12 Essential DOS Platform Games

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@willmistretta
@willmistretta 5 жыл бұрын
DOS platformers were all about the hostile aliens, man. So many aliens.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Haha, tell me about it 😂
@cms1138
@cms1138 5 жыл бұрын
Bloody aliens, coming over here and trying to steal our jobs and women!
@MagusMarquillin
@MagusMarquillin 5 жыл бұрын
_Damn. Those alien bastards are going to pay for shooting up my ride!_
@garyredfield1498
@garyredfield1498 3 жыл бұрын
Alien cabal
@fernandopenalva2680
@fernandopenalva2680 Жыл бұрын
😂🤣😆
@Andre-vr1ul
@Andre-vr1ul Жыл бұрын
I remember playing a bunch of these as a kid. I'd grab them on 3.5" disks from a dollar store, if I remember correctly. They were just "shareware" or demo versions. Monster Bash, Halloween Harry, Jazz Jackrabbit were all awesome and some of my earliest memories on my Dad's 386. Another one I liked when I was young was Hocus Pocus. Great video!
@MrTheog1989
@MrTheog1989 Жыл бұрын
Hocus Pocus is one of my all time faves!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Ah, good times :)
@ALiberalVeteran
@ALiberalVeteran Жыл бұрын
Omg Jazz Jack Rabbit was my childhood, I totally forgot about this game. Good on ya.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Great game!
@MattyStoked
@MattyStoked 5 жыл бұрын
GENIUS mate. This is the real content here. I'm absolutely gassed that Blackthorne made it onto this list, one of my favourites.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Haha thanks mate. Yeah, Blackthorne is a real gem.
@offrails
@offrails Жыл бұрын
I remember many of these - Commander Keen, Bio Menace, Duke Nukem, Halloween Harry, and Monster Bash among others. Essentially anything from Apogee was guaranteed to be a good platformer. Others I enjoyed include Hocus Pocus (with that game's soundtrack, the OPL chip was rockin'), Captain Comic, Crystal Caves, and Magic Pockets
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Those were the days.
@ftuT
@ftuT Жыл бұрын
Nice list. I loved Blackthorne back in the day, I didn't remember it was rotoscoped, now I love it more.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Dosgamert
@Dosgamert 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for respectfully using my Commander Keen footage. Great video.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for letting me use it! Glad you liked it.
@stevenschiro1838
@stevenschiro1838 Жыл бұрын
So many good ones here. Really brings me back to when I was a kid. Some honorable mentions - Secret Agent Man, Scorched Earth, Tyrian, Skyroads, Raptor, and The Incredible Machine
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
This is just platform games, but good picks!
@gavinlewis3189
@gavinlewis3189 8 ай бұрын
TIM.EXE
@TheProphecy053
@TheProphecy053 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, al those memories. Played a lot commander keen, crystal caves, duke nukem 1 and boulder dash. Thanks for the video!!!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Good times :)
@pirataga
@pirataga 5 жыл бұрын
Really great video! My Christmas present arrived in the mail today, a Sound Blaster Awe 64 for my Windows 98/Ms-Dos PC, I can't wait to play some Dos games with sound :)
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Oh, awesome!!!
@karmad.twelve6613
@karmad.twelve6613 Жыл бұрын
I have to thank you... I have been searching and wondering since I was a kid what Dos platformers I had played. I had vague images and many memories, but no names or even aspects of the game that I could recall properly. No longer! You showed me some of these games taht were lost to my childhood memories!!thank you so much! I played Monster Bash a lot!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Love comments like this. Glad I could remind you! :)
@swanson2830
@swanson2830 Жыл бұрын
Loved some of these old DOS games! Haven't played since I was a kid, but it was good seeing someone documenting them. Nice video!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@mercerthechimp9218
@mercerthechimp9218 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow not thought of some of these for years! Cosmic Cosmo was a classic as well, worthy of the list I'd say. And Secret Agent, I loved that game! Great video mate!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
I haven't played those; I'll have to give them a try. Thanks!
