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RetroChallenge Summer 2010 Entry

Aaaaaaaand.... It's over. My 5.25" drive has died. I'll be able to only do one or two of the newer games that also have 3.5" floppies packed in.

I may do the Infocom games through one of the various online web-based versions, but it just won't be the same.

My RetroChallenge entry this year is to do a writeup on a bunch of old DOS games I recently picked up. So here goes.

1. Microsoft Flight Simulator

   What is there to say? I've been a huge Flight Sim fan forever (I've owned every version new since 3.0,) and just got a nice boxed copy of the original Microsoft Flight Simulator. It plays nearly the same as 3.0-4.0, and even looks the same when played on CGA. Particularly fun is the old WWI Ace mode. The lack of having a joystick on my current test machine is hampering my ability to properly play it. Maybe I'll come back and take a second look toward the end.

2. Microsoft Adventure

   What may very well be the "original" PC game, this is a simple PC port of the old "Colossal Cave", turned into a commercial product by Microsoft for the then-new IBM PC. It plays pretty much the same as any of the ilk, like Zork.

To come:

• Infocom's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Came complete with all pack-ins, I wore the "DON'T PANIC" button to work on Towel Day.)
• Wizardry
• Lemmings
• The Bard's Tale
• Civilization
• Monkey Island
• and more!

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