#DOScember is the annual celebration of DOS gaming and computing on YouTube and surrounding environments (not to be confused with #DOSember, which is a Twitch thing) and, even though many of the original participants and organisers have become somewhat disillusioned with the whole thing for various reasons, it’s still a fun excuse to bust out some classic MS-DOS games and remind yourself of how good early ’90s PC gaming was.
I did a few videos last #DOScember that I not only enjoyed making, they also performed rather well on my channel. So I’m likely going to spend this December doing primarily DOS gaming stuff on my YouTube channel.
I’m thinking a few things at this point. Firstly, I’m quite keen to do another full adventure game playthrough similar to my The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel runthrough from last year. (This wasn’t a #DOScember thing, it was just something I felt like doing at the time.) I haven’t yet decided what I should do as yet; on the one hand, playing something I’m already familiar with should mean that I can get through it without getting stuck, but on the other, this might be a prime opportunity to explore a game I’ve never tried for the first time.
The temptation when thinking “I want to play an adventure game” is to jump straight to Sierra and LucasArts, and for sure, they are all solid choices. But there were other folks making adventures at the time, too, and I think the stuff from them is worth celebrating, too. At present, I’m leaning towards something from Access Software, as these are games I’ve never tried, and I know at least some of them (the Tex Murphy games and Countdown spring immediately to mind) are fondly regarded.
When considering that I probably want to play these games as a Let’s Play, I’d also prefer a game that isn’t “talkie”, so I can narrate and do the voices myself. It’s a silly little thing, but I do very much enjoy doing this, so it’s something I’m particularly looking for.
The other thing that I’ll probably do is at least a few “pre-scripted” videos like I did last year. Last time around, I looked at early first-person shooters, games I’d always wanted to try but never had the chance to, and interesting discoveries I’d stumbled across by chance. Those are solid formats, and all of those videos performed well; I’m thinking I might do something other than first-person shooters for the first bit though. Perhaps space sims or flight sims? Those are ripe for exploration, and they’re both genres I used to absolutely love.
Anyway, that’s the plan for #DOScember on the YouTube channel. If you have any good DOS adventure game suggestions (preferably of the point-and-click variety, and preferably not “talkie”, as outlined above) then I’d love to hear ’em. Otherwise, I’ll see you on the channel!
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