Dosbox

Space Cadet · 15-09-2010, 12:42 AM

So I was playing Commander Keen 6 (one of the best games ever...) to test out the new copy of Dosbox I just downloaded. The obligatory exit screen gave the usual old 'check out our other stuff' spiel.

Except there wasn't a website to go to. There wasn't even an email address. There was a mailing address and a phone number. It was the most recent Keen game and the internet wasn't even really a 'thing' by that point yet.

I'm scared and my head is broken. How the hooey did I spend so many hours nearly every day on the computer for so many years without internet? What the hooey was I doing?

What's the point of computers that can't talk to each other?

How did we survive?

an angel · 15-09-2010, 12:46 AM

I'm lost

djibou · 15-09-2010, 03:48 AM

Destrokk · 15-09-2010, 03:58 AM

lulz pron?

Cobalt · 15-09-2010, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Space Cadet;4441794
So I was playing Commander Keen 6 (one of the best games ever...) to test out the new copy of Dosbox I just downloaded. The obligatory exit screen gave the usual old 'check out our other stuff' spiel.

Except there wasn't a website to go to. There wasn't even an email address. There was a mailing address and a phone number. It was the most recent Keen game and the internet wasn't even really a 'thing' by that point yet.

Well, that was the only way to contact the company!

We did it with awesome games, that's how we did it.

Destrokk · 15-09-2010, 05:03 AM

I'd play the humongous entertainment games

eff-exx · 15-09-2010, 05:17 AM

I don't really understand since I'm no computer games girl.

I didn't depend on the computer so much last time.

Gitta Rensolo · 15-09-2010, 08:36 AM

agh I downloaded it some months ago because I wanted to play Keen.....but it doesn't work for me...

Violet · 15-09-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by djibou;4441925

WIN.

Crests · 15-09-2010, 10:44 PM

COMMANDER KEEN <3

Gitta Rensolo · 16-09-2010, 08:44 AM

I did always reach a stage where I couldn't continue though....I am not sure if that was my fault or if that was the game's fault...it might just have been a demo version haha...

I'd loooooove to play California games, Summer games and winter games again....my sister had a C64 it was so cool....I don't care about super duper high quality games nowadays I just want those games back

15-09-2010, 12:42 AM	#1
Space Cadet You have been warned. Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,738 My Mood: Location: Nova Scotia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Dosbox So I was playing Commander Keen 6 (one of the best games ever...) to test out the new copy of Dosbox I just downloaded. The obligatory exit screen gave the usual old 'check out our other stuff' spiel. Except there wasn't a website to go to. There wasn't even an email address. There was a mailing address and a phone number. It was the most recent Keen game and the internet wasn't even really a 'thing' by that point yet. I'm scared and my head is broken. How the hooey did I spend so many hours nearly every day on the computer for so many years without internet? What the hooey was I doing? What's the point of computers that can't talk to each other? How did we survive? __________________ Spoiler http://img-fan.theonering.net/middle...trolls_als.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9WmxwgW2J0 "Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, And munched and mumbled a bare old bone; For many a year he had gnawed it near, For meat was hard to come by. Done by! Gum by! In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone, And meat was hard to come by. Up came Tom with his big boots on. Said he to Troll: 'Pray, what is yon? For it looks like the shin o' my nuncle Tim, As should be a-lyin' in graveyard. Caveyard! Paveyard! This many a year has Tim been gone, And I thought he were lyin' in graveyard.' 'My lad,' said Troll, 'this bone I stole. But what be bones that lie in a hole? Thy nuncle was dead as a lump o' lead, Afore I found his shinbone. Tinbone! Thinbone! He can spare a share for a poor old troll, For he don't need his shinbone.' Said Tom: 'I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o' my father's kin; So hand the old bone over! Rover! Trover! Though dead he be, it belongs to he; So hand the old bone over!' 'For a couple o' pins,' says Troll, and grins, 'I'll eat thee too, and gnaw thy shins. A bit o' fresh meat will go down sweet! I'll try my teeth on thee now. Hee now! See now! I'm tired o' gnawing old bones and skins; I've a mind to dine on thee now.' But just as he thought his dinner was caught, He found his hands had hold of naught. Before he could mind, Tom slipped behind And gave him the boot to larn him. Warn him! Darn him! A bump o' the boot on the seat, Tom thought, Would be the way to larn him. But harder than stone is the flesh and bone Of a troll that sits in the hills alone. As well set your boot to the mountain's root, For the seat of a troll don't feel it. Peel it! Heal it! Old Troll laughed, when he heard Tom groan, And he knew his toes could feel it. Tom's leg is game, since home he came, And his bootless foot is lasting lame; But Troll don't care, and he's still there With the bone he boned from its owner. Doner! Boner! Troll's old seat is still the same, And the bone he boned from its owner!" Albums of the Year 2011 - Vote Here!

