Re: Microsoft Side Winder 3D Pro in Windows XP

Posted on 2021-01-06, 03:26

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Per the manual, the switch on the bottom of the Sidewinder 3D Pro has nothing to do with digital mode. The switch selects one of two analog configurations. Position 1 corresponds to a CH Flightstick Pro, while Position 2 corresponds to a ThrustMaster joystick. Control Supported Position 1 Position 2 …

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Re: Video game clones that closely replicate the original "look & feel"

Posted on 2020-12-22, 19:42

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What about FreeCol: http://www.freecol.org/

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Re: Best Chess for Win9X?

Posted on 2020-12-22, 18:25

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TASC Chess CD was a CD-ROM that combined a teaching program (Chess Tutor) with a chess playing program (Chessica for Windows). Looks like it is still available (and possibly from other sources as well): https://www.uscfsales.com/tasc-chess-cd.html Filename 20122200.jpg File size 132.68 KiB Views …

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Freeciv Version 2.6.2.1 Release

Posted on 2020-12-09, 22:46

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Source: https://freeciv.fandom.com/wiki/NEWS-2.6.2.1 WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 2.6.2 2.6.2.1 fixes critical build failures and crash bugs, and brings documentation updates. Server / General Changes affecting custom rulesets / modders Edit Fixed server crash when unit with zero move_rate is transformed …

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Re: Duke Nukem Manhattan Project on Windows 10

Posted on 2020-11-22, 01:38

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If you can install the game with the installer or manually, there are No-CD patches that would probably allow you to play the game. (Google is your friend.)

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Re: Recommendations for Windows 98 Games That Make Good Use of Force Feedback (Or Any) Driving Wheels

Posted on 2020-11-19, 13:34

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Logitech used to include EA's Sports Car GT in some of their force feedback wheel packages. Make sure to get 3rd-party patches to make the traction more realistic/variable. There is a demo for the game.

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Re: Aleph One Version 1.3.1 2020-09-04 for Mac/Win/Linux

Posted on 2020-11-18, 23:35

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I just noticed in the Aleph One forums that toxicsham apparently created an Alpha release Android port after the Version 1.3rc1 release but before the releases I indicated above. The forum discussion is here: https://www.pfhorums.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=54135 The Version 0.1.0 Android port is on …

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Aleph One Version 1.3.1 2020-09-04 for Mac/Win/Linux

Posted on 2020-11-16, 23:15

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New stable releases of Aleph One/Marathon/Marathon 2: Durandal/Marathon Infinity are available here: https://alephone.lhowon.org/ Aleph One 1.3 Major Changes: Uses SDL 2 for much-improved compatibility with new operating systems Better support for game controllers Better performance for the software …

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Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8

Posted on 2020-11-12, 16:52

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Source: https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/announcing-apache-openoffice-4-14 Tuesday November 10, 2020 Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 Forest Hill, MD - 10 November 2020 - Apache OpenOffice, a leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8, as …

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Re: How to get American McGee's Alice (2000) running on Win98SE ?

Posted on 2020-11-10, 20:54

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Looks like Peixoto may have a patch for this: Peixoto's patches for a few old games No idea if it would help on an older machine.

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Re: ScummVM 2.2.0

Posted on 2020-10-26, 01:57

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Source: https://www.scummvm.org/news/20201025/ Oct 25, 2020: Android Love Posted by antoniou79 Our new and shiny Android port for ScummVM v2.2.1 is now live on the Google Play Store. After quite a long period of dedicated work from our team developers, and a month of public beta testing by members …

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CodeWeavers CrossOver 20.0 for Mac, Linux, and now Chrome OS

Posted on 2020-10-13, 20:40

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Source: https://www.codeweavers.com/support/forums/announce/?t=24;mhl=231110;msg=231110#msg231110 From Jeremy White Hello all, I am delighted to announce that we have released CrossOver 20 for macOS, Linux, and for a new platform - Chrome OS! Users can now access the best of Windows applications on …

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ScummVM and ResidualVM Have Merged

Posted on 2020-10-11, 19:53

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Source: https://www.scummvm.org/news/20201009/ Oct 9, 2020: A merger Posted by sev, aquadran “Sorry for the wait Mr. Flores, I’m ready to take you now”– Grim Fandango. Today is a special day, special in a number of ways. First of all, we hit a milestone with 19 years of ScummVM. Our first-ever …

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Re: SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release (Win/Mac/Linux)

Posted on 2020-10-07, 19:06

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Source: https://blog.supertuxkart.net/2020/08/supertuxkart-12-release.html August 27, 2020 SupertuxKart 1.2 release The SuperTuxKart team is happy to announce the release of version 1.2. Online play is still compatible with previous 1.x versions. Downloads Due to complaints about download speed on …

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Re: ScummVM 2.2.0

Posted on 2020-09-28, 00:38

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It's out: Sep 27, 2020: ScummVM “Interactive Fantasy” 2.2.0 Sees the Light Posted by sev A new release of ScummVM is ready. This is a thrilling one because we are embracing adventure games as far back as 1976! That’s right, the infamous Colossal Cave Adventure, the very first Interactive Fiction …

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Re: Descent Version 1.5 Patch Fix

Posted on 2020-09-25, 23:27

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DOS4GW general fault error

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Re: Official Retro Game Wallpapers

Posted on 2020-09-20, 19:18

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Back around 2003 the West Brothers had a site touting West Racing and their Racing Legends project. I am not aware that the project ever actually produced a working software product, but they did release a couple of cool Lotus wallpapers at one point (scroll down a bit from the top of the page and …

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Re: Official Retro Game Wallpapers

Posted on 2020-09-20, 13:13

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Check out Brad Custer's Wallpaper page on Inside Mac Games: http://www.insidemacgames.com/custer/desktops.php

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Re: Age of Empires 2 Conquerors on Windows 10

Posted on 2020-09-19, 19:45

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And this is with a fresh install and no no-CD patch prior to applying the Version 1.0b patch? If that is true, then your version on the media must be Version 1.0b. It might pay to find a Version-1.0b-specific no-CD patch and see what happens if you apply that (if I recall, some do exist).

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Re: Age of Empires 2 Conquerors on Windows 10

Posted on 2020-09-19, 19:14

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This is where the redirect goes. See if the direct link works: https://web.archive.org/web/20020202144523/ht … /Age2XPatch.exe Make sure to wait, because it may take a little time for the download dialog to appear.

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