Hello there, from the Netherlands

[TheOmega]

#10771

Oh God, I missed so much already, really wished I found you guys sooner. Anyway, here’s my little introduction.

I’m from the Netherlands, born in 1983 and the first computer we had at home was a 286, it came with a few really old games which I can’t remember anymore. What I do remember is the 486dx2-66 we got after that with that beautiful and inviting “turbo” button on the front. It came preloaded with some obscure games and Prince op Persia 1. I played the shit out of that game and later went to friends houses with a canister of floppy disks to copy all their games. I’ve played a lot old games, always tinkering with the autoexec.bat and config.sys files to get games to run.
Lots of fun, lots of memories.

Anyway, I discovered the Dos Game Club when I was searching for the theme song of Space Quest on Spotify and I’m working my way through the backlog of all the episodes. I really wish I could have been part of some of these, but can’t time-travel IRL, so I’m joining up now. I might probably not be the most active member perhaps, but that doesn’t change my love for the golden oldies of DOS, talking about them and maybe discover a few new gems.

Kind regards.

[Coops]

#10963

Welcome aboard! I only joined this year myself. I like to think we’re still in the golden age of this club.

Ah yes, that tantalizing turbo button! None of us realised it was a slow down button in disguise.

[DJ_HiP]

#11221

“Oh God, I missed so much already, really wished I found you guys sooner.”

I think that’s what we’ve all said once we joined! So many amazing games already covered, but that doesn’t mean you can’t go back and play them and post your experiences in that thread for future DGC newbie’s to find!

Any of 2026’s games take your fancy?