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Old 11-02-2012, 10:39 PM   #1
GBAuraDOS
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Default Looking For the Names of Some Old PC Games

UPDATE: Sequel to the other thread is under this name: Looking For Some Old PC Games: Part 2

A long time ago, when I was about 7, there was a place in a Psychiatrists Building and you can rent stuff like books, videos and PC games. I went to there quite a few times (I had to go to the building since I had appointments to help me speak words correctly due to a disorder I had) and often drop by to place borrow things. One of the things I remembered the most was a old arts and crafts book where you can make things, but I borrowed it for the mind creativity and the pictures, since a lot of kids in my experiences don't mainly read books for the story, only the illustrations. I'm sure we all had that same thought but I'm not talking about that, I'm here for the game so let's get moving.

Sometimes, I rented a CD that contains a whole bunch of little games (about 100 since most of the disks like this hold up to that much). I don't recall too much from the disk itself, but it is pink and clear (when I mean clear, I meant the blank CD color), with a computer board for the ground, a spaceship shooting, and a T-rex on it.

Later, when I tried to find it, I discovered that those games on the disk are actually shareware and this is the first time I actually experienced such a format. You all know what shareware is, a program that you can use to get an idea on what it is about and if you want to fully experience, you need to buy a license.

I found some of the games I played on the disk but me trying to find what the disk name is painful, then I found out that the disk doesn't contain Shareware/Shareware games but Shareware/DOS games. This is probably why I had a hard time finding these games earlier. Here’s some games that I remember from that disk:

Microman: Crazy Computers
Skunny: Back to the Forest
Rachel’s Fashion Dolls
Snarf
Tetris
Sapiens (Still supported to this day)
Yogi Bear’s Math Adventure
A Snake Simulator games (you place food and the snakes come and eat them, and yes, the Snakes behave the same way as any normal Snake game)
Pinball Game (forgot what it’s called, but the graphics are mainly blue, red and gray. Not the plain DOS graphics, they are detailed but a bit bland to look at)
A strange math educational game starring a blue, female, humanoid box thing with hair, a yellow cap and red lips.

BONUS QUESTION: There was a DOS game that I played at the grandmother's place but all I remember is that there is a 3D frog and when you click on it, it reveals two round, humanoid things (like Rayman for the floating hands and feet, and round like the Lose your Marbles guy). However, the game sorta booted me quickly as it showed the credit sequence with the two round things walking towards the screen, waving goodbye. And yes, I'll drawing the images sometime.

Last edited by GBAuraDOS; 19-02-2012 at 05:27 PM. Reason: Updated the Bonus bit and the update notice.
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