Re: Does anyone use SNESKey? Mine doesn't seem to work.

Posted on 2020-03-25, 09:25

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by Asaki

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Hmm...honestly, I wouldn't know how to figure that out. I know the laptop I usually use has allmost zero settings that can be configured in DOS. I assume you don't have another machine you can test on?

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Re: Why is Voodoo 3 so popular?

Posted on 2020-03-24, 11:56

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by Asaki

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Mine was just something that was laying around, and I figured I'd play around with it. I love it for games that it was designed for...maybe it's just a placebo effect, but I feel like it has a different look to it in 3D applications, versus more modern cards, or wrappers. It's also a great card for …

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Re: Windows 95/98 emulation/VM options?

Posted on 2020-03-23, 17:48

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by Asaki

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I just use Virtual Machine or DOSBox. I've never found much joy with Glide wrappers or whatever, so I just stick with older hardware for those. Or, depending on the game, I'll just play it in software mode. Also EAX will not work i guess... Will most 95/98 games run on XP? I'm no expert, but I'm …

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Re: DOS Games on Playstation Classic + AutoBleem/Retroboot

Posted on 2020-03-23, 17:33

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by Asaki

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I got mine for free 😎 Waited a couple of weeks for the eBay seller, and they never shipped it out...so I asked for a refund, and they gave it to me and then shipped it out anyway. I haven't modded mine yet, but the vanilla experience is definitely not worth $10.

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Re: Turn of the Millennia Win98SE Build

Posted on 2020-03-23, 16:49

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by Asaki

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I've got something similar right now, but it's a 440bx-2, 500 mHz. I don't know about yours, but this one has integrated Yamaha audio...I was planning on using my Vortex 2 card, but I've been playing Build engine and other DOS games, and the MIDI on this thing sounds a lot more awesome than what I …

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Re: Does anyone use SNESKey? Mine doesn't seem to work.

Posted on 2020-03-23, 16:27

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by Asaki

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I didn't order mine, I built it myself. Have you tried it with any Windows drivers? https://www.zophar.net/joy.html I think Direct Pad Pro was the one I used.

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Re: Does anyone use SNESKey? Mine doesn't seem to work.

Posted on 2020-03-23, 11:43

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by Asaki

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The way I have it set up, I have the SNESKEY.EXE in with my other DOS utils, which are loaded in "path". So I put a BAT file and the INI file in with the game I want to run...BAT file just loads SNESKEY.EXE, the INI should point to the game I want to run and the keybindings (ProgPath = ultima.exe, …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-03-21, 10:41

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by Asaki

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned text-based games. For some reason, I really itch to play Infocom with that green or amber glow. It might be fun to try to get Telnet games working, too. MUD2 is free these days 😉 (Though I vastly prefer it in color.)

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Re: eMachines eMonster 500a Restoration/Sleeper

Posted on 2020-03-21, 10:32

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by Asaki

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in Marvin \ System Specs

We had an eMachine that looked like that 566, I want to say it was a 666 mHz Celeron processor with Windows ME. I was not a fan of that OS at all, I'm certain I must have installed 98SE on it when I inherited the computer...but I know I used Win 2000 for a long time, shortly after college. Maybe …

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Re: y2k rebuild with P III and Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2020-03-19, 00:23

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by Asaki

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Oh yeah, I have tons of CDs and floppies too, but there's also plenty of games I missed out on back then, or borrowed from friends...and plenty of dirt-cheap sales on digital copies =) My current setup isn't very noisy at all. If I could figure out how to disassemble the 550, I'm sure the fan just …

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Re: y2k rebuild with P III and Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2020-03-18, 07:58

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by Asaki

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I'm doing something similar at the moment...just had a sudden 90s nostalgia hit me, so I've got it set up with Build engine games, so I can party like it's 1999 @_@ Passively cooled 500 mHz P3. I have another tower with a 550 mHz, but the fan is noisy, I can't figure out how to remove the CPU from …

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Re: Customize Windows XP to look like 95

Posted on 2020-03-18, 07:29

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by Asaki

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There's also a registry key that disables the status window at login, so loading the desktop is even more similar to 9X, provided you have autologin enabled. I went in and disabled the theme manager completely. After that, you have to use Tweak UI...I can't remember the name of the setting, but it …

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Re: [Pics are welcome] What are the rarest or the most obscure games in your possession?

Posted on 2020-03-13, 12:27

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by Asaki

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I have no idea what PC games are rare or obscure...I know I have a few console games that are worth a pretty penny, but no idea about my computer collection. Actually, now that I think about it, I do happen to have the 1998 (I think) Computer Gaming World + CD, which had full versions of Ultima IV, …

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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS issues.

Posted on 2020-03-09, 10:33

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by Asaki

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A lot of Creative cards have this issue where, allegedly, the header information on one of the chips gets overwritten, and the card is no longer recognized. There's supposed to be a way you can rewrite the chip and disable the "write" pin to keep it from happening again, but I haven't looked into it …

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Re: Bioshock with EAX

Posted on 2020-03-04, 01:31

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by Asaki

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JayAlien wrote on 2020-03-03, 21:35: Steam no longer runs on XP (irrelevant as my XP PC is not connected to the web) https://archive.org/details/steam_201901

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Re: TNT2 M64 on Super 7 system - Worth it?

Posted on 2020-03-04, 01:28

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by Asaki

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Recently I ran into a cheap TNT2 M64 PCI (32mb), and I'm wondering if it would be worth to get it to add 3D acceleration back to my old rig, will it perform at least as fast as the Voodoo2 did for OpenGl and Direct3D? I don't know about Voodoo 2, but I compared that card (AGP version) with my …

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Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-23, 23:20

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by Asaki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

FarCry is surprisingly future-proof...I figured I could run it at max settings, but...no such luck. DOOM 3 and Thief 3 might need a beefier graphics card...but it's been so long, I can't remember if they ran okay on my GF7 or not...

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Re: Your friends dads 486 build

Posted on 2020-02-23, 07:35

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by Asaki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't remember any of my friend's dads being into computers, but a couple of my uncles had some pretty nice systems. Quick question; where do you guys get DOS games? I've been doing a lot of hunting, but a lot of them are packaged for DOSbox or SCUMM and I can't figure out how to extract those to …

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Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-23, 07:22

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by Asaki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If I have to buy a new motherboard to make these games playable, I'd probably skip ahead to Core 2 Duo instead. That's what my XP machine is, and it runs everything pretty great. I did upgrade it to a Quad Core a few years back, but that was mainly to try to get GTA4 to run acceptably >_< RockStar …

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Re: What is your oldest OEM computer ? - ( Challenge ).

Posted on 2020-02-22, 06:16

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by Asaki

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Do laptops count? Of course. In that case, my oldest would be a Compaq LTE...I forget which model, but it's a 486, like most have been posting (two different ones, one for parts). 486 must have been a real sweet spot for OEMs starting up. We had a couple legit OEM desktops growing up, before we …

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