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Quick Question Regarding 8086 Games

Posted on 2014-01-05, 04:15

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Will a game written for a XT 8086 work on a 80486 40Mhz or will it be too fast? Game in question is Gunship from Microprose; other Microprose titles are of concern as well. Thanks!

Re: Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2014-01-04, 17:22

in Milliways
I have a system 90% complete; iWill P55TB mobo with a P1 133 and 64MB ram. I also installed a GUS Classic along with a SB16 non PnP with OPL3 chip. Additionally, I've also installed a Diamond Monster 3D V1 card along with a PCI Diamond 3D Stealth 2000 and a generic Intel ISA NIC along with a 3.2gb …

Re: Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2014-01-04, 17:12

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carlostex wrote: Hudson187 wrote: Got a system partially built -- iWill P55TU Socket 7 mobo with P1 133 -- how much RAM would suit this system best? 16mb? 64mb? 16MB if OS is DOS or 64MB if Windows. Sounds good -- going with Win95 for this build; 64MB is it!

Re: Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2014-01-04, 17:11

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I'm kind of lost what could be the error as it works perfectly on all my machines. Nobody else have had problems AFAIK on with using these three steps on a Voodoo2. You are using the original 3DFX version right and not some patched software version? Are you using Windows 95 or 98? Try to do a full …

Re: Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2013-12-31, 21:44

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I am using the Fast Voodoo drivers, however my cards are a matched pair. I've also tried running with SLI disabled and the reference 3DFX driver set. The Fastvoodoo drivers do not work. Try this method: 1. Install this driver from 3DFX (3.03): http://bit.ly/RM62kJ 2. Copy Glide.dll and ss1init.dll …

Re: Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2013-12-29, 03:23

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Still not sure what the fear of disabling caches is. One reason the 486 is faster because it has L1 cache. Here are some videos on the topic which you might find interesting: One PC does it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzxnB2CD6aw Building the ultimate time-machine: http://www.youtube.com/ …

Re: Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2013-12-29, 00:19

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I apologize, I meant a P1, 66mhz. Obviously, I screwed that up since P1 didn't come in a 66mhz... lol. Pentium did come as 66mhz, with Socket 4 systems. I own one of these myself and I'm quite happy with it. Lastly, does anyone know anything about Mechwarrior 2 3DFX on V2 sli? I'd really like to …

Re: Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2013-12-28, 22:10

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Thanks all for the replies! I apologize, I meant a P1, 66mhz. Obviously, I screwed that up since P1 didn't come in a 66mhz... lol. I do want to build a system for older games, this is true. I also have a K6 300mhz laying around which I suppose I could use, however I'm stuck as to whether or not I …

Re: Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2013-12-27, 23:40

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Thanks for all the replies! I'm confident that WC 3-4 and Longbow along with 'newer' games such as ATF and F-22 will run on my P3 system NP in DOS 7.x, so I suppose we can count those out for this build. I would even consider swapping out my P3 1ghz for a P2 CPU, any speed. Actually, that system …

Advice on a DOS System for 90+ Gaming

Posted on 2013-12-27, 20:25

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All, I have a few different systems built for vintage gaming, however nothing that is 386/486/Pentium 1. I have a P3 for Win9x/late DOS titles, but I've recently found myself curious with some early to mid 90's games such as: F-117A Stealth Fighter Nighthawk Strike Fighter Mechwarrior 2 (should be …

Re: Help :( my neon250 is dead

Posted on 2013-12-26, 03:26

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What temp was the oven and how long did you have it in for? Was the oven pre-heated? 385 degrees F, for 10 min, yes it was preheated. Try it again, this time with a pre-heated temp @ 400 F but leave it in for 15 minutes then turn the oven off and open the door; leave the card in the oven for 2 …

Re: MechWarrior 2 | 3D card conversion files

Posted on 2013-12-08, 03:45

I'm having a few problems with the 3DFX version on V2 SLI, P3 1Ghz under Win98. I have the V1 files in the Mech2 folder and running the game off the batch file; it launches, however the screen is black. I can hear the sound effects, but nothing else. I have to ALT+Tab to get out of the game... any …

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