MS DOS disk games?

[utri007]

I would like to get disk images, to use with my 8086 PowerPC / Amiga compo, with Gotek.

[fxgogo]

So I have tended to get all my old DOS games from GOG.com and then extract the files I need to run on real hardware or an emulation machine. I mean, I could get the original floppy disks, but the in the DOS world, my games were always running off the hard drive.

Is this so you can have the experience of installing the game to hard drive?

[utri007]

Originally Posted by fxgogo

So I have tended to get all my old DOS games from GOG.com and then extract the files I need to run on real hardware or an emulation machine. I mean, I could get the original floppy disks, but the in the DOS world, my games were always running off the hard drive.

Is this so you can have the experience of installing the game to hard drive?

I just thought that disk images would be handy, as I have a Gotek. I managed to get Power PC work with GVP HD8+, I do have also a hard drive. Main problem is that I haven't found any other way to transfer files to Hard Drive than copy them to 720kb floppy images and then copy them to HD.

Disk images would be most elegant and fastest way to try different games.

[dreadnought]

It's highly unlikely there ever will be a "complete" floppy collection. So if you want to have access to all games, it's probably better to concentrate on figuring out how to transfer normal games to your hard drive. I'm pretty sure there is some way, maybe better asking in a specialised place such as Vogons.

I have the permission to upload Gruby's collection, but am currently waiting for the new version which I was told will appear soon. But, again, the workable floppies in it constitute only a fraction of MS-DOS library (hard to say really, but there are probably between 500-1000 games).

[jbenam]

Originally Posted by utri007

This has been interesting, but first question is still unanswered. I would like to get floppy images of DOS games 1981 - 1988 era.

Most of the famous ones are in the Good Old Days collection.

[utri007]

Originally Posted by dreadnought

It's highly unlikely there ever will be a "complete" floppy collection. So if you want to have access to all games, it's probably better to concentrate on figuring out how to transfer normal games to your hard drive. I'm pretty sure there is some way, maybe better asking in a specialised place such as Vogons.

I have the permission to upload Gruby's collection, but am currently waiting for the new version which I was told will appear soon. But, again, the workable floppies in it constitute only a fraction of MS-DOS library (hard to say really, but there are probably between 500-1000 games).

I'm not interested to have a complete collection. Collection of some hundred games would be perfect. Most important is that image files are useable form, or at least easily converted to Gotek. Usually this kind of collections have all the best games any way.

[utri007]

Originally Posted by jbenam

Most of the famous ones are in the Good Old Days collection.

Maybe, but they are not useable form. They are Kryoflux stream files, wich require enormous amount of space and can't be converted IMG or DSK files easily.

I downloaded it already.

[dreadnought]

I forgot that I actually have the TGOD collection. Have just looked at numerous random games in it and they were all .img files.

[utri007]

Originally Posted by dreadnought

I forgot that I actually have the TGOD collection. Have just looked at numerous random games in it and they were all .img files.

Is it available somewhere? Img files sounds good.

[jbenam]

Originally Posted by utri007

Maybe, but they are not useable form. They are Kryoflux stream files, wich require enormous amount of space and can't be converted IMG or DSK files easily.

I downloaded it already.

Weird, which games are you looking at? All the images I have downloaded until now from the Good Old Days collection are all imgs.

[Mr Creosote]

Originally Posted by jbenam

Weird, which games are you looking at? All the images I have downloaded until now from the Good Old Days collection are all imgs.

I confirm, they are all in plain img format: https://www.goodolddays.net/diskimages/. The only place where any other formats come in is the unprocessed images dump. Everything properly catalogued should be fully usable with Gotek.

[dreadnought]

So it was user error after all Seems there are well over 2000 individual games in TGOD, thus making it the ultimate source for floppy images.

If it's only individual entries on archive (no one big torrent/zip for everything) you can use SyncCollection downloader and I think there's also a similar Chrome extension.

[utri007]

Originally Posted by jbenam

Weird, which games are you looking at? All the images I have downloaded until now from the Good Old Days collection are all imgs.

OK, sorry dumb question but this is from site FAQ ;

Sorry, floppy images are not available for download.

Where did you download that collection? I was pointed out to archive org, where collection I found was full of stream files.

[edit] Found it. Previously I did seek a collection wich has those stream files.

[zodiac]

Originally Posted by dreadnought

It's highly unlikely there ever will be a "complete" floppy collection. So if you want to have access to all games, it's probably better to concentrate on figuring out how to transfer normal games to your hard drive. I'm pretty sure there is some way, maybe better asking in a specialised place such as Vogons.

I have the permission to upload Gruby's collection, but am currently waiting for the new version which I was told will appear soon. But, again, the workable floppies in it constitute only a fraction of MS-DOS library (hard to say really, but there are probably between 500-1000 games).

Hi, did you have a chance to upload Gruby’s collection to the EAB ftp site? It would be wonderful to have another collection of PC floppy disk images. Thanks!

[dreadnought]

I'm trying to put it on archive.org atm, but uploading big files there is not for the faint of heart...

[dreadnought]

https://archive.org/details/grubys-i...-floppy-images

[Rissol]

archive.org

[dreadnought]

Thank you, Mr Bot. Actually, I need to upload it again, this version has a lot of duplicates. Be a day or two.

[utri007]

Originally Posted by dreadnought

Thank you, Mr Bot. Actually, I need to upload it again, this version has a lot of duplicates. Be a day or two.

Could you make it multiple archives? Or at least not archive inside of archive.

Thanks

[jbenam]

Originally Posted by dreadnought

Thank you, Mr Bot. Actually, I need to upload it again, this version has a lot of duplicates. Be a day or two.

I just gave it a cursory glance and it looks like a very nice collection indeed! Thank you for uploading it

Did Gruby say anything about the origin of these images? Do they come from his (an his friends) own collection, or are they images from different sources collated together?