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The DOS Games Archive blog contains interesting articles about DOS games.

Ken Silverman interview by UnknDoomer

Doomworld (and many other forums) regular UnknDoomer recently released an interview with Ken Silverman, the famous creator of Ken's Labyrinth and the Build engine. The interview, done via e-mail, includes 30 questions polled from fans, and covers various topics such as the development of Build and Build 2, the stories behind various Build games up to Ion Fury, the viability of using voxels in games, and a lot of other stuff!

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Spotlight: 15 free games inspired by DOS classics

The DOS era saw many a breakthrough in game development, including the releases of Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM and Duke Nukem 3D, or such brilliant classic strategy series as Warcraft or Command & Conquer. There is no wonder, then, that many such titles have inspired later developers to create their own games after these well-deservedly popular series.

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Spotlight: 15 lightweight free DOS games

DOS Games Archive offers a lot of exciting games for you to try, but here is a selection of very good quality free DOS games that are incredibly small, being less than 2 megabytes in size when compressed. Back in the 90s, you could fit almost any of them on a single floppy disk, and today you can just enjoy those little elegant games, because they're really good!

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Installing FreeDOS in 86Box: a step-by-step guide

86Box with FreeDOS offer an interesting alternative to DOSBox. 86Box accurately emulates x86 hardware, which may provide advantages when running certain games at a consistent speed or without glitches. Since I found no useful guide for installing FreeDOS in 86Box, I had to figure it out myself. It's generally a very simple procedure, but there are a few not very intuitive steps that you need to take in order for the installation to work.

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Spotlight: 10 excellent but obscure free DOS games

Today DOS Games Archive brings you a list of 10 excellent high-quality free DOS games that you might have never heard about.

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Spotlight: 10 worthy obscure DOS games

Today DOS Games Archive brings to you a list of 10 DOS games that may be not widely known but are nevertheless worth checking out.

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