@danbauer3669
@danbauer3669 Жыл бұрын
I loved some of these games as a kid! In particular, Commander Keen, Bio Menace, Duke Nukem, Jill of the Jungle, Halloween Harry. Platformers were my favorites back then and I had NES, Game Gear and a bunch of DOS games.
@you_tube6733
@you_tube6733 Жыл бұрын
major nova. or nova strike?
@danbauer3669
@danbauer3669 Жыл бұрын
@@you_tube6733 some of the DOS games I have to see to remember. The title you suggest doesn't ring a bell for me. Some of these games are 30+ years old and I played them 30+ years ago.
@you_tube6733
@you_tube6733 Жыл бұрын
@@danbauer3669 ya me too thats why i dont fully remember lol. but ill post a link
@you_tube6733
@you_tube6733 Жыл бұрын
@@danbauer3669 i was a little way off. major striker lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHazanWfedJ_d5o
@danbauer3669
@danbauer3669 Жыл бұрын
@@you_tube6733 not familiar with that one but it looks like one I would have liked. Apogee had so many great ones. Secret Agent was another good one.
@YatrikShahisAwesome
@YatrikShahisAwesome 4 жыл бұрын
Seriously I've been trying to remember the name of BlackThorne for maybe 10+ years after having played a demo of it when I was a kid... thank you so much!!!!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 4 жыл бұрын
Ah, that's awesome! Glad I could remind you :)
@davehedric1543
@davehedric1543 Жыл бұрын
Alien Carnage and cyril cyberpunk were incredible! Such Nostalgia!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Those were the days.
@nemtudom5074
@nemtudom5074 Жыл бұрын
I'd put Hocus Pocus and Xargon in this aswell because Xargon is just a better version of Jill, and Hocus is one of the most beautiful 2D platformers until like, Jazz Jackrabbit, and its music is fking amazing aswell!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Only discovered Hocus Pocus after making this. Great game!
@WishMasterLP
@WishMasterLP Жыл бұрын
Vinyl Goddess from Mars, Dangerous Dave and Mystic Towers. Also Supaplex and Cosmo"s Cosmic Adventure were my games back then:) Sad to see none of them on this list.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
I think Supaplex was in my episode on DOS puzzle games. So many great platformers on DOS though!
@lactobacillusprime
@lactobacillusprime 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video Pete! Been quite into DOS gaming myself recently.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
I've seen! Got to love DOS gaming, Mark.
@RetroGamePlayers
@RetroGamePlayers 5 жыл бұрын
Great job on this man! Yeah these are all classics for sure! I love old PC gaming.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Marcus! Me too mate :)
@PixelSlayers
@PixelSlayers 5 жыл бұрын
So many great games on this list! Commander Keen, Jill of the Jungle, and Duke Nukem 2 give me so many childhood memories. I'll have to try some of these that I'd never heard of! Ones that I'd also suggest: Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Crystal Caves, and Pharaoh's Tomb.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendations!
@Ezyasnos
@Ezyasnos 2 жыл бұрын
@@onaretrotip Added to that, Challenge of the Ancient Empires (which is more like a puzzle-platformer) and Dangerous Dave. And I have to confess, I loved Dark Castle back in the day as well because castle.☺ -edit- oh and Realms of Chaos!
@v3listube
@v3listube Жыл бұрын
Wow, I've thought about most of these games over the years but Jill Of The Jungle had completely left my mind for over 2 decades.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Amazing the things we remember and forget.
@SEGAZombie
@SEGAZombie 5 жыл бұрын
Another great video Pete, that monster Bash looks good never seen that one before also prehistoric looks stunning with those snes looking sprites
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Scott! Yeah, nice chunky sprites on that one.
