Update: To download your favourite Bullfrog games, head over to Old School PC Games.

I was on the lookout for more old simulation games, particularly abandonware and DOS games, and got my hand on Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Basically I’ve downloaded a Windows ported version that the gaming company MicroProse made from its equally successful DOS version.

The editorial mentions that since the game has problems with language recognition, we need to type the following in the DOS prompt before running the game: type “set lang=english”. However, I was able to run the game pretty well even without the DOS prompt command.

To be honest, I’ve never played this game before but the reviews for the game is pretty positive, so I gave it a go. Even after watching the tutorial, I didn’t really understood how to play it. I’d rather the tutorial looked something like Theme Park or Theme Hospital. Thank goodness for the discussion boards, or else I would be at a lost about how to start the game.

If you’re looking for old MicroProse games and other classic games, go check out Abandonia.

I’m still in my gaming mode ever since I got the itch to play Theme Hospital. I then started looking for more sites with Bullfrog games that I can download off. Although Game Spot has an extensive list of Bullfrog games, I prefer the Bullfrog game list in Home of the Underdogs (HOTU); the former site provided nice to add-ons and patches, but the latter provided the links to download the game for free, so on top of Abandonia and Best Old Games, HOTU gets two thumbs up (and a donation) from me for being one of the best free downloadable games web sites in cyberspace.

Other than Theme Hospital and Theme Park, I have never played Bullfrog’s other games, especially Populous II and Syndicate which are getting some rave reviews from all the gaming sites I visited. I plan to download them as soon as I finish playing another favourite simulation game of mine called Constructor.

I had a vague recollection of how much I got a kick out of sending gangsters to destroy the competitors’ buildings. I also barely remembered the title of the game at first, but for some reason HOTU read my mind and it found the game for me — how cool was that? I’ve just finished downloading Constructor a minute ago, so I’m off to have a blast with this game as soon as I’m done with my laundry