First post, by Tiemen
Just wanted to show off my retro pc gaming project I worked on for a long time.
Goal was to make a pc that could run all the games from when I was young (I still am 😛), age 5-15 (till the end of 2000). There are about 200+ games I've played in that period, and I installed each and every on of them. Games range from 1982 till 2000.
This is the setup:
Tualatin 1400S
Voodoo 3 3000
QDI Advance 10T
512 MB pc133 Ram
Yamaha ymf719-s
Dreamblaster S2
Big internal pc speaker 0.5 Watt
Crucial MX500 250GB SSD
Delock IDE sata converter
Corsair RM750X
3x Cooltek Silent 120mm
2x Cooltek Silent 140mm
Spire WhisperRock V
Sharkoon M25-V
New Old Stock CD Drive
New Old Stock Floppy Drive
Fan Splitter
Round IDE and Round Floppy cable
3DFX Sticker
Windows 98 SE
Network card
Logitech X-230
Samsung Syncmaster 950P CRT
Installed literally every game I played from age 5-15.
At first I also had a Voodoo5 5500 and a Voodoo2 12 mb. The voodoo5 5500 broke, luckily, otherwise I would have never found out that the voodoo3 3000 was way more perfect for my needs. It runs all my games flawlessly, and even the dos games in 3DFX (except Champions League 96-97). I auctioned the Voodoo5 5500 on Ebay for 250 euro (can you believe that? bought it for the same price 2,5 years back) and I'm still trying to sell the voodoo2.
I also had an audigy 2zs in it at first, but that thing caused nothing but problems and it was a pain in the ass with the audio splitter. I also don't hear the difference between that one and the Isa card I have in it.
I made a real fridge out of the pc. The Cooltek Silent has really good airflow. When I had the Voodoo5 still in it, the cpu was idle 32 degrees celcius, and the system 28. Now, the cpu (a Tualatin!) is 24 degrees celsius idle, and the system 19 degrees celsius (see picture)! After it has been on for 2 hours it's cpu 26 and system 21. The components where in a closed retro case before this, with really bad airflow, and the cpu was 62 degrees idle.
Only 2 games didn't work. Ark of Time (gpu too new, some Vesa problem), and South Park, for some strange reason. (edit: South Park works now, it was just copy protection, needed a patch).
Well, hope you like it 🙂
Thanks for the knowledge you guys provided and big thanks to the SETYMF tiido guy for the Yamaha card driver. Program saved my ass 😁.