Knowledge base index
The PC is not one single machine, but a long line of hardware, DOS disks, Windows versions, sound cards, video cards, big boxes and games that often needed more explanation than the average console release.
This index collects GamingPlanet dossiers and articles about PC gaming: from the early IBM PC years to boxed releases, old installations and modern ways to keep that history playable.
The IBM PC story did not begin with a huge game catalogue, but with a business computer where play, BASIC, text and experiments soon started to overlap.
For years, PC games were sold as boxes full of disks, manuals, registration cards and installation information. That context is exactly what makes them interesting to collectors.
Keeping an old PC game is one thing; making it run properly on modern hardware is often another project. DOSBox, ScummVM, wrappers and virtual machines are part of the subject.
With PC games, context is often half the story: patches, drivers, hardware requirements, copy protection, manuals and sometimes even the right sound card.
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