Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-07-18, 20:42

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One must fall 2097 a robot fight simulator for DOS i always loved it even the shareware version was fun. A legit retired to freeware game now. I think there was a later sequel coming but don't know much about it https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/one-must-fall-2097/ Looks like a nice game, …

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Re: A "broad spectrum" 90s build?

Posted on 2021-07-17, 20:01

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My Via C3 build is for exactly this range, although it can go even earlier to the mid-80s for most games when thottled to slowest speeds. With a reasonable GPU it can easily handle 1999 games too. The K6-3+ is other obvious choice, although getting one that can go at higher speeds can be expensive …

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Re: last games run in voodoo 3 3500

Posted on 2021-07-16, 05:56

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Wut

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Re: Do you dislike the British?

Posted on 2021-07-12, 19:20

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If they are football fans -- yes.

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Re: Retro computer builds that surprised you the most because they worked better than expected

Posted on 2021-07-07, 04:30

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Troll pc with heat spewing P4 and FX5950 is my fastest win98 pc and is stable as a rock. But it is noisy and hot.

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Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-03, 18:29

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It is quite expensive though. It looks like manufacturer is a Chinese company for Chinese market. I hope Bios isn't in Chinese. Without AGP no GeForce FX5xxx. But enough room for your Voodoo5 5500 PCI ;-) I think this is great if a little expensive. Wonder why on earth they bothered making them.... …

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Re: 1997 Pentium MMX Rebuild

Posted on 2021-07-03, 01:05

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I think he means AWE64 with soundFonts and MIDI not OPL/CQM.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-07-01, 19:22

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Finished The Dig. Was really quite a good game, and once you get past the initial "floating in space" scene it's really a very traditional adventure game. Not sure why it is not more widely recognized as a classic adventure classic. Following it up by starting Gabriel Knight 2 on same PC. Started …

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Re: After 23 years, I can finally cross Blood II off my bucket list

Posted on 2021-06-28, 07:59

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Congrats. Playing and finishing games from the 90s that i either missed or on, or did not finish, is something to live for.

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Re: I was there, I saw the last AWE 64 Gold disappear and become an investment product...

Posted on 2021-06-28, 02:36

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The AWE64 cards aren't even good. They don't have a real OPL3 for older games, require a TSR for the synth and use crappy soundfonts. For $300 you can get a good yamaha soundblaster clone and multiple external midi modules. And if you really want to play around with soundfonts you can also get a SB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-27, 02:17

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Is the volari any good?

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Re: I was there, I saw the last AWE 64 Gold disappear and become an investment product...

Posted on 2021-06-26, 20:21

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Why do you want the Gold in particular? Maybe an AWE32 3670 (which is basically an AWE64 with SIMM slots) is the cheapest option. Ordinary AWE64s are cheaper by themselves, but the ram expansion for them is expensive as heck.

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-06-25, 19:33

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Discrete_BOB_058 wrote on 2021-06-25, 15:53: War Race https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9ND48TX9ZDKJ First time I have seen a real game on MS Store that isn't some puzzle game or similar.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-25, 03:18

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Another roland midi thing (last one I promise). Sadly it has a nasty hissing sound at standby...anyone know how I could go about fixing that?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-06-24, 20:16

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Continued playing Freedom Fighters. It's actually quite a good game once you get past the somewhat crappy graphics (even for the day) and somewhat dodgy controls. It has a quite effective squad based system, where you can recruit up to 2 team members and then direct them with 3 simple commands. The …

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Re: Help spec my P4 Win98 Retro Rig

Posted on 2021-06-24, 06:01

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by kolderman

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> Can you think of any problems with using the FX 55000 aside from it obviously not being period appropriate? How is a FX not period appropriate for a pentium4 system?

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Re: Is Vista now Retro

Posted on 2021-06-23, 22:41

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In the same way WinME is retro...the bad kind 🤣

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2021-06-23, 07:55

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Did the version 6.0 break the startup/exit to tray mode? I keep the "Start with Windows (System Tray)" option checked, yet it won't start up minimised to tray anymore and when I click the window close button, it won't get minimised into the tray - it terminates instead. Unless there's a different …

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Re: C&C '95 was a mistake; here's why you should only play the DOS version

Posted on 2021-06-23, 07:26

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Pretty sure every game with a dos version is better than win95. I can't think of any examples otherwise.

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-21, 23:40

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I can't believe we are seriously considering that AMD would develop and send to fab this produce that might sell a few thousand copies (if that, how many customers does serdaco have? I am guessing it will be similar). It's like dreaming that Nvidia will restore the 3DFX brand and finally release the …

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