Source: https://www.microsoft.com/

In the mid-90s many switched from 8 and 16-bit platforms to the IBM PC. I remember very vividly when I tried to get the voxel based Comanche up and running on my Dad’s business PC and completely screwed up the autoexec.bat and config.sys files. What a drama - the machine did not boot no more and I had no clue, how to fix it. 🤷‍♂️

But evolving hardware, plenty of better and better games as well the availability of Linux cemented the PC’s success for me personally. Still, there were plenty of MS-DOS based titles that justified a dual boot system with Linux and MS-DOS 6.22.

And there is software development going on even today. Of course, MS-DOS counts as 'retro' and there is a community pushing out new titles from time to time.

Sledge is one of the curators. His platform DOSHaven is a neat collection of MS-DOS based indie titles and worth having a look at. Don’t expect expensive, shiny mega titles, but you will find at least some pearls over there.