Re: Name of a old pc game

Posted on 2016-12-07, 07:15

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Jorpho wrote: Sword of Honour? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-euiseJ2zTI 😢 I don't think he was a ninja. More probably an undefined time warrior like golden axe. It's hard to remember cause I didn't play it much, I think it was erased for disk space reasons (49mb of disk 😵 ) in the early weeks.

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Re: Name of a old pc game

Posted on 2016-12-06, 22:11

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Are you certain about the word "sword" ? For some reason I want to say Knight Force. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aogJrpBqcB0 Unfortunately it's not this. The sprite for the warrior was smaller. The color palette of the game was on the "brown" color side and generally darker. The word Sword was …

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Name of a old pc game

Posted on 2016-12-06, 21:33

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Hi, when we bought the first 386SX system, it came with a dos game I never found the name of. The folder of the game I remember was "Sword" and it was a platform and a usual warrior with a sword and the usual "beat the enemy and go on" plot. It wasn't Golden Axe and a thing I remember that he could …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 19:30

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It's nice to start from a low-end time correct config to see how games run and step by step upgrade hardware still time correct but high end and look at the differences. :evil: Usually for me a good way to enjoy retro machines is to slowly improve them as much as I could not in their time for costs …

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Re: would you believe 5 computers share this network? And the users are happy?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 18:30

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True, but back then most images were 640x480/800x600 in size and the video clips were mpeg-1 quality instead of the full HD and 4K we have now. There's no limit as to how much bandwidth you can use when everything grows in size. Right but it's not only about multimedia, it's also how overloaded and …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 15:31

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cause the Oak vga was too slow. Yea exactly, it was not just about the CPU and the amount of memory. 'Bargain basement' clones didn't quite cut it, because they'd save money by using cheap Oak/Realtek/Trident VGA etc. You needed a pretty decent VGA card for proper gaming, and those were expensive ( …

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Re: would you believe 5 computers share this network? And the users are happy?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 13:46

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When I first had Internet, 28.800 baud had to do. Then I upgraded to 33.600 and later to 56K, I even made the V.90 -> V.92 step :D Finally over 10 years ago I got 1Mbit/s broadband I now have 25Mbit/s and that is not fast enough :D When things become faster we accept it as the "new" normality and …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 13:22

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I'd very much disagree that most PC gamers had the most kitted out machine possible - they don't now, and they didn't then. Well, firstly, I said they 'had to have' it, not that they actually did. But I know from personal experience that I had to upgrade to a 386SX-16 when Wolfenstein 3D came out, …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 10:26

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For a retro gaming pc I agree that the best should be to build it with the best hardware at the game released time. So no ssd/cf disk, no absurd video cards (like agp 4x one on a agp 1x slot) and often no cpu with lower process size.

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Re: Athlon 64 questions: power supply and socket

Posted on 2016-12-05, 16:56

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A64 is useless with modern stuff, until you go AM2 and even then its unbareably slow. I recently tried windows 7 on an X2 6000 with 8gb of ram and it was slow, it wasn't impossible but it wasn't fast and lagged on the modern web, 939 is hopeless I tried my X2 3800 with 4gb of ram and it was just …

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Re: Athlon 64 questions: power supply and socket

Posted on 2016-12-05, 13:04

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I hate to sound like the grinch, but why don't you just build something modern? If you're concerned about changing something every week to gain a bit more speed and thinking about adding a "new generation cheap vga," then you shouldn't be trying to stay retro! You should just get a Skylake i3 + …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-04, 16:23

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I'd probably win using the (cheap) 386SX-20, 4MB (upgraded) and Oak 512Kb until the late 1998 when I switched to the K6-2 350 and S3 Trio3D system. :evil: :dead: :lol: So you didn't have Internet until late 1998? I should add that my friends stopped poking fun at me when I purchased a dual PII-400 …

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Re: Athlon 64 questions: power supply and socket

Posted on 2016-12-04, 16:05

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The 939 Dual-VSTA uses the Uli M1695 chipset - it's great for both Win9x and WinXP, and you can easily find drivers for both. 939 machines make great top-end win9x machines, and you should see no compatibility issues with the M1695. PSU-wise 939 and 754 platforms work best with modern PSUs that …

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Re: Athlon 64 questions: power supply and socket

Posted on 2016-12-04, 15:55

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Geez, is socket 939 now considered retro? I'm using an Asrock 939 Dual-SATA2 as my everyday computer. The Dual-SATA2 is nearly identical to the Dual-VSTA. I think they may have changed something with the onboard sound. Which CPU are you going with? I went with a dual-core Opteron 180 at 2.4 GHz. My …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-04, 13:13

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It is always nice to run titles on high-end period correct hardware because the speed at which the software runs reminds you of the times. For me, I usually don't mind using graphics cards that are a few years newer because back in the 90's, I was always upgrading the graphics card on older systems …

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Athlon 64 questions: power supply and socket

Posted on 2016-12-04, 13:05

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Hi, in my continuous adventure for a config I don't need to change every week for a bit more speed :D, I was thinking to switch from the great Barton/KT600 config and build an early Athlon 64 config to stay enough "retro" and with a bit more power. I was oriented to the same last mobo I had in past, …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-04, 12:52

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I can't stand CF cards as hard disk... they sound so "fake", oh well better to say they doesN't sound at all.. 😁

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-04, 11:19

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I prefer to keep it in between. It needs to "feel old" yet still fast enough to play nice. Some builds are period correct and some have just a bit more kick to it. All depends on what I need to run. Often is my way of thinking too. The original Pentium cpu choise is a classic where many would …

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Re: Strange Radeon 9x card

Posted on 2016-12-04, 11:15

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I have quite a few Arctic passive heatpipe cooling systems with aluminium fins, they weigh not much more than standard radiator. Regarding the weight of the Zalman, most of the weight is near the AGP connector, meaning the momentum for the weight to drag the card down is actually very small. It is …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-04, 07:34

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Time correct always win over speed imho. For example I'd much prefer a 0,60u Pentium 120 over a 0,35u Pentium 133. 😉 That's why I much prefer 5v 486 over the newer versions. Not necessary for games, just for the fact to have the hardware as originally designed.

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