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First post, by ixfd64

Posted on 2013-05-07, 01:41

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*wipes shoes on door mat*

Hi everyone!

The name's Danny. I recently picked up an interest in old games again, and I managed to retrieve my game files from my ancient ASUS P6300 laptop. I hadn't touched this machine in well over five years; I'm quite surprised the hard drive still worked.

Anyway, I'm glad to have found this place!

P.S. I love the Hitchhiker-themed forum names. 😁

Last edited by ixfd64 on 2013-05-07, 17:24. Edited 2 times in total.

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Reply 1 of 9, by HunterZ

Posted on 2013-05-07, 03:28

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

Reply 2 of 9, by ixfd64

Posted on 2013-05-07, 03:45

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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. 😁

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Reply 3 of 9, by badmojo

Posted on 2013-05-07, 05:40

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Hi!

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

Reply 4 of 9, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2013-05-07, 06:16

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Hello.

Reply 5 of 9, by idspispopd

Posted on 2013-05-07, 09:39

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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.

Reply 6 of 9, by HunterZ

Posted on 2013-05-07, 14:31

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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).

Reply 7 of 9, by bushwack

Posted on 2013-05-09, 02:40

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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.

Reply 8 of 9, by RacoonRider

Posted on 2013-05-09, 03:42

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Hey there! New blood!

Reply 9 of 9, by mr_bigmouth_502

Posted on 2013-05-09, 05:28

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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.

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