https://www.pixelships.com Home of the toy spaceship collecting game PixelShips, the Ancient DOS Games and Shovelware Diggers web shows, and various other projects, all designed and produced by the obscure and barely known game designer: Kris Asick en-ca https://youtu.be/sCqpsNruzvk Featuring a tiny 16-bit portrait of David Hasselhoff! This week on No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming the votes were for "Knight Rider Special", a weaponized time-trial third-person behind-the-car 3D racing game based on the Knight Rider television series, developed and published by Pack-in-Video right at the end of 1989 in Japan for the PC Engine, and was never given a North American release. (This seems to be a trend I am noticing with PC Engine titles; American-licensed properties only getting Japanese exclusive games for this console... hmm...) Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/g6wSt91t7z4 Now that I think about it... is this technically a movie-based game? Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini's taking a look at The Dark Half, a "graphic" adventure (in more ways than one) based off of the Stephen King novel of the same name, developed by a short-lived studio known as Symtus and being published by Capstone Software in 1992. While a lot of sentiment about this game is that it's absolutely terrible, I will say straight out: The music, while repetitive due to there not being that much, is fitting, the graphics are actually fairly decent, and the gameplay, while a bit glitchy, has some foresight and plays well enough... but none of that helps save this from its most critical failing which drags down the entire experience... Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/C-LLSusr0i8 For today's Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition video we're taking a look at a late 90s indie DOS platformer known as StixWorld, the one and only game released by PsychoHazard Software in 1998, made primarily with vector graphics as opposed to raster graphics. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:32:00 GMT https://www.pixelships.com/smallgames.html Quick update to LETTERGUN on the Small Games page to fix a couple of obscure bugs! :B Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:51:00 GMT https://youtu.be/ldnmzQznYMY This... doesn't feel like it's supposed to be a TG-16 game... For this week of No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming the votes resulted in a tie, with the tie-breaker going to "Timeball", aka "Blodia", aka "Bloodia", aka "Diablo" (this game has a LOT of names...), originally released for Texas Instruments and Coleco computers in the early 80s, with this TG-16 port coming WAY later in 1990, being developed by Hudson Soft and published through NEC, with Brøderbund also having something to do with the game but I'm not sure exactly what...? Wed, 23 Sep 2026 02:03:00 GMT https://youtu.be/jqhbnSTzv9U I didn't REALLY need to make this thing but... too late! For today's ADG filler video, Gemini's showcasing a brand new game written in QBASIC called "LETTERGUN - The Run 'N Gun Board Game", made to demonstrate the concept of taking existing physical games and giving them brand new rule sets. In this case, taking a physical "Scrabble" Brand Crossword Game by Hasbro Inc. and changing the rules around so dramatically that it's basically not even the same game anymore, it just happens to utilize the same physical pieces! Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:00:01 GMT https://www.pixelships.com/smallgames.html Oh hey, a brand new game to play out of nowhere! Yep, over the course of 10 days (plus a little extra counting debugging and making supplemental materials) I whipped together a game in just under 4,000 lines of QBASIC code (the compiler didn't like that... long story...) which is effectively a complete and total overhaul to the rules of the "Scrabble" Brand Crossword Game made by Hasbro Inc. to turn it into a turn-based platforming game! Yes, you can play this on a REAL Scrabble board with all of its letter tiles! I even have a PDF included you can print with all of the rules listed and cheat-sheets for easy reference! More likely though, you'll want to play the QBASIC game and save yourself the hassle. The point is, YOU COULD do it fully physical and the game represents that in how it plays! Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/nn6P4_Ru9rA Knocking out a trio of quick games for today's Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition video: The shareware version of Depth Dwellers by TriSoft, the demo version of Big Red Racing by Big Red Software and Domark Software, ending with a "quick" look at QikServe, a Tapper clone made by Scott Ramsay (aka: Egghead Dude). Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/gNHuTnBI1cQ For all the people who ever wanted to play as a lethal, walk-climbing slinky toy... This week for No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming the votes are for the mystery game which was "Mesopotamia", but that's the original Japanese name for this quirky action game, as it was released in North America as "Somer Assault", developed and published by Atlus, launched initially in Japan in 1991, coming to North America in 1992. