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Re: Good Old Games

Posted on 2008-10-02, 00:16

in Milliways
I would say that pretty much any of the DOS programs there use DOSBox. I have purchased Redneck Rampage and it does. They even provide a mini front end for changing the Graphics Mode so you don't have to edit the conf file. I had to set it to OpenGL to get better graphic performance. The only place …

Re: Vmware Fusion 2 is out (MAC)

Posted on 2008-09-19, 22:56

I am waiting to see what bug reports come out before installing it. It's a free upgrade to registered 1.x users. One of the best features I have read about is the ability to set default program handlers from either OS. For example, in VMWare 1.x if I click on a mailto: link in Windows I can't force …

Re: Good Old Games

Posted on 2008-09-03, 22:41

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Good Old Games are taking applications for the early access beta. Go to http://www.gog.com to sign up. On Monday, September 8, anyone who signed up for the GOG.com beta will start receiving access keys to the site. We're saying goodbye to the press beta and gearing up for the next phase: Early …

Re: Bangkok under state of emergency

Posted on 2008-09-03, 22:33

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I would say because the middle class is just emerging. When I was working there in the mid 90s there wasn't much of a middle class. It was the haves and the have-nots, the rich and the poor. It had improved some when I was there last year, but still a pretty distinct divide. Most of the more well …

Re: Bangkok under state of emergency

Posted on 2008-09-03, 00:10

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I was over there last year during some of the unrest and never noticed anything. I wasn't in Bangkok much although I did take the kids to Wat Phra Keo and the Grand Palace. We spent our time in the Northeast with my wife's family in their small rice farming village. You are right that a lot of the …

Re: Engines, Remakes and Fan Games

Posted on 2008-08-27, 00:54

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Quest For Glory II http://www.agdinteractive.com/downloads/thega … nloads_snd.html Credit should go to DosFreak in the Milliways forum for the news, I just wanted to put the link in this thread since it applied.

Re: Wing Commander II, corrupt disk

Posted on 2008-08-07, 19:51

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Sorry, but I always keep my originals. I still have the discs from my first computer, an Atari 800 from the early 80s. I did zip them up though before I got rid of the 5 1/4" drive so if there is a particular file that you know is corrupt I might be able to get that for you, provided they didn't use …

Re: Slashdot: How To Fix the Poor Usability of Free Software

Posted on 2008-08-07, 00:23

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I can see his point. To the more technical minded, the software is easy enough to figure out. For the casual user, many things are not user friendly, though it is getting better. For example, in Windows to terminate a program you bring up the task manager, click on the non responding program, and …

Re: Good Old Games

Posted on 2008-07-13, 13:39

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I think we should take these people, boot their ass back to 1989 and make them use a real DOS system. Most would probably stare at the blinking cursor and not have any idea what to do next. I remember in 1997 being the only one who knew how to work on a legacy Windows 3.1 system that was still in …

Re: Dungeon Master keyboard problem

Posted on 2008-07-03, 02:10

I played Dungeon Master on the Atari ST, but I still do have my manual for Dungeon Master II. It says that either the arrows or numeric keypad can be used for movement, though the preferred method of keyboard control was the numeric keyboard since there were actually 6 movements counting the …

Re: Les Manley Lost in LA

Posted on 2008-06-22, 02:19

I think you could just copy the files from all of the floppies to a directory then run the setup.exe to setup control and sound so you might want to try that if the installation program isn't working, provided you can read the floppies.

Activation limits removed on Bioshock

Posted on 2008-06-20, 11:29

If you were waiting to play Bioshock due to the restrictive DRM, it's safe to go out and get it now. A little less than a year, wonder if that means I will be able to play Mass Effect and Spore if I wait a year since I won't buy them as long as they limit the number of installations. http://forums. …

Re: Mass Effect PC to require Activation (Mother f'ing EA)

Posted on 2008-05-31, 12:49

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From what I am hearing, there are two cracks out, and both quit working at the galaxy map where you navigate between planets a couple hours into the game. You might want to continue to wait until a real working version is available if you are making your purchase based on being to bypass the …

Re: Mac Mini

Posted on 2008-05-29, 23:11

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Sorry for the late reply, was out of town working. DOSBox works great in Intel OS X, really not any differences between it and the x86 version that I can tell, other than the previously mentioned mouse problem.

Re: Mac Mini

Posted on 2008-05-22, 21:54

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You could pretty much use any USB mouse or keyboard, most usually map the Option and Command keys to the Windows key and Option key on those. I don't really like the current Apple keyboard with the flat keys so I just use an old MS Natural Keyboard. The only issue I have had with the Mighty Mouse is …

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