@GimblyGFR
@GimblyGFR 5 жыл бұрын
Man, the memories ... Great list of amazing games. Prince of Persia was my favorite PC game for a long, long time. Your "Essential DOS Games" playlist keeps getting better and better. Are you looking into racing games and flying sims? There's also some hard to classify games, like Metal Mutant (loved that game, even tough it was hard as nails), and some rather interesting (although mostly not good) arcade game conversions to DOS. Great work, Pete.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! Yes, there are many more in the pipeline. Not sure which I will do next, but it may well be driving games.
@TheVanillatech
@TheVanillatech Жыл бұрын
Prince was BULLSHIT! Fucking impossible game to beat! Even when I sat down, in my gaming prime, and thought "Right then! It's time! Not stopping till I beat this fucker!" I STILL didn't manage it! Simply not enough time in one hour to do so, and I refused to use a guide to help me. That's cheating. Great game, legendary important moment of gaming, but far too dificult.
@GimblyGFR
@GimblyGFR Жыл бұрын
@@TheVanillatech I actually managed to beat the NES version of Prince without cheats, but I can't remember if I did beat the DOS version without the "megahit" cheat. I love the game anyway. At the time, I had never seen anything as cinematic as Prince on a computer (or console). I still play some versions of Prince from time to time.
@itsaPIXELthing
@itsaPIXELthing 5 жыл бұрын
So much love for dos gaming :) Lovely video! Really enjoyed it!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Me too, so many fond memories. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
@conm87
@conm87 2 жыл бұрын
Some solid entires here! I’d also include Flashback! Great port and probably the best way to play the game.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 2 жыл бұрын
Great game!
@TheVanillatech
@TheVanillatech Жыл бұрын
Rick Dangerous series is legend. First played it on my Amstrad CPC 464 back in the day. One of those games where you simply HAD to die a million times, and force your young brain to remember every single trick and trap to get through. Loved the second game too, played the DOS version on my 486 years afterwards. Also Abuse, Blackthorne and Flashback were legendary on PC. Fade To Black was 3D, but I kind count that as a platformer too. It's a great genre. And I'm glad it's stood the test of time, thanks to platformers relatively low hardware requirements making them still viable on consoles. Games like Inside, Ori & The Blind Forest, Broforce ... keeping the scene alive! FUN FACT : When I built a Pentium machine back in 1995, I gave the 486 to my mother so she could type letters etc for her work. I also installed Duke Nukem 2 and Bio Menace (a Duke Nukem ripoff). After discovering it, I caught her playing right through the games, like a master, shooting aliens and collecting keys etc! Hilarious!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Rick Dangerous really is one of those games where you have to die a lot to learn the layout. As you say, a lot of modern platform games adopt this same design.
@manray0703
@manray0703 Жыл бұрын
When you were talking about Monster Bash, you mentioned the kids weapon as "catapult," i pictured him rolling along something akin to a trebuchet. I laughed at that mental image. I didnt realize slingshots were referred to as catapults. Crazy.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Hahaha yes, we call them catapults over here. The term 'slingshot' isn't really a thing.
@AtariLegend
@AtariLegend 5 жыл бұрын
Great video and great retro trip for me. Almost played them all. Really loved Jazz Jackrabit and Black Stone. And I loved Zool on my Atari ST ;) Thanks for this great vid!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Those were good times indeed; I miss those days. Thanks for watching; lad you enjoyed it!
@DarkArmedDaddy1
@DarkArmedDaddy1 4 жыл бұрын
I spent so many hours on jazz jackrabbit as a kid...I forgot all about it until now. Such a fun game
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 4 жыл бұрын
Me too! Great game.
@StPalliGrl
@StPalliGrl 3 жыл бұрын
Hey....Why didn't the game ABUSE make your list? How about making a video showing third party mods of games like Commander Keen...Ive tried a few and enjoyed them all. Thanks for your videos ;o)
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 3 жыл бұрын
I'd class Abuse as a run 'n' gun, not a platformer. I think it's on my list for the run 'n' gun episode (if I ever get around to making it). The mod video sounds like a cool idea! Thank you.
