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Re: How much of your retro hardware do you actually use?

Posted on 2023-02-04, 16:14

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I've moved on to other interests so I have a cupboard etc of stuff the contents of which I'm starting to forget... one PC full of old parts that's mothballed, and one that is operational but I seldom even turn on. It's got the main games I wanted to play, or play again. I got over most of the …

Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2023-02-04, 15:53

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I got bored watching the long-winded intro scene to HL1, so I shut the game down and never went back to it. I had played the demo, and even then wondered why it was so popular.

Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby

Posted on 2023-01-20, 19:41

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Photography is another area with an elitism problem. The new generations of smartphones have some pretty fancy optics that make them competitive with much more expensive professional cameras, but of course smartphone photographers don't get any respect. All those millions of smartphones users and …

Re: Video games are too heavily monetized these days

Posted on 2023-01-08, 16:56

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Yeah. One of the many things that made me stop subsidising blizzard was monetisation - especially where you already pay monthly. Though in amongst the crap I did buy the mount post thing in WoW (ah... warforged nightmare i think was it)... Guess it was going that way. Years later I liked Sunless Sea …

Re: Hardware you wish you'd never bought.

Posted on 2022-12-10, 11:33

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Nostromo keypad N50 - really could not get on with it Microsoft Strategic Commander - likewise Seriously? I swear by my Belkin Nostromo N50 and Nostromo N52. The N50's wheel throttle works well for "lite" flight sims where I'm too lazy to use "real" throttle like Thrustmaster FLCS or CH Pro …

Re: How do you plan a new retro-build? How did you?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 00:21

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For my only long-lasting PC-for-old-games .... I had a set of games I wanted to play, together with a view on the hardware necessary to get those games running how I wanted (from previous builds). It then grew from there, adding a few other games and swapping cards around until I got the …

Re: Advice on new graphics card

Posted on 2022-11-01, 11:41

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Thanks all, that's given me food for thought, interested in the idea of running two gpus in the same box. Coming down to a choice between GTX 1660 (around £200) and RTX 3060 (about £400 for 12gb, or £450 for 8gb Ti).

Advice on new graphics card

Posted on 2022-10-30, 10:54

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Looking for advice on a gpu upgrade. So, I am running this: Ryzen 7 2700X 32gb ram GTX56oTi Windows 10 - eventually will shift to 11 but not in any rush What would be a sensible gpu upgrade? Gaming-wise my concern is less about FPS but compatibility with old games (have in the past had issues with …

Re: Some recyclers are penny wise and pound foolish

Posted on 2022-10-29, 10:15

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Even some private sellers insist on factoring in the cost of their time in picking wrapping and posting an item. That's on top of their putative "value" of the item (rather than being the basis for it). If you're a business and serious about making money, you might do the same. How else can you pay …

Re: the unofficial Vogons server centric thread

Posted on 2022-09-19, 14:03

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I expect old servers aren't all that popular, they are slower and burn more electricity than more modern kit (pure utilitarian view of servers). Depends on your definition of retro though. But there are plenty of threads about multi-cpu machines, and workstations. Gameswise - for old games (98 era …

Re: Babylon 5 remake?

Posted on 2022-09-15, 08:17

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Edit: The site says "Who better than the original creator of Babylon 5 to write the script for the reboot pilot?" I'm not sure if that statement is true. People change, we all change. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. For example, young me had higher ideals and more imagination …

Re: Babylon 5 remake?

Posted on 2022-09-15, 08:08

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the way in which things are reinterpreted - as you've said the rubbishing of past heroes just to elevate the new poor substitutes, the lazy mapping of supposedly 'current' views onto the tattered remains of the old shows setting and s on - are generally awkward, forced and disappointing I …

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