Re: What made you join VOGONS?
Posted on 2021-02-23, 13:14
Re: Origin or Steam
Posted on 2021-02-18, 09:48
Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?
Posted on 2021-02-18, 09:21
ragefury32 wrote on 2021-02-18, 02:28: So, was FST good? The initial release? No, it was terrible. I think most people (like me) returned it as faulty, because of all the bugs. You couldn't really get anything done with it and it took some time for the 1.1 patch to come out, at which point nobody …
Re: Help for Motherboard id
Posted on 2021-02-17, 11:24
What kind of memory modules did you use? It won't post or shows -- -- on the analyzer card if the amount or type of RAM is wrong.
Re: List of rarest PC soundcards
Posted on 2021-02-16, 12:03
Protac Thunderboard clone? Filename protec.jpg File size 220.55 KiB Views 103 views
Re: Help for Motherboard id
Posted on 2021-02-15, 10:03
You're also missing the battery, it might not POST without one.
Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?
Posted on 2021-02-15, 09:41
Here's something: https://planetmic.com/fstdp/fstdp03.htm This is also one of the "official" releases I never knew about: Filename ww2.jpg File size 289.72 KiB Views 440 views
Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P
Posted on 2021-02-12, 10:32
Can't think of anything else, but a socket 8 board. I could with a few more midi cards / modules, but they are not on top of my list. Well, AdLib Gold obviously, but that's unobtainium.
Re: If we were to accept 15 years ago as retro....
Posted on 2021-02-11, 08:56
Unknown_K wrote on 2021-02-11, 01:33: One of the most popular games in 2000 was Diablo 2 and that wasn't even in 3D. And look how dated it was in 2010. It had the same pre-rendered look as Crusader No Remorse from -95.
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-09, 11:48
As a phone only without data they last way longer. If you use YouTube for a few hours that's a different story.. It depends on your usage. That's what I mean. You have FB, Tube, Whatsapp/Signal, news etc. that use check out all the time for no good reason draining your battery. I'd rather take a …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-09, 10:24
I long for the old mobile phones where a battery would last for a week. The new pocket computers are great and useful, but somehow it's acceptable that they last for a day and if two it's considered amazing!
Re: If we were to accept 15 years ago as retro....
Posted on 2021-02-09, 10:12
Just look at how much progress was made between 2000 and 2005 (Quake III Arena / Quake 4) and how much in any 5 years interval since then. This is a really interesting concept. Most games from 2011 still look good and there's really nothing to complain about the controls. Think about games from …
Re: Kawai GMEGA - Broken display?
Posted on 2021-02-09, 10:02
Judging by these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkFE1025hEw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IsOGGJK5xY The display should probably look like that. There are also those videos you mentioned that show contrast problems.
Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)
Posted on 2021-02-08, 11:26
What a strange combination ? Burgers and Nachos and Gelato ? What the heck ? It had nachos, guacamole and salsa. I've never tried any of the ice creams there, the colors already make me sick. I'm sure they have shakes as well, but I had a strawberry one at a Burger King in Poland last summer and …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-08, 11:19
I confess that, despite being a die-hard PC person in those years, I was actually jealous of some Amiga capabilities in the early 90's. Come on, we all were. I mean: Smooth parallax scrolling? Mod music? Digitized samples? How dare you get this from a mid 80's machine! Thank god Doom finally let us …
Re: If we were to accept 15 years ago as retro....
Posted on 2021-02-08, 10:37
386SX wrote on 2021-02-06, 13:35: Not only with games but also with movies. I hear you. I have a 36" Panasonic at my summer place because the picture is excellent and it survives the freezing winter temps without any issues year after year.
Re: Kawai GMEGA - Broken display?
Posted on 2021-02-08, 10:35
I opened it and didn't see anything that could be used to adjust the display. I couldn't remove the secondary pcb, but I looked with the camera and didn't see anything that looks like a trim pot or a dial. I doubt it is between the display's pcb and faceplate Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it too …
Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)
Posted on 2021-02-06, 09:51
Boss took us to Bus Burger. I took the TexMex burger and skipped the vomit inducing ice cream. Filename burgerbus.JPG File size 183.06 KiB Views 210 views Filename texmex.jpg File size 113.84 KiB Views 210 views Filename scream.jpg File size 210.58 KiB Views 210 views
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 08:50
I tend to spend a few bucks on steam sales if I see a dosbox game that I like and the price is low. I feel there are too many games on steam that are asking for way too much money when all it is, is a custom dosbox config file and/or a cracked exe. That's reasonable thinking. My reasoning is that I …
Re: If we were to accept 15 years ago as retro....
Posted on 2021-02-06, 08:37
One thing to note about gaming is that even though you can emulate almost anything, there is still the difference between the CRT and a TFT. I recently tested Alone in the Dark 4 with both, and on TFT it just looked atrocious. Jagged edges all around, pixelated color gradient, poor colors, 5:4 …
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