finally doing it.

[robinadams@mathstodon.xyz]

@eniko Traffic Department 2192. Just a simple top-down shooter but I remember the writing and dialogue in the cutscenes being amazing. Lt Velasquez is badass.

https://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Traffic_Department_2192.html

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@eniko oops I had completely missed the «chill» indicator. Then Stratego is the only thing I can think of, but that's just the boardgame, in computer form 8-D

[eggboycolor@mastodon.social]

@eniko
Oxyd - puzzle game, roll ball through obstacles, hit switches
Krypton Egg - decent breakout clone
Incredible Machine 2 - best in the series imho, cool puzzles and contraptions
Sim City, Sim City 2000, Theme Park - sim games
Gertrude's Secrets - weird educational game with exploration and logic puzzles
Lemmings - a classic
Brix - puzznic ripoff

less chill, but fun: Skyroads, Epic Pinball, Jazz Jackrabbit, Keen, Hocus Pocus, Duke Nukem, Pharoah's Tomb, Arctic Adventure, Wacky Wheels

[crackhappy@cyberpunk.lol]

@hohokam @eniko Oh my god, I *LOVED* Scorched Earth. So many hours nuking the shit out of the enemy. I just played it on a dos emulate site, it was as fun as I remember.

[eggboycolor@mastodon.social]

@eniko
Ultima - classic CRPG
Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Hugo's House of Horrors - adventure
Ant Run - pipe dream but ants
Hexxagon, 7up Spot - enjoyable Othello-likes
Mario's Game Gallery - Charles Martinet's first Mario voice role, kid's board game collection w/"go fish" etc
Civilization - classic sim
Diver Down - VERGE 2 RPG I want to play someday

Also:
Dune 2 - cool strategy game
Descent 1+2 - cool full-3D shooter, destroy the reactor
Worms
Prince of Persia
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@eniko Chill is a thing that varies a lot from person to person when it comes to games though. It can definitely be pretty tricky...

Nostalgia also probably plays a part given the nature of the discussion.

[ann3nova@corteximplant.com]

@eniko Tetris if you're wanting a zen chill. :)

[psf@oldbytes.space]

@eniko not sure if this is DOS-y enough, but DOSBox runs Windows 3.11 quite well, which is a good platform for the classic Microsoft Entertainment Packs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack).

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

nobody ever recommends Entomorph Plague of the Darkfall as a hidden gem

[clayote@peoplemaking.games]

@eniko why, SimLife, of course!

[clayote@peoplemaking.games]

@eniko this rip is pretty good https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimLife_1992

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@eniko here are a couple of really chill entries. Not necessarily hidden gems or anything though

I don't see The Incredible Machine recommended here yet. https://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-incredible-machine-1mg

One of my favourite chill DOS games as a kid was this Disney Jigsaw puzzle: https://www.myabandonware.com/game/mickey-s-jigsaw-puzzles-3zo

I loved printing out the pictures on our home dot matrix printer.

[sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko I remember really liking Stunt Island back in the day. Chill in the sense that you can set up your own stunts and there’s no real time pressure AFAIR