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DOSBox
- Completely emulates an older x86 PC with DOS. A good solution
for running older DOS games that will not run right on today's
fast computers that have no real DOS. Also works for other platforms,
such as Linux and Mac. Free. |
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DOSBox
Sourceforge Page - The project page for DOSBox on SourceForge.
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DOSBoxWiki
- The official DOSBox Wiki. A good resource for help with DOSBox.
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DOSBox
Forums - Official forums for DOSBox. |
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DOSBox
Guides - Guides for the DOSBox newbie. |
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DOSBox CVS Builds (also see the official DOSBox
CVS builds thread on VOGONS): |
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AEP
DOSBox CVS Builds - Clean DOSBox CVS Builds. |
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Ykhwong's
builds - Windows build incorporates vasyl's experimental
emulation of various SVGA chipsets, OpenGL-HQ, Direct3D, Glide
emulation, Munt (MT-32 emulation), Improved IPX support, Virtual
Printer support, PhysFS support (to mount .zip files) and the
Overscan Border patch |
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rcblanke's
(Windows and Ubuntu Linux builds available) - The author
of the DBGL
has Win32 and Ubuntu builds of DOSBox based on a recent copy
from the DOSBox CVS. |
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Gulikoza's
builds - gulikoza's (Windows) build includes CoreSwitch,
Direct3D, Munt, OpenGLHQ, AdLib optimization, VGAParts |
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h-a-l-9000
- Different builds with various patches included. |
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Moe's Bar
- Linux builds that include addkey, AdLib optimize, Innovation
SSI-2001, Self-Modifying-Code optimizations, SVGA chipsets,
CD-Image cycling, Glide emulation and Printer emulation |
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DOSBox Frontends (a GUI
for DOSBox): |
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DBGL
- DOSBox Game Launcher, an open-source, multi-platform frontend
for DOSBox. by Ronald
Blankendaal (rcblanke
on VOGONS). |
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D.O.G.
- Frontend for Windows by ErikGG. Along with DBGL one of the
two most developed frontends. |
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D-Fend
- The former champ of DOSBox frontends for Windows by Mabus
Raeen. No longer in active development. |
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DBoxFE
- Frontend for Linux/Windows. |
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Dosboxfront
- Frontend for OS/2. |
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DOSShell
- Frontend for Windows by Loonies Software Group. |
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DOSBOXer
- Win,Linux,Mac OS X frontend by Jaeger Technologies. |
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Boxer
Frontend - Frontend for Windows. |
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Petit
dosbox - Frontend for Mac OS X by Guillermo Enrich. |
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RobyDOSBox
- Frontend for Windows. |
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Radnor
- Frontend for Mac OS X. |
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DOSBoxGui
- Frontend written in Tcl/Tk. |
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DBFrontend
- Frontend for Windows by Peter Klauer. |
| Audio Emulators |
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VDMSound: |
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VDMSound
2.1.0 PUBLIC BETA - WARNING:
Do not install on a Windows NT 4 system. A free soundcard
emulator for DOS based programs or games on a NT based Operating
system (2000, XP) by Vlad Romascanu. Released under the the
GNU
General Public License. This version has a unified installer
(also installs VDMS LaunchPad) of the next version of VDMS.
