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

Posted on 2021-07-19, 23:15

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The very good news is that my Ryzen 3700x seems to have survived the disaster that took out my mobo, video card, and one of four hard drives. Booted the combo for the first time in more than a month. Thank goodness I have piles of computers around here. ASUS was too much of a PITA on the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-07-18, 19:23

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-07-18, 18:12: Nothing to do with Road Blasters on Atari Arcade and Atari St. Who said it did?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-07-18, 17:20

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So I was browsing the Lost Media Wiki and ran across this . Really cool anime style reflex/twitch style games in the vein of Dragon's Lair except Japanese style. Apparently "Road Blaster" and "Thunder Storm (aka Cobra Command)" have been lost in their full PC versions, BUT the demos are still …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-16, 14:32

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IBM PS/1 Multimedia tower dx33, almost complete, sadly original screen was replaced as i guess the older gentleman had hard time with smaller screen. Otherwise it seems to just been unpacked and left to dust as it still was on the gentleman's desk. Fantastic. Love how it's so close to the ad. The …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-07-14, 16:09

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GOG Syberia 1 & 2 https://www.gog.com/game/syberia_i_ii

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2021-07-07, 23:24

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Taken by ph4nt0m.

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2021-07-07, 20:46

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ph4nt0m wrote on 2021-07-07, 20:45: Is it small enough for the 1st class? Has to be under 13oz. Doubtful, but I'll chk. Edit: Yep, nope. 16oz. So ground shipping.

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2021-07-07, 20:10

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Before I toss this I wanted to see if anyone has a use for it in their modern system. This is completely unused (well, maybe plugged in once). I removed the NVMe and placed it directly into my motherboard's M.2 slot so I don't need the card. You could stick your own NVMe drive in it. The card …

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Re: SkyNET, DOS, P3-700 crashing

Posted on 2021-07-07, 20:07

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Don't forget some of the unofficial patches that fix long standing bugs in the game. Re: Terminator Skynet problem

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Re: System Shock Pre-Alpha Demo playable for free 22hrs?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 15:53

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New teaser video. Looks and sounds amazing. https://youtu.be/vZWaCLBUCeA

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Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 15:04

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Luckybob did a long video of surgery on one of the AGP boards. Replaced the soldered BIOS with a socket for easy replacement. (replacement with socket happens at about 49:30) https://youtu.be/Zc9c7D5juuM

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Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2021-07-03, 23:03

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I'd like to add two Particle Systems games, namely: Evasive Action and Subwar 2000. Maybe also Metaltech: Battledrome and Earthsiege. Epic Megagames made pretty impressive games, I have fond memories of One Must Fall 2097, Seek and Destroy and Highway Hunter. Subwar 2050 and Seal Team were two 1993 …

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Re: TIE Fighter Total Conversion (TFTC) v1.0 Full

Posted on 2021-07-03, 20:58

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Right, it's in the description. I think it's great they ported the game into that engine. Going to give it a whirl in a few weeks.

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Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-03, 20:08

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Hey britain4, I purchased and tested one of those AGP boards. They will only go to AGP 2x mode with the 5950 Ultra. Other cards go to 4x. It depends. I bought three and gave two Vogons members one each. One member made a video about their build based on that board. Also, some posts I made about my …

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Re: Marathon is the game that System Shock wanted to be

Posted on 2021-07-03, 14:36

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zirkoni wrote on 2021-07-03, 14:12: WDStudios wrote on 2021-07-01, 10:10: ...nowadays, we say System Shock was the best FPS of 1994... Who is saying that? I don't think I've ever heard/seen such comment before. System Shock was the best FPS of 1994. Whew. Glad I got that off my chest.

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

Posted on 2021-07-03, 14:28

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-07-03, 05:10: Just back from a nice wee ride on some premo winding undulating back country roads. After ride check done and now she's ready to go to bed. Cool photo man (minus the laundry basket 🤣). Has a very cinematic color graded look to it.

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

Posted on 2021-07-03, 14:25

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i'm suddenly reminded of this video classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w Yah but that's for stationary plant use, he probably wants the Chrysler version.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY5WjIvyEXo Somehow I missed all those videos. Good stuff. Reminds me of the whole 1990s …

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TIE Fighter Total Conversion (TFTC) v1.0 Full

Posted on 2021-07-02, 19:26

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Pretty nifty. The file is huge, but it's free. http://www.indieretronews.com/2021/07/x-wing- … hter-total.html

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-07-02, 18:50

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Actually I found Nox when I was looking for a game I played in my childhood. But now that I play it I don't know think this is it. It was some other game where you played a summoner/beastlord but could only have one pet I believe. It was also much more casual, Nox is incredibly hard. I must be …

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

Posted on 2021-06-27, 15:36

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20210627_163802.jpg That moment when you're poking through old boxes at your oldies place, only to find a copy of dozens of games you loved as a kid! I had no idea they had it! Hmmm... so this is what winning the lottery feels like! Out of anything that I find at garage sales nothing excites me …

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