Well, most BBS's (which were more prevalent in the 80's) were dial-up modem like a Hayes or US Robotics and not actually "internet" connections. A company I worked for in the 90's started out with BBS software called "The MajorBBS", which was used by companies such as "Sierra Online" to allow people to download patches and updates to games.

There were several boards which also distributed Shareware and demos of games and apps, before CD-ROM started to come down in price and they were publishing the "Shareware Collection" CDs.

While many BBS software packages only supported single user's dialing in at a time, MajorBBS was unique in that it could have multiple people call in at a time, allowing them to play games in real time or chat with other users who were logged in. Eventually TCP/IP connectivity was added in, which was kind of neat, because your board could have an internet "presence", as well as useful applications like forums, file libraries and multiplayer games.

Ah, those were the days. :)

Okay, let me clarify: no "on-line" connection at all. =) The family computer (bought in early '95) was located in a spare bedroom that had no phone line. That sweet 14.4 kbps modem was never used once by us. : )

there should be quite a few old point n click adventure shareware games you could add to the list I believe


the pack is a good idea tbh

Holy shit, I haven't seen some of these games since I was like six or seven.

Yeah, as far as games are concerned, you're most likely correct as I didn't get into PC gaming until I got my first PC at 33! xD Yeah, I was a console gamer in the early 90s...Though I was quick to start my PC gaming with Torment, BG, fallout etc...So I came right at the perfect time!