Suggestions on ways to play old computer games..

[SirStev0]

Hey all.

So I was dicking around today instead of paying attention in class by playing some good old fashion Mike Tyson's Punch out and something hit me. Are there emulators for old computer games.

There are some great classic games that I would love to play again, but I really doubt I could just up and load on window's vista. I tried googling around to see if I could find anything, but so far no luck.

How is it that every NES, SNES, Sega, atari, etc. game ever made can be found with ease, yet I am completely at a lose when I want to fire up some Baulder's Gate or Red Alert or Civ or Doom or whatever?

Do you have any suggestions? I looked through a couple old boxes and found some of my favorites in a box but really doubt that they'd install and play on Vista. Though in my googling, I did read about compatability modes. Anyone have any experience with them.

I am having some hardcore nostalgia and need to feed my craving. Any suggestions for some classics I should look up would be really appreciated.

I have nothing better to do while I wait for Arkham Asylum to come out for PC....

 

[acheron]

Dosbox is probably what you're looking for. There is a period of games that are too "new" for Dosbox yet too old to run unassisted, but for the most part between Dosbox and 32-bit XP, you're covered. (Couldn't tell you about Vista and/or 64-bit compatibility on some of the slightly older games.)

 

[nakedfrog]

Yeah, DOSBox and some other system-specific emulators. I first became aware of emulators well over a decade ago, thanks to a C-64 emulator

 

[coloumb]

Google search for "abandonware" and you'll find a few sites to bring back memories of the old school games [free downloads, dosbox, etc].

 

[SirStev0]

appreciate the suggestions. googling now.