@kemy6775
@kemy6775 4 жыл бұрын
I remember buying the Waxky Wheels shareware ay Radio Shack and seeing all of these Apogee titles advertised on the BBS info file. I never knew as a kid what a BBS was. I missed out on some great games.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 4 жыл бұрын
Great memories!
@RobTheSquire
@RobTheSquire Жыл бұрын
I loved playing Jazz Jackrabbit growing up and I even managed to persuade my year 3 teacher to let me install in on our class computer.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Ha, nice!
@fouadabouhatab8514
@fouadabouhatab8514 5 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the future for gaming holds, I sometimes think that we've reached our peak, then I remember, people then thought that was their peak. Lord knows in twenty years how things would be.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
I dread to think!
@miekwavesoundlab
@miekwavesoundlab Жыл бұрын
Interactive / haptic gaming, ai games, VR games, adult games etc
@nicolashrv
@nicolashrv Жыл бұрын
I always saw Blackthorne as the spiritual sequel to Flashback (a game which had a vomitive remake some years ago), since Fade to Black did the mistake of changing the player interface from 2D platform to 3D polygons. Never finished Flashback, but thankfully now we have walkthroughs online to learn the game was a mix of Total Recall, Running Man and They Live.......(talking about games no one could finish.......I'm watching you SILMARILS games!)
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Save states are pretty handy too!
@nicolashrv
@nicolashrv Жыл бұрын
@@onaretrotip I couldn't finish it due a matter of time (Doom came a bit after, and it was bye bye to all other games I was playing).
@Superflytenorguy
@Superflytenorguy Жыл бұрын
makes me think of my grandfather. if you dont learn dos, you dont play jill of the jungle. 8 year old me learned how to use dos
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@kevingubernatis3324
@kevingubernatis3324 3 жыл бұрын
I grew up on like half of this list. Great vid.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a great childhood! Thank you.
@ahaetulla
@ahaetulla Жыл бұрын
What are the games shown in the intro? I have vague memories of one of them and want to chase it down
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Rick Dangerous and Flashback.
@laurisaarinen1126
@laurisaarinen1126 6 ай бұрын
I have played at least half of these, many of my favorites are included here. Commander Keen is arguably the king, but i just love Jazz Jackrabbit... The second one was even better, but not a DOS game anymore as it came out in 1998. Another quite fun game for me was Crystal Caves. Very basic, but full of detail. Great to hear about some games i never heard of, thanks mate.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 6 ай бұрын
Loved the Jazz Jackrabbit games back in the day. Thanks!
@TmsTanim
@TmsTanim Жыл бұрын
Great to see more appreciation for how good Halloween Harry's music was - and still is - especially the title & intro music! And Jill of the Jungle's music, too. It's a valid criticism of the graphics that Jill's sprites were low in pixels, but I remember it visually standing out as one of the few full 256-colour VGA platformers of the time, at least on my PC, as Apogee really liked to stick with that 16-colour EGA palette. Those jungle environments, enhanced by the audio, were the real stars of the show. Looks like you covered all my favourites! The only other platformer I'd've mentioned is Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure. Even though it seemed to be aimed at a younger demographic than usual and was pretty shallow in terms of lore & storyline, it is still "peak Apogee shareware platformer".
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Don't think I've played Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure; I'll have to try that.
@adamkane7513
@adamkane7513 2 жыл бұрын
Great list, I definitely have to replay some of these. Remember *Captain Klaw?*
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! No, don't remember that one, I'll check it out.
@rsavage-r2v
@rsavage-r2v Жыл бұрын
If you're weird like me and you go to the trouble of setting up Windows 3.1, the Halloween Harry sequel is quite solid.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
I am that weird.
@mtshark7
@mtshark7 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Pete!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Mark!
@thegamingconnoisseur4151
@thegamingconnoisseur4151 Жыл бұрын
DOSwas a gaming platform for me my uncle had a partition on his hard drive with all of a fairy gifts including all of the games on this list I had an nes but I didn't play very much, I had a game Boy but I only played that on vacation and for my sixth birthday I got a Genesis
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I had a Game Boy and aa Mega Drive too, but I had an Amiga for quite a while before we eventually got a PC.