15-09-2010, 12:46 AM	#2
an angel still broken Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 49,553 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 20 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts	I'm lost __________________ ♫♪ Serve me the sky with a big slice of lemon.

15-09-2010, 03:48 AM	#3
djibou This Is Bigger Than Us Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5,784 Location: The Sunset in Your Eyes Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 20 Thanked 30 Times in 17 Posts	__________________ I'm froze by desire, as if a choice I make<3 The guy in my avatar is Peter Silberman from The Antlers. Give them a listen. He has pretty blue eyes. Quote: Originally Posted by Crests;4888436 Those silly lesbians and their golf.

15-09-2010, 03:58 AM	#4
Destrokk jef jefpoop Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 18,866 Location: Behind you. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 181 Thanked 408 Times in 222 Posts	lulz pron? __________________ no this is real

15-09-2010, 04:37 AM	#5
Cobalt OH SUCH THE SHAME! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18,304 My Mood: Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 10 Thanks given: 159 Thanked 173 Times in 120 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Space Cadet;4441794 So I was playing Commander Keen 6 (one of the best games ever...) to test out the new copy of Dosbox I just downloaded. The obligatory exit screen gave the usual old 'check out our other stuff' spiel. Except there wasn't a website to go to. There wasn't even an email address. There was a mailing address and a phone number. It was the most recent Keen game and the internet wasn't even really a 'thing' by that point yet. Well, that was the only way to contact the company! We did it with awesome games, that's how we did it. __________________ my quotes are old and my body is weary this space for rent

15-09-2010, 05:03 AM	#6
Destrokk jef jefpoop Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 18,866 Location: Behind you. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 181 Thanked 408 Times in 222 Posts	I'd play the humongous entertainment games __________________ no this is real

15-09-2010, 05:17 AM	#7
eff-exx i wuz lyvie. Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,729 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I don't really understand since I'm no computer games girl. I didn't depend on the computer so much last time.

15-09-2010, 08:36 AM	#8
Gitta Rensolo -1 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 44,317 My Mood: Location: sleeping in a sidewalk with a Burger King crown Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	agh I downloaded it some months ago because I wanted to play Keen.....but it doesn't work for me... __________________ keine Zeit, in Echtzeit Die Musik ist aus und ist immernoch da

15-09-2010, 08:49 PM	#9
Violet 2:3 Life Round Here Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18,749 My Mood: Location: Ripper Street Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 99 Thanked 145 Times in 112 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by djibou;4441925 WIN. __________________ Facebook \| Twitter \| Last \| Tumblr Quote: Originally Posted by Showbiz;4807100 A few people are actually Wolstenfluent. I believe Violet may be one of the lucky few born with this gift.

15-09-2010, 10:44 PM	#10
Crests tiger! fire! cyber! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 151,903 My Mood: Country: Chat posts: 20 Thanks given: 46 Thanked 80 Times in 63 Posts	COMMANDER KEEN <3 __________________ ♪

16-09-2010, 08:44 AM	#11
Gitta Rensolo -1 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 44,317 My Mood: Location: sleeping in a sidewalk with a Burger King crown Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	I did always reach a stage where I couldn't continue though....I am not sure if that was my fault or if that was the game's fault...it might just have been a demo version haha... I'd loooooove to play California games, Summer games and winter games again....my sister had a C64 it was so cool....I don't care about super duper high quality games nowadays I just want those games back __________________ keine Zeit, in Echtzeit Die Musik ist aus und ist immernoch da

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