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Win9x
+ VDMSound ALPHA - A very early development of a version
of VDMS for Windows 95, 98 and ME. Has no GUI. Use only if you
are comfortable with writing batch files. NOTE: Most Windows
9x users will be better off installing DOS drivers for their
sound cards. |
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Beginner's
guide to VDMSound v2.10 - A guide for those that need
help using VDMS. |
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VDMSound
Forums - Forums for VDMSound. |
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Roland MT-32: |
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MT-32
Emulator Project - Software emulator of the Roland MT-32
Sound Module, what much of the early Sierra game music was designed
to be played on. This project has been merged with MUNT. |
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MUNT
- A multi-platform software synthesizer emulating pre-GM MIDI
devices such as the MT-32. |
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MT-32
Emulator Project Forums - Official forums for the MT-32
Emulator Project. |
| Other Emulators &
Virtualizers: |
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Flopper
- A bootable-disk emulator -- it reads a diskette image file
and boots it. (Remember that DOSBox can boot from images, too. |
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Qemu
- An emulator for various CPUs. It works on Linux, Windows,
FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Windows version is in an alpha stage. |
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Qemu
Manager - provides quick control of the QEMU Emulator
for win32. |
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Virtual
PC - The x86 emulator originally developed by Connectix
and since bought out by Microsoft. MS now offers it for free
download. |
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Bochs
- Bochs is an open source x86 PC emulator that runs on most
popular platforms. |
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VMware
- Proprietary virtualization software for x86-compatible computers,
including VMware Workstation and the freeware VMware Server
and VMware Player. |
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Apple
II Emulator Resource Guide - Apple ][: |
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Basilisk
- Mac: Avery good free Mac (pre-PowerMac only) emulator. |
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Munt
- A multi-platform software synthesiser emulating pre-GM MIDI
devices such as the MT-32 and CM-32L. |
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MT-32
Emulator Project - The original MT-32 project page.
Has since been superceded by Munt. |
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Project
64 - A Nintendo 64 emulator. |
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| AGI Games: |
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NAGI
- A new, easy to use SCI interpreter by Nick Sonneveld. A good
solution if you are having trouble running your old Sierra AGI
games. |
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Sarien
- Another AGI interpreter. Holds a lot of promise. Now being
merged into ScummVM |
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AGI
for Java - This interpreter is an open source project
that aim to make an AGI Engine entirely in pure Java. |
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FreeSCI
- FreeSCI can run SCI0 (early) games |
| Scumm (LucasArts) Games: |
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ScummVM
- Runs Scumm (LucasArts) games. Support has been added for non-Scumm
games, too. Support is being added for the Coktel Vision games
(Gobliiins, Woodruff) |
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The
ScummVM forums - Official forums of the Scumm VM project. |
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NewRisingSun's
SCI Patch Page - Script code fixes against SCI timer
bugs. Many of Sierra's infamous timer bugs (such as ERROR 52)
have now been conquered. By NewRisingSun. |
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Gabriel
Knight 2000 - Endroz's GK Patches & Tools. Enrico
Rolfi has developed patches for the Gabriel Knight bugs. Use
his installer to play these games in XP. You will also find
a no interlace patch for the videos in GK2 here. |
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Phantasmagoria
XP Installer - German only, but seems to work OK on
the English version. Made with Endroz's tools. |
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LSL
7 - Setup Fix Page - Home of the LSL
7 - Setup Utility. |
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Sierra's
FTP - Most of Sierra's official patches can be found
here. Unfortunately, many of the files are unidentified with
only cryptic 8 character DOS names. |
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KiewitzSoft
eComStation.Ru - Home of the GOSiERRA
Patch - A third party patch for the Sierra DOS SoundBlaster
driver by Martin Kiewitz. Use to fix the "Unable to initialize
your audio hardware . . ." error message that you get when
starting up some of Sierra's DOS VGA games. |
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Phantasmagoria
II DOS Patch - or from here
- The Windows version of Phantasmagoria II does not run in XP
and was released with no DOS version. This patch will convert
the Windows version to DOS. |
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Hero's
Quest Patches. Patches for all five games including
the Win2k/XP patch for Dragon Fire. |
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The
Patches Scrolls - A large repository game patches available
for download. |
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| Slowdown Utilities: |
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Mo'Slo
CPU Slowdown Utilities - One of the better known slowdown
utilities. |
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PC
Slow Down Page! - A list of various slowdown utilities.