@thegamingconnoisseur4151
@thegamingconnoisseur4151 Жыл бұрын
@@onaretrotip that sounds great my friend
@thegamingconnoisseur4151
@thegamingconnoisseur4151 Жыл бұрын
I forgot to say my favourite
@knivesron
@knivesron Жыл бұрын
amazing how id software and apogee just wiped the floor with all their smash hits. almost all their games are solid and pure classics
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Absolutely.
@wintermute740
@wintermute740 2 жыл бұрын
The ones of these that I spent the most time with were Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Jill of the Jungle, and Prince of Persia. A couple of the titles in this video are new to me, so I'll have to check them out.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 2 жыл бұрын
Many hours spent with some of those. Ah, good! Hope you find some you enjoy.
@lendrigangames
@lendrigangames Жыл бұрын
I definitely remember loving the visuals for Halloween Harry. Duke Nukem is definitely a good platformer, but when I played it, it did feel a lot like all of their previous platformers. Prince Of Persia, I played on the NES. I didn't play a lot of it, though, because I was only okay at it and wasn't willing to invest effort into gitting gud.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Prince of Persia certainly took some investment to progress.
@johnnykeener3727
@johnnykeener3727 Жыл бұрын
Wing Commander: Privateer was my first favorite PC game! So good!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Nice.
@aleksdeveloper698
@aleksdeveloper698 2 жыл бұрын
There was an old DOS platform game which was in an anthic, magical setting. The player could throw a boomerang and some sort of magical thunder and was able to evolve the weapon. The graphics were similar to jill of the jungle, but it was a different game. Not sure what was the name of the game and I was never able to find it 25 years later.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 2 жыл бұрын
Hmm... Doesn't ring any bells.
@mver191
@mver191 Жыл бұрын
Good list, I played Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure a lot as well. It is kinda like Commander Keen.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Balrog132
@Balrog132 Жыл бұрын
I played many of these game. But the one I liked the most back in the day was Halloween Harry. I played so much of the first episode, which I got through a shareware CD. Good old days.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Shareware was great. Good times indeed :)
@Balrog132
@Balrog132 Жыл бұрын
@@onaretrotip back then when i was a kid, i always got handmedown computer parts from my brother. One Christmas i got a CD ROM drive. 1x, full tray eject, ridiculous by todays standards. But i also got this CD with demos and shareware games. A treasure trove for me back then.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
@@Balrog132 I bet!
@RMoocher
@RMoocher 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video!!!!Been looking for Alien Carnage for many years, but couldn't remember the name. I remember playing it in around 1994.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could remind you! 😃
@TheBahteraputra
@TheBahteraputra 3 жыл бұрын
0:35 whats the name of this game
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 3 жыл бұрын
Flashback.
@TheRichFather
@TheRichFather Жыл бұрын
One of my absolute favorite DOS games back in the day was Bomb32.exe (Tank Wars). It was always great to grab a bunch of buddies to sit around one computer and see who could get the big nuke first and who was the idiot that obliterated himself with the wind being a factor.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
I played a similar one on Amiga called Tanx. So fun.
@sonoftherighthand
@sonoftherighthand 9 ай бұрын
Commander Keen and Monster Bash were my favorites. Going to have to buy Monster Bash.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 9 ай бұрын
😃
@shockz16
@shockz16 5 жыл бұрын
Woah! Some of these titles look great and most of them I've never heard of. Cyril Cyberpunk, Jazz Jackrabbit & Prehistorik 2 being among those that look right up my street. The original Prince of Persia was balls hard! I remember my friend hiring it out for his Master System and we got nowhere on it lol.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, some belters here, Adam. Prince of Persia was damn hard, yes, but didn't stop us trying! Took my mate ages to finally complete it.
