Helious

Helious is a puzzle game with a title screen drawn from Van Gogh’s Starry Night. You guide a ball around boards of blocks and walls, picking up coloured orbs and finding the way through each level.

It dates from 1993.

How to set it up

1. Install DOSBox Staging or another DOS emulator.
2. Unzip the download into a folder of its own.
3. Start DOSBox Staging and type mount c "<folder>\helious", where <folder> is where you unzipped the download, then c:.
4. Type HELIOUS.EXE to start the game.