![]() Kelly holidays were always spent at various holiday camps around the south. Dave in turn showed these magic shapes to Jo Ann who also learned to play. At his local ‘rec’ there was an older guy who had a skiffle group, he showed Dave the first three vital chords. Jo came home with these exciting new sounds by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent The Everly Brothers and the wildest of them all Little Richard.ĭave was hooked and aged ten went to the local second hand shop in Streatham to swap his electric train set for a guitar. Dave had two older sisters, one being the hugely talented and sadly missed Jo-Ann. Then came the middle fifties and kids were hit by skiffle and rock n roll. The top lid opened to reveal the 78 player and Dave spent many happy hours, standing on a chair whilst ploughing through his parent ‘s eclectic collection of records. Before you get started make sure that you are using the latest Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.Dave’s musical influences go back to the early fifties when as a child he was fascinated by his parents’ radio gram. This website was not only setup to try to preserve these games, but also to make them playable for free on modern desktop computers, tablets and phones. There was so much change in the 80’s and 90’s with DOS games and many seem to be all but forgotten, but we have them here! (If there is a game missing shoot us a message and we’ll put it up.) You will notice that many of the games will let you change sounds cards, graphics cards etc. These games were from a time when there were so many different types of PC's on the market that all had different hardware. There is just something magical about the old DOS games that just brings back memories and takes many of us back to our childhood or a time when things were simpler and just as much fun without all the animation that is the standard these days. ClassicReload was setup for preservation of 6,000+ old retro abandonware games and abandoned OS/interfaces that you can play DOS games online right in your web browser for education and research purposes. ![]()
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