Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-12-17, 20:05
Unreal Tournament 2004 at the moment but its playing to see if the new community master servers work as well for cd key verification so its more experimenting
Re: Game box cover art vs in-game graphics
Posted on 2022-12-17, 20:01
I remember the embossed box art that seemed to pop out at you, the feeling of those pressed boxes I think where you can tell what game it is by feel. I miss those boxes but I kind of gave them up when I moved to digital distribution. I remember GOG have a bookshelf-type library that was cool it …
Unreal Classic Pack masterservers
Posted on 2022-12-17, 19:48
I am sure you are aware of Epic shutting down the master servers for classic games, notable of which is the Unreal games (1,2, T99,t2003,t2004,2014/4) with the exception of UT3 which is coming back as a F2P on steam/gog/egs. I am using the OpenSpy master server for 2004 with a legitimate key I got …
Re: SimCity Classic For Windows 95 (Version 2.0)
Posted on 2022-12-09, 00:01
dontbugster wrote on 2022-12-06, 21:56: I do have it from my 1996 Packard bell Software pack, and it does have the 95 style as shown in previous posts. I know simcity was released as micropolis though if you could get that port to work in windows 95 that would be amazing https://github.com/ …
determining the fov to play a game on a screen
Posted on 2022-11-02, 21:25
https://www.wsgf.org/fovcalc.php this tool has helped me figure out what the fov should be for legacy games that is optimal
Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons
Posted on 2022-07-11, 00:46
BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2022-06-30, 08:57: The 20th Anniversary of Vogons is here. happy 20th anniversary, I wonder if anything will change
HaikuOS looks like it could emulate classic Mac
Posted on 2022-07-11, 00:44
It is based on BeOS, a spitting image of the Classic PowerPC Mac.
Re: When PC became soulless for you?
Posted on 2022-07-11, 00:40
I became utterly depressed with how I no longer find PC experimentation fun, no dumpster diving anymore because no pcs out laying by the road. Ever since Dosbox/GNU/Linux things just work and that irritates me. I am no longer needed, I am too old since the internet made me obsolete
Windows games on reactos.
Posted on 2022-05-15, 21:56
I'm impressed with the compatibility but if they developed it like dosbox and strictly for games then maybe it would have been successful for games that would be self contained packages
Unreal Tournament 2004 CD Key Fix
Posted on 2022-05-12, 23:03
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 (edit by Dominus: key removed) I saved this key from gog.com when I bought it but I got it on steam too, so this is a valid key for the game, it doesn't do key validation check when connecting to servers or LAN gaming so go ahead, I stick to UT99 though
Re: Digital game collection addiction
Posted on 2022-05-12, 20:53
I download the original CD from somewhere or rarely get it from a friend. In this way I get clean stock game. And now I may also install it on 9X if I want. Technically, that's still piracy. Maybe someday GOG will finally include original ISOs as bonus goodies. The ISO is there in the install …
Re: Digital game collection addiction
Posted on 2022-04-21, 13:05
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-04-21, 12:05: nft blockchain *chuckles* Yes how else is valve going to unlock your stuff your licensed stuff by allowing you to download the licenses which if you backup as well you should be ok
Re: Digital game collection addiction
Posted on 2022-04-21, 11:47
That's coming from a company which is actively trying to fool customers that they don't own anything on account and just "rent" it. The saving grace here is that their DRM is not intrusive and could be cracked on client level, should Steam go under. But Valve is just too big to fail now. Yes, this …
Re: Digital game collection addiction
Posted on 2022-04-21, 11:22
Steam apparently has a contingency plan for keeping access to the games you've bought. Should Valve go under. That's coming from a company which is actively trying to fool customers that they don't own anything on account and just "rent" it. The saving grace here is that their DRM is not intrusive …
Gonna be 30 years old, an old operating system as old as the linux kernel, learned a new term... Anhedonia
Posted on 2022-04-21, 01:37
I hate getting older, most of the tech I don't seem to understand these days, and it's going to replace me. I try to learn the new lingo and the new tech but I suffer from anhedonia, or similar to burnout. After living minimally and spartan, I realize how much fluff stuff is these days. I wasn't …
Re: RetroNAS - open source server software for your retro machines
Posted on 2022-04-21, 01:25
IPX is still on my to-do list for RetroNAS. But I've got some nagging networking stuff I want to get out the door first - a basic LAN segmenter with firewall and DHCP server, and some PPP over serial stuff. IPX/SPX, my days of using Novell Netware have served me well, considering how I was able to …
Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!
Posted on 2022-04-20, 22:53
Hi all. Wanted to share my experience with GoG distros of Interplay classic Star Trek games (both are green on the spreadsheet). 25th Anniversary I was able to install and run without burning an image, using SHSUCDHD instead. To install to non-C drive I had to follow default installer options and …
Re: Digital game collection addiction
Posted on 2022-04-20, 22:49
My take on GOG games: PROs : DRM free, which is especially nice for games which originally shipped with rootkit crap like StarForce Standalone offline installers. These make it very easy to transfer games to an offline WinXP retro rig DOS GOG games can be installed on a modern system (via included …
Re: RetroNAS - open source server software for your retro machines
Posted on 2022-04-20, 22:45
IPX is still on my to-do list for RetroNAS. But I've got some nagging networking stuff I want to get out the door first - a basic LAN segmenter with firewall and DHCP server, and some PPP over serial stuff. IPX/SPX, my days of using Novell Netware have served me well, considering how I was able to …
Re: RetroNAS - open source server software for your retro machines
Posted on 2022-04-15, 02:26
So with the 8.3 format is that like 12 characters in all.. 8 plus period plus 3?
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