Re: Football Pro 98 jerky on Windows 98

Posted on 2017-10-19, 18:31

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by buckeye

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So just a quick Google search for this shows that it appears to have been patched twice. Are you running 1.08? It could be that the patches are only gameplay-related fixes, but it would be a good baseline to check. Yeah it's been patched. I'm just wondering with it being a 1997 game if DirectX 9 or …

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Re: Advice for building a Pentium 3 gaming PC?

Posted on 2017-10-17, 19:25

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by buckeye

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Pentium 3 is a bit of a broad topic. When I think of a "Dream Machine" Pentium 3, I think of a top of the line Slot 1 P3, a Voodoo 2 setup in SLI (also, capitalizing the D in Voodoo will probably bring a few people's blood to a boil) with a Sound Blaster AWE32 original (non CQM model) with another …

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Re: Football Pro 98 jerky on Windows 98

Posted on 2017-10-17, 19:10

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by buckeye

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No response on this so I'll rephrase the question: What would cause a 2D game to be jerky/jittery in a window versus smooth full screen? My hardware surely has enough to run it smooth but maybe it's too much for a 97 era game? Running it in Windows 98SE with 450 P3, 384MB ram, GF2 GTS 64MB. Thought …

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Re: Recommended ps/2 mouse for Win98/dos

Posted on 2017-10-12, 15:37

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by buckeye

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Are you USB to PS2 adaptors or simply plugging them into the PS2 ports? If your not using the adaptors I would give them a try first before replacing your preferred mouse. I doubt BX2 offers much of an improvement, it was still early days for legacy support and vast majority still used PS2 anyway. …

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Recommended ps/2 mouse for Win98/dos

Posted on 2017-10-12, 14:06

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by buckeye

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I'm having too many issues with USB mice/keyboards on my Intel SE-440BX based rig so looking into some ps/2 mice. Can someone recommend a model and what flavor - ball, laser or optical? Logitech SBF96 or MS Intellimouse seem to be popular from what I found so far. On a side note, do the SE-440BX2 …

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Re: Weird Win98 boot failure

Posted on 2017-10-11, 21:06

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by buckeye

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Actually wasn't in dos-mode. When the "safe-mode" like screen came up it was asking for a ps/2 mouse. So I did a "hard" shut-down and plugged one in, rebooted and then the all the device drivers started installing. Weird, I think either my OS is corrupt or the mobo is dying a slow death. Seems to …

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Weird Win98 boot failure

Posted on 2017-10-11, 18:36

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by buckeye

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Didn't know what else to call this. Have a pair of bluetooth capable speakers hooked up to my win98 rig which I listen to via Pandora with the computer off while sync'd with my phone. When I was thru listening I shut down Pandora on the phone and booted the computer to play some games only to have …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-09-18, 18:15

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by buckeye

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Bought this today for my win98 rig. Since I suck at crimson skies I'll probably suck at this too, but nothing ventured nothing gained.

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Re: Looking for a good Airplane Game

Posted on 2017-09-12, 19:06

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by buckeye

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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote: So what's up with this sudden interest in flight sims? Speaking for myself, just wanted to try something different than Quake, Doom, and etc. Also the movie "Red Tails" got me interested too.

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Looking for a WW2 planes/dogfight game for WinXp

Posted on 2017-09-12, 17:07

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by buckeye

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Title says it all. Never played one of these before so hoping there's one out there with decent graphics and a reasonable learning curve. Something along the lines of Star Wars Rogue Squadron would work well for me.

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Football Pro 98 jerky on Windows 98

Posted on 2017-09-12, 16:57

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by buckeye

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Probably not a lot of you out there familiar with this game but what the heck. Running it on my sig win98 system at 800x 600 window mode it jerks like crazy. In full screen mode it's smoother, can't figure out why. Surely the hardware has enough muscle or maybe it's too much?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-12, 16:52

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by buckeye

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I live in denver. All the snow goes to the mountains, all the tornados are hundreds of miles to the east, all the major heat is in the south, and all the super cold is in the north. That said, we have enough people here, no more room. Expect to pay $1300+ a month for a 2bd/2bath in a non-shit …

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Re: Logitech F310 on Windows 98?

Posted on 2017-08-28, 14:39

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by buckeye

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If you don't get the Logitech working try getting a Saitek P750. Works on my Win98 rig no problem!

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Re: Football Pro 98 utility

Posted on 2017-08-24, 12:57

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by buckeye

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I'll try copying all the files from my Win98 system over to the XP, and then run it in compatibilty mode, thanks for the tip. The Keymaker or Keycreator utility was used I believe by the author of the Rostman program but it's useless without a password which I of course lost. This was a really old …

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Re: Football Pro 98 utility

Posted on 2017-08-23, 19:24

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by buckeye

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Did you try Win98 compatibility mode? Else, you might try running it in a VM, like VirtualBox . Can you explain some what are "support files", "key creator without password", and "key save/restore program" (isn't the key just some text you paste in the actual software)? The support files are: …

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Football Pro 98 utility

Posted on 2017-08-23, 14:12

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This is a "long shot" but if you don't try you'll never know. I have a 3rd party roster editing program I use for the Front Page Sports Football 98 game in which I can't get the "key" to work to register it. I'm a registered user (12 yrs. ago) but the program is no longer supported and the author …

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Re: 80s film ?

Posted on 2017-08-18, 16:29

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by buckeye

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Superhero movies have been a major disappointment for me lately, especially after seeing "Spiderman Homecoming". Seems like the usual protocol is instead of making the characters like in the comics they have everything "machine based" like the Vulture villain. Kind of depressing since I grew up …

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Re: 80s film ?

Posted on 2017-08-16, 16:42

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by buckeye

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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote: Oh yes, I like 80's movies, especially Top Gun, Firefox, and Iron Eagle. Why do they not make jetfighter-themed movies anymore these days? Also, 80's TV series! Anyone loved Airwolf and Blue Thunder? Blue Thunder and Airwolf fan here. Hopefully remakes will be on …

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Re: Building my new Windows 98 / DirectX 7.0 Rig

Posted on 2017-08-14, 20:55

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by buckeye

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I have decided on a video card. I have tried several for such a scenario and I will be using a NOS (New Old Stock, which I still have several) Nvidia Quadro4 380 XGL. If you are not familiar with this card it is the Quadro counterpart to the GeForce4 MX-440 video card. Basically think of it as a …

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2017-08-01, 13:48

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by buckeye

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My avatar was bascially a "knee jerk" reaction since I'm a big college football fan (Ohio State Buckeyes & Auburn Tigers!!!) Probably the Auburn Tigers icon would look better, Michigan fans would agree I'm sure. Any football fans out there?

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