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/iInAhcsuTZ0 For today's Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition video we're taking a quick look at "ARSENAL - Taste the Power", a strangely unusual RTS developed and published by French studio Tactical Soft a couple days before Christmas in 1997. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:43:00 GMT https://youtu.be/3MxuRPh7XFA A somewhat different kind of "Operation: C", if you get what I mean... Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini's taking a look at Operation: Carnage, an action/arcade shooter developed by Midnight Synergy and published through Beaucomm Interactive in 1996, which clearly takes after Smash TV to some extent, though is a bit more story-focused, has fewer enemies with more HP instead, and lacks twin-stick controls of any kind despite looking like it should have them. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/EMYGmSgot10 They're like the Mario Brothers, only a little less appropriate... This week for No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming the votes are for J.J. & Jeff, a very quirky platformer developed by Hudson Soft and published by NEC in North America by NEC in 1990, nearly three years after its original Japanese debut as Kato-Chan & Ken-Chan. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:25:00 GMT https://youtu.be/630w3Syp59w You know, calling this game Dungeon "Hack" is almost a sure-fire giveaway of what the devs were trying to do here... Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini's taking a look back at Dungeon Hack, a solo-character, 1st-person dungeon crawl, using AD&D Second Edition rules, developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published through Strategic Simulations in 1993... and yeah, trying to quest through massive, monster-filled dungeons as a SOLO adventurer with D&D rules works about as well as you think it might... Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:14:00 GMT https://youtu.be/Y7oNXz5o1XU Today's Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition video is a double-feature, as we take a quick look at two games: Llamatron 2112, a Robotron 2084 clone by legendary software developer Jeff Minter released in 1992, and Breakfree, a first-person Breakout clone put out by Software Storm in 1995. (I point out 1994 in the video but this is wrong. Whoops.) Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:45:00 GMT https://youtu.be/_MlZfl3GDkI This week for No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming the votes are for The Legendary Axe, a bog-standard but well-playing hack-and-slash platformer developed and published in Japan by Victor Musical Industries in 1988, with the North American release being published by NEC in 1989. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:58:00 GMT https://youtu.be/AsY5liS7bfo Even bad games are worth the Pro treatment when there's hidden data to be unearthed! For today's Ancient DOS Games Pro video, Gemini's going back to the DOS port of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game by Konami/Ultra to try and determine the hit points of the turtles and all of the enemies, the damage of the various weapons and sub weapons, and the damage dealt by every enemy in the game. Amazingly... it was possible to narrow things down PRECISELY! Plus there's some other useful details too, such as what the EXACT cheat codes are, as most online sources get them wrong. Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:24:00 GMT https://youtu.be/V2FAmzvU1LU For today's Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition video we're taking a look at "DC Games", a long-forgotten game creation system developed by David Hernandez and released through his DC Software company in 1991, designed to produce games similar in content and feel to the Ultima series. Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:32:00 GMT https://youtu.be/aSjfFqqUz4Q Kinda like System Shock before System Shock... This week on No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming the majority voted to see Silent Debuggers, often billed as a "survival horror" game but is more of a first-person futuristic adventure/shooter, being developed by Data East and published through NEC in 1991. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:05:00 GMT https://youtu.be/PAQSZYuoZy0 Normally with a title like that you would think you were PREVENTING the invasion of Earth... Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini's taking a look back at Earth Invasion, a fairly basic 2D shooter developed by Éric Boutin and Christian Boutin under their "Oracle Software" banner, later "OSP", being released as their first shareware title back in 1993, yet is STILL available for sale to this day! Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/gaHtpxy3Y-k For today's Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition video we're taking a look at "The Aethra Chronicles: Volume One - Celystra's Bane", an indie RPG with a surprising amount of depth, built around the "Rolemaster" game system instead of Dungeons & Dragons, developed by Michael W. Lawrence and released in 1994... though it didn't stay available for very long before it was no longer available for sale. Supposedly the full version was made free at one point in the late 90s but there's no archived evidence of this, short of the full game being available from abandonware sites. Due to the depth of this game the most I can do in the form-factor of an ADG-se video is showcase the basic mechanics. