Re: Dosbox none vs Normal 2x on a CRT

Posted on 2020-01-15, 23:48

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by leileilol

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That's great thanks. I guess CGA and EGA run on a VGA card must have been doublescanned by the card for monitor compatibility then? Effectively how you remember these games depends on what kind of PC you played them on. Correct! Also some CGA games would get broken colors and/or text characters ( …

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Re: "hidden gems" games 1999 to 2007

Posted on 2020-01-15, 10:08

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1NSANE's the relatively hidden gem of the Codemasters racing games and the physics ages better than the graphics/gameplay :P kind of got lost in the Opflash/Blade/ColinMcrae shuffle. Also if you're a sucker for fantasy stuff that's not a big grand RPG / MMO / HP / LOTR, there's Darkened Skye and …

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Re: Activision Asteroids redbook audio

Posted on 2020-01-14, 10:54

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by leileilol

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Well yeah, you're not going to get *any* 3d acceleration in Win9x on Virtualbox no matter what. It's not supported. You could probably try an XP guest in Virtualbox though, where there's still some 3D support left remaining for the soon-deprecated driver.

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Re: A TNT2 32MB is apparently better than a 16MB Voodoo 3 3000?

Posted on 2020-01-13, 08:37

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by leileilol

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There's also the different lighting/texturing behavior GlideDrv does between single and multi-TMU voodoo cards (Banshee and V1 are brighter), and the factor that D3DDrv adds more detail texture stages than GlideDrv. Unreal graphics feature parity isn't had with any of the stock renderers, so they …

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Re: Re-Volt 3DFX Glide Support

Posted on 2020-01-13, 00:59

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Software

There's been some that erroneously list Glide games (including from 3dfx themselves) so the confusion is real 😜

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Re: A TNT2 32MB is apparently better than a 16MB Voodoo 3 3000?

Posted on 2020-01-13, 00:52

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Probably won't be better in a MVP3 system as VIA doesn't like real AGP parts, that's generally where 3dfx gets a pass for stability :) SLI's overrated and there's a lot of misinformation about its advantages, like assumptions it grants 24MB of texture memory or so when it's still effectively the …

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VVVVVV source code released for 10th annivvvvvversary

Posted on 2020-01-10, 15:44

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by leileilol

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https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/vvvvvv Note it's not under the GNU GPL. The level data is part of the code and the assets are still proprietary/copyrighted. though......an older platform port would be cool somehow. like maybe running in DOS using ModeX 320x240 VVVVVVGA and recreating the entire …

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2020-01-09, 06:07

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Sound

Tried the new version, plays some of my recent .mod transcriptions without crashing yes!!! though i did notice my note delay/cut timing tricks don't seem to work for some, and pattern break to end a song seems ignored Saving octave setting in the .cfg would be useful as I can't figure out how to …

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Re: PowerVR on modern system & OS

Posted on 2020-01-06, 21:17

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by leileilol

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in PC Emulation

refine your spelling. pcsx2's an emulator. also always look for the brand (apocalypse, 3dengine, m3d) as sellers may not always describe the gpu involved.

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-01-06, 18:27

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by leileilol

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I haven't noticed any cursor changing on my end, which is odd because i've had other sites change the cursor (like exotica) so I don't think it's my browser and I do use Win95 stock theme cursors anyway

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Re: 3dfx pci card to pair with TNT2 and P2 450

Posted on 2020-01-04, 03:44

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Video

.....not to mention switching the monitor cables around, flipping between PCI and AGP init in the bios probably too (Assuming the TNT2 involved is AGP as it damn well should be). The Voodoo3's a proper video card that has none of the pairing strategies of the V1/V2/PCX1/PCX2.

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Re: S3D GLQuake - any real value in it?

Posted on 2020-01-03, 01:12

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by leileilol

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There's a certain aesthetic appeal of the early Matrox stippled alpha though since they were the only one doing it. SEGA Model 1/2 fans would love the thing all the way up to G100A, and also Matrox has an obvious performance/image quality advantage... ViRGE's alpha textures cannot modulate …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2020-01-02, 07:38

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by leileilol

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Likes on a forum isn't anything like likes on a social media service though. It's more of a soft compliment that'd keep a thread tidy of thankYou.postCount++'s, and most forum software hides the likes from guests so there's some confidentiality.

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Re: System Shock GPLed

Posted on 2020-01-02, 02:11

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by leileilol

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in Release Announcements

i think they've derailed the chocolate philosophy by now if save compatibility breaks...

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Re: In this new decade, let us remember the Y2K Bug

Posted on 2020-01-01, 15:23

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by leileilol

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If you're excited about Y2K tributes, WWE2K20 has a fatal Y2K20 bug to kick off the new year 😀

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Re: Hoard of BBS shareware DOS files, etc

Posted on 2020-01-01, 15:18

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by leileilol

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that's cool and concerning at the same time. don't trust cousins and always backup, even if it's '93 central (no) point software backup!!! i should mention that "macaw" is a streamer who regularly streams computer games and has a knack for the bad ones, and has been focusing on DOS games recently, …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2020-01-01, 12:59

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by leileilol

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While the forum's getting changes, all I can suggest right now is collapsable quotes. Some are chronic big quoters that leave tiny posts (not naming names)

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Re: The GIF Thread

Posted on 2019-12-31, 14:56

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by leileilol

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well........there's a very good reason why it doesn't exist Who'd want to constantly moderate a potential bandwidth hog of a thread with no substance for discourse?

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Re: Realtek ALC888 driver

Posted on 2019-12-29, 11:07

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by leileilol

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ALC888's an "HD Audio" chip so it's far beyond AC'97 help. At that point you might as well jam in a decent PCI video card and a crappy PCI sound card, or re-assess your perspective of hardware for making a Win9x system. Win9x support in new hardware was well dead by 2008....

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2019-12-29, 01:13

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by leileilol

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You wanna talk about memories... TEH GRAY! :D TEH GRAY, *AND* the use of the old 04B bitmap fonts in the art and 1px borders and a small fixed optimized size so the graphics don't break. It's a few .:'s, shoutboxes and scanline patterns away from peak 2002 web design. The only design residue of …

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