Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-12-08, 12:21

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verticality has no bearing on game play other than determining whether you can scale platforms. Flying monsters and projectiles, how do they work if not because of the Z axis ? As Romero said, it's 3D. even collision works in 2D ie. you can't stand under a cocademon for example. Infinite height for …

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-12-08, 09:46

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I would more faithfully describe Doom as "3D with some limitations"

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium III 1ghz

Posted on 2021-12-07, 09:34

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In my experience with a PIII 800 MHz, even a GeForce 4 is well worth it for a lot of GPU demanding games. For example, Serious Sam 1, NOLF 2, ... It is also very compatible with DOS games and Windows 9X. (mine is a GF 4 TI 4800, but any model will do)

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-12-04, 08:46

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Tex Murphy : Under A Killing Moon is my gold standard in terms of great FMV games.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-12-02, 08:28

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I wasn't aware of that Lady Denton mod. Nice ! Guess I'll play DX... again ! 😁

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-11-29, 08:55

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Even a Pentium II or III can run XP. XP is retro.

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Re: PCem v17

Posted on 2021-11-26, 13:32

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That's unfortunate.

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-11-25, 10:13

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I was talking about gameplay / fun factor, it isn't there at all on the ZX Spectrum, Nintedo Game and Watch, calculators, and other vastly underpowered platforms.

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-11-24, 07:07

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Doom on those kind of platforms is not Doom at all anymore.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-11-13, 20:34

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ll reading on here several years back that someone tested Cybermage with various cpus and it took 650Mhz P3 before it ran flawlessly at 640x480. System Shock was similar in that it needed several hundred Mhz to run 640x480 smoothly at a time when P90-P100 were the top cpus out. Indeed, I play it on …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-11-13, 12:14

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CyberMage needed hardware affordable two years into the future.

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Re: Windows versions of DOS games list

Posted on 2021-11-12, 09:37

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Z (from the Bitmap Brothers) had a Windows 95 re-release with a map editor and more missions called Z95 Joakim wrote on 2021-11-11, 19:59: Red alert had a windows version with terrible fmv. Don't shit talk the Command & Conquer FMVs ! They are glorious and very enjoyable. è_é

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Re: TERRIBLE NEWS!

Posted on 2021-11-11, 09:49

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Isn't Denuvo useless it terms of sales past 6 months or so ?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-11-01, 11:17

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Bloom (DooM & Blood crossover). Final release published on Halloween on moddb. Fun so far.

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Re: Problems With Theme Hospital (Freeze) (Newest post from 2011)

Posted on 2021-11-01, 08:26

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The save games are incompatible with the DOS version, IIRC. That's the only downside. 😀

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Re: (For PCEM) Will upgrading from an I7: 8700 to any I9 compatible with my 300 series chipset offer me any improvements

Posted on 2021-10-30, 07:07

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Contrary to what the other person said, in my experience, PCem runs Windows 9x games better than DOSBox-X. At least, games that requires a 3D card. I find PCem's Voodoo2 emulation better than DOSBox-X's Voodoo emulation. But everyone has different experiences. Oh yes, PCem is way more accurate. But …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-29, 14:18

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A voodoo1 has problems with anything later than a Pentium 1, in my experience. Weird colors, etc... The same Voodoo1 which had major problems with my Pentium III works perfectly with my Pentium 1. With the Pentium III, I've got a Voodooo2 which again works perfectly.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-29, 09:45

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Oh yeah, I remember ReloKick to play A500 OCS games on the A600 (namely Rodland). Rubbish compat problems. >_<

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-29, 08:06

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The 3.xx series is fine. AmigaOS 3.2 is also a really good update released this year : https://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/index. … d-and-available

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-10-29, 07:25

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Introduced C# generics (which appeared in 2005) to a code base that predates them.

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