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Re: Old games with Russian translation

Posted on 2017-08-01, 12:03

in Milliways

in Milliways

Hi! Many of the best translations were produced by a pirate company named Fargus (Фаргус). They are the studio that basically started the Russian game localisation scene. Of course at some point after 2002-2003 their quality dropped significantly, but earlier titles were awesome. Be on the lookout …

Re: The Bungholiomarks thread: Show me your fullsizers!

Posted on 2017-07-31, 19:50

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Here's a workstation videocard based on S3 Virge. It has a connector similar to SCSI and can drive up to 4 displays.

Re: 486DX2/VLB build

Posted on 2017-07-27, 23:05

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I tried running Duke Nukem 3D with all sound devices disabled. Now I get around 15FPS in open areas and up to 25FPS in rooms. The weird thing is, low FPS in this game really feels different than it would in a modern game, for some reason. I mean, 15FPS should be unplayable, but here it's just choppy …

Re: 486DX2/VLB build

Posted on 2017-07-27, 22:58

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

clueless1 wrote: With the exception of Chris' 3D VGA, very similar to my DX2/66 results. I posted only SVGA results for Chris'. It's just that it produces a score and an FPS count, hence two numbers.

Re: 486DX2/VLB build

Posted on 2017-07-27, 22:33

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Time for some benchmarks: Normal mode: 3DBench: 44.4 Chris's 3D Bench (SVGA): 14.5/8,7FPS System Information 8: 143.3 Speedsys: 24.99 Doom timedemo: 24,7FPS Turbo: 3DBench: 18.7 Chris's 3D Bench (SVGA): 5.3/3.1FPS System Information 8: 51.9 Speedsys: 15.06 Doom timedemo: 9,36FPS

Re: 486DX2/VLB build

Posted on 2017-07-27, 11:38

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

badmojo wrote: Do you have another VLB VGA card you can try? I'd use Phil's benchmark spreadsheet and tools to determine if your machine is performing on par with similar systems. Only a non-upgradable 512KB CL-GD5428. I'll try it just to rule out the faulty card possibility

Re: Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?

Posted on 2017-07-27, 09:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A Socket 7 motherboard can boot directly from a Windows 98SE setup disk. Just get one (you know the drill), put it in your CD-ROM, then enter BIOS settings (usually by pushing Del key as soon as the computer turns on) and find settings to change boot order — you need your computer to boot from CD …

Re: 486DX2/VLB build

Posted on 2017-07-26, 22:22

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Yeah, as it is, Duke Nukem 3D gives me single digit FPS in open areas of the first level and 12-19FPS in buildings. I can certainly see myself thoroughly enjoying the game this way 20 years ago, but I definitely have no reason to do that now 😀

486DX2/VLB build

Posted on 2017-07-26, 20:36

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Hi, all I decided to make a "classic" 486 build to use for MT-32 games. I've used a Chaintech 4SLP motherboard from my failed 5x86 build . No matter how hard I tried, this board always gave me issues with both 5x86 and AMD DX4-100 (even though it explicitly supports the latter). However, with a …

Re: Adventure gamer wanting a do-it-all PC

Posted on 2017-07-24, 13:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Jorpho wrote: While I can definitely believe the Sierra games were written with the MT-32 in mind (since Sierra was in the business of selling MT-32 cards), would that really be the case for the Lucasarts games? Frankly, I just assumed that, but I don't have an actual source to back the claim up 🤣

Re: Adventure gamer wanting a do-it-all PC

Posted on 2017-07-24, 12:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Would this be right? would it be able to play the old DOS games as well as the newer stuff? how about sound cards? When it comes to earlier LA games (like Secret of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis, etc), there are several options. The easiest one is to get a SoundBlaster or any of …

Re: External battery melting?

Posted on 2017-07-22, 22:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

mrau wrote: did You prevent them from getting charged? How do I do that?

External battery melting?

Posted on 2017-07-22, 21:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi, all I got an external battery holder today to plug into my 386DX40. After about half an hour of use I saw small smoke coming out of the case. Turned out, one of minus connectors started melting through the plastic. 2017-07-23 00.39.30.jpg 2017-07-23 00.39.42.jpg Am I doing something wrong, or is …

Re: A perfect MT-32 rig?

Posted on 2017-07-21, 20:17

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

What version of mt-32 do you have? Only rev.0 has issues when computer speed is too fast, rev.1 doesn't care so you only mingle with caches and slowdown programs to provide yourself with a comfortable gaming performance which is a non mt-32 related issue but rather an issue of your own comfort and …

A perfect MT-32 rig?

Posted on 2017-07-21, 14:41

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Hi, all I recently got myself an MT-32 and having a lot of fun with it. Really waiting for keropi's next batch of MusicQuest clone cards, but SoftMPU will do for now. Anyways, I wanted to ask for an advice — if you were to build a rig with the sole purpose of covering most MT-32 titles (including …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-19, 10:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I haven't bought any retro hardware in a while, so I decided to splurge this time. http://i.imgur.com/yM6w3Bw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/OMH3Ijc.jpg This is my first ever 3dfx card and the Voodoo Graphics of my dreams in 1996. The card is pristine. Seriously, there wasn't a speck of dust on the card. …

Re: Picking a 386 motherboard?

Posted on 2017-07-18, 09:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Anonymous Coward wrote: In my experience, all boards with a soldered CPU which also have an extra CPU socket require the soldered chip to be sliced off before the socket can be used. That's brutal. Also... why? What's the point of having a CPU socket if you can't use it unless you permanently …

Re: I have too many 16-bit ISA sound cards, which ones should I sell off?

Posted on 2017-07-18, 09:28

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

appiah4 wrote: Im also going crazy trying to figure out which DOS/Win3.x drivers I should install for which Sound Blaster I have: CT2290 CT2890 and CT2980 so if you can tell me which card needs what I would be grateful. For DOS/Win3.11 they aren't really model-specific. Just download the Basic disk …

Picking a 386 motherboard?

Posted on 2017-07-18, 01:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi, all I've recently got my hands on Intel 386dx-33 and an i387, so I'm thinking of building a 386 machine for MT-32 games like Wing Commander, Ultima 7&Ultima Underworld, Monkey Island 1/2 and some Legend Entertainment titles. I have RAM, 16-bit multi I/O, some ISA videocards from Trident, Realtek …

Re: I have too many 16-bit ISA sound cards, which ones should I sell off?

Posted on 2017-07-17, 22:04

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I thought you have like 40+ cards ;) As you have six cards, I wouldn't sell any. You can always switch and mix them and play around with. They also don't take a lot of space. Gotta respect that. I basically can't part with any cards I have because: a) they can one day become a spare that I need for …

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