Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 10:32

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I hope this isn't how the bulk of the game plays out. I prefer my RPGs to be more mentally played. I don't enjoy real-time RPGs that require amazing hand-eye coordination. The graphics and story so far are brilliant, I just hope it doesn't require too much twitch to play successfully. This is why I …

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Re: What were your defining moments in computer history?

Posted on 2021-03-24, 03:28

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Gosh your backstory sounds awfully familiar! My father was an early CAD adopter so I was lucky to have PCs around starting with 8 bits, and then things got really interesting when the 486 appeared, and then things got red hot obsession when he bought the rest of the family (but mainly me) a 486 of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-22, 11:06

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Nice screen that - I found one NOS once and the anti glare had gone off on that too. I ended up painstaking polishing it off which improved the brightness but then the glass was like a mirror, very distracting so I got rid of it in the end.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 22:35

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I was doing some "testing" on my P4 rig last night after a PSU install and fired up F.E.A.R - such a great game and it occurred to me that it was my DOOM3 substitute back in the day. Yes it has the horror stuff which provided some good jump scares but more than that the game-play was very DOOM (1 …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2021-03-20, 05:10

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Just the average 6,2 feet and somewere around 143 pounds in weight. Yes that's not heavy for a tall guy - I hover around 165 pounds (75kg) and am 6" tall, and if I don't get enough exercise then I'll gain weight pretty quickly. You're lucky in some ways - losing weight is hard - but quality meat …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2021-03-19, 23:02

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Brostenen you must be 8 feet tall to get through those meals you describe 😂

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-19, 03:57

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PTherapist wrote on 2021-03-18, 12:46: I've got that exact same Cambridge Soundworks 4.0 speaker set. I got mine new back in 1999 or 2000 and they've been in active duty ever since on various different family PCs over the years. I have the 2.1 equivalent - still in use on my retro rig! Love 'em.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-03-14, 05:06

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Did you try using softMPU with the MusicQuest clone? Doing that sorted out an issue I had with a real MusicQuest card and Wing Commander - just a thought!

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-03-13, 23:51

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I must admit that I never finished DOOM3 - I got to the final boss fight and just couldn't be bothered. It was fun up until that point so why ruin it with boss frustration? I did the same thing with HL1, life was too short for Xen!

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

Posted on 2021-03-13, 10:33

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Cloudschatze wrote on 2021-03-13, 06:15: Effectively completed the satellite rack/desk setup, including all of the programming of the MTP units that I care to do for now. Hooray. Amazing and happy making, but where is the Midi General??

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

Posted on 2021-03-03, 11:03

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by badmojo

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Thanks for all of the details @brostenen, sounds great and I agree that the C64 is amazing with what they've created and still working on - I didn't realise that a VIC-II clone is happening, how excellent.

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Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2021-03-03, 07:04

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Well it'll always be there for you - that's one thing I really like about retro computing. I was watching an old dude in a fancy, much loved soft-top MGA (tiny old British sports car) weave his way through the CBD the other day and it looked awful - the roads are super busy these days and cars are …

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

Posted on 2021-03-03, 02:19

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brostenen wrote on 2021-03-03, 00:43: It is a clone of the Commodore64. 😀 Looks pretty sweet - I'm being lazy and not googling it but does this motherboard add anything that the original doesn't? Like allow you to use a modern PSU, better video output, etc? Or is it just a 1:1 replacement that …

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Re: Cyrix Instead MK2 DOS Build **Photo Heavy**

Posted on 2021-03-02, 10:52

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Sorry for the slow reply, Real-Life gotta hold of me 😢 Here're some benches from my MI 300 (233MHz) machine - yours is a little quicker overall by the looks. 3DBench 1.0C - 274.4 Chris's 3D BenchMark - 161 FPS Chris's 3D BenchMark 640x480 - 51.2 FPS PC Player Benchmark 640x480 - 32.7 Doom For Faster …

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Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2021-03-01, 02:27

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That seller isn't being dishonest, he just has a different opinion than you and it's making you mad. Demand he throw in a case too - no point having a car without the body.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-27, 10:30

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by badmojo

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Warlord wrote on 2021-02-27, 00:02: I was just bidding this thing up to see how high it would go What's the thinking behind bidding something up that you don't want? Just to be an A-hole?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-02-26, 04:58

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Nice one @clueless, I really like the aesthetic of that game. I can feel an RPG coming on here too but for now I've been having a great time trying out some DOS based SMS emulators on my socket 7 machine, and I'm surprised with how well they run (after countless hours of messing about). There are a …

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Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2021-02-24, 22:27

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I have to say that after four years of active hoarding and trying my hand at building anything from a 386 to an LGA775 I feel like the thrill has worn off considerably. I'm with ya, I have more awesome hardware in the shed doing nothing than I care to admit and it's bring me down. On the other hand …

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Re: Cyrix 166+ Instead MK2 Build **Photo Heavy**

Posted on 2021-02-24, 06:28

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Actually something I should have mentioned is that for me, using those performance tweaks causes corruption in the Europress Rally menu - the only game that does it of course! Actually driving is fine, but the menu uses an 8 bit 640X480 mode where as driving is a 16 bit mode. Does it happen for you? …

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Re: Cyrix 166+ Instead MK2 Build **Photo Heavy**

Posted on 2021-02-24, 01:50

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Nice! Yes I'm using those switches with the MII, and yes that was my post with the wheel :) It's such a great game, the only driving sim I play these days. And lolz yes I saw your post RE the X-Miles add-on; I didn't know that existed so I've set up an eBay alert. I think the main benefit that …

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