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The off-topic of the week revolves around MS-DOS. Even though the underlying machines and CPUs had four times the bus width compared to our beloved hardware, one has to admit that, especially from the early 90s onwards, MS-DOS not only caught up in the gaming world but in some areas even led the way.

The pain... 😪

The silver lining is that today – 30 years later – MS-DOS can be beautifully emulated. Assuming you have a reasonably fast machine, with the help of js-dos, the originally black-and-white CLI joy can be directly transferred to the browser.

Why is this interesting? Because it brings a whole slew of games (a whopping 1723 to be exact) within easy reach. 🤤

An unknown Czech team has made it possible. In addition to the MS-DOS emulator, they have also integrated other emulators into their project at retrogames.cz. The project undoubtedly treads in a legal gray area, but the team only offers these titles for play, not for download. Moreover, they claim to possess a legally acquired license for every single game. We'd like to take their word for it.

Because a whole array of true gaming gems awaits. Monkey Island, Wing Commander, Alone in the Dark... Browsing is a joy! 🍀