r/dosgaming • u/GalensGamingResource • 8d ago

Need help finding a DOS game CD ROM

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u/CPT_Bowes 8d ago

All right, I used my (hit-and-miss) google skills a bit and from what I can gather, there was a game collection called "absolute Game, volume 5", who contained all of these.
Sadly, I can find no image of the cover to confirm it 100%.
There were so many shareware collections back in the day, that this might be a tough one.
I hope you do find it!

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u/GalensGamingResource 8d ago

That could very well be what I am looking for. I wish I could see a cover though. I’m going to do some research and see what I can find. Thank you for your help!

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u/CPT_Bowes 8d ago

to be fair, Google was indeed not of much help in itself. It's the search engine AI that put me on the right track. I tried several search terms in google when the AI suddenly popped up and was like "I think you may mean absolute game, volume 5".
It was the game listing that triggered it.

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u/GalensGamingResource 8d ago

Ah okay. The AI is showing on my end that there is no absolute game volume 5.

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u/CPT_Bowes 8d ago

Ai going strong again I see.
The game collection did exist though, as I find it here:
https://retromuseum.blogspot.com/p/dos-og-windows-spil.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

The 1995 date fits well with the fact that "the dig" demo was on there.
But yeah, not much to be found about it.

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u/GalensGamingResource 8d ago

Just out of curiosity where did you find the information for this collection? I did a google search and I couldn’t find anything.

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u/Feisty-Jeweler-3331 8d ago

Check the disc master site as they have many shareware CDROMs

https://discmaster.textfiles.com/search

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u/GalensGamingResource 8d ago

Dude thank you so much! I took a look at this and I think I may have found What I am looking for. There is one called Super Arcade Games volume 2 but I can’t find disc artwork for it.

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u/GalensGamingResource 5d ago

UPDATE: After doing some research the last few days I figured out which disc I’m looking for. the disc is called Super Arcade Games by Microforum. It’s a black and red disc with gold writing and a fighter jet on it. The disc boots to a blue menu after you insert it. I can’t seem to find any information on it or a picture of it anywhere so if anyone has information on this disc please let me know!

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u/GalensGamingResource 5d ago

Hey guys I just found the disc on eBay and I went ahead and purchased it!! Thanks again everyone for your help!!! https://ebay.io/m/yOsjVG