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=== History === | === History === | ||
The eXo projects originated from wanting to sit down and play MS-DOS games without spending hours trying to get them running. Games such as DiscWorld were notoriously difficult and had a fair number of forum posts and websites dedicated to attempts to get them running. | The eXo projects originated from wanting to sit down and play MS-DOS games without spending hours trying to get them running. Games such as DiscWorld were notoriously difficult and had a fair number of forum posts and websites dedicated to attempts to get them running. eXo's original goal was to get his collection of MS-DOS Adventure games setup in a front end and easily accessible. Posts regarding this project began to appear on Underground Gamer & Pleasuredome in 2007, eventually leading to the release of eXoDOS Vol. I: Adventure in early 2008. This first release had around 650 titles in it, with plans to continue on to a second volume dedicated to role-playing games. Eventually Vol. III: Strategy (2009), Vol. IV: Sim\Sports\Racing\Educational (2011), and Vol. V: Action (2012) were released.<br><br> | ||
eXo's original goal was to get his collection of MS-DOS Adventure games setup in a front end and easily accessible. Posts regarding this project began to appear on Underground Gamer & Pleasuredome in 2007, eventually leading to the release of eXoDOS Vol. I: Adventure in early 2008. This first release had around 650 titles in it, with plans to continue on to a second volume dedicated to role-playing games.<br><br> | eXoDOS: Vol. I through III were powered by the [https://sites.google.com/site/meagrefrontend/ MEAGRE] front end. All work was done by eXo during this time, with work | ||
eXoDOS: Vol. I through III were powered by the [https://sites.google.com/site/meagrefrontend/ MEAGRE] front end. | |||
== Technical Information == | == Technical Information == | ||
Revision as of 05:48, 4 November 2021
Retro eXo
The eXo projects goal is preservation through playability. Our main distribution site is www.retro-exo.com
Primary discussion, planning, and daily work takes place on Discord.
Projects
Current
eXoDOS
eXoWin3x
eXoScummVM
eXoRLP
History
The eXo projects originated from wanting to sit down and play MS-DOS games without spending hours trying to get them running. Games such as DiscWorld were notoriously difficult and had a fair number of forum posts and websites dedicated to attempts to get them running. eXo's original goal was to get his collection of MS-DOS Adventure games setup in a front end and easily accessible. Posts regarding this project began to appear on Underground Gamer & Pleasuredome in 2007, eventually leading to the release of eXoDOS Vol. I: Adventure in early 2008. This first release had around 650 titles in it, with plans to continue on to a second volume dedicated to role-playing games. Eventually Vol. III: Strategy (2009), Vol. IV: Sim\Sports\Racing\Educational (2011), and Vol. V: Action (2012) were released.
eXoDOS: Vol. I through III were powered by the MEAGRE front end. All work was done by eXo during this time, with work
Technical Information
Common Core Systems
Metadata
Database
Contact
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