Re: What sorts of software do you remember on windows 95 desktop?
Posted on 2017-07-14, 16:44
Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95.
Re: Game soundtrack(s) with surprisingly good mastering?
Posted on 2017-07-14, 08:57
That's how Amiga modules work, channels 1-4 are always L-R-R-L (in that order) because they're the hardware channels on the Paula sound chip, which had no concept of 'panning.' DOS-based MOD players may pan them arbitrarily, but most respected the Amiga convention. There is no panning information …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2017-07-14, 08:11
Panzer General, CD version. I merely played the first scenario. I successfully captured Kalisz and Kutno before turn 10, and yet the game reported 'Allied Victory'. Huh?
Re: Lifetime warranty on an Imation floppy disk!
Posted on 2017-07-14, 08:07
'Imation'. The name really brings lots of memory, although at that time, my favorite hard drive manufacturer was actually Maxell because of their (perceived) durability.
Re: Questions on a contemporary gaming PC
Posted on 2017-07-12, 16:11
This could be useful.
Re: Games that play better with other game's soundtrack?
Posted on 2017-07-12, 16:10
Alright, from both videos, that riff does not resemble electric bass guitar/distortion guitar, although it does on my PC. Well perhaps my sound font, I'm not sure. Nonetheless, that particular riff is soooo not 1940's, regardless of whatever instrument it uses on that part. In fact, that particular …
Re: The story behind Pacific Strike's poor performance and Origin's other RealSpace games
Posted on 2017-07-12, 15:48
I'm playing it with this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch_products_mach_1_joystick.jpg and using the keyboard for rudder. :shocked: What, whoa. No kidding. i was using my old CH Flightstick. I see, no rudder pedals then. The problem with Pacific Strike is the control's sluggishness. In …
Re: So Photobucket is dying. Let's post amusing or interesting pics off our albums as we download them.
Posted on 2017-07-07, 09:51
I've already seen one person on some other forum who seems to have coughed up the $39.99/mo or $399.99/yr for their own personal hotlinking, as they had hotlinked Photobucket images in their signature. Said person also seemed to be obsessed enough with Johnny Depp to be posting with a Jack Sparrow …
Re: Games that play better with other game's soundtrack?
Posted on 2017-07-07, 09:48
Right now I am 12 missions in on Wings of Glory, and its soundtrack is already ingrained in my brain. How good is it? I'm quite disappointed by Pacific Strike soundtrack. I mean, electric guitar? In 1940's? Hmmm. Where is this song? The ones I remember are very period appropriate: https://downloads …
Re: The story behind Pacific Strike's poor performance and Origin's other RealSpace games
Posted on 2017-07-06, 22:36
I noticed that behavior with Wings of Glory too. I was running it on a Pentium 3 and it was quite fluid of course, but actually hitting targets was very difficult because of how my plane flew. I guess one really needs a low end Pentium for these games to run as intended. Even though that's not …
Re: Games that play better with other game's soundtrack?
Posted on 2017-07-06, 22:34
Or perhaps playing Goldbox games with Ultima soundtrack? ANY rpg soundtrack for Goldbox games, since they have no in-game music at all. :) But as much as I love the music of Origin games, I have found that if you invest 20+ hrs in any RPG with a soundtrack, that soundtrack will eventually become …
Games that play better with other game's soundtrack?
Posted on 2017-07-06, 17:51
Recently I played Virtua Cop 2 while playing Command & Conquer soundtrack in foobar2000. The songs are actually better than the game's own soundtracks, especially No Mercy and Industrial . Back in 2008, I was so infatuated with Delta Force games despite their difficulty. The games don't have in-game …
Re: The story behind Pacific Strike's poor performance and Origin's other RealSpace games
Posted on 2017-07-06, 17:07
But someone like Kreshna, who's more a flight-simmer than I am, would probably prefer PAW. No, no. Believe it or not, I'm not a hardcore flightsimmer. I use HOTAS for immersion, not realism. And I'm more at home with Jane's Advanced Tactical Fighters than Jane's F/A-18. My complaints about Pacific …
Re: Hey ya'll, back after another two years being away. (Also ebay is crazy)
Posted on 2017-07-03, 23:26
It could be that also people have stars in their eyes. They think what they have is priceless because there's been a bigger resurgence in popularity. With GOG and steam adding older games, they think that people would want to buy a "classic" system. The irony of the thing is, of course, that such …
Re: FalconFly 3dfx Archive to Close by mid-2017
Posted on 2017-07-02, 06:33
Do we really need FalconFly forums? I think what we really need is FalconFly archives to keep all the 3dfx and other drivers, while the forum part can be kept in archive mode (read-only mode) for references.
Re: Unusual hardware that really stirs your interest?
Posted on 2017-07-01, 18:42
It's a decoder, so I assume the purpose is to take Pro Logic material and turn that into analog audio via the ISA interface. The real question is what Pro Logic material was ever out there for PC. Well Pro Logic material is matrixed analog, so you don't really need to take Pro Logic material from …
Unusual hardware that really stirs your interest?
Posted on 2017-07-01, 17:54
Well computer history is full of unusual hardware, from Logitech Cyberman 2 to Quantum3D Obsidian 100SB (Voodoo1 in SLI) to Lucid Hydra 100 . Among such hardware, what really stirs your interest? To me, it's this one. http://i.imgur.com/0QpzzFr.jpg 'PC SURROUND SOUND DECODER 525D' The Ultimate 3D …
Re: The story behind Pacific Strike's poor performance and Origin's other RealSpace games
Posted on 2017-07-01, 15:48
@Kreshna - your 2014 post on Pacific Strike in part inspired this post. :) Strike Commander runs pretty smoothly on my 486DX2/66. Pacific Strike runs okay -- like I said, about 15 fps with enemies, and 20 fps with none (sky and water textures off). WoG on the same system feels like it's doing about …
Re: The story behind Pacific Strike's poor performance and Origin's other RealSpace games
Posted on 2017-07-01, 14:59
Strike Commander runs fast and fluid on Pentium 100 --I have tried myself. Dogfight is fun and exciting due to the fluidity of the game speed. I haven't got the chance to try Pacific Strike on the same P100, but it is a pain to run in DOSBOX. Assign too few CPU cycles, and the game becomes choppy. …
Re: So Photobucket is dying. Let's post amusing or interesting pics off our albums as we download them.
Posted on 2017-06-30, 10:29
Well I'm gradually moving to imgur anyway. http://i.imgur.com/itEU0mN.jpg Me and my beloved mother after we prayed at the famous Istiqlal Masjid, circa 2010. http://i.imgur.com/ViqdzLm.jpg Me and my ride, circa 2010. The house is in the background. http://i.imgur.com/D6jp5gB.jpg My brother, my …
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