Despite the fact that new games are increasingly more sophisticated both in terms of their technical features such as graphics and playability, and of their stories and themes, old DOS games still have a charm. Unfortunately, the characteristics of the newer operating systems don't allow you to play those games directly. Thus, in the tradition of the gaming world, you need a "cheat" to play again those games. And one of those cheats is D-Fend Reloaded.
This program uses the DOSBox emulator capabilities to make those games playable again, so you don't need a huge programming knowledge to enjoy those games. You only need to install the program and upload your old games to your hard drive. Then, you need to import them into the program using the File menu. The games will appear on a list on the main interface. To play any of the games, you only need to double-click on its icon, and a new DOSBox window will open, showing you the game.
If you discarded your old games or want to get some more, the Help/Old games option shows a list of websites where you can download classic games, both in freeware and shareware versions. You may find some hidden gems there.
In sum, dust off your old CD-ROMs or download those pixelled classics and enjoy them again as in the good ol' days using this free program.
v1.4 [Jul 2, 2014]
- When downloading game information now The Games DB (thegamesdb.net) can be used as data source, too.
- DOSBox, ScummVM and Windows games can be set up to be started with admin rights. (This option is turned off by default and has to be enabled on the security page of the program settings dialog.)
- When choosing "max" for the CPU cycles in the profile editor additionally a limiting value can be defined now.
- The lists in the data package manager can be sorted now by clicking on the column headers.
- [Fix] When internet connection is cut during download of a package manager file the download dialog is not blcoking the whole program anymore.
- [Fix] Sometimes a video file was still clickable in the meda tab after being deleted from disk.
- [Fix] Viewing the DOSBox conf file fails when using a custom DOSBox installation.
Great platform for gamers who want to have access to all their favorite Electronic Arts games in one place