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/zv5E2-undog AKA: Adventure Island on the NES, AKA Wonder Boy on the Master System... This week on No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming another tie-breaker has given us New Adventure Island, an updated recreation of the original Adventure Island platformer on the NES (or Wonder Boy on the Master System) developed by Now Production and published through Hudson Soft in 1992. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:19:00 GMT https://youtu.be/-qgzhSQyjrA Reminder to be careful which trees you use for target practice... Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini's taking a look back at Conquests of the Longbow - The Legend of Robin Hood, an adventure game put out by Sierra On-Line in 1991 which could very well be the most straightforward adventure game they ever released. Yes, even more straightforward than The Black Cauldron! Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:35:00 GMT https://youtu.be/44XIw3ZpAGY We've got a double-feature for today's Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition video! First up is an early-90s puzzle platformer kinda like Lode Runner but not, named "F. Godmom", developed by John Blackwell and published under his Soggybread Software moniker, with the second game being Vinyl Goddess From Mars, a blatant Jill of the Jungle clone developed by Six Pound Sledge Studios and published through Union Logic Software Publishing in 1995. Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:36:00 GMT https://youtu.be/VZ0DeKCKYzQ ...why are there endless dungeons beneath an entire peaceful nation? This week on No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming a voting tie-breaker has given us Dungeon Explorer, an overhead shooting game similar to Gauntlet, developed by Atlus and published through NEC in North America in 1989. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/swRF9sHERug The secret is that this game even exists... For today's ADG filler video, Gemini's taking a quick look back at an indie game from 2008 known as Rnixa's Secret 2, even though there technically wasn't a "1", having been created and released on the net by one Dave Struthers in his late teens at the time. While the game looks like an old SVGA game from the days of DOS, it is indeed a Windows game and is technically... not really all that good. But, there's something special about it despite its lack of quality... Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:28:00 GMT https://youtu.be/2lvEcjUjCJQ Today for Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition we're looking at a modern DOS title known as "Ossuary", a dungeon crawl which is a 2020 port of a 2013 ZX Spectrum game of the same name by the same author, Damian Gareth Walker, going by the business moniker of Cyningstan. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/lxAkK0uGSUE IE: The mascot who just couldn't stay put on the console he was made for! This week on No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming the votes are for Bonk's Adventure, a solid platforming title and one of the main system-sellers for the TG-16 in North America, developed by Atlus and published through Hudson Soft in Japan in 1989 and through NEC in North America in 1990... and no, despite the reputation, the game was not a launch title in either region for the console. Heck, there were only TWO games available at launch for the PC Engine in Japan and we already covered one of them! (Bikkuriman World) Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://youtu.be/EiG-99OTB_4 No tombs to raid on these courses! Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini's taking a look back at a somewhat obscure golf sim known as "The Scottish Open: Virtual Golf" in Europe, or just "Virtual Golf" in North America, developed by a tiny number of people over at Core Design, being self-published by them in Europe in 1995, with the lesser-known North American variant published the same year by Front Street Publishing. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:35:00 GMT https://youtu.be/qnv9oMRsUgk Today for Ancient DOS Games Shareware Edition we've got a double-feature of shareware titles where the full versions are no longer legally obtainable, including an underwater, sidescrolling, 2D shooter by the name of "In Search of Dr. Riptide", and a multiplayer versus shooter with super-tiny sprites called "Miniwar". Wed, 27 May 2026 02:50:00 GMT https://youtu.be/f52mPOFQ4V8 It's not Zelda... but it sure smells like it! This week on No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming a tie breaker has resulted in us taking a look at Neutopia, a decent but blatant Zelda clone developed and published by Hudson Soft late in 1989 in Japan and in 1990 in North America. Wed, 20 May 2026 04:36:00 GMT