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By John Guilfoil

Bullets cost money.

In Downloads, Retro, Shareware, Technology, The Magazine, The Old Shoebox on November 15, 2008
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Cylindrix was coded to run in Dos DJGPP Protected Mode so that it could address more than 640 KB of memory, something that the Dos programmers felt was impossible at one point in history.

In Computer Games, Retro, Reviews, Technology, The Magazine, The Old Shoebox on October 20, 2008
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The Old Shoebox: Download Overkill

By John Guilfoil

In 1992, Epic MegaGames released this almost forgettable little EGA game called Overkill. You, the pilot, are tasked with destroying all the evil alien forces that captured six otherwise peaceful planets, enslaving the populations along the way. Destroy them.

In Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on September 1, 2008
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The Old Shoebox: Download Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

By John Guilfoil

Ahh, 1993. The first person shooter was bursting forth in popularity, but how did Blake Stone fare?

In Downloads, Retro, Shareware, Technology, The Old Shoebox on August 1, 2008
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Download Doomsday and the addons

By John Guilfoil

Doomsday and projects like jDoom have kept the game going well into the 21st century, with support for high resolution graphics and textures, OpenGL, new character models, particle effects, high-quality audio and a whole host of hacks, tweaks, mods and fixes for Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom, Hexen and Heretic.
It also brings 16-player multiplayer and [...]

In Doom, Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on May 24, 2008
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The Old Shoebox: The Halo E3 2000 trailer

By John Guilfoil

There’s no question that Halo was one of the best action/shooter games ever made. It was a remarkable achievement in gaming and carried the Xbox at launch time. Its multiplayer had that James Bond Goldeneye/N64 feel where you could play it, the same levels, over and over again and love every minute.
I still like to [...]

In Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on April 14, 2008
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The Old Shoebox: Download Bio Menace

By John Guilfoil

In December 2005, Apogee/3D Realms released the classic side-scrolling action game Bio Menace as a freeware “Christmas present” for its customers and loyal fans.
At that time, the game had floundered around incompatibility issues and relative obscurity — DOSBox wasn’t a big deal yet.

The game is built on the Commander Keen 2D engine and designed as [...]

In Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on March 22, 2008
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The Old Shoebox: Links: The Challenge of Golf

By John Guilfoil

One of the best computer golf games is still Links LS 98 and subsiquent versions for Windows, released 11 years ago by Access Software.
Access made some very good games in the 80s and 90s, including the Tex Murphy series, before they lost their identity — and eventually their existance.
Links: The Challenge of Golf was released in 1990 [...]

In Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on March 11, 2008
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The Old Shoebox: Heretic shareware

By John Guilfoil

Released quickly after Doom, using a modified version of the same game engine, Heretic is a fantasy first person shooter designed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed, along with everything else in those days, by GT Interactive in 1994.
Heretic introduced ambient noise — evil laughter and such — that was random, as [...]

In Downloads, Retro, Shareware, Technology, The Old Shoebox on March 3, 2008
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The Old Shoebox: Download the Hardball 5 demo

By John Guilfoil

One of my all time favorite PC sports games was High Heat Baseball 1999. It was behind its time and had sub par graphics, but it was a smooth playing game that was insanely customizable. It had replaceable graphics, importable stadiums (real Citgo sign for Fenway) and custom sound effects and player musical anthems you [...]

In Downloads, Game Demos, Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on February 28, 2008
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