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I have fond memories of playing Jazz Jackrabbit...and Commander Keen, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Secret Agent Man, Jill of the Jungle, and so on. Epic Games and

I have fond memories of playing Jazz Jackrabbit...and Commander Keen, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Secret Agent Man, Jill of the Jungle, and so on. Epic Games and Apogee were the logos I remember seeing most often. OMG! Jetpack from Adept Software is still available?! https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/ https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/

zactato 3y ago
Can we all appreciate the fact that this game was developed/produced by Tim Sweeney, who is still very active in Video Game development. I don't know of anyone else who's tenure in the industry is 30+ years.
Loughla 3y ago
All of those and gizmos and gadgets. God I spent so much time on that one. And the lost mind/island of Dr. Brain. I wish I could still play them!
- snypher 3y ago
  We were allowed to play Castle of Dr Brain in class, but there was no save feature, so some of us got pretty good at speedrunning the first puzzles to spend the rest of class on the next one.
- predakanga 3y ago
  You can play Island of Dr Brain on archive.org! https://archive.org/details/msdos_Island_of_Dr._Brain_1992 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Island_of_Dr._Brain_1992 They have Lost Mind as well, but not emulated because it's a Windows game. I wouldn't be surprised if it still runs, though.
  - tetha 3y ago
    Wine is suprising me more and more with running these early windows games.
- unixhero 3y ago
  All old games are available.
  - Viliam1234 3y ago
    Specifically, here: https://www.retro-exo.com/exodos.html https://www.retro-exo.com/exodos.html
- xyproto 3y ago
  Island of Dr. Brain works well in ScummVM!
- tetha 3y ago
  I kind of want to install The Incredible Machine now. I just have to find a can opener, a rocket and a baseball. Hmm..
  - vanderZwan 3y ago
    The creator of The Incredible Machine made an HD remake called Contraption Maker: https://store.steampowered.com/app/241240/Contraption_Maker https://store.steampowered.com/app/241240/Contraption_Maker It's extremely faithful to the original in terms of "feeling", to the point where it satisfies my TIM nostalgia
bluedino 3y ago
Such a simple but awesome game. The level editor was hours of fun. And the best part, it worked on all my friends computers, no matter how cheap or old they were!
- tommica 3y ago
  I played so much of that game with my friend - he made some really good maps with the editor!
rascul 3y ago
Apogee had some great games for their time. Some of the full versions and many of the free/share ware versions are available at the various DOS game archive sites.
- rpastuszak 3y ago
  Ah yes, we almost finished Death Rally with a Sentinel (best car in the shareware version). Sometimes I hang out with my little brothers on Discord, with one of us playing DR (or a similar game), the rest watches the stream. We have some snacks and pretend we travelled back in time to the era when we shared the same PC and had a (very elaborate) hot-seat queueing/watching and commenting system. "streaming" as watching your buddy play in the same room beats Twitch for me every time! Recently I had fun with The Curse of Monkey Island and Microsoft Bob experienced in the same way. Although the latter is more like bringing your friends home for a Tommy Wiseau movie night.
3abiton 3y ago
Recently, thanks to linux gaming support, I was able to run Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (using proton). Nothing beats fun nostalgia. So happy it lives forever on open source now.
lloeki 3y ago
Gods and Abuse were also staples of my early VGA days. Abuse had that crazy scriptable level editor, I must have spent more time in it than actually playing.
busfahrer 3y ago
Don’t forget Crystal Caves, my favorite of that era
willis936 3y ago
Tip of my tongue request. Looking up images of DOS platformers like Secret Agent and Crystal Caves reminds me of a game that was loaded on some elementary school computers in 1998. I don't recall if they were Mac or DOS, but they certainly weren't the cutting edge G3. I think the game had a character in a trench coat and they were maybe a sleuth of some kind. The color palette was dark but there were yellow-ish lights coming from above in a conical shape. I know memories are usually warped and wrong, but hopefully this is enough of a description to jog someone's memory. I have been able to rediscover all of the games I played as kid. Most I never revisited, but it feels satisfying to learn what they were. Big ones that bugged me for ages are Tyrian and Descent.
- tirpen 3y ago
  Could it be Secret Agent by Apogee Software? https://store.steampowered.com/app/358350/Secret_Agent/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/358350/Secret_Agent/
  - willis936 3y ago
    The mention of Secret Agent above reminded me heavily of it, but I remember the character being about twice as tall on the screen. I think it is likely an Apogee game or by someone inspired by their art. I haven't found a solid hit of what's in my memory after looking through their catalog and a quick glance through a wider list. It may just be busted memories and it is Secret Agent. It's unsatisfactory though because every other vague memory has turned out to be more accurate than not.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago
  https://www.mobygames.com/game/from:1990/genre:2d-scrolling/genre:arcade_/genre:side-view/platform:dos/platform:macintosh/until:1995/sort:moby_score/page:1/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/from:1990/genre:2d-scrolling/...
- hieguiz 3y ago
  The detective character you're describing sounds a lot like the character from the Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets series. I've linked a video but not sure if it's the exact game you're thinking of https://youtu.be/OzXHI22IOSA?t=113 https://youtu.be/OzXHI22IOSA?t=113 edit: This DOS game might be the one you're thinking of https://youtu.be/Wei0C21LBNM?t=28 https://youtu.be/Wei0C21LBNM?t=28
Cthulhu_ 3y ago
Oh man I had forgotten about Jetpack and how you can make your own levels, thanks for the reminder!
Zardoz84 3y ago
> OMG! Jetpack from Adept Software is still available?! https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/ https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/ I love that game!
- Zardoz84 3y ago
  Oh, wait! There is a sequel!
bjoli 3y ago
The games you get today they might be very flash, but they will never beat the thrill of getting through Jetpack.
- NetOpWibby 3y ago
  That kind of magic is hard to find
  - bjoli 3y ago
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts96J7HhO28 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts96J7HhO28 It made a generation who can code!

zactato 3y ago

Can we all appreciate the fact that this game was developed/produced by Tim Sweeney, who is still very active in Video Game development. I don't know of anyone else who's tenure in the industry is 30+ years.

