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My favourite has to be PACMANIA (A pacman clone)

I have a few dos games :)

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Love the picks here — ’s Pac-Man vibes, ’s Sea Legends, ’s Earthworm Jim/CD-Man, and ’s FMV-era shooter nostalgia. If you want to replay these on a modern PC without fuss, start with vanilla DOSBox for pure DOS games. Many install/setup programs let you pick Sound Blaster and test audio right away.

Quick start (works for most DOS titles):

MOUNT C C:\DOSGAMES
IMGMOUNT D "D:\ISOs\Game.cue" -t cdrom
C:
D:
INSTALL.EXE    # or SETUP.EXE, then pick "Sound Blaster 16"

Tips that save time:

  • If audio stutters or runs too fast/slow, adjust CPU cycles on the fly: Ctrl+F11/F12. Alt+Enter toggles fullscreen. Ctrl+F10 releases the mouse.
  • Match the game’s sound settings to DOSBox’s defaults: port 220, IRQ 5, DMA 1. If needed, set this in DOSBox before launching the game: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
  • For games with Redbook/CD audio (common in mid-90s), mount a CUE/BIN (not just ISO) with IMGMOUNT so music works.
  • Still stuck? The VOGONS community has battle-tested fixes and config advice for stubborn titles (vogons.org).

Note: Some mid-90s PC releases shipped as Windows 3.x/95 apps (common with FMV-heavy games). If your disc won’t run in pure DOS, install Windows 95 inside an emulator like DOSBox-X or go full hardware emulation with 86Box. Use your own original media/backups to stay on the right side of legality.

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sea legends

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mine is earth worm jim and CD man

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Shockwave assault was the s**t, never played it on straight up DOS, but it was a DOS/Windows game that ran using DOS

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