So I found some old Dungeons and Dragons PC games today and picked them up just cause I thought they looked interesting. I know nothing about old pc games and just thought I could use them to trade or sell them. Anyone have any info on what they might be worth or do we have any pc collectors that have equipment that would be willing to help test them?
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Old PC games especially floppy discs don't usually run well on modern computers. Also unlike gaming consoles people just throw out their old computers when usually they are more then 5 to 10 years old usually or older sometimes.
Of course there is emulation like the DOSbox app
https://www.dosbox.com/ for windows in which will help. If the game is to run on a modern system.
But if they are floppies than someone would need a floppy disc drive in order to play them. there are USB ones.
But it also depend on what kind of floppy disc are we talking about. hard floppy disk? or soft floppy disks? if you mean soft floppy disc then I'll tell you. I have not seen a soft floppy disk player since I was I'm guessing maybe 4?, 5? or 6? years old and my current age is now 29.
however I know peope at least use to sell portable hard floppy discs drive (new) to connect with USB in the PS2 era.
(TO USE DOSbox)
also to use DOSbox it is not as simple you will need a floppy disk drive and copy and paste all the files from the floppy. without deleting the game disk. and put the files into a new folder on your desktop for example.
but can't quite remember how to use DOSbox but one of these things below
You might be able to drag the .exe file into the DOSbox shortcut on your desktop to run it
or either drag the DOSbox shortcut into the games .exe file to play instantly I can