Re: Your method for burning PSX backups?

Posted on 2022-05-11, 20:28

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I think it was something about the way copy protection was implemented on the PS1, it checked for something else than the data when booting the disk that it then passed or not. No idea how to burn perfect backup copies that don't need any kind of modchip though, I only use original disks in hopes …

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Re: First Retro buid: W98SE P3 build

Posted on 2022-05-09, 10:17

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What SD card are you using? When I had just put my 650MHz P3 DOS/Win98SE rig together I wanted to try something without messing the Win98SE installation I had and used some crappy SD card that had come along something I had bought and it was awful. The Samsung SD card I had used for the original …

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Re: 1GB vs 2GB for gaming XP build

Posted on 2022-05-08, 14:42

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The first game I remember running into that needed more than the 1GB I had at the time was Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines and that was released 2004. I see no reason not to go 2GB unless the rig is specifically intended for earlier games.

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

Posted on 2022-05-07, 06:59

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Continuing with my P4 WinXP rig (oh god wall of text warning) I had a Sandy Bridge i3 2120 machine for WinXP originally and while it worked great it always somehow felt a little clinical to me, unexciting. I imagine most here know what I mean. I didn't mind as I have pretty functional mindset, as …

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Re: Day of the Tentacle keeps locking up - CPU too fast?

Posted on 2022-05-07, 03:34

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CuteMouse 1.9.1 works for me, 2.0 and 2.1 lock my computer immediately. Can be found from the link Gmlb256 posted above.

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

Posted on 2022-05-05, 15:45

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Use vinegar to neutralize the acid and clean corrosion. Then go over it with isopropyl alcohol. It's probably fine. It looks to be isolated to the leg there and won't have reached the motherboard, I suspect. As long as it's mechanically sound, it will be fine. I have a soldering iron and would …

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

Posted on 2022-05-05, 15:33

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A bit of corrosion there too that won't scrub off, any idea how long it could take before that can become a problem? I don't own a soldering iron so unless that's going to eat the motherbord, the house and me before the year ends I'd rather not rush off to get one. I can't see the corrosion on the …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-05-05, 12:51

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Today I went to a market. A regular, not a vintage one. I was almost at the end, heavily raining, when a box with a bunch of disks and DVD cases caught my eye. It was mostly trash, but I picked out some stuff for $1.5 each. IMG_20220505_124105.jpg The disks are in flawless condition aside of being …

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

Posted on 2022-05-05, 11:31

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Don't worry about that. Coin cell battery's are usually safe, in fact i cant recall ever seeing one leaking. And to my eyes it doesn't even look like corrosion, more like there was a short somewhere Which perhaps is even more alarming. Encouraging :) The seller sold it as tested and working and …

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

Posted on 2022-05-05, 10:42

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Finally was able to start putting together a P4 Cedar Mill rig after the guy I bought DDR2 turned out to be an idiot, took forever to send it and when it finally arrived turned out they sent the wrong stick. Return for that is in progress and the new stick I bought from another seller arrived so I …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-05-04, 12:38

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Indy.JPG Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, CD-ROM talkie version. In great condition, only a bit of depression on the box. The second most I've paid for a game at 100€, most being Fallout at 110€. I normally pay 10-40€ for big box games but can go higher for games that are important to me and …

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Re: Some eBay sellers are assholes

Posted on 2022-04-30, 05:32

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I sold a laptop once that was clearly labeled as having the dead battery removed to save on shipping. Upon receipt, the buyer opened a problem case and said that the laptop doesn't charge. I had to refund the item, shipping, and pay for return shipping. I tried to submit an appeal, but eBay denied …

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2022-04-28, 19:15

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Phil has a video where he benchmarks the performance impact of various sound cards, albeit on a SS7 platform. You can see similar results in his tests. Oh, nice! Okay, nothing earth breaking but small differences here and there. You should be able to see the "CD Digital" slider even without …

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2022-04-28, 17:23

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Gaming performance did decrease ever so slightly when using the Audigy1, but just by 3-4 FPS on average, nothing significant. Interesting, I've wondered about how much sound cards can affect FPS. I should one day get a SB Live or something and test does that increase/decrease FPS on my 650MHz P3 …

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-26, 15:08

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Funny you say that about Doom3. I really enjoyed Doom1 &2 but I hated Doom3. I admire what it was trying to do, and it was marvel at it's technical superiority when it launched. But the whole being forced to carry that damn flashlight and never being able to see what you were doing completely …

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-22, 19:32

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GTA4 - it is impressive looking, i like the setting - but it's let down by ridiculous spec demands on a PC, unforgivably sloppy driving implementation and awkward contradiction between protagonists sympathetic 'realistic / gritty' story and the fact that he's a murderer (and inevitably, given the …

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-21, 07:22

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Metal Gear Solid 2: Well, this is the game that made me realize I don't really like games from Japan/Asia anymore. They just have this over the top way of making their games and writing their characters/plots I just don't like. I think that's mostly Kojima though. The writing in his games is a bit …

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-21, 06:57

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There's only about a billion of them, but to mention a few: Halo: Combat Evolved: I liked the music and the sci-fi plot, but I thought the levels were very repetitive and boring and wasn't terribly fond of the goofy comic book enemies either. The whole thing made me wonder what the heck made the …

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Re: DOOM with ray-tracing

Posted on 2022-04-20, 09:29

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I often joke about how Raytracing sometimes comes down to making an entire game's floors all shiny, reflective and wet. Everything casts a reflection. lol When pixel shaders became a thing even dirt roads started to look like they had a glass coating. When the original HDR became a thing you needed …

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Re: Music covers in video game soundtracks

Posted on 2022-04-18, 07:11

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Jumping Jack'Sons theme is Jumpin’ Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones. Even the game title is a rip off from the song title, they must have really liked the song. Jumping Jack'Son theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFQIEBjFe8 The Rolling Stones - Jumpin’ Jack Flash: https://www.youtube.com/watch …

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