It's completely legal to explore vast swaths of the history of PC gaming without paying a dime. I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of information and recommendations for ...

Revisiting a classic game from the AUTOEXEC.BAT/CONFIG.SYS era of MS-DOS can be a fun distraction. But the more friction and configuration between you and a playable ...

With the Steam Deck OLED out in the wild, playing AAA games on the go has never been easier, but why play some of the best PC games, when you could play DOS games on your handheld instead? Whether you ...

Between the bulk of the '80s and the '90s, DOS was the way to go for gamers, and was the backbone of PC gaming. Sure, there were plenty of other consoles and platforms with tons of games, yes, but DOS ...

If you've played SpaceChem, Infinifactory, Opus Magnum, or any of the other engineering puzzles of Zachtronics you'll be familiar with the Zach-like subgenre—visual programming games where you build a ...

MS-DOS is a bit before my time but I expect a lot of our readers are at the age where getting out of bed is a risk for your back and knees. Sometimes you get bored of modern games and feel like having ...

Who doesn’t remember PC games such as Maniac Mansion, the King’s Quest series and the dubious adventures of Leisure Suit Larry or software such as Microsoft Works and Lotus Smart Suite? These titles ...

DOS Horrors: Last Half of Darkness is one of the earliest examples of horror games specifically designed to run on DOS systems. Now, 36 years after its original release, the game's creator is ...

Saw the headline, thought "yeah, probably a couple greats and a bunch of castoffs". Nope, genuinely a list of the absolute cream of the crop of early/mid-90s DOS games. One Must Fall 2097 is an ...