Slowdown utilities results are inconsistent at best. Use as
a last ditch effort to get around timer bugs. |
| Misc. Utilities: |
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DOSHelp
- DOS utilities, bootdisk, and tutorials for all your DOS gaming
needs. A joint venture between Home of the Underdogs and BumbleB.org
(Hosted by HOTU) |
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GBAGI
- Play the original King's Quest on your Game Boy Advanced.
By Brian Provinciano. |
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Ultimate
AGI & SCI Site - A fan site by Brian Provinciano,
creator of SCI Studio. Has many Sierra demo games and utilities
for AGI and SCI games. |
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VAG's
SCI Page - Tools for SCI resources. Ever want to play
the movies in the later Sierra SCI game, like "The Beast
Within" "Lighthouse" or "Phantasmagoria"
outside of the game? VAG has developed a VMD Player that will
let you. |
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SCI
Studio - Edit existing SCI games or create your own
just like Sierra's classic games. Developed by Brian Provinciano. |
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SCI
Companion - A complete editor for EGA SCI games. |
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AGI
Studio - Create your own games like King's Quest: Quest
for the Crown. |
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Visual
AGI - An integrated development environment for creating
games for the Sierra AGI interpreter. |
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Adventure
Game Studio - AGS allows you to create your own point-and-click
adventure games. |
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NOTE: Activition, the current
owners of the Sierra name is closing the official Sierra boards.
It will be up to the fans to provide a place to go for Sierra
support and camaraderie. See The
Sierra Help Pages Forum for more information on this.
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VU
Community Forums - Get hints, help and general banter
here. |
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S.W.A.T.
- Help and banter for the action series that came from the Police
Quest
series. |
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Leisure
Suit Larry - Official boards for Al
Lowe's classic series. |
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Caesar
- Boards for the series based on Impressions'
original city building game. |
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Arcanum
- Community for Troika's
RPG game. |
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Starsiege
Tribes - Talk to other Starsiege/Tribes
fans. |
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Gabriel
Knight - Official boards for Jane
Jensen's Gabriel
Knight
series. |
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Quest
for Glory - Meeting place for Lori
and Cory Cole's classic Adventure/RPG hybrid series. |
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Sierra
Classics - Where VU has put the forums for most of the
Sierra Classics. |
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Action/Adventure
and FPS - Boards for Sierra's Classic Adventure games. |
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Conquests
Series - Forum for Christy
Marx's two Conquests games. |
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Freddy
Pharkas - Al Lowe's
classic western comedy. |
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Goblins
Series - Talk about the Coktel
Vision zany classic series. |
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King's
Quest - Official forum for the granddaddy of all graphical
adventure games and its
sequels. |
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Laura
Bow Series - Talk to other fans of the classic
mystery series. |
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Lighthouse
- Need help getting through one of Sierra's toughest games?
Ask here. |
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Lost
In Time - Boards for Coktel Vision's best drama adventure
game. |
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Manhunter
Series - The Murrys'
classic AGI game. |
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Phantasmagoria
- Help and discussion for Roberta
Williams' Horror game. |
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Police
Quest - Check here for help with the Sierra
police drama series. |
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RAMA
- Discussion for the Sierra game based on Arthur
C. Clarke's nove, Rendezvous
With Rama. |
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Shivers
Series - Boards for Marcia
Bales's classic games. |
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Space
Quest - Need help with the games form The Two Guys From
Andromeda? |
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Torin's
Passage - Al Lowe's
fun game for younger gamers. |
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Woodruff
- Help and discussion for Coktel
Vision's most amusing adventure game. |
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Action/Adventure
and FPS Community Tech Help - General tech help for
Sierra's other Adventure games. |
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Role-Playing
- Boards for Sierra's Classic RPG games. |
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Betrayal
In Antara - Forum for the sequel to the RPG game based
on Raymond
E. Feist's Riftwar
stories, Betrayal
at Krondor. |
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Return
To Krondor - Forum for the second sequel to Betrayal
at Krondor. |
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Throne
of Darkness - Forum for the later Sierra game from CLICK
Entertainment. |
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Role-Playing
