Re: Your oldest favorite computer game?

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The original Karateka on Apple ][, I remember being so proud I figured out how to beat that one when I was in elementary school. Also love the original 2d Escape from Castle Wolfenstein, though I never beat that one while I was in elementary school.

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Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-05-29, 17:14

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I havent tried to re-activate a used product sold to me with steam but I did try with blizzard and they told me tough poop. In the US I wouldn't expect to get anything from the companies, but I don't know about where you are.

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Re: System Shock Pre-Alpha Demo playable for free 22hrs?

Posted on 2020-05-27, 14:50

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So, some exciting news. Just released on GOG, the alpha demo of the new System Shock using the Unreal Engine 4 game engine is finally out DRM free without client or time restrictions. I'm looking forward to this one. Cheers. https://www.gog.com/game/system_shock_demo That link is to the demo that …

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Re: My first "retro" PC - overkill Win 98/XP build

Posted on 2020-05-26, 23:31

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No I had to order another cable so it was the right speed. Maybe I'll re-examine this in the future. Maybe a router issue...

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Re: My first "retro" PC - overkill Win 98/XP build

Posted on 2020-05-26, 20:28

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Well here it is, another small upgrade. Even though there is NIC integrated on 4CoreDual-VSTA, for some reason it's just slower, 100Mbs card. I thought that I can handle that, but after some period of suffering while looking at 12MB/s transfer rate, I decide that there's a time to get a proper NIC, …

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Re: Favourite 1996 games?

Posted on 2020-05-21, 20:53

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I would actually love a real "quake 2". You and me both. My dream game would be a true Quake followup with modern real time lighting and shadowing. Aggressive monsters, mighty boom sticks, and not a single skill point, unlock, collectible, rune trial, or mastery challenge in sight. Just the player …

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Re: HD4850 - Win XP Replacement?

Posted on 2020-05-21, 19:08

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750ti - Seems to run about 60 USD. I can't comment on how loud they are though.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-05-21, 16:09

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Thank you, it’s such a joy to share here, everyone has something awesome and unique and it’s always inspirational. On the Fake Mac: I had looked at a lot of tutorials online, and there’s a particular 9” lcd from the ipad2 that fits. I would have gone for CRT but the only 9” SVGA CRT is black and …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-05-21, 14:41

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Feeling inspired tonight so thought it’s time to finally contribute to this thread and help keep it going. I’ve really enjoyed this thread in particular and am really grateful for this community. Here’s my refuge, no doubt inspired by countless posts on Vogons. - Socket 8 Pentium II Overdrive, all …

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Re: Treasure trove of vintage computers shutting down, what to get?

Posted on 2020-05-18, 17:55

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I hope that Celsius 1000 isn't a description of how hot the system runs =). That case is cool though. Probably some of the other machines would be more valuable , especially the older they get. What is that slot for on the Celsius 1000? Security card or something like that?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-05-15, 23:40

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I love gold box SSI games and finished/played every single one of them but nothing in the world can make me go back to replay Pool of Radiance; the GUI is attrocious and it lacks a lot of ease of life improvements in later entries. If I were to restart today I would dive in with Curse of the Azure …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-05-15, 22:39

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Taking a short break from Ultima V, which I am truly savoring! Instead, tonight I played: Pool of Radiance (PC) This is one I had for my C64 back when I was a kid. I didn't get far into it myself, but a friend of mine became obsessed with it and he spent several months of weekends at my house …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-05-14, 14:28

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Started playing Ultima Underworld, it seems a bit challenging for somebody who is accustomed to "more traditional" RPGs :-) For what it's worth, even Ultima VI feels less clunky in comparison. One problem I have is that keyboard controls get "stuck" sometimes (e.g. I press W and my characters keeps …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-14, 06:50

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But XP in VMware does not get more than 128mb video ram, rendering it practically useless for the games I wanted to play. You can set the machine as Win 7 x86 but have Win XP installed on the virtual hdd, this way you'll get around the 128MB limitation. For real? I'm gonna try it EDIT: does not …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 17:26

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At one point there was a kickstarter for a new game from the woman responsible for the Wizardry Series/ Wiz 8 which I backed, but it was taken down: Brathwaite got her start on the classic Wizardry® series of role-playing games, having worked on every award-winning game in the series, before moving …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2020-05-10, 01:12

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Those who have problems in Incoming, you are using the Riva 128 version. GOG uses Diamond Monster 3d version(voodoo 1) which works without any lag and thr same applies to its CD version too. I'm using the version that originally shipped with my 3Dfx card, it's the 3dfx version and its broken, same …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2020-05-09, 18:01

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Those who have problems in Incoming, you are using the Riva 128 version. GOG uses Diamond Monster 3d version(voodoo 1) which works without any lag and thr same applies to its CD version too. I'm using the version that originally shipped with my 3Dfx card, it's the 3dfx version and its broken, same …

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Re: What is something you threw out that u regret

Posted on 2020-05-08, 16:17

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There are 3 things I regret having thrown out over the years: 1 - A Commodore 1084 Monitor 2 - Hercules Game Theater XP 3 - Random assortment of game boxes. Luckily after only getting rid of a dozen or so my girlfriend saw what i was doing and talked some sense into me and stopped me from getting …

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Re: Guess the track

Posted on 2020-05-07, 20:54

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Sounds like it could be something from Thexder or Firehawk...just by sound not by recognition.

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Re: What NAS are you using ?

Posted on 2020-05-06, 18:49

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I just run a Synology DS214se. Does everything I need, use it for storing data and serving pictures and videos to my TV via Wifi. Running mirrored RAID also have backed up on a local drive in my main and an off-site data storage service.

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