Dungeons and Dragons would be a good one as well. Fred Olver
----- Original Message ----- From: "darren harris" <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] what other old dos games would people like to seeported to the iPhone > I'd love to see elite ported over, duke nukem to name a few. > > -----Original Message----- > From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On > Behalf Of alex wallis > Sent: 30 November 2011 14:15 > To: gamers@audyssey.org > Subject: [Audyssey] what other old dos games would people like to see > ported > to the iPhone > > Hi list, I just sent this message to the viphone list without thinking, > grr I hate it when I do things like that, I just filled in the address > on autopilot without thinking. > > just thought I would throw this question out there to see what sort of > replies come in, > what other old dos games would people like to see ported to the iPhone? > of course we shouldn't expect lots of games to now suddenly be ported to > the iPhone, I doubt the developer who ported the 6 games we currently > have will > port every possible game under the sun. > > Speaking for myself, one game I would really like the ability to play on > the iPhone is called humbug, its interactive fiction, but unusually the > guy who > wrote it didn't use a standard IF language, I think he wrote it in pascal. > In fact he wrote several games, which he has now made freeware, though I > don't think he released the source code to any of them. > Jackaranda jim was also another funny one he did, though I was never > able to beat that one. > Humbug was cool because of the way all the puzzles were interconnected. > Of course I can't use any of his games under windows 7 because it won't > run 16 bit applications, but I have an old dos pc which I keep just for > old games, > its about 15 years old and still in full working order. > To be honest I probably wouldn't play old dos style games that much, but > they would be cool to have around for long car or train journeys. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
