2 Year Anniversary Of Getting The Games To Run Part 2 The Loss Of Packard Bell

First off i dedicate this video to all my youtube friends and Subscribers!!!
Yes exactly 2 years ago today at around 4:30 in the afternoon i was about to give up on trying to get these games to run when suddenly i found one last video which helped me to get the games to run on DOSBox

Personally i thank Surferbrg for inspiring me not to give up on the games. So now as the 2 Year anniversary unfolds i figured i would put together a bunch of pictures i found on the net of what my Packard bell's(yes i had 3) Looked like, narrated BY ME yes with my actual VOICE NOT MICROSOFT SAM.

Instead of rehashing last years Anniversary video(which i kinda did) i decided to narrate this video and give my time-line of my earliest memory of the game till this day, November 16th, 2010.

I think its obvious to see that these games meant a lot to me and i have the same REQUEST for my youtubers so enjoy this video.

I know i kind of slip in a couple of parts in the video i am sorry.

Time-line( corresponds to the Video shorter version than told) Dates estimated from Calenders from Respected years
Part 2
Summer 2000- Uncle does something to my Windows 98 that i don't remember and that he doesn't remember either which the Sears techs don't know how to fix and they finally give us a Compaq Windows ME because Packard Bell had just stopped to function in the US.

October 8th, 2000(just a guess but around then)- My mom got the Compaq Windows ME which is the longest running computer i have had It is currently right behind me and still works. I got her Second Packard Bell Windows 98 First Edition and this lasted me from 2000-2004( I slipped out it is the SECOND longest packard bell Computer i have had not THE LONGEST)

Late 2003- Early/Mid 2004 When i was going into 6th grade my Packard Bell began experiencing problems and finally the sound-card(which i now believe was the speakers), and CD-ROM Drive Start to go. A computer guy my mom became good friends with said he would build me a New computer that could run all my old games on it.

June 2004- Get my brand new Custom Build computer with Windows ME on it, however i am told my old Knowledge Adventure games will not run on it. I begin looking for alternate Versions of the game so i could play them. This computer would be my main computer for 6 years!

July 2004- Re-Purchased 3-D Body Adventure however it did not work so i put it away fro the time being

August 31st, 2004,- Purchased 3-D Dinosaur, Kids Zoo, Undersea, Speed and Space Adventure for my Windows ME

September 2nd, 2004-gets my Copys of those 5 games and sees they do not work and is upset. I was told then i would need a Windows 98 for them to properly work and sadly put the games away for a While.

January 2005- Begins to think about having a retro computer build but is told it is not possible and forgets about the games again

July 2005- My main computer gets Windows XP Put on it

Late April/Early May 2006- Computer guy puts on the games i had purchased almost 2 years earlier onto Windows XP without full sound so they work and i am happy for a bit. I missed the sound.

July 2006- Find out guy ripped us off big time and never use him again

September 2006- Gets new computer guy and fixes up our computers, but doesn't know a thing on DOS

Sadly that's were the time-line ends here :(

Thats it for the Sad Part 2

The Music in this Video is by Hamilton Allstatt

I hope you guys enjoy this Video i had fun making it but IT TOOK ME forever to make haha : )


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3-D Body Adventure
Original MS-DOS Version
Knowledge Adventure 1994

Kids Zoo A Baby Animal Adventure
Only A MS-DOS Version of the Game
Knowledge Adventure 1994

3-D Dinosaur Adventure
Original MS-DOS Version
Knowledge Adventure 1994

Space Adventure
Only An MS-DOS Version
Knowledge Adventure 1992

Imax's Speed
McGiverly Films 1983

Imax's Speed
Original MS-DOS Version
Knowledge Adventure 1994

Undersea Adventure
Original MS-DOS Version
Knowledge Adventure 1994

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• Speed
• DOSBox

[kargaroc386]

no no I mean "AdLib music" by That's what the AdLib sound card sounded like

[Rocky54167]

@kargaroc386 oh gotcha! yeah i was told AdLib was very similar to the soundblaster card

[kargaroc386]

I don't know you, but I want to say, thank you for sharing the memories anyway :)

the AdLib music, the land before time theme, and just the way you talked set the atmosphere perfectly :)

[Rocky54167]

@kargaroc386 Your welcome yes it was fun telling youtube my stories of the games, and um adlib music? the music was from the games idk what you mean by that but thank you!

[icyman5]

do you have l4d2? i was planning on making a 3D dinosaur sound pack for the game

[Rocky54167]

@icyman5 i4d2? which game is that!

[icyman5]

Left 4 Dead 2

[Rocky54167]

@icyman5 I wouldn';t really say that seeing how i still have my Compaq, my main computer i showed in this video, and the fact i can build them and repair them XD. i haven't had a major computer problem in a while

[icyman5]

dude, your computers seem to explode at the drop of a hat