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Re: Ultimate multi-sound card setup?

Posted on 2021-09-10, 01:31

Nothing fancy. Just an AWE64 Value (CT4500) and an SBLive OEM (CT4780). I only initialize the AWE in DOS, and the SBLive in Windows. The only slightly creative thing I did was leave the AWE's joystick port turned on Windows, and the SBLive's turned off. That way the CH Flightstick Pro I leave …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-09-05, 15:20

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Well, the wife passed out early last night, so instead of watching Twin Peaks: The Return, I finished up Prey. Trophy 20210904_Prey_a.jpg All in all, I really enjoyed it. I especially loved the Art Bell radio segments you can find. They do a fantastic job anchoring the game in a specific time and …

Re: Favorite forgotten games

Posted on 2021-09-03, 13:42

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You know, I was watching a random Youtube video about Nesticle, and it reminded me of Bloodlust Software. When I was a kid I downloaded shareware versions of two games of theirs and played them obsessively for a hot month. I think they were Noggin Knockers and Time Slaughter.

Re: YOUR favorate game era.

Posted on 2021-09-03, 13:15

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One aspect of 80's computing/gaming I often see people have nostalgia for is how open the platforms were. You had unfettered access to every single chip, byte and register on the systems, often from BASIC. It's an era I missed, but an era I'm developing vicarious nostalgia for in reaction to how …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-09-02, 15:47

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So I thought I'd give Wing Commander 2 another earnest try. I started playing the windows version from The Kilrathi Saga, and it ran once just fine. Then I could never get it to run again without crashing. Go figure. I guess the save data got corrupted. I tried deleting it and starting again, but …

Re: Why people still love XP

Posted on 2021-09-01, 13:26

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My sister's older laptop is barely usable anymore, because Windows is constantly doing strange things in the background. Windows 7/8/10 work fine as long as your hardware isn't crap, and try to keep the configuration as close to default as possible. If you can't change it in the standard …

Re: YOUR favorate game era.

Posted on 2021-09-01, 13:15

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I still put the high water mark at 1997. You bracket that by 5 years on either side, so from 1992 to 2002, and you wind up with I think the most prolific era of pc gaming we've ever seen. The output of some studios in that period is baffling and incredible. ID Software publishes Wolftenstein 3D, …

Re: Geforce 6800 GT output suddenly corrupted

Posted on 2021-08-30, 14:16

Post script on this. The Geforce 6800 GT gave up the ghost again. Going to try a proper reflow with liquid flux and an actual temperature controlled reflow station, because I have those things now. And a new garage/workshop to use them in. But I'm not expecting much at all. Replaced it with a …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-08-28, 14:41

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Well... I wrapped up Day of the Tentacle. That was shorter than I remember. Then again, many of the puzzles were much easier than when I was a child. I also only ever played it at a friends house in middle school over several weeks in short burst. Hah, still talk to that friend? I do - I offered …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-08-24, 03:33

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Well... I wrapped up Day of the Tentacle. That was shorter than I remember. Then again, many of the puzzles were much easier than when I was a child. I also only ever played it at a friends house in middle school over several weeks in short burst. I ended up needing to look up 4 hints. 1 of which …

Re: Why people still love XP

Posted on 2021-08-24, 03:27

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It's funny, as long as XP was around, I almost entirely passed it. I stuck with a copy of Win2K my dad "borrowed" from work for ages and ages, because unlike XP it didn't need to be activated, and it felt like XP without a ton of cruft. I stuck with it until I burned out my hot rod Athlon 64, …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-08-22, 02:14

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I can agree with that take on Twilight Princess. I think it's aged better than Skyward Sword, but it definitely benefited enormously from Wii hype. I know it was the one game I got with my Wii launch night, back before the novelty of waggle controls became cause for mockery all on it's own. It's …

Re: Acceptable 3d accelerator for Pentium MMX era.

Posted on 2021-08-21, 23:13

At the time I had a Riva128, which was good enough for Dark Forces 2, Quake 2, I think an OEM copy of Motoracer. Although I'm pretty sure by the time Blood 2 came out, I had upgraded to a RivaTNT which came out in 1998. It's a fun card for the authentic non-voodoo 1997 experience, which a Pentium …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-08-21, 02:46

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Well, that was peculiar. I positively stomped Populous world 494, WEAVUSPERT, and it took me to world 0, SHISODING, which was identical to GENESIS. I guess I was expecting some sort of victory screen, but alas. I now consider myself free of Populous. I only slightly regret hacking the game to get …

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