Retro gaming, for many people, can be difficult to get into because of trouble finding unique games that still hold up. Many sources that people look to recommend the same games. In order to find ...

Oldie but goldie: In recent years, retro gaming has turned into big business. Home consoles have somewhat adopted a backward-compatible approach, and PC-focused initiatives such as GOG have infused ...

Before there was Steam, there was MS-DOS. A chunky, no-nonsense platform that ran some of the most unforgettable games of all time — games that shaped not just genres, but the entire medium. This was ...

The Internet Archive has made an additional 2,500 MS-DOS games playable online in a browser, in an ever-expanding effort to preserve the history of software and its ability to be studied and enjoyed ...

The major benefit I see in DOSBox Pure over DOSBox Classic is a sort of built-in containerization for games. DOSBox Pure creates a separate environment for each game automatically when it's "opened" ...

Following on from officially open sourcing MS-DOS 4.0 back in 2024, Microsoft have announced more early DOS code has been ...

After [Andy]’s discovery of an old ISA soundcard at his parents’ place that once was inside the family PC, the onset of a wave of nostalgia for those old-school sounds drove him off the deep end. This ...

In brief: A YouTuber has demonstrated the ability to run the venerable MS-DOS operating system and classic games directly on modern computer hardware without any emulation. This blast from the past ...

There are a growing number of handheld gaming PCs, including models with the latest Intel or AMD processors, high-performance integrated graphics, and built-in game controllers. And then there’s the ...

I learned how to create customized boot menus in DOS batch files just to avoid needing a boot floppy for that game.