Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-04, 14:15

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Bought a Schneider CPC 6128 computer with green monitor GT 65 yesterday. Other components came as a gift. I don't know much about these Schneider computers, so I will have to google and youtube it in future weeks. I remember when I thought 128K was a lot of memory. Ahhhh... the 1980s. They were …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 13:14

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-07-03, 08:01: I think I have it in my GOG library. This sentence right here. It's an overflowing dumpster cornucopia. I see something cool for cheap and it goes into my GOG library. I don't even think I have enough years left in my life to play what's in my GOG library. I have …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-07-02, 09:33

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-07-01, 12:56: If you get it to work or find a work around let me know If you're looking for just a one-on-one online match, once again, a friend and I and would just setup a LAN game via a VPN connection. It's been over a decade since I last played though.

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

Posted on 2020-06-29, 16:11

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Well, eventually the market will top off and prices will drop again. Just a matter of time. Probably (hopefully) your local market is reaching peak. I was at a garage sale about a year or so ago and an old guy had a box of 10 sealed floppy disks on his table. When I offered him a few bucks he ripped …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-06-27, 22:23

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-06-27, 20:55: I enjoyed some command and conquer generals this morning with my son. My favorite C&C game. Used to play via VPN with a friend back in the day. He always got me with those damn terrorist mobs.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2020-06-27, 15:29

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I hadn't heard of The Legacy until recently, when I got a copy that was in very poor condition, but I managed to archive the floppies. I only saw some seconds of gameplay in YouTube but didn't want to spoil myself since I am interested in playing it. Looks like a Survival Horror + RPG thing, not …

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-06-26, 15:26

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Pretty much. Just a fancy schmancy way of saying it.

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

Posted on 2020-06-25, 08:21

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SodaSuccubus wrote on 2020-06-25, 03:32: Gahh! It won't fully fit in the slot with this case. Grr that bothers me.. Probably will be fine. I hope. Are the motherboard standoffs original to the case? Do any of the other installed cards do this?

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-06-19, 14:01

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Rayman Redemption. Full version. Supposed to be absolutely amazing after years of development and it's out today. Grab it while it's hot off the griddle. https://gamejolt.com/games/raymanredemption/340532

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-14, 17:38

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Well I got these! I’ve always wanted a working Bernoulli drive. This was actually a set of finds and purchases over a few months (drives, SCSI cables, disks and the Adaptec vs Iomega controller topic) that eventually led me to where I am. Both drives work with 150MB disks which is great. I have …

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

Posted on 2020-06-10, 20:22

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PTherapist wrote on 2020-06-10, 18:56: Received one of these for my Commodore VIC-20 today - […] Show full quote Received one of these for my Commodore VIC-20 today - Popeye Arcade is a great 32K required port for the VIC. >> https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t … 802847ed8488d05

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-10, 18:16

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Yeah, I have cards and motherboards that have been working for years that came from piles like that. So hey, cool, more for us. Like the saying goes, "One man's cigarette is another man's Cuban cigar."

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

Posted on 2020-06-10, 12:22

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I then tried WarCraft 1&2 and just couldn't get past the clunky UI. The Battle.net edition of WarCraft 2 is supposedly a bit better in this regard, but I haven't had a chance to test that yet. I had the same experience with Dune II. Absolutely loved it back in the day. Tried playing it within …

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

Posted on 2020-06-09, 20:20

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No to mention there were other various copy cats before RE hit the streets as well. Ecstatica to name one. Not horror, but same type of gameplay.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-09, 16:56

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doing a repair on an ESI-4000 sampler that I picked up for nothing.. with an EMU8000 chip in it that it used for its effects. https://i.imgur.com/JrbUJaZh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ra84XRjh.jpg Nice! A few years back I had to repair an Ensoniq ASR-10 with the SCSI add-on board. I wanted to dump all …

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

Posted on 2020-06-09, 16:50

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Yeah, pretty much everyone I knew was playing Alone In The Dark on its release here in the U.S. No one had seen anything like it before. Lost a bit of sleep on that one.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-08, 17:52

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So, maybe being more "open" when it comes to the hobby results in less ridiculous prices for common, low/mid-end items. Of course, you're not going to get a cheap 3DO Blaster or V5-6000, because the extreme rarity and collectable nature of those already drives up the price quite high regardless of …

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

Posted on 2020-06-08, 17:26

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BTW... let's not forget someone redid a portion of Tomb Raider 2 using the UE4 engine and it looks incredible. Haven't played through it yet, but my goodness gracious me. http://tombraider-dox.com/ Watch out! High poly Lara is alluring as ever!

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

Posted on 2020-06-08, 17:20

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You know what I love about Vogons right now? That a group of grown men can argue, errrr discuss, a 25 year old game and the sexual allure of a low polygon female. I just don't think you can find this quality discussion anywhere else. LOL In all seriousness, though, Tomb Raider was the talk of video …

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

Posted on 2020-06-08, 14:15

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Tomb Raider was a shit game when it came out. It aged terribly. Today it is about as fun as gauging my eye out with a blunt spoon. Are you young? Tomb Raider was anything but what you say it was back at release and why it became such a big franchise. It was actually a groundbreaking game in many …

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