Favorite non-Apogee games that run on a 286

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Favorite non-Apogee games that run on a 286

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I found a fantastic dos emulator for ds a few months back, but have sadly discovered that it lacks the memory to play many of my childhood favorites.
So I thought I'd ask, for those of you who remember the days when even Commander Keen was slow to load, what were your favorite non-Apogee games?

I'm deliberately excluding Apogee, because if I don't, those are the only answers I'll get. :P
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even Commander Keen was slow to load
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And I really mean :confused

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I used to love playing Star Goose on my 8088. Also there was another one... Space Miner I think it was called, but I'm having a hard time finding it.
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Was that a platform game where you explored caves inside the moon?
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I spent a lot of time playing Treasure Trap (Emerald Software Ltd 1989).
Wasn't a very prosperous company I don't think.

Played lots of Space Quest, Police Qwest, Oils Well, and other Sierra games.

Before that I played a lot of Lode Runner back in the monochrome screens of the 80's.
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How 'bout Xenon 2, or to get really ancient Game of Robot
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Post by Flaose »

Here, I uploaded a bunch of my old favorites (well, they were the only games I had besides Keen, so I didn't have much of a choice :).

http://www.mediafire.com/?5k53gq82g0tlomf
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Whoa, Egaroids!
That game's unfortunate title always cracked me up.

Thanks though :)
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Post by Galaxieretter »

As mentioned, Stargoose, but I never got past level 2 in that.

Many of the old games I used to play as a small child were CGA, and I forget most of them, but to list a few,

Big Top
LHX Attack Copter (proving that EA Games was always on the cutting edge of technology)
Joust - Can't believe no one has mentioned this. A classic.
SCORCHED EARTH - the mother of ALL games.
ZZT - of course
4D Boxing - I don't know if this would run on a 286, but the graphics can be turned down real low and can use EGA and PC speaker if memory is too high.
In Search of the Most Amazing Thing - there's a working copy out there now, you'll probably lose interest though.
Lord of the Rings Volume 1 and 2. You need the manuals for them to play through appropriately, but you can get the gist of things without it. I have copies of both manuals if anyone is interested, I guess I could scan them. Would take ages. Again, I don't know if it would play on a 286, it might be 32 bit.
Freespace - Got to love freespace
Maniac Mansion - I think this runs on a 286
Hoosier City? Anyone?

Probably many others, but that's all I got off the top of my head ATM. I guess the DOS version of Castle of the Winds, if you can find a copy.
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RoboBlue wrote:Was that a platform game where you explored caves inside the moon?
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CHOPPER COMMANDO (AKA Death Squad 2)
Can't believe I forgot this.

Also, perhaps Stellar 7.
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I remember playing a lot of the old MoraffWare games. Especially the stone-trading game whose name escapes me..
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