MS-DOS zombying...

Skybird · 01-06-15, 09:26 AM

https://archive.org/details/software...msdos_games/v2

2400 MSDOS games on this site are offered legally. They use an in-browser version of Dos-Box. You must install nothing, just click to start.

I am aware of the legal status of abandonware and Neal'S stand on it, and that abandonware does not mean automatically that it is legal to download something, it only means that the former holder of rights does not care to enforce his rights anymore.

But this company offers to play in the browser, and in this German article in a major newspaper gives me the strong impression that it all is legal:
http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/webwel...erfuegbar.html
If it were not legal, that would be as surprising as for example the Times advertising in a major article some pirated software. Unlikely.

It looks all okay to me.

Rhodes · 01-06-15, 09:31 AM

Md subsim

cd subsim

md sh1

cd sh1

dir /p

sh1.exe

enter

01-06-15, 10:05 AM

Darn, doesn't work for me. After clicking "click to begin" it loads shortly then turns and stays black...

But... this page is awesome. It is like someone threw my childhood right into my face

Schroeder · 01-06-15, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

It is like someone threw my childhood right into my face

That could have smelled funny depending on what part of your childhood it was.

01-06-15, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schroeder

That could have smelled funny depending on what part of your childhood it was.

Fubar2Niner · 01-06-15, 04:07 PM

Oh my lord, what a brilliant find. Well done Skybird. Certainly brought more than a few memories flooding back.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Herr-Berbunch · 01-06-15, 05:28 PM

Great site, not just games but texts, audiobooks and videos (information ones, not movies).

Herr-Berbunch · 01-06-15, 05:35 PM

It's got captures of websites too, including Onkel Neal's finest.

https://web.archive.org/web/20000817...ww.subsim.com/

All links clickable and working, at least within the site!

CCIP · 01-06-15, 05:45 PM

It made it into Washington Post today as well, so if it's "clean" enough for them, it's certainly legit for Subsim posting!

I've been a supporter of Archive for the better part of a decade. There is a lot of fantastic stuff to be found there - from old radio archives to uploads of artist-sanctioned bootlegs of concerts to, of course, the wayback machine. The games collection is just another great addition to what's already one of the finest sites on the internet

Onkel Neal · 01-06-15, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

It's got captures of websites too, including Onkel Neal's finest.

https://web.archive.org/web/20000817...ww.subsim.com/

All links clickable and working, at least within the site!

Daaang, them's olde tymes....

Good find, Sky.

Abandonware rules here were modified a few years ago,

...mainly we want to be sure someone doesn't start claiming Game X is abandonware a year after release, while it is still commercially available.

Rhodes · 01-06-15, 06:49 PM

Been playing Prince of Persia, so many hours spend trying to jump the titles and doors!

Stunt: loved that game, trying to get the loops with out falling.
Emmanuelle

didn't know that there was a game!!!

Matador.es · 01-07-15, 02:22 AM

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Da...imulation_1990

haha, how sweet. I have "tried" to play this game so many times!!!! This is were my u Boat/ submarine gaming started

I remember a mission in norway, were you had to go into a fjord and pass a bridge with two bunkers on it and an underwater mine field. At the end of the fjord there was some big bunker. I never knew what the purpose was of this mission.

Will try it tonight :P

Jimbuna · 01-07-15, 08:23 AM

Bookmarked

Pisces · 01-09-15, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhodes

Md subsim

cd subsim

md sh1

cd sh1

dir /p

sh1.exe

enter

Bad command or file name.
c:\SUBSIM\SH1>

Rhodes · 01-09-15, 01:31 PM

^ you know, I had to go to wikipedia to remember one of the DOS commands, something that I remembered so well back in 90's!

01-06-15, 09:26 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,500 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	MS-DOS zombying... https://archive.org/details/software...msdos_games/v2 2400 MSDOS games on this site are offered legally. They use an in-browser version of Dos-Box. You must install nothing, just click to start. I am aware of the legal status of abandonware and Neal'S stand on it, and that abandonware does not mean automatically that it is legal to download something, it only means that the former holder of rights does not care to enforce his rights anymore. But this company offers to play in the browser, and in this German article in a major newspaper gives me the strong impression that it all is legal: http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/webwel...erfuegbar.html If it were not legal, that would be as surprising as for example the Times advertising in a major article some pirated software. Unlikely. It looks all okay to me. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-06-15, 09:31 AM	#2
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,486 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	Md subsim cd subsim md sh1 cd sh1 dir /p sh1.exe enter __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

01-06-15, 05:28 PM	#7
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Great site, not just games but texts, audiobooks and videos (information ones, not movies). __________________

01-06-15, 05:35 PM	#8
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	It's got captures of websites too, including Onkel Neal's finest. https://web.archive.org/web/20000817...ww.subsim.com/ All links clickable and working, at least within the site! __________________

01-06-15, 05:45 PM	#9
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	It made it into Washington Post today as well, so if it's "clean" enough for them, it's certainly legit for Subsim posting! I've been a supporter of Archive for the better part of a decade. There is a lot of fantastic stuff to be found there - from old radio archives to uploads of artist-sanctioned bootlegs of concerts to, of course, the wayback machine. The games collection is just another great addition to what's already one of the finest sites on the internet __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-06-15, 10:05 AM	#3
Nippelspanner Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Darn, doesn't work for me. After clicking "click to begin" it loads shortly then turns and stays black... But... this page is awesome. It is like someone threw my childhood right into my face

01-06-15, 04:07 PM	#6
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,139 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 0	Oh my lord, what a brilliant find. Well done Skybird. Certainly brought more than a few memories flooding back. Best regards. Fubar2Niner

01-06-15, 06:49 PM	#11
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,486 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	Been playing Prince of Persia, so many hours spend trying to jump the titles and doors! Stunt: loved that game, trying to get the loops with out falling. Emmanuelle didn't know that there was a game!!! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

01-07-15, 02:22 AM	#12
Matador.es Chief Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 327 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Das Boat :) https://archive.org/details/msdos_Da...imulation_1990 haha, how sweet. I have "tried" to play this game so many times!!!! This is were my u Boat/ submarine gaming started I remember a mission in norway, were you had to go into a fjord and pass a bridge with two bunkers on it and an underwater mine field. At the end of the fjord there was some big bunker. I never knew what the purpose was of this mission. Will try it tonight :P

01-07-15, 08:23 AM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Bookmarked __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-09-15, 01:31 PM	#15
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,486 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	^ you know, I had to go to wikipedia to remember one of the DOS commands, something that I remembered so well back in 90's! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/