Welcome! Any games in particular that you're planning to dive into first?

I'm mostly playing first-person shooters like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D right now. I really enjoyed them in my high school days, and they're still just as fun right now. 😁

Hi!

A 5 year-old hard drive is considered brand spanking new around here 😀

Hello.

Welcome, ixfd64!

badmofo wrote:

A 5 year-old hard drive is considered brand spanking new around here 😀

I'd say the machine is from 1998 or 1999 so definitely retro. There certainly is a good chance that the drive stops working, depending on how much the machine was used and how it was treated.
Probably not bad for later DOS games, the sound chip might be compatible for DOS games without additional tools.

badmofo wrote:

Hi!

A 5 year-old hard drive is considered brand spanking new around here 😀

That's true, actually. I just pulled out a couple of 250GB SATA drives that were about that old out of my garage and put the working one back into service (the other was damaged early on due to my clumsiness combined with Seagate's stupid decision to put large surface mount inductors on the exposed circuitry near the rear of the drive's bottom).

Yo!

I really enjoyed Redneck Rampage and Shadow Warrior. Blood was alight. If you haven't tried any of those shooters I recommend giving them a shot.

Hey there! New blood!

Welcome to the forums! 😁 I'm actually one of the youngest members here, being only 19, but PC hardware and retro PC games are two of my biggest interests.