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Game Overview

Man, Advanced NetWars was something else back in the MS-DOS days. You’d boot it up and suddenly you’re piloting this nimble little ship through a maze of neon wireframes, lasers zipping past your cockpit. It had that perfect arcade feel—easy to pick up, brutally hard to master. I remember my first run ending embarrassingly fast because I didn’t realize enemies could come from behind.

The split-screen multiplayer was where it really shined, though. My brother and I would crowd around the same keyboard, elbows jabbing, shouting when one of us "accidentally" flew into an asteroid. The graphics might look primitive now, but back then? That glowing vector aesthetic made you feel like you were inside some rogue AI’s core mainframe. And that high-score chase? Absolute crack. You’d swear you were done for the night, then suddenly it’s 2 AM and you’re still muttering "okay, last attempt."

It’s the kind of game that makes you miss bulky monitors and the sound of floppy drives whirring.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".