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Article #698054Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2017?
From: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:31
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:31
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 00:13:16 +0000 (UTC), rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge) wrote: >Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>Fortunately, I had either imaged the original floppy disks or was able >>to transfer the files over from the GOG.com installations (although in >>a few cases I had to go out and re-purchase one of these classic >>games). > >I thought I had most of my old MS-DOS games already installed in one >way or another, but your mentioning of Dragon Wars reminded me I didn't >have that game on my hard disk. A quick check in my 5 1/4" floppy disk >case revealed that there were three other games I didn't have installed >either. So I figured I better copy the disks now, before it's too late. >Assuming it's not too late already. > >Suprisingly, despite the fact that the game disks and the 5 1/4" >drive are all at least 25 years now, I was able to copy all nine disks >without issue. I was worried more about the drive than the disks though, >as floppy disks seem to be pretty resliant if all their doing is sitting >on shelf. As I said, back in the day I imaged most of my disks. I did this partly because I was worried about the medium's longevity, but mostly so I could save space; all those floppy games fit on a single CD-ROM (it was around the time that same necessity forced me to lose all those awesome game boxes too). While I remember testing them, I was never completely without worry that the on-disk copy-protection wouldn't work from disk images (Lemmings 1 was particularly sensitive). In most cases, rather than deal with this possibility, I often just re-purchase the game from GOG. Such was the case with Dragon Wars; I didn't even bother with my ancient disk images, I just downloaded the game and transferred the files to my giant DOSBox installation. Best thing about Dragon Wars, btw? Automap.
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