphatsunthornwit6266 Hard to say. I can't remember clearly. I do remember that guard towers had something like 20 armor, but normal attacks still did some damage to them, even by units that maybe had 0 piercing damage in them. Some attacks, maybe catapult/cannon tower had a given damage range of maybe 10-50 for cannon tower and 25-80 for catapult (iirc), but the unit data didn't have any piercing damage given for that unit, so where did that minimum damage originate from for that damage range? I don't have the game installed right now, so I can't check up on those values - going by what I remember from 10+ years ago.

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

@@Dalzedur isnt the low value = piercing damage

[@Dalzedur]

@@theeraphatsunthornwit6266 Didn't seem to be.

[@svyat83]

Duke Nukem 3D isn't original in this video. Classic DOS version haven't been full 3D, but with so called 2.5D and sprites. Nevertheless it was the best when I was twelve 😅

[@Henson222]

I thought Mega Man X was only for Windows

[@Bigbacon]

megaman X came out for dos?

[@Jimvenice2008]

Now do pre-88

[@musicmanpiezo]

Good times.

[@spechar]

Monkey Island video is modded version (VGA graphics with speech). Mega Man X video is from SNES version. Shadow warrior is from the Redux version. Tomb Raider is from some modern version. Mechwarrior 2 is from the original, not Mercenaries, which is from 1995, not 1996. Battle chess has filter that reduces pixelation. Quake is some modern version. Duke nukem 3D, I don't know what port that is. looks nothing like original. Doom video uses modern sourceport (GZDoom?). T2 The arcade game is from MAME version. Simcity looks wrong, can't say which version that is, but it's not DOS.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

You're right, some of the games are modded (it's also stated in the description), but not all of the ones you mentioned. It may seem that way to you because the videos were upscaled to 4k using AI video enhance software.

[@spechar]

@@RetroGamesLibrary Out of curiosity, which ones was I wrong about?

[@thuggeegaming659]

DOS Games are interesting because unlike Amiga or MSX2 or Sharp X68000 or ZX Spectrum or any other computer from the time, these games span over a decade of video game development and run the gamut of graphics. DOS games only ended when Direct X made Windows games not suck (although Windows continued to suck to this day).

[@ivanmonahhov2314]

GTA was a windows game. Where is CIV ? Mechwarrior 1 ?

[@kamilmikolajczyk6776]

GTA 1 did also run in DOS, there was a separate exe file

[@Arkume8Beltz]

I doesn't know Earthworm Jim was in a Toshinden..Battle Arena Toshiden i only played in PSX Demo's, because with the PSX i buyed Tekken2..xD

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

jim is a guestcharacter on pc version

[@Severindk87]

Damn some major errors on this video. Wolfenstein 3D (1995) (2-3 years after DOOM???!!), Duke Nukem with actual 3d generated hands footage? 😂😂😂

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

stated in the description :p

[@caseyrice768]

Granted you won't get the same experience without a CRT anyway, but it's a bummer so many of these are 'upscaled' and look pretty gross compared to the original.

[@Verity_Auger]

Duke 3d looks like a sourceport or something. Not original Build engine.

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

Well observed.😊 You are absolutely right. It's also stated in the description.

[@Verity_Auger]

@@RetroGamesLibrary ah shoot, my bad

[@jaceklutrzykowski]

🎞️🎥🎬👍👍👍

[@MaverickJeyKidding]

8:17 - lmao :DDDD

[@Shooter-hu1he]

OK this isn't bad

[@Shooter-hu1he]

The ID styuff looks beeter than when I played it

[@wulver810]

Damn the music sucks in these, glad I had the console versions growing up

[@Argooh]

Almost none of these games could have been created today. I think only Street Fighter would have met the forced Diversity rules.

[@thefarbookkeeper]

Wing Commander was embracing diversity before Street Fighter.

[@mikhailbazhanov1935]

Weak video. Haf of the games run only on Windows, half of the rest are console ports. Dates are wrong (Wolfenstein 3d not in 1995). No such cool games as Prehistoric 2, Jazz Jackrabbit etc

[@lukaszsawicki9441]

Another incompetent youtube channel which name itself Retro Games Library and showing wrong information(Wolfensteind 3D) or what is much worse modified not original games like highly modified Duke Nukem 3D and modified Doom in which you can see graphics effects or event textures (or even probably modified "newer" version of engine like in Duke Nukem 3D case, which didn't exists on when games was published, or you didn't try to check and write in this clip what that many of these games was on MS-DOS it is true but are ports from other platforms(Golden Axe, Mega Man, Cannon Fodder... and so on).

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

I'm sorry that the video didn't meet your expectations. You're absolutely right that some games aren't the original DOS versions. Maybe I should create a video for you called "Games originally released for DOS [actual DOS capture] in their original DOS versions" :) Thank you for your comment nonetheless, criticism is better than silence.

[@carriagereturned3974]

actually if you post comment that tells YT algo that vid got you emotional - bad or good - it does not matter.

[@lukaszsawicki9441]

Or you can stop stop being defensive and handle constructive criticism and start doing quality not misleading videos.

[@J-sonn]

Wolfenstein wasnt on 1995 a lot od mistakess where made

[@RetroGamesLibrary]

Well spotted 😉 , but take a look at the description.