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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-02-05, 04:25

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While it's charms are plain to see, especially in context-of-ye-olde-times, I don't rank the original Monkey Island very highly within the SCUMM list. Another LucasArts adventure I didn't rlly enjoy like Monkey Island might be Day of the Tentacle. I've heard its a very good game, but to me it felt …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-02-04, 12:31

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While it's charms are plain to see, especially in context-of-ye-olde-times, I don't rank the original Monkey Island very highly within the SCUMM list. The sequel, on the other hand... (is the one I personally grew up with 🤣) The soundtrack alone, pure magic.

Re: Do you keep your retro rigs offline?

Posted on 2021-01-27, 01:23

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I can see the attraction of LAN for FTP purposes, but my DOS machines are all set up now, so there are only rarely files to transfer - and when there are, I can literally turn around in my chair and move an SD card between the fronts of two machines. I'm fine with that. Got too much crap plugged in …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-23, 01:14

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As part of my ongoing quest to explore the best of my Sound Canvas, I started Kyrandia 2 : Hand of Fate on my DOS hardware. Totally missed these games during the original era. Only done the first 30 minutes, but it seems pretty cool. First surprise was that the main character is female. Shows how …

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-01-22, 02:41

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Probably not retro enough. But my mrs plays (the short, catchily named) "Tetris - The Absolute - The Grand Master 2 Plus" pretty much exclusively since everything else seems too, I don't know, simplistic and childish, by comparison. An unfair judgement, I know. But there is something extra about the …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-21, 23:51

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Combining role-playing elements with arcade-style action mechanics, which is basically the over-riding game hallmark of the whole JRPG style, is only as good or bad as an individual game makes it. There is nothing objectively wrong with those basic formulas of gaming, which in slightly different …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-21, 03:19

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Such a huge time commitment. It's really impressive. Might I ask in which era you began playing computer RPGs? Secret of the Silver Blades was my first PC RPG. Or going back a touch further: the Phantasy Star games on the SMS. I'm not sure it's in the scope of this thread, but it would be …

Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2021-01-19, 07:13

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Blue LEDs were quite cool in the year 2000. That whole millennium "futuristic" black / silver / blue-LED aesthetic of the time. Back then, we mad young modders used to actively put them into things that didn't already have them. Then, after a short time and a slight degree of ongoing retinal …

Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-19, 01:55

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Meanwhile somewhere in the universe, a galaxy made entirely of sharks is furiously jumping all over itself. Which will also lead to an increase of bio-tech in Silicon Valley, naturally. Because of the new music, y'know! 😉

Re: Different Versions of Ensoniq AudioPCI

Posted on 2021-01-17, 11:39

This is pretty niche, but since this thread's a repository of all things AudioPCI, then it might as well be here. A year or two back I picked up an AudioPCI 3000 but unusually, it came with a separate "power amplifier" board based around the LM1876TF . Excuse the crappy better-than-nothing phone …

Re: Different Versions of Ensoniq AudioPCI

Posted on 2021-01-16, 23:10

This is pretty niche, but since this thread's a repository of all things AudioPCI, then it might as well be here. A year or two back I picked up an AudioPCI 3000 but unusually, it came with a separate "power amplifier" board based around the LM1876TF . Excuse the crappy better-than-nothing phone …

Re: Dos games

Posted on 2021-01-16, 22:16

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To run this game, you need Windows version 3.1, which is from the year 1992. Windows 3.1 is to be installed on to your DOS machine (or DOSbox). Then, when you run your installed Windows 3.1, you will subsequently be able to install and play your game within Windows 3.1. A starting point for you may …

Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-16, 22:08

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It takes years to get new fabs in operation and TSMC is probably just getting more production down the road for their current major customers (AMD and Apple). We'll see how the news develops. The computing industry has been buzzing about Intel outsourcing to stay competitive for some time now. …

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