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Posted October 08, 2009
It surely has to be Ultima VIII: Pagan.
Still looks good now, imo.
Posted October 08, 2009
I think Quake was pretty revolutionary at the time of its release.
Also, most of his games were really horrible to look at, but Steve Moraff probably had the highest-res games that I can remember.
Posted October 08, 2009
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Wishbone: There's no date on that, but I can only assume it's ancient. Has anybody ever heard of Happy Puppy? I haven't.
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: I used to use Happy Puppy all the time. It was a long time ago though.

Well, www.happypuppy.com is a blank white page with the text "It works!" in the top-left corner.
Posted October 08, 2009
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: I used to use Happy Puppy all the time. It was a long time ago though.
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Wishbone: Well, www.happypuppy.com is a blank white page with the text "It works!" in the top-left corner.

Happypuppy was one of the earlier integrated news/download/cheat sites dedicated to games, but started dying out in the early 2000's when more professional sites like Gamespot, IGN, and Planetwhatever became really popular.
Posted October 08, 2009
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Navagon: Constructor was one of the most recent DOS games I can remember.

Another game I wish was on GOG. Not many people had played it, which is quite sad, really.
Posted October 08, 2009
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Navagon: Constructor was one of the most recent DOS games I can remember.
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Aatami: Another game I wish was on GOG. Not many people had played it, which is quite sad, really.

I've got no clue what happened to the old Acclaim IP though. Acclaim Games is Acclaim in name only. So I doubt they have the IP as their focus is only on online games.
Posted October 08, 2009
Bioforge had pretty good graphics (especially for one who, like me, grew on Alone in the Dark).
Posted October 08, 2009
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Blarg: Right after Doom, a game came out called Heretic. Its sequels were renamed Hexen and were in 3D instead of sprite-based, but had a much duller, narrower color palette.
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sethsez: Hexen was actually also built on the Doom engine. Hexen 2 is where it made the transition to 3D.

At any rate, both had much darker and narrower color palettes than Heretic.
Posted October 08, 2009
Hmm... best graphics for a dos game? My guess would be a modern source port of Hexen 2 like Hammer of Thyrion. It had beautiful texturing for its time.
Post edited October 08, 2009 by Snickersnack
Posted October 09, 2009
X-COM: UFO Defense was very neat...
Decent II was for windows and DOS
Elderscrolls: Daggerfall Will always be in my heart for the realm of Awesome.
I personally love Duke 3D, Blood and Shadow Warrior... they were amazing in my book
Post edited October 09, 2009 by Starkrun
Posted October 09, 2009
Best looking DOS game ever?
Easy. Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, no contest.
Post edited October 09, 2009 by phanboy4
Posted October 09, 2009
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paldepind: I was just wondering about this. What DOS game had the best real time rendered graphic? It chould be interesting to see how much those old school computers could handle..

By "best real time rendered graphic" you mean games with 3D graphic only? If so, are the games which uses a 3Dfx board allowed?
For just plain software 3D render under DOS I would say that Chasm and Quake are the most advanced in this matter.
Posted October 09, 2009
Best graphics for a DOS game would have to be Dr Otto Breeser's Porno Adventure.
Posted October 09, 2009
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iuliand: By "best real time rendered graphic" you mean games with 3D graphic only? If so, are the games which uses a 3Dfx board allowed?

Yes, that's actually what I meant. And 3Dfx? I've never really found out what it is :(
Posted October 09, 2009
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iuliand: By "best real time rendered graphic" you mean games with 3D graphic only? If so, are the games which uses a 3Dfx board allowed?
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paldepind: Yes, that's actually what I meant. And 3Dfx? I've never really found out what it is :(

3DFX utterly dominated the graphics card market at a time when Nvidia were in their infancy and ATI were just, well, crap.
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