Re: List of DOS games with OPL3 stereo music

Posted on 2024-04-03, 11:10

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A puzzle game by Celeris (the Virtual Pool devs) called FlixMix has OPL3 stereo FM music. It also doesn't have support for any MIDI devices, just FM. You can find the OST uploaded here and can hear separation. https://xeenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/flixmix-official-soundtrack-pc-sound-blaster-16-opl3 …

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Re: Are there any games that require at least a Pentium 1 and would not run on a 486?

Posted on 2024-02-24, 01:48

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eddman wrote on 2024-02-21, 09:15: thepirategamerboy12 wrote on 2024-02-21, 02:58: Slam City with Scottie Pippen won't run on anything less than a Pentium CPU, game will give an error stating such. That's odd. On the box it says "25 MHz 486 processor or faster". Perhaps a misprint. Just tried it …

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Re: Are there any games that require at least a Pentium 1 and would not run on a 486?

Posted on 2024-02-21, 02:58

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Slam City with Scottie Pippen won't run on anything less than a Pentium CPU, game will give an error stating such.

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Re: Fade to Black Cutscenes Issue

Posted on 2024-02-19, 04:44

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I'm sorry to necropost, but I felt like this info was important enough to warrant it. It is indeed possible to get this game to work properly on a Windows Sound System compatible card like the ESS I mentioned. I looked into this issue again and I realized this game uses Miles Design to handle the …

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Re: Big Box PC Games – Show and Tell

Posted on 2024-02-14, 14:57

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I own Virtual Snooker in the big box as well, I'm surprised it got a US release tbh since Snooker is virtually unheard of here.

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Re: Getting a little annoyed by CF card spam, am I alone?

Posted on 2024-01-25, 05:35

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I love using actual mechanical hard drives on my vintage computers myself, I feel like it really is part of what makes an old computer an old computer. Being dead silent would be so weird to me. Like someone else mentioned, I also feel the unreliable of old hard drives is massively overblown and I …

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Re: Supposedly Denuvo removed from Doom Eternal

Posted on 2023-09-05, 18:27

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I have tried the game before and I have to be honest, to me it kinda felt like a shooting gallery. Didn't really find it that fun.

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-10, 01:13

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I think I fixed the bootup problem. I downgraded the BIOS using the method involving the button on the back to version 7C91vAB from 2022... and it's doing the BIOS to Windows loading transition like it should. Crossing my fingers that it stays this way.

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 21:59

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See what bios your friend is using and use that Try your video card in your friends computer if they are local. Make sure windows is fully updated with the latest amd chioset drivers. It's frustrating when the issue is a mobo issue since there isn't much you can do about it and if that is the issue …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 19:53

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My PSU I should have also mentioned is a Corsair 750w modular one, 80 Plus Gold and stuff. I looked it up and the Corsair Ballistix are so expensive and atm it's not even available directly from them... I'm just using an early 2010s DVI monitor (in the case of the RX 5700 XT with adapters), a new …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 16:04

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I guess at this point I would try different RAM or another slot. I guess I should have mentioned that I originally had Corsair Vengeance LPX ram of the same specs as the G. Skill sticks I have in here now. I returned that and got the G. Skill ones because XMP wouldn't work with the Corsair, however …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 03:02

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Standard Def Steve wrote on 2023-08-07, 03:01: Apparently, having fTPM enabled in the BIOS can cause stuttering on some AMD systems. Try disabling fTPM, and if that fixes your issue, check if MSI has a BIOS update available for your board. I already did that, I don't want the TMP enabled in general …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 03:01

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Hmm, Reset the BIOS to defaults Make sure CPU isn't overclocked Make sure memory isn't overlocked, disable XMP. Test with memtest I ditched the MSI mobo I bought for my living room build (7950x) since it was flaky AF, went with a gigabyte mobo. Because of that I won't be buying any MSI motherboards …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 00:58

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Agree that NMS is not a good test. That starfield sequence (where it is loading shaders IIRC) is famously chuggy. In-game NMS has some stutters like for example when I pull out the mining beam I can feel a slight stutter when doing so. One time when I was walking around too I experienced what …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-06, 22:56

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2023-08-06, 22:56: Give Windows 11 a try? It can't hurt, and perhaps it will reveal something. I may try that on a spare SATA hard drive, it'll be slow of course but I want to see if it at least functions right.

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Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

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So recently I decided to build myself a new fairly modern PC and while putting everything physically together went okay, this thing is turning into a nightmare trying to get it working right. Current specs are: MSI B550 Tomahawk Motherboard Ryzen 9 5900X CPU RX 5700 XT Red Devil GPU 32GB G. Skill …

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Anybody know where to find a clip from Let's Make a Deal where the zonk was old computers?

Posted on 2023-03-11, 00:42

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Quite a while ago, maybe 10 years or so, I was watching Let's Make a Deal and the contestant got a zonk which was a bunch of old computers piled up. I specifically remember the host also adding something among the lines of "I think there's a Tandy in there." Now, to me this wouldn't be much of a …

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Re: Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-25, 04:24

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Go into device manager and show hidden devices. Delete all of them (will show up as lighter gray). Then run a chkdsk c: /f and do a reboot and let it do the scan. Clear out the C:\Windows\Temp and C:\Windows\Prefetch folders of as many files as it will let you. Turn off the swap file as well as …

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Re: Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-25, 02:07

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Unfortunately that didn't tell me anything. Not a single process took more than 10 seconds to load, the longest process was SearchIndexer which took a little over 6 seconds apparently. Guess the only solution is to re-install no matter if I want to or not... Also, I counted it in my head and the …

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Re: Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-24, 21:57

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DosFreak wrote on 2023-02-23, 22:37: You can see if this works: https://woshub.com/using-process-monitor-to-s … -boot-problems/ I'll try this very soon, thanks.

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