@playtech7165
@playtech7165 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks I'll pick a couple of that good ones. Good vid!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@RetroRecollections
@RetroRecollections 5 жыл бұрын
Some great titles there. I was never a huge DOS gamer but I've started to look for some goodies in the recent past. This is very handy 😀
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Great! Hope you find some you enjoy, Dan.
@Nay089
@Nay089 2 жыл бұрын
Monster Bash was a favorite of mine growing up. Way bloodier than you might expect 😂
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 2 жыл бұрын
LOL
@phonik83
@phonik83 4 жыл бұрын
Besides "Jill of the Jungle" i spent a lot of time playing James Pond 2 and Electro Body (aka Electro Man) on my ancient 286 back in the day.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 4 жыл бұрын
I spent days playing James Pond 2 on Amiga.
@sarkwalvein
@sarkwalvein Жыл бұрын
Titus the Fox, Blues Brothers.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
👍
@cluckeryduckery261
@cluckeryduckery261 5 жыл бұрын
Ah can't believe I missed an MS-DOS video. They're my favorite on your channel. Haha I've played most of these but OMG i had completely forgotten about monster bash. That was my game back in the day lol. Ahhh the nostalgia. Halloween Harry! Another that i loved but had forgotten about.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Some great platformers on DOS. There are plenty more in this series to come, don't worry! Driving games next.
@GeekMasterGames
@GeekMasterGames Жыл бұрын
I poured so many hours of my youth into Commander Keen (especially 4) that it's one of the few I actually beat
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Nice!
@tonyt3955555
@tonyt3955555 10 ай бұрын
jazz jackrabbit was my favorite, followed by tyrian, crystal caves, and cosmos adventure
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 10 ай бұрын
Yeah jazz was awesome!
@mmkvat
@mmkvat Жыл бұрын
IT’S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW! Had forgotten about Alien Carnage, but now I remember actually kind of not liking it because it was so smooth😂 and, I would be willing to even pay for Netflix if they made a Commander Keen series, imagine!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@retroandgaming
@retroandgaming Жыл бұрын
The one I remember the best is actually Blackthorn but also Vikings was a true gem back in the day
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
It certainly was.
@GP-qb9hi
@GP-qb9hi 3 жыл бұрын
Prehistoric 2 had many secrets and a full secret level too. It was only possible to complete the game on Advanced difficulty :-)
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 3 жыл бұрын
😃👍
@carlklitzke9455
@carlklitzke9455 Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking of Blackthorn today. I didn't realize it was a PC game, the SNES version plays quite well.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Yeah, cool game! I think it came to SNES a couple of months before DOS.
@skrie
@skrie 2 ай бұрын
I don't remember anything specific about Biomenace except really enjoying it. Also played Keen and Persia.... good times.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Ай бұрын
Good times indeed :)
@bolterboy
@bolterboy 4 жыл бұрын
What's the game shown at the 30 second mark? I used to play it as a kid and can't remember what it was called
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 4 жыл бұрын
Flashback.
@bolterboy
@bolterboy 4 жыл бұрын
@@onaretrotip THANK YOU ♡
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 4 жыл бұрын
@@bolterboy 😎👍
@claudepaulindupere4957
@claudepaulindupere4957 Жыл бұрын
great list, brings back some good memories. altough I see you missed the gem that is hocus pocus!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
I haven't played that (yet), but many here have recommended it!
@sird2333
@sird2333 Жыл бұрын
Castle Adventure. So simple, yet so addictive!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Not played that one!
@franzpattison
@franzpattison Жыл бұрын
You forgot about Pickle Wars!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Never heard of it!
@franzpattison
@franzpattison Жыл бұрын
@@onaretrotip I can't say that it's objectively good, but I played the crap out of it when I was like 7 years old. It's actually easy to play it online now just by Googling pickle Wars dos play online
@rollerxcore
@rollerxcore 5 жыл бұрын
I remember getting commander keen and duke nukem episodes on random disks back in the day. not sure if they came from markets, or cover disks. but the windowed look felt very strange coming from playing my amiga. Jazz Jackrabit is one ive always wanted to play, looks nice and fast! I wish i knew of blackthorne when i was younger. looks so much better than flashback! alien Carnage looks my kind of game! too many Rick Dangerous mentions, i must play it now! 👍
@Dosgamert
@Dosgamert 5 жыл бұрын
You'll love my channel
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I wish I knew of Blackthorne back in the day too, but (as I said) I only discovered it way later. Ha, Rick Dangerous is great. I finally managed to pick up a boxed copy for the Amiga via Sinisteve; it'll be in my next pickups. Thanks, Eddie!