Loughla 3y ago

All of those and gizmos and gadgets. God I spent so much time on that one. And the lost mind/island of Dr. Brain. I wish I could still play them!

snypher 3y ago
We were allowed to play Castle of Dr Brain in class, but there was no save feature, so some of us got pretty good at speedrunning the first puzzles to spend the rest of class on the next one.
predakanga 3y ago
You can play Island of Dr Brain on archive.org! https://archive.org/details/msdos_Island_of_Dr._Brain_1992 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Island_of_Dr._Brain_1992 They have Lost Mind as well, but not emulated because it's a Windows game. I wouldn't be surprised if it still runs, though.
- tetha 3y ago
  Wine is suprising me more and more with running these early windows games.
unixhero 3y ago
All old games are available.
- Viliam1234 3y ago
  Specifically, here: https://www.retro-exo.com/exodos.html https://www.retro-exo.com/exodos.html
xyproto 3y ago
Island of Dr. Brain works well in ScummVM!
tetha 3y ago
I kind of want to install The Incredible Machine now. I just have to find a can opener, a rocket and a baseball. Hmm..
- vanderZwan 3y ago
  The creator of The Incredible Machine made an HD remake called Contraption Maker: https://store.steampowered.com/app/241240/Contraption_Maker https://store.steampowered.com/app/241240/Contraption_Maker It's extremely faithful to the original in terms of "feeling", to the point where it satisfies my TIM nostalgia

bluedino 3y ago

Such a simple but awesome game. The level editor was hours of fun. And the best part, it worked on all my friends computers, no matter how cheap or old they were!

tommica 3y ago
I played so much of that game with my friend - he made some really good maps with the editor!

rascul 3y ago

Apogee had some great games for their time. Some of the full versions and many of the free/share ware versions are available at the various DOS game archive sites.

rpastuszak 3y ago
Ah yes, we almost finished Death Rally with a Sentinel (best car in the shareware version). Sometimes I hang out with my little brothers on Discord, with one of us playing DR (or a similar game), the rest watches the stream. We have some snacks and pretend we travelled back in time to the era when we shared the same PC and had a (very elaborate) hot-seat queueing/watching and commenting system. "streaming" as watching your buddy play in the same room beats Twitch for me every time! Recently I had fun with The Curse of Monkey Island and Microsoft Bob experienced in the same way. Although the latter is more like bringing your friends home for a Tommy Wiseau movie night.

3abiton 3y ago

Recently, thanks to linux gaming support, I was able to run Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (using proton). Nothing beats fun nostalgia. So happy it lives forever on open source now.

lloeki 3y ago

Gods and Abuse were also staples of my early VGA days. Abuse had that crazy scriptable level editor, I must have spent more time in it than actually playing.

busfahrer 3y ago

Don’t forget Crystal Caves, my favorite of that era

willis936 3y ago

Tip of my tongue request. Looking up images of DOS platformers like Secret Agent and Crystal Caves reminds me of a game that was loaded on some elementary school computers in 1998. I don't recall if they were Mac or DOS, but they certainly weren't the cutting edge G3. I think the game had a character in a trench coat and they were maybe a sleuth of some kind. The color palette was dark but there were yellow-ish lights coming from above in a conical shape. I know memories are usually warped and wrong, but hopefully this is enough of a description to jog someone's memory. I have been able to rediscover all of the games I played as kid. Most I never revisited, but it feels satisfying to learn what they were. Big ones that bugged me for ages are Tyrian and Descent.

tirpen 3y ago
Could it be Secret Agent by Apogee Software? https://store.steampowered.com/app/358350/Secret_Agent/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/358350/Secret_Agent/
- willis936 3y ago
  The mention of Secret Agent above reminded me heavily of it, but I remember the character being about twice as tall on the screen. I think it is likely an Apogee game or by someone inspired by their art. I haven't found a solid hit of what's in my memory after looking through their catalog and a quick glance through a wider list. It may just be busted memories and it is Secret Agent. It's unsatisfactory though because every other vague memory has turned out to be more accurate than not.
justsomehnguy 3y ago
https://www.mobygames.com/game/from:1990/genre:2d-scrolling/genre:arcade_/genre:side-view/platform:dos/platform:macintosh/until:1995/sort:moby_score/page:1/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/from:1990/genre:2d-scrolling/...
hieguiz 3y ago
The detective character you're describing sounds a lot like the character from the Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets series. I've linked a video but not sure if it's the exact game you're thinking of https://youtu.be/OzXHI22IOSA?t=113 https://youtu.be/OzXHI22IOSA?t=113 edit: This DOS game might be the one you're thinking of https://youtu.be/Wei0C21LBNM?t=28 https://youtu.be/Wei0C21LBNM?t=28

Cthulhu_ 3y ago

Oh man I had forgotten about Jetpack and how you can make your own levels, thanks for the reminder!

Zardoz84 3y ago

> OMG! Jetpack from Adept Software is still available?! https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/ https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/ I love that game!

Zardoz84 3y ago
Oh, wait! There is a sequel!

bjoli 3y ago

The games you get today they might be very flash, but they will never beat the thrill of getting through Jetpack.

NetOpWibby 3y ago
That kind of magic is hard to find
- bjoli 3y ago
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts96J7HhO28 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts96J7HhO28 It made a generation who can code!