i want moar new dos games!!!!! <3 that can run on a 286!

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

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I use MS Dos 6.22 daily on my 286 on which I loging to my favorite BBS
and check the message boards I'm interested in.

i use FreeDOS! on my 286s! <3

Looks like I'll be using it quite a lot over the weekend as I try out
the new games you mention.

yeah!

Thank you, I really would not have discovered this information myself. How/where did you find it?

im curious too

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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: mary4 to Ben Collver on Thu Oct 17 2024 01:48:58

i want moar new dos games!!!!! <3 that can run on a 286!

I forgot, have you tried TeamDroid yet?

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/game/team-droid/
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Hello mary4,

17 Oct 24 01:48, you wrote to Ben Collver:

i want moar new dos games!!!!! <3 that can run on a 286!

https://www.doshaven.eu/

is a good start :)

Regards,
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dp

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I forgot, have you tried TeamDroid yet?

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/game/team-droid/

no never i dont know a gopher client for the 286....

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https://www.doshaven.eu/

is a good start :)

thanks mate! <3

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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: mary4 to Ben Collver on Sat Oct 19 2024 03:26:46

I forgot, have you tried TeamDroid yet? gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/game/team-droid/

no never i dont know a gopher client for the 286....

Gopherus ought to work on a 286.

http://gopherus.sourceforge.net/
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no never i dont know a gopher client for the 286....

Gopherus ought to work on a 286.

http://gopherus.sourceforge.net/

thanks mate!

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https://www.doshaven.eu/

dos ain't dead.....

i still maintain a few DOS systems at work for making boot floppies... for old DOS machines (think CNC's and the like)

and even an os/2 warp 4 machie we bought in 2018....

crazy it's still relevant in business (industrial) in 2024

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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: mary4 to Ben Collver on Sat Oct 19 2024 03:26:46

I forgot, have you tried TeamDroid yet? gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/game/team-droid/

I found another 286-capable game you might be interested in:

The Aching

https://www.dosgameclub.com/the-aching/
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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: mary4 to Ben Collver on Thu Oct 31 2024 05:02:30

Found some more 286-capable games on this FTP site.

ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/misc/Software/Games/8088-friendly/
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Gopherus ought to work on a 286.

There's also a gopher client on the Public Electronic Networked Information System. All you need is an 80 column terminal.
penisys.online:6502

I use it from my 8bits.

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