Vulturius’ NETGAME FUN PACK!

Introduction It’s time to have a little, good old DOS networking fun. There used to be times when games supported the IPX network protocol. I am talking about when the majority of the people didn’t have internet access in their homes. All you had was an offline DOS machine with loads of games. Some of…

EZ-Drive Dynamic Drive Overlay

I am a big fan of PhilsComputerLab.com. If you haven’t check this out, I urge you to do so, especially if you like DOS hardware & DOS games. I have learned some tricks I use today from his very explanatory videos he makes on his YouTube channel. (https://www.youtube.com/c/philscomputerlab) I love the fact that you can…

Playing MS-DOS Games on a … PSP!

Did you ever dreamt about having your favorite MS-DOS games with you all the time? Imagine that you are on holiday in France enjoying the Provence sun, your wife is sunbathing beside you, your kids are playing in the pool in front of you and in a glimpse of a moment you have a nostalgic…

IPX Networking

In the early nineties, a new way of playing games was introduced: network play. It was something I have never heard of before, because at that time I was just a teenager with only my game computer in my room without any connection to the outside world. It was unthinkable to me that computers could…

Biggest PC BigBox Collection Of The World

PixelCake.nl just released an interview with Anne Bras, a regular gamer from the Netherlands with a passion for PC Games, who happens to have the biggest PC BigBox collection in the world ! I wanted to share this with you, so you can all look at it with open mouths, and realize that this is…

Taking the Admiral PC to the next level

Hi retro addicts! Remember one of the first posts I made for this blog? It was about a little – well, pretty big – gem I got from AuronnBE, the infamous Admiral PC which came back to life again after a difficult rebirth. I didn’t want the story to end there and decided to upgrade…

The DOS Back In Time Series: 1984

After all your kind reactions on the first part, 1983, it is now the time to present our second installment of The Dos Back in Time Series. I, Vulturius, would like to take you all with me down memory lane to PC gaming era on MSDos year by year. The games that make it into…