Re: My 1st DOS gaming build.. Need some advice

Posted on 2020-10-22, 23:55

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I “mainly” want to play really old games like Bard’s Tale and text adventures like Zork. If you're hoping to run DOS games from the early to mid 1980s on a P233MMX, you may be in for a disappointment. I agree with everyone else about the 233MMX being the best all around DOS cpu, but even it has its …

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Re: Retro flight sim playthroughs

Posted on 2020-10-22, 22:52

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Added new links to initial post: Comanche 3 DOS Wings of Glory New entry added to classic DOS flight sims: F-22 Lightning II by Novalogic (1996) I loved Wings of Glory. I've played through it twice (23 years apart). Even Pacific Strike, which got so much flack, was super entertaining. And of course …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-10-21, 23:46

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I just discovered that you can keep picking a lockpicked chest over and over to raise your lockpicking skills in Betrayal at Krondor . LOL. So this game is one of those RPGs that is very low-key. Lots of exploration, no re-spawning enemies, a fun sense of adventure that you can relax and play with a …

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Re: Should I build multiple PCs to play different era pc games or just one?

Posted on 2020-10-20, 23:14

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Practically it gets cumbersome having multiple systems that you have to jump back and forth on. For me, my first love is MS-DOS from 1990-1996 so my main retro PC is a P200MMX. I also have a Win9x system but almost never use it because those games seem to play well (with GOG installers) on modern …

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Re: Avance Logic ALG2228 or Cirrus Logic GD5428?

Posted on 2020-10-18, 10:49

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I have not tested these exact chipsets in VLB, but I have tested very similar ones in PCI. The Avance Logic ALG2301.B PCI is roughly 3-6% faster than the CL-GD5430 PCI. Some specific numbers, tested on a Pentium 75 - Doom: ALG2301.B = 34.6 fps GD5430 = 32.6 fps Quake 320x200: ALG2301.B = 18.5 fps …

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Re: Avance Logic ALG2228 or Cirrus Logic GD5428?

Posted on 2020-10-17, 23:31

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I’d pick the Cirrus Logic with 2MB. You won’t notice the small performance difference but you might appreciate the extra VRAM more and the CL has unbeatable compatibility.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-10-17, 16:57

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Once I complete this one, I'm going to put the direct sequel ( Secret of the Silver Blades ) on hold and continue the Gold Box series chronologically; that means I'll be starting out with a new party for Champions of Krynn , which has some interesting changes to the formula in terms of classes and …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 10:13

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Betrayal at Krondor Okay, I'm about 4 hours in and it's starting to grow on me. I love the emphasis on story telling. The world is actually a lot bigger than it seems while traversing it. Here's the first section that I'm still in: http://mikesrpgcenter.com/krondor/maps/lamut.html The music is …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 01:21

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Betrayal at Krondor Okay, I'm about 4 hours in and it's starting to grow on me. I love the emphasis on story telling. The world is actually a lot bigger than it seems while traversing it. Here's the first section that I'm still in: http://mikesrpgcenter.com/krondor/maps/lamut.html The music is …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-10-11, 14:57

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Nice to read your thoughts on BaK and Ravenloft. I pretty much agree on all counts lol I really dislike the graphics engine in BaK. I know you can set it to automatically follow roads, but I never got comfortable with it. I would have preferred either step-based or free-moving, but not the weird …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-10-11, 14:34

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Betrayal at Krondor I spent about 90 minutes this morning test driving Betrayal at Krondor. It's definitely a unique RPG! The interface has a bit of a steep learning curve as does the style. I barely left the start point, searched the first body, entered the village of Yabon, bought a whetstone to …

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Re: List of PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2020-10-10, 16:55

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Just finished Bioshock Remastered. Took me 32.5 hours over 35 days. It was one of the better FPS games I've played in my life, but it would've been much better if I hadn't already beaten System Shock 2. The similarities were so close (mainly a different setting - under the ocean in the early 1950s …

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Re: My new DOS machine... Pentium 75Mhz. Some advice...

Posted on 2020-10-10, 11:12

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Honestly, I go old school with file transfers between old and new systems. I either use CDs (you can fit a lot of DOS programs on a multi-session 700MB CD), floppies, or physically move the hard drive back and forth. You can buy a USB to IDE hub to dock the drive into to access on a modern system.

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Re: Using the Turbo Button on a 486 system for running older games

Posted on 2020-10-10, 10:34

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From what I understand, different motherboards de-turbo differently. Some manipulate memory timings, some FSB, some clock multiplier, etc. On mine, it will slow a 66Mhz 486 to roughly 486/20Mhz speeds. And even better, it will work in addition to L1 cache disabling. Here's an example based on tons …

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Re: My new DOS machine... Pentium 75Mhz. Some advice...

Posted on 2020-10-10, 01:47

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Nice system! As to your questions: 1) perhaps the jumper settings are for POD processors? 2) If you have the Voodoo, then why not? Otherwise, there's a very limited number of games that it will be useful for in pure DOS. 3) I agree that 256KB cache is fine and plenty. My Pentium system has no L2 and …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-10-07, 23:31

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Wing Commander Slowly making my way through this game whenever I feel like playing a mission or two. At first I thought I might just play it almost like a roguelike and just see how far I get without reloading, etc. However, although I do enjoy this game, I don't think I enjoy it enough to play …

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Re: Native DOS games with framerate display built in

Posted on 2020-10-07, 10:19

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-10-07, 03:54: Archimedean Dynasty has in-game frame rate counter. Thanks, how do you access it? I can add it to the opening post.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-10-07, 09:44

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-Might & Magic III won't play music when set to MT-32 and Sound Blaster. If I set it to MT-32 only, music works great but sound effects are sparse and poorly emulated by the MT-32. If I set to SB only, everything sounds good, music is still nice, just not as good as MT-32. edit: MM3 is also speed- …

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Re: Native DOS games with framerate display built in

Posted on 2020-10-07, 00:41

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omarsis wrote on 2020-03-30, 18:28: I can't get the FPS display in Pacific Strike. Control or Alt + F only extends or retracts the flaps I can confirm the FPS display during pause in Battle Arena Toshiden Screenshot from 2020-03-30 15-13-54.jpg Sorry, it's SHIFT-F. I corrected the first post.

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

Posted on 2020-10-06, 01:30

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I just remembered Terminal Velocity was gorgeous and ran pretty well on a fast 486.

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