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My family used to have this really old, slow computer. Then we got a relatively new (one year old, we bought it from my brother) Dell Dimension desktop. Ol Sparky, as we affectionately called it, was put away in the basement to be forgotten.
Until today.
My father brought Ol Sparky out of the basement and had it sitting by the door. The following conversation took place:
Me: "What's the computer doing up here?"
Dad: "We're throwing it away."
Me: "Throwing it away?! Why?"
Dad: "Nobody uses it."
At this point I remembered a conversation Tal and I had held about old DOS games and how difficult it is to run them on new computers. Seizing the opportunity, I offered to take Ol' Sparky up to my room and give it a good home in the unused top bunk of my bed (which acts as my loft). And so I did.
And now I have an old computer (well, probably about 7 years old) sitting in the top bunk of my bed. I still have to remove some of the RAM to slow it down and reformat the hard drive and install Windows 95, but I think this is a project I will enjoy... I just need a bunch of old DOS games (and I suppose some fairly ancient Windows 95/3.1 games would work too) to play on it. I'm going to stop by my local used bookstore (which also sells used games, but is going to cease to do so soon) and see what I can find. Also, Tal is going to burn me some copies of things. I am quite happy.
Anybody have any old PC games they don't want?
Or suggest some good ones that I should keep an eye out for when shopping.
Until today.
My father brought Ol Sparky out of the basement and had it sitting by the door. The following conversation took place:
Me: "What's the computer doing up here?"
Dad: "We're throwing it away."
Me: "Throwing it away?! Why?"
Dad: "Nobody uses it."
At this point I remembered a conversation Tal and I had held about old DOS games and how difficult it is to run them on new computers. Seizing the opportunity, I offered to take Ol' Sparky up to my room and give it a good home in the unused top bunk of my bed (which acts as my loft). And so I did.
And now I have an old computer (well, probably about 7 years old) sitting in the top bunk of my bed. I still have to remove some of the RAM to slow it down and reformat the hard drive and install Windows 95, but I think this is a project I will enjoy... I just need a bunch of old DOS games (and I suppose some fairly ancient Windows 95/3.1 games would work too) to play on it. I'm going to stop by my local used bookstore (which also sells used games, but is going to cease to do so soon) and see what I can find. Also, Tal is going to burn me some copies of things. I am quite happy.
Anybody have any old PC games they don't want?
Or suggest some good ones that I should keep an eye out for when shopping. 
