Re: Civilization 2 issues.
Posted on 2022-05-17, 19:20
7zip can usually extract files from ISOs, just to save you a step or two.
Re: Civilization 2 issues.
Posted on 2022-05-16, 18:04
I mean first, is CIV2 actually installed to "c:\mps\civ2\"? Second, check the shortcut and make sure under it's properties, the working directory is "c:\mps\civ2\", assuming that is the correct directory. I actually have CIV2 installed in Win3.1 under DOSBOX in a similar manner, although I'm pretty …
Re: Vintage PC building and the ship of Theseus
Posted on 2022-05-13, 23:25
My gut reaction is that the motherboard is the most essential part of the build. Replace that, and you essentially are starting over with another computer entirely. It's the lynchpin of whatever capabilities you can bring out of all the other hardware you attach to it. To say nothing of how if you …
Re: I miss the 1980’s and 90’s
Posted on 2022-05-12, 11:57
I mean, clearly the 90's were just the best time. I kid, I know everyone has their own perspective. But the 90's didn't give us It's All About the Pentiums for nothing. If you were into technology, the leaps and strides taken from the 386 or 486 you might have started the decade with to the Pentium …
Re: Retro PC freezes while gaming, repeats last audio.
Posted on 2022-05-10, 23:02
If I've followed the thread well, you're playing this game "Polda 2" and it crashed in Chapter 2, locking up the computer with the sound repeating? Is it consistently the same spot? Has it crashed in other activities? Are we talking about this Polda 2 for Windows? I don't see a DOS release. If it's …
Re: make the case for owning a vintage computer
Posted on 2022-05-09, 11:18
Nostalgia is powerful, and sometimes only the real thing will give you what you need. Plus the experience of computing has changed significantly over the years, and not always for the better. I wasn't around for it, but I can definitely sympathize with people who have a fondness for how much direct …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-04-29, 12:11
I'm currently trying to discover the majesty of Master of Magic. I never played this back in the day. But I do recall gifting it to a nerd buddy of mine back in middle school. It was in this 4 pack of games that also included Master of Orion, and two others I completely forget. This was well after …
Re: Bethesda Launcher shutting down
Posted on 2022-04-28, 13:17
The only thing I had was a free copy of Arx Fatalis I got at some point. One launcher down, so many to go. Remember when people were pissed that they had to leave Steam running, consuming resources? I weep whenever I look at all the tasks running in Task Manager these days.
Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?
Posted on 2022-04-27, 13:27
Well q2 was pushing visuals, did a couple of things first, strogg shooting you when they were already downed, smooth gameplay. One of those first "ok I have to use the mouse too games". Think for me also the first game I played with filtering. Good music and so on. At the time it felt way more …
Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?
Posted on 2022-04-26, 16:17
Doom 3 game engine was a technical marvel. I think that it broke a lot of new ground and ushered in a new age of what could be expected from a game engine. I just think that the technical aspects were unfortunately the highlight of that particular game. I found it to be both boring and frustrating …
Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?
Posted on 2022-04-26, 15:57
Funny you say that about Doom3. I really enjoyed Doom1 &2 but I hated Doom3. I admire what it was trying to do, and it was marvel at it's technical superiority when it launched. But the whole being forced to carry that damn flashlight and never being able to see what you were doing completely …
Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?
Posted on 2022-04-26, 15:24
there are quite a few i agree with! i'd add Quake and Quake 2 - both good gameplay but for me without much immersion or sense of 'being there'. I actually like Doom3 and Quake 4, though still not quite enough to consider myself a fan GTA4 - it is impressive looking, i like the setting - but it's …
Re: So, what games would you recommend for my Pentium 1 system? Go nuts!
Posted on 2022-04-26, 13:16
Hardware aside, here are a few of my favorites I haven't seen anyone pitch in yet. * Deadlock * Caesar III * Warlords III * Mechwarrior 2 * Master of Orion 2 * Jagged Alliance * Zork Nemesis & Zork Grand Inquisitor * Civilization II * Settlers II * Might & Magic VI
Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?
Posted on 2022-04-21, 14:57
Man, I was all about Quake 3 over Unreal Tournament back in the day. My memory of it back then was that UT just didn't feel as responsive or performant. Quake 3 just ran better on a wider variety of computers. And a lot of the kids going to LAN parties ran some real beaters back in the day. UT might …
Re: Soundblaster Vibra 16 - Gameport working in Windows 95 but NOT in DOS?
Posted on 2022-04-15, 16:17
Are you running any sort of DOS drivers/initializers for the card? I strongly recommend UNISOUND. It's basically fire and forget.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-04-13, 12:57
Well, I beat the Secret of Monkey Island. I'm kind of blah about it. The characters were goofy and fun. Insult sword fighting lived up to it's legendary reputation. Solving the puzzles in Part 1 was fairly fun and intuitive for me. After that things went off the rails rather quickly. I remember when …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-04-06, 19:09
Well, after spending many months bouncing all over the place, I finally finished Return to Castle Wolfenstein . It was OK I guess. It looked as good as the Quake 3 engine ever did, and had that smooth game feel of most Carmack engines. But it's reliance on boring old hitscan enemies, especially …
Re: I got my rig online and it's glorious!
Posted on 2022-03-10, 12:37
I may have to try The Old Net at some point. But what I'm more amazed at are the seemingly ancient 90's pages that inexplicably still exists. Stuff like: This Tyrian fan page http://members.iinet.net.au/~vannevar/tyrian/ This old walkthrough for Jagged Alliance, although the entire domain is super …
Re: Has anyone else tested hardware that seems defective but comes back to life on it's own?
Posted on 2022-02-24, 14:48
I had a few items I'd ordered in the winter months that showed up apparently dead. But after a few weeks of sitting at a relatively stable room temperature, they came right back to life and hummed along perfectly ever since. I think sitting in a freezing shipping truck for a few days just sent the …
Re: Thoughts on Gravis Xtermiator?
Posted on 2022-02-16, 19:48
I had that exact gamepad back in the day, and have very fond memories of it. In fact, I beat Wing Commander: Prophecy on it, and I recall playing a lot of emulators with it as well. Unfortunately it's utility for DOS games is rather limited, and that's my primary area of focus lately. A dos game …
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