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Alien Logic:

One of the earliest games I played on the computer (and remember) is this old Sci-fi game. 

Basically the story goes like this: your village is captured by an evil alien called the Red Shantha. You are stuffed in a "keeper-rod," a sort of sleep pod, but a friendly one of the Shanthas takes you away from the badguy's place and hides you. After lots of getting bumped around you end up in an alien village called the Mountain Crown.

 

Than the game begins. The game is extremely long and has zillions of side stories you can follow and many, many aliens to hunt, talk to and battle. You can also bio-engineer little critters to help you. In the first image above, the little purple creature is called a Reco miner. It's a more powerful version of a Reco digger, which allows it to dig in deserts and snow fields. Miners are much harder to engineer than Diggers.

 Anyhow, I'll extend this later. Until than, here are some of Alien Logic's creatures you'll meet.

     
Thriddle: Friendly and helpful, the first race you meet on the world of Jorune.
Woffen: Almost like man's best friend, Woffen are a great resource of information and friendship.  Thivin: These ram-horned creatures rule Jorune's largest city's market. Scarmis: Innocent and peace-loving. Become very dangerous when around the shiny Cleash.  Shantha: The original inhabitants of Jorune, these eyeless yet graceful aliens have a bone to pick with humans.
     
 Ramian: One of Jorune's hostile aliens. They're thin and bitter about a plant called Shirm-eh growing in human lands.  Crugar: Stuck up and always looking for a fight. They come from a desert with very little food and too many crystals.  Corastin: Mild mannered giants. Big, buff but kind at heart, these scaly beasts are known for being a bit dumb.  Cleash: They don't speak English and are always aggressive. They also throw balls of acid at you.
 Bronth: Big and peaceful. Fast learners and take pride in their knowledge of Jorune's history.


Working with DOSBOX:

Getting old games to work on the newer versions of Windows (I use Vista ) can be a complete PITA (pain in the... ).

 So here's a little guide to getting games like Alien Logic and Warcraft 2 to work through DOSBOX.

 STEP BY STEP newbie guide:

  1. First, put the Alien Logic (or whatever) CD in your computer.
  2. Open Windows File Explorer. (Right click the "Start" menu and select "Explore")
  3. Go to your CD drive. (Mine is drive E)
  4. Copy ALL the files. (Select all, copy.)
  5. Click on the C: drive. Create a new folder (directly on C:) called "D" and paste the files into it.
  6. Download and install the newest version of DOSBOX from  DOSBOX.com
  7. Make sure that DOSBOX is directly on your C: drive not in any subfolder! (This is vital)
  8. Now, the tech-stuff... Go to DOSBOX's folder. Right-click the DOSBOX "config" file (see image) and select "open With" and open it in Note Pad.
  9. Add the following at the VERY BOTTOM (I know it looks like gibberish, just stick with me here!)
  10. [autoexec]
    # Lines in this section will be run at start up.

    mount c C:\
    mount d C:\D\ -t cdrom
    C:\
    cls
  11. Basically, it runs that folder you made as a CD automatically. Very nice stuff, thank my brother for the code.
  12. Now save the file and close it.
  13. Run DOSBOX. It will open 2 new windows, one will show "C:\>" and the other is background stuff--don't touch that one.
  14. Type "cd d" and pres enter to "change directory" to the D folder you made. It should now show a "D:\>" instead.
  15. Type "dir" (and press enter) (this shows everything inside the D folder)
  16. Your DOSBOX screen will look something like this: (I'm going to run Warcraft2, so I changed its folder name to WAR2 for ease of understanding )
  17. Now type "cd" followed by your game's folder name. In my case, its "cd war2"--this will open up Warcraft2's folder. (and press enter! )
  18. Type "dir" again to see whats inside the game's folder. It will show a bunch of file names.
  19. Now type "setup.exe" (Please note: this can sometimes be "install.exe" thats why I had you look at the "dir" again)
  20. Configure your game: I changed Warcraft2 to run without sound, because it can cause trouble if it tries to read from the CD.This step varies a lot depending on what game you are installing.
  21. When you save setup and exit, it will go back to C:\D\war2> (for me).
  22. Type "dir" one more time. It will show the folder's files again:
  23. Find the "exe" file. Mine is "war2.exe"--this file is usually named after the game. For Alien Logic, its "alien.exe."
  24. Type your ".exe" file's name, mine is "war2.exe" and PRESS ENTER!
  25. Your game should now run! Have fun!

Running DOSBOX in Fullscreen Mode:

  1.  Open DOSBOX's "config" file again.
  2. Near the top, change the "fullscreen=true" to "fullscreen=false"
  3. Save and close it. Taa daa --your DOSBOX will now run in fullscreen mode.