a couple game programming questions

I have a couple questions:

1. Is there a better alternative to jMonkeyEngine for creating 3d java games? If so, what are its advantages? If not, is it better to use their supplied IDE or to use something like Netbeans/Eclipse?

2. This is far less important as I may never get around to it, but I'd like to someday make an old fashioned DOS game that would be playable on an extremely old PC. What language(s) would I need to use and what libraries are available for this sort of thing? Are there any good guides on the subject?

Any answers would be much appreciated.

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It's not something you hear people talking about when they write their game and it's not a necessity to have them in order to write a game/engine

and yes IHBT when it comes to ignorant fanbois that worship one language and hate on other languages because X feature despite them not knowing that X feature is actually implemented in Y manner.