You spend enough time fine-tuning your modern systems; doing so within an arcane framework, for a single game, is not everybody’s idea of fun.
DOS_deck seems to get this, providing the most frictionless path to playing classic DOS shareware and abandonware, like Doom, Jazz Jackrabbit, Command & Conquer, and Syndicate, with reconfigured controller support and a simplified interface benevolently looted from the Steam Deck.
Kool writes that more games are coming and lists some of them in rough order in a post on the project’s subreddit (I will be checking back in for Descent).
I genuinely want this service to feel like a Netflix for DOS games, and offer only the best titles and a diverse selection of genres."
There are purchase buttons for the games, but they’re more of a tribute or convenience, as they won’t unlock full versions in DOS_deck itself.
Tom’s Hardware, where we first read about this site, suggests using Chromium, so as to save Chrome or Edge for other uses, including browsing.
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You spend enough time fine-tuning your modern systems; doing so within an arcane framework, for a single game, is not everybody’s idea of fun.
DOS_deck seems to get this, providing the most frictionless path to playing classic DOS shareware and abandonware, like Doom, Jazz Jackrabbit, Command & Conquer, and Syndicate, with reconfigured controller support and a simplified interface benevolently looted from the Steam Deck.
Kool writes that more games are coming and lists some of them in rough order in a post on the project’s subreddit (I will be checking back in for Descent).
I genuinely want this service to feel like a Netflix for DOS games, and offer only the best titles and a diverse selection of genres."
There are purchase buttons for the games, but they’re more of a tribute or convenience, as they won’t unlock full versions in DOS_deck itself.
Tom’s Hardware, where we first read about this site, suggests using Chromium, so as to save Chrome or Edge for other uses, including browsing.
The original article contains 484 words, the summary contains 167 words. Saved 65%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!