Community Tech Help - General tech help for Sierra's
other RPG games. |
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Sports
- Boards for Sierra's Classic Sports games. |
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Front
Page Sports - Talk about and get help for the classic
Dynamix Sports
series here. |
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Sierra
Racing Classics - NASCAR fan? Look no further. |
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Trophy
Bass - For the desktop fisherman in all of us. |
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Sports
Community Tech Help - General tech help for Sierra's
other Sports games. |
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Strategy
- Boards for the Sierra/Impressions Classic Strategy games. |
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Civil
War Generals - Check here for help with the Impressions'
Civil War games. |
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Lords
of Magic - forum for the Lords of Magic series. |
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Lords
of the Realm - Trouble carving out your kingdom in the
Middle Ages? Look here. |
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Pharaoh
- Get help for ruling the Nile here. |
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Zeus
Master of Olympus - Forum for Zeus and its expansion,
Poseidon. |
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Strategy
Community Tech Help - General tech help for Sierra's
other Strategy games. |
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Sierra
Classics Discussion - General discussion for Sierra's
other classic games. |
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Other Sierra Based Boards
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The
Sierra Help Pages Forum - Forum for this site. New,
but growing fast. |
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Sierra
Gamers - Ever wish you could ask Ken
Williams (founder of Sierra On-Line) a questions? Ask here
at Ken Williams' site. Also has a Sierra archival project in
project. Not as active as it once was. |
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Quest
for More Glory - The fan site for the
Quest for Glory series. |
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Campaign
for Gabriel Knight 4 Message Board - to be setup, but
will cater to the Gabriel Knight fan. |
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The
Janitorial Times - The message board of SpaceQuest.net.
a large Space Quest community. |
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The
Subspace Channel - The message board of Roger Wilco's
Virtual Broomcloset. |
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Sierra
Planet - Caters to the Roberta Williams games. |
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VOGONS
- Stands for Very Old Games On New
Systems. These boards can provide help for getting your
old favorites running on your modern computer. Has forums for
DOSBox, VDMSound and several Glide wrappers (for old 3-D games.)
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NT Compatible
- Another forum for help with running legacy games and applications
on the NT family of Windows (NT 4, 2k and XP.) |
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Quest
Studios Message Boards -
If you are one of the fortunate few with a Roland MT-32
Sound module, but, are having trouble setting it up, you may
find help here. |
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DOSHelp
- DOS utilities, bootdisk, and tutorials for all your DOS gaming
needs. A joint venture between Home of the Underdogs and BumbleB.org
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The Oldskool
PC - A website dedicated to old PC gaming-related nostalgia
and resources. |
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Dave's
interesting DOS programs - Links to various DOS software
and other DOS related websites. |
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HOTU
Tech Help - by Jefe Picaro. If you encounter a problem
with an old game, this site might have a solution. |
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Zophar's
Domain - A large emulation site. |
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MobyGames
- The largest game database site. |
| Walkthroughs: |
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The Spoiler
Centre - Has walkthroughs for many of Sierra's and other's
games. |
| Sierra Music: |
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Mark
Seibert's Site - Former music director for Sierra in
its glory days. |
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Quest
Studios -
Love the music from the Sierra classics? You can download
much of the music here. Extracted from the games. |
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| Purchase: |
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CD Access
- Has many older games in stock. |
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eBay
- The on-line auction site. Sooner or later you will
be able to find most of Sierra's games here. |
| Apple ][ Games: |
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ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/Assets/games/
- A FTP site with a very large collection of disk images. |
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Virtual
Apple 2 - Preserving a generation of Apple 2 disks.
An entire library of old Apple 2 disks online. They currently
have over 1100 disk images archived on the web site. Relive,
play, and enjoy old Apple 2 games and other disks through the
internet and your web browser. |
| C-64: |
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C64.com
- Large game archive, good speed, files not zipped. |
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