Category: MS-DOS

Scene World Podcast Ep. #201 – Charles Ceclil about Broken Sword in a Circle Of Blood

In our new episode we are talking with Charles Cecil. He is a British video game designer and founder of Revolution Software, best known for games like Broken Sword or Beneath a Steel Sky. The interview section starts at minute 1:03:08 Enjoy! listen to/watch at: https://scene.world/brokensword

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor, A Gothic Horror Adventure for all Major Home Vintage Computers Finally Released!

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is an award-winning interactive horror from Stefan Vogt, the acclaimed author of Hibernated and The Curse of Rabenstein. Take on the role of novelist Thomas King and his wife Cora as they move into a remote Scottish manor house, just days before Christmas 1986. Seeking inspiration for his next book, Thomas begins to explore the…

After 40 years, PC Magazine “magazine” ceases to exist.

The December 2022 issue of PC Magazine will be its last one. Carol Mangis, manager of the magazine’s digital edition, announced the news in her “First Word” column. The magazine started its life in 1982, founded by David Bunnell, Jim Edlin, and Cheryl Woodard. By the end of 1983, the monthly issue had nothing less than 800 pages! At the…

Brief, the Visual Studio Code from the 80’s

One of my favourite past times is flicking through old computer magazines, mainly from the 80s. I am currently looking at BYTE magazine circa 1985. Other than the articles and news from that time, I also like to pay attention to the adverts. I believe this gives me a fascinating view of the history of computers from that time. One…

Windows is turning 35 today and looking back at Windows 1.0, it feels like it is way older!

My history with Windows started with version 3.0 but PCs and DOS/Windows never brought me any nostalgia. Maybe because I always think that the current Windows 10 is not much different than what the 3.0 version delivered, at least at the fundamental level of having many desktop apps running simultaneously (ok, not really) where you can switch between them at…

1983 Microsoft GW-BASIC source code now available on Github!

As we know, now Microsoft loves open-source software. Regardless of the motives Microsoft has, the giant software company unquestionably played an important part in the personal computer history, since the initial release of the BASIC interpreter made for the Altari 8800. To be fair, Microsoft has been very helpful in the effort to preserve this history of personal computing for…

Retro Revisited: KKnD – Krush Kill ‘n’ Destroy (PC)

Released in 1997, KKnD is an old-school RTS with a wry sense of humour. Discover what we thought in our new retrospective!

Rebellion acquires The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio

It was announced on November 25th, that Rebellion, creators of the Sniper Elite Series (which I played them all!), acquired The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio, and plans to bring the classics to the new platforms as well as release brand-new games based on the beloved licenses. Described as “Gaming’s first rockstars,” The Bitmap Brothers were responsible for what many…

Internet Archive adds another 2,500 MS-DOS games to its playable online collection

The Internet Archive keeps updating its game collection very often with small additions on many of the “retro” platforms but this time they exceeded our expectations releasing 2,500 MS-DOS games at once “ranging from tiny recent independent productions to long-forgotten big-name releases from decades ago“, as stated in the announcement post. They also warn that not all games are performing…