Re: Space Shooters like WC and Freespace - Opinions?

Posted on 2016-12-18, 18:30

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For all things Wing Commander, check out the Wing Commander Combat Information Center: http://www.wcnews.com/ Additional titles to add to your confusion: NovaLogic's Tachyon: The Fringe HD Interactive's Nexus: The Jupiter Incident Merscom LLC Space Interceptor: Project Freedom Embrace the confusion!

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Re: Have you ever played this game?

Posted on 2016-12-18, 18:23

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AOL disks with free games frequently had such a game circa 2000. Many Linux distributions also have a clone.

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DXX-Rebirth Version 0.60 Beta 1 Released

Posted on 2016-12-14, 02:08

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Source: http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/news/dxx-rebirth-v0-60-beta-1-released/ DXX-Rebirth v0.60 BETA 1 released! By zico | December 12, 2016 | News Hey folks! It’s been three years since the last release and today I would like to present you DXX-Rebirth v0.60 BETA 1 – formally labelled v0.59.100! Now …

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Re: Name of a old pc game

Posted on 2016-12-08, 16:43

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How about the DOS Rastan port from Taito: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGxAEaC69J4

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Re: Name of a old pc game

Posted on 2016-12-07, 12:32

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Have a look at this similar request and look particularly at the "Similar-ish games it's NOT" section: https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick/comm … rolling_action/ There were DOS ports for a lot of these titles.

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Re: Nvidia drivers Windows 9x

Posted on 2016-12-04, 16:06

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Use the Wayback Machine to access that page: https://archive.org/ You may have to go back a number of years to find the files.

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Re: oakcdrom.sys vs cd1.sys

Posted on 2016-11-09, 11:31

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One of the "features" that Elianda is referring to where results are definitely not subtle is UDMA support. I don't recall the Win98 SE oakcdrom.sys driver being able to support UDMA for any CD-ROM drive I ever used, and as a result, I had to substitute another manufacturer's driver to get UDMA …

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Re: Where could I download the unofficial 3Dnow! patch for half life ?

Posted on 2016-11-05, 13:38

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https://web.archive.org/web/20001208080800/ht … w.net/files.htm

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Re: Identify a train-shunting puzzle game

Posted on 2016-11-04, 16:09

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You might check to see if it is one of Abracadata's train titles (Freight Train in particular): https://web.archive.org/web/19970402104635/ht … abracadata.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.abracadata.com/

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Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey Free at GOG.com

Posted on 2016-11-03, 22:46

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Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey is free for a limited time at GOG.com as part of The Monstrous Fall Sale: https://www.gog.com/game/little_big_adventure_2

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Re: POD doesn't allow me to install the 3Dfx version

Posted on 2016-10-09, 17:04

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Given the fact that you had it working at one point, I would suggest re-installing to get back to that point. It might also pay to re-install your graphics driver as well. The need to patch depends on which version of POD you have (OEM, Retail or POD Gold). The following is from the now-defunct POD …

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Re: POD doesn't allow me to install the 3Dfx version

Posted on 2016-10-09, 15:38

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Did you apply any patches? If you applied the 3dfx patch, the executable should be podx3dfx.exe.

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Re: POD doesn't allow me to install the 3Dfx version

Posted on 2016-10-09, 14:35

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So when you run the game, create a shortcut to podx3dfx and run it rather than relying on some autostart or other shortcut. Does that work?

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Re: POD doesn't allow me to install the 3Dfx version

Posted on 2016-10-09, 13:58

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A couple of important points to understand: 1) You MUST delete the glide.dll and sst1init.dll files from the POD installation since these files are intended for the original Voodoo card (not Voodoo2). You only need those files in order to install the 3dfx version or patch an existing 3dfx …

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Re: What scientific calculator simulator do you use?

Posted on 2016-10-03, 13:41

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You might consider Microsoft Mathematics (it's free): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/deta … s.aspx?id=15702 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mathematics (RPN nerds rule, btw. Still using my HP-41CV)

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Re: Myth II 1.8.0 Public Beta Released

Posted on 2016-10-01, 22:01

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Myth II Version 1.8.1 has been released for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux: Myth II 1.8.1 Released! Postby Myrd » Sat Oct 01, 2016 10:28 am I'm happy to announce the release of Myth II 1.8.1, which is now available for download. Myth II version 1.8.1 is the latest instalment in Project Magma's series …

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Re: Looking for a old MS-DOS arcade shooter.

Posted on 2016-09-19, 00:49

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Ripsaw8080, you should add this to the Free Games list as well: OLD NOT NEW List of Free Games

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Re: Software for Windows 98

Posted on 2016-09-10, 15:47

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I usually install the following in Win 98 SE partitions: Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 DivX 2.6 Ahead Software AG Nero Express 6.3.1.25 (bundled) Apple QuickTime 6.5.2 RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 Aladdin Systems StuffIt Standard 8.0.0.148 Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader Version …

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Re: Trying to Run Descent

Posted on 2016-08-21, 16:07

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Just wanted to make sure you were also aware that there are modern source-ports of Descent and Descent II available that will give you greatly improved graphics and other features/improvements on modern hardware: DXX-Rebirth Project http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ D2X-XL Project http://www.descent2.de/ …

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Re: Myth II 1.8.0 Public Beta Released

Posted on 2016-08-19, 11:31

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Myth II 1.8.1 Public Beta 2 has been released: Project Magma is proud to announce that the second official public beta of Myth II version 1.8.1 is now available. This update contains a number of fixes for issues in the original 1.8.1 beta and we hope it should be very close to what the final release …

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