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Posts about getting various games up and running under Virtual PC
Friday, April 17, 2009 3:51 PM

The Secret of Monkey Island under Virtual PC

Getting back to playing all of my LucasArts games under Virtual PC, the next stop is The Secret of Monkey Island.  In many ways this was a land mark game for the adventure game format, and many people have fond memories of it. You play “Guybrush
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Friday, February 20, 2009 5:18 PM

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders under Virtual PC

Continuing on through the LucasArts adventure game history (last week I was playing Maniac Mansion ) I arrive at Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.  This is third LucasArts adventure game chronologically – but it was the first one I ever played. 
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Friday, February 13, 2009 9:37 PM

Maniac Mansion under Virtual PC

After posting about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , I thought I would take a walk down the list of LucasArts adventure games that I have played. Maniac Mansion is the first game that comes to mind for many people when they think of LucasArts adventure
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Friday, February 06, 2009 11:19 PM

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure under Virtual PC

I am a long time "LucasArts Adventure Game" junky - and own *almost* all of their adventure games.  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure (hereafter referred to as "the Last Crusade") is one of the earlier
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 7 Comments
Friday, January 30, 2009 11:16 PM

Quest for Glory III: Wages of War under Virtual PC

Yikes! It has been a while since I played these games. I have already covered the first and second installments of the Quest for Glory series - so now - onto number 3! Quest for Glory III continues on with the story from before. You have saved Shapier
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Friday, January 09, 2009 2:27 PM

Trials of Battle under Virtual PC

It has been too long since I posted about gaming under Virtual PC - so today I would like to talk about " Trials of Battle ". This game was made by Stardock in 1996 - and is one of the few "first person shooting" games that exists
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Friday, September 26, 2008 1:29 AM

SimAnt under Virtual PC

This is one of my favorite not-so-well-known computer games.  Released in 1991, designed by Will Wright (the maker of SimCity) it is a quite whacky game.  You lead an Ant colony and attempt to: Build your nest Secure a food supply Defeat - Spiders
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Friday, August 29, 2008 5:11 PM

Battle Chess II under Virtual PC

Battle Chess II was released in 1990, two years after the original Battle Chess .  Battle Chess II sports higher quality graphics and support for Sound Blaster sound effects (though it actually uses the Sound Blasters musical "FM" capabilities
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Friday, April 11, 2008 11:16 PM

Risk under Virtual PC 2007

Released in 1989, this was the first "official" computer version of Risk.  As such it goes a long way to try and replicate the board game in as much detail as possible.  It even goes as far as allowing you to pick whether you are playing
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Friday, March 14, 2008 3:06 PM

Trilby: The Art of Theft under Virtual PC

A little while ago I stumbled upon the game Trilby: The Art of Theft.  This is a fun little game that I have enjoyed spending a couple of days playing (I have now completed it).  The basic concept of the game is to guide Trilby through a series
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Friday, February 29, 2008 4:32 PM

Warheads on Virtual PC 2007

Wow, it has been far too long since I posted about gaming and virtualization...  So today I would like to talk about Warheads.  This is a wacky little game released by Ionos Interactive and Total Play in 1997.  It is basically a version
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 12 Comments
Friday, November 30, 2007 11:47 PM

Kosmonaut under Virtual PC 2007

A while ago I reviewed SkyRoads under Virtual PC - however I missed the predecessor to SkyRoads: Kosmonaut.  This game was released in 1990 and plays very similarly to its successor.  The graphics are slightly less polished but interestingly
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Friday, November 02, 2007 10:17 AM

Shinobi under Virtual PC

Shinobi was a SEGA arcade classic - that was then ported to every system on the face of the earth - and the PC was one of them. I never was able to find a story that explained the premise of this game - but it is fairly obvious. You are the ninja, throwing
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Friday, September 14, 2007 1:32 PM

Flying Tigers under Virtual PC

This is an old vertical scrolling flying shooting them up style game, similar to Raptor in many cases, but not as polished. The story behind this game is fairly flimsy and tells of bad guys who got control of time machines-which sets the stage for you
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Friday, September 07, 2007 3:48 PM

Captain COMIC under Virtual PC

You are Captain Comic, galactic hero. Your mission is to recover three treasures from the planet Omsoc, which have been stolen away and hidden on the remote planet of Tambi. Your task will not be easy, you will need to gather tools to increase your fighting
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
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