Re: Dual booting Windows 7 & 10 with shared drives- good idea?

Posted on 2022-10-22, 11:16

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Disabling drives in the BIOS never worked for me- W7 and 10 kept stubbornly seeing them either way. No idea if this is my legacy, non-UEFI BIOS, but it would have been yanking cables from that point onwards or, what I did, cross fingers on first boot and disabling them at the OS level. Anyway, same …

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Dual booting Windows 7 & 10 with shared drives- good idea?

Posted on 2022-10-21, 22:02

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I've been happily dual booting W7 and W10 on my (old) main PC for several years now, with a couple of SSDs shared between OSes, without any serious problems (*). But I've always had that nagging feeling that the way I have it set up might not be the smartest. So perhaps people more in the know could …

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Re: Is there a version of Stunts / 4D Sports Driving on CD-ROM?

Posted on 2022-10-21, 21:17

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Thanks for the info, good excuse to play the game again! Interesting to see the version differences. I had picked up the FM Towns '4D Driving' version in the meantime, with it's cheesy redbook audio soundtrack and different opponents.

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Re: Tell us which videogame sounds or voice-clips are the most burned into your brain for life

Posted on 2022-03-07, 23:09

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- "My name is Eloi and I am old" - Dune II ingame5 (Faithful Warriors) - "Planet: Colmar, ambient temperature: 34.65 degrees" - "Come baaack!!!"

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Re: Armor Command - looking for patches

Posted on 2022-01-10, 01:41

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Yes. Here. >> https://web.archive.org/web/19990219210536fw_/http://roningames.com:80/acfrontpage.htm Go to downloads. They all work. Thing is, the two 1.06 files on patches-scrolls appear to patch the game from 1.00 to 1.06 considering the files are named 'acu_eng_100_106.exe' & 'acu_eng_100_106_ …

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Armor Command - looking for patches

Posted on 2022-01-09, 23:22

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I am trying to run Armor Command in Win98SE and was looking to get it patched up to the latest version. The only patches I could find are on Patches-scrolls , but the patch(es?) from 1.0 to 1.03 needed to update to 1.06 is / are missing. The other two 1.06 patch executables offered there are 'not a …

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Re: Sleepwalker (Ocean) - No music during gameplay?

Posted on 2021-05-06, 19:22

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Thanks for the reply! Yes, that's probably the same video as that is indeed the song I was expecting to hear. I received my original CD in the meantime and it's exactly the same copy Archive.org has. Also gave a couple of 'abandonware' downloads of the floppy version a try and they're all the same, …

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Sleepwalker (Ocean) - No music during gameplay?

Posted on 2021-04-30, 18:19

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To preface my question: a physical CD (Mega Pak edition) of the game is on the way, but I am currently trying this with an image of that same disc from Archive.org, as well as a download from Abandonia, so technically I don't own the game yet (though I do for CD32 if that counts...). Anyway: Is …

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Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-02-13, 01:11

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I recently discovered a couple of DOS-based mini-flight sims made with Flight Sim Toolkit on Maris Multimedia's 'Warplanes' and 'Wings' series. Ten sims total spread over 5 discs. Very basic, but kind of charming. Does anyone know if there are more of these out there? This also made me think of a …

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Re: Sound Canvas (SC-88VL) - How is the glossy plastic shield on the front panel attached?

Posted on 2020-12-23, 23:47

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Oops, completely missed those. Yes, does look like it's clipped in along the sides. Cheers!

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Re: Sound Canvas (SC-88VL) - How is the glossy plastic shield on the front panel attached?

Posted on 2020-12-22, 23:35

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Thanks for these. Still a bit difficult to see, but it does indeed look like there is a consistent center hole for some sort of plug or clip. Darn, that would point towards the previous owner haven broken it off and having glued it back in place. I'll do some soul searching and see if I'm going to …

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Re: Sound Canvas (SC-88VL) - How is the glossy plastic shield on the front panel attached?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 14:43

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Thanks! Yes, got so far as the front panel as a whole, but taking it apart would take some surgery. But unless I know the glossy plastic bit is supposed to clip off and back on (even if the previous owner attempted to glue it) I am not going to attempt it.

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Sound Canvas (SC-88VL) - How is the glossy plastic shield on the front panel attached?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 01:46

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I am cleaning a 2nd hand SC-88VL, and noticed there is a bit of slightly tacky 'gunk' sticking out from between the front panel and the top edge of the glossy black plastic shield (where the 'all', 'mute', etc. buttons live). Does anyone know how this piece is attached to the front panel? Is it …

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Re: Guess the track

Posted on 2020-05-21, 19:39

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Ah, Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal 😀

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Re: What is the name of this space combat racing game?

Posted on 2020-02-18, 22:38

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Hi-Octane? Zone Raiders? Killer Loop?

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Re: Is there a version of Stunts / 4D Sports Driving on CD-ROM?

Posted on 2019-07-20, 15:05

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Collecting, no logical reasoning 😀

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Is there a version of Stunts / 4D Sports Driving on CD-ROM?

Posted on 2019-07-20, 08:22

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Does anyone know if Stunts (or 4D Sports Driving) was ever released on CD-ROM, either as a budget title / shovelware or on a compilation disc? Would like to track down a copy if so.

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Re: Best toddler games for DOS

Posted on 2019-06-13, 20:48

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The first two Putt-Putt games ('Joins the Parade' & 'Goes to the Moon') if you want to introduce them to point & click adventures. There are more titles in the series, but I found the first two (which are DOS-based) to have the most charming art style and content. And they're by Monkey Island's Ron …

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Re: Found a store selling NOS games/accessories from the 90's

Posted on 2018-10-13, 15:26

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Nice! Where is this, Finland? Noticed Dutch on one of the boxes, but that's probably coincidental. Wouldn't have minded one of those Starship Troopers boxes!

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Re: Scariest pc game you played

Posted on 2018-09-12, 22:33

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When I was younger Creature Shock, BioForge and The 7th Guest really creeped me out. And a couple of specific bits I remember from other games: - Half-Life 1, right before you actually see the 3 Tentacles and only hear them banging on the walls. Or 'Fast Zombies' in Ravenholm in Half-Life 2 in …

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