Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic@mastodon.social
Living in the past. The IBM PC past that is. YouTuber/Podcaster. Ask me about DOS games! Tell me your DOS game memories!
YouTube: youtube.com/dosnostalgic
The author of IT, Jeffrey Lim, wrote a series of blog posts on the 20th anniversary -
First part here:
https://roartindon.blogspot.com/2014/02/20-years-of-impulse-tracker.html
Link to a search containing the remaining parts:
https://roartindon.blogspot.com/search?q=impulse+tracker
Very much worth reading if you're interested in the history of the program.
Impulse Tracker is important to me. It was the first tracker I used, and the most popular tracker program among my music friends in high school.
Impulse Tracker v2.03 (Jeffrey Lim, 1996)
The Magic Candle: Volume 1 (Mindcraft Software, 1989) #DOSGaming
"Where Are We?", an automapping retrofit for Might and Magic 1-5, Wizardry 1-5, and Bard's Tale 1-3
https://www.eskimo.com/~edv/lockscroll/WhereAreWe/
Lumines clone for DOS in text mode, PC Speaker sound, and HJKL controls:
https://thp.itch.io/lumindos
Sabre Team (Krisalis Software, 1994) #DOSGaming
Interview with Harlan Ellison from 1995, a promo of an upcoming I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream game, full of silly questions and great answers. Check it out: https://youtu.be/9dBap0UfQ_U
RIP Harlan Ellison. Here are his thoughts on Wolfenstein 3D 😂
The Oregon Trail Deluxe VGA Edition/The Oregon Trail v3.0 (MECC, 1992) #DOSGaming
A few promo screenshots of Battlecruiser 3000 A.D. from 1994, two years before the game's release
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Andrew Greenberg, Robert Woodhead/Sir-tech Software, 1984) #DOSGaming
Theatre of Death (The Software Shed/Psygnosis, 1994) #DOSGaming
Absolute Zero (Domark Software, Simis/Domark Software, 1995) #DOSGaming
Breach (Omnitrend Software, 1987) #DOSGaming
Manic Karts (Manic Media Productions/Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1995) #DOSGaming