@deckofcards87
@deckofcards87 Жыл бұрын
Have you played Jazz Jackrabbit 2? It's one of the best platformers of the 90s, IMO.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
I have indeed. That wasn't released on DOS though ( although I realise you didn't say it was).
@fernandopenalva2680
@fernandopenalva2680 Жыл бұрын
I would also add some like Nicky Boom, Pickle Wars, Secret Agent, Crystal Mines, Jetpack, Hocus Pocus, Gods, James Pond in Codename: Robocod.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Played Robocod top death on my Amiga and Mega Drive.
@RaptorianSchrock
@RaptorianSchrock Жыл бұрын
I like how Sega 32x was basically a DOS game console. We got Doom, Blackthorne, that one cave man racing game, pitfall etc. I'm convinced the system could have handled Sam and Max hit the road with flying colors and even The Dig if they implemented mouse support. Possibly even a Windows game like Sanitarium, that system was not weak. Such a waste of potential.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Good point!
@armstrong1990
@armstrong1990 Жыл бұрын
Can't forget XARGON if you're going to mention Jill of the Jungle! That's the one I grew up on. :) The religious private school was disgusted to find "one of the students" installed it on their Windows 3.1 elementary school computer! 🤣
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
LOL
@kidgrebo1
@kidgrebo1 Жыл бұрын
I got Commander Keen back in 1992 because it came with the Gravis Controller I got.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@BangerSoundtracks
@BangerSoundtracks Жыл бұрын
Love the animation of Halloween Harry's run 🤣
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
👍
@Soshiplayz
@Soshiplayz Жыл бұрын
Prehistorik actually had a Gba re-release and it's pretty good and they gave it a new boss theme.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Ah, cool!
@khululyp
@khululyp Жыл бұрын
Isn't that prehistorik man, the SNES game? Still a fun game, nothing ground breaking.
@kennghost
@kennghost Жыл бұрын
yo i've had a DOS game stuck on the tip of my brain since early childhood if anyone could help- it's a 1v1 fighter and the characters are a bit shrunken down, similar to Duke Nukem on DOS? dope vid btw
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Hmm, doesn't ruing any bells I'm afraid. Have you looked on the Abandonware sites under fighting games? Thanks!
@22neohenry
@22neohenry Жыл бұрын
Played Keen, Jazz, Monster Bash, Duke Nukem, and at least a demo for Jill of the Jungle back in the day. The only game I would add would be Crystal Caves. MegaMan was also pretty good although DOS wasn't its true home.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Never played Mega Man on DOS!
@saveallbits9787
@saveallbits9787 2 жыл бұрын
Great list!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@starbuck
@starbuck 5 жыл бұрын
So pleased you mentioned bio menace
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
:)
@uscopic4614
@uscopic4614 3 жыл бұрын
Hello ! Nice video. I'm seeking for a game that I used to play on a DOS computer during the 90's / early 20's. It was a 2D plateformer in which you play a brown character who can extend his neck to look upper, and the game begins in front of a castle. If I remember correctly there's snow falling in front of this castle (just a sprite falling in the frontground), and the castle has different doors which correspond to the differents level in the game. I'd be so glad to find this game :)
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm, sounds like James Pond 2: Codename Robocod. Played that to death on my Amiga.
@ImperatorZed
@ImperatorZed Жыл бұрын
How could you forget Vinyl Goddess From Mars?!
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Not played it!
