Ultima VII

Ultima VII

Author: DOS Game Club March 29, 2020 Duration: 1:55:28
Hello fellow DOS fans! A while back we ran a Twitter poll to see what people thought a good RPG would be for us to check out. And although Dark Sun, Darklands and Albion all good respectable scores, there was one clear winner: Ultima VII, released in 1992 by Origin Systems. So that became our […]

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Command & Conquer [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Strike Commander [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:16
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Scorched Earth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:32:37
Hello, hello! Last month we have been playing 2 games: Scorched Earth and Strike Commander. We decided not to discuss both games in one podcast, but each give them their own episode. This is the episode about Scorched Ea…
SimCity 2000 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:00
Hello Everybody! Episode three is finally here! A small delay this time due to various reasons, but here it is. PODCAST EPISODE #3 We played SimCity 2000 for the whole of May and discussed it in our typical roundtable. T…
Grand Prix Circuit [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:45:07
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DOOM [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:53
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Welcome to DOS Game Club [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:20
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