7k MS-DOS Games playable in the browser

jandrese wrote: post #4

arriu wrote: post #2

Any way to get these working on mobile? The emulator seems to play but no way to type or input text.

Bluetooth keyboard? Or try this? https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28045/is-there-a...

Tried a real keyboard with no luck on an iPad. :(

Sucks, was excited to try some games. :/

Re: 7k MS-DOS Games playable in the browser

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Post by User23 » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 1:26 AM UTC

georgeecollins wrote: post #3

I strongly recommend Bandit Kings of Ancient China. It is a great game.

I saw the title and came here to post this. Here's the direct link[1]. I spent an absurd amount of time playing this game at my brother's house because he had a PC and my family had a Mac. Empire[2] was another one that got plenty of play.

[1] https://archive.org/details/msdos_Bandit_Kings_of_Ancient_Ch...

[2] https://archive.org/details/msdos_Empire_1985

Re: 7k MS-DOS Games playable in the browser

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Post by justnotworthit » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 1:27 AM UTC

I wonder if something like this will ever happen to xbox 360, ps4, etc games. Or if they'll be long unplayable either technically or legally.

Re: 7k MS-DOS Games playable in the browser

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Post by bufferoverflow » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 1:30 AM UTC

justnotworthit wrote: post #7

I wonder if something like this will ever happen to xbox 360, ps4, etc games. Or if they'll be long unplayable either technically or legally.

It will take a lot of effort to reverse-engineer and then emulate whatever backend these consoles have. 90's games were simple, very simple.

Re: 7k MS-DOS Games playable in the browser

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Post by userbinator » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 1:33 AM UTC

bufferoverflow wrote: post #8

justnotworthit wrote: post #7

I wonder if something like this will ever happen to xbox 360, ps4, etc games. Or if they'll be long unplayable either technically or legally.

It will take a lot of effort to reverse-engineer and then emulate whatever backend these consoles have. 90's games were simple, very simple.

...and there would also have to be another huge jump in (mainly single-threaded) computing power to make emulation at native speeds possible in a browser. Those consoles have relatively powerful GPUs and CPUs.

Re: 7k MS-DOS Games playable in the browser

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Post by chmod775 » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 1:33 AM UTC

arriu wrote: post #2

Any way to get these working on mobile? The emulator seems to play but no way to type or input text.

You can download the games directly from archive.org[1], get a DOS emulator from the app store, and run those games slightly more natively than with a browser.

[1] Curiously only some of them, I suppose due to some licensing restrictions?