@ImperatorZed
@ImperatorZed Жыл бұрын
@@onaretrotip It's improved Jill of the Jungle
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
@@ImperatorZed Ah, nice!
@kinglysandus
@kinglysandus Жыл бұрын
I would have put Dark Ages on there, but that may just be my nostalgia.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
I've not played that.
@necrow4155
@necrow4155 Жыл бұрын
This list has Jill of the Jungle but nowhere is Zeliard mentioned... zeliard the first arpg and platform. Truly iconic
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Never played it.
@Sinisteve
@Sinisteve 5 жыл бұрын
I’ve really got to give Prince of Persia a chance, I’ve always found it clunky but everyone raves about it! Some decent looking games there Pete, will definitely give some of them a try
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's worth a bash. It obviously isn't as impressive now, but I know you love a challenge and love to beat a game, so PoP is perfect. You only have an hour to complete it, so it's fun to give it a go every now and then when you have time.
@MrBobbysWorld
@MrBobbysWorld Жыл бұрын
What about "magic carpet". I remember having to start that in dos.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Magic Carpet was great! Not a platform game though.
@davidsenra2495
@davidsenra2495 7 ай бұрын
I know it's more of a puzzle than a platformer, but I would highly recommend Lost Vikings while at it.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 7 ай бұрын
Yeah, as a puzzle platformer, it could've been in either, but it was in my DOS puzzle games video. Played that to death on my Amiga as a kid. Superb game.
@joukenienhuis6888
@joukenienhuis6888 8 ай бұрын
Wonderful games I almost played them all, except prehistorik and the last game. I do miss the Disney platform games, like Alladin or the Lion King and Skunny was also one of my favorites
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 6 ай бұрын
So many great platformers from that era.
@red-winged_blackbird
@red-winged_blackbird Жыл бұрын
Is anyone familiar with the PC game USA quiz (maybe was titled United States quiz) from the 1990s? I originally played it on an IBM compatible computer. It played the first few notes of The National Anthem upon starting up. The game provides multiple choice questions about state capitals and state birds and such. You also need to answer individual questions before the timer ran out. I really want to find an emulator online, but I've come up empty so far. Any info about this game would be much appreciated! I no longer own an IBM compatible but would love to be able to play this game again.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Not heard of it, but probably not surprising as it's unlikely it ever left the US.
@red-winged_blackbird
@red-winged_blackbird Жыл бұрын
@@onaretrotip yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if it was only available in the USA. Makes sense. Thank you for the reply.
@samljer
@samljer Жыл бұрын
played 10 of these, loved every one. its a pity modern computers cant run them right, even in a dos box.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Yes, a shame. That's why I have a Pentium III set up at home!
@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533
@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533 5 жыл бұрын
Apart from prince of Persia I don't remember any of these. Jazz jack rabbit looked great. I vaguely remember blackthorn, was it released on the SNES also or did I imagine it? Great video mate 👍
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, Blackthorne was also on SNES (and I believe the DOS and SNES versions were released simultaneously). Thanks, David!
@DadLadsGaming
@DadLadsGaming 5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting mate. 👍
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
@Waterboyofsuperman
@Waterboyofsuperman 2 жыл бұрын
Loved Commander Keen and Duke Nukem platformers.
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 2 жыл бұрын
👌
@iamsheel
@iamsheel Жыл бұрын
14:00 I think this is the only dos game I played because we had on my school computers
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip Жыл бұрын
Wonder why they only had that specific game. 🤔
@iamsheel
@iamsheel Жыл бұрын
​@@onaretrotip because the computers were old. Even for the 2000s and out school didn't have the budget yet to update their computer laps.
@henriklinz
@henriklinz 5 жыл бұрын
What about Superfrog?
@onaretrotip
@onaretrotip 5 жыл бұрын
As I said in the intro, I'd be omitting a lot of platformers that came to Amiga first, and Superfrog is one such game (and one that I closely associate with the Amiga).
@BrunoFonsecaPT
@BrunoFonsecaPT 5 жыл бұрын
That is not a good game :)
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