Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-26, 06:14

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kolderman wrote on 2022-04-26, 01:20: Sports games are loved by some and universally hated by everyone else. I hate them for the fact you spend $60 and then you have to pay it again the following year for a roster update.

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2022-04-26, 05:44

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There is a 32-bit version of the QuickTime installer on the CD, QT32INST.EXE. Try that one. Just make sure to set compatibility to Windows 98. Also, I found some source header files in DATA/QTW/INCLUDE. Wonder if they can help in making an XP fix for QuickTime 2.1... Ok I was able to get the first …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2022-04-25, 16:58

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There is a 32-bit version of the QuickTime installer on the CD, QT32INST.EXE. Try that one. Just make sure to set compatibility to Windows 98. Also, I found some source header files in DATA/QTW/INCLUDE. Wonder if they can help in making an XP fix for QuickTime 2.1... Ok I was able to get the first …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2022-04-25, 06:57

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I'd already posted how to get Oregon Trail II to run on Windows 11. Everything works, except for the river-crossing videos (the MECC logo and intro play just fine). Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego has a similar issue where the Chief's movies don't show the video (the audio plays okay). Both …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2022-04-24, 20:46

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I'd already posted how to get Oregon Trail II to run on Windows 11. Everything works, except for the river-crossing videos (the MECC logo and intro play just fine). Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego has a similar issue where the Chief's movies don't show the video (the audio plays okay). Both …

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Re: What's the most recent dumb tech mistake you've made?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 14:12

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My friend, while trying to fix his keypad cellphone, killed it's battery to turn into smoke.

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 14:10

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BF1 was honestly the best WW1 era game i have played, and its not even really all that accurate to the actual war. People running around like its WW2. But the theme and aesthetic was point on. They tried to make it fit thematically. I know there is this other more accurate WW1 game called Verdun …

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 06:01

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Was there as many WW1 games? Not many. Only 2 games that I can think of from top of my head are BF1 and some really old game about the red baron or something. And like someone mentioned before, WW1 seemed somewhat more stale compared to WW2. Only thing I could think of WW1 that I found interesting …

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Re: What's the most recent dumb tech mistake you've made?

Posted on 2022-04-23, 21:19

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RandomStranger wrote on 2022-04-23, 20:34: BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2022-04-23, 16:39: I was learning in Duolingo, they had me to say a sentence and I was trying it with my mic connected but OFF. Imho learning with Duolingo is already a mistake 😁 Not wrong either, it's just their so that I am in the …

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Re: What's the most recent dumb tech mistake you've made?

Posted on 2022-04-23, 16:39

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I was learning in Duolingo, they had me to say a sentence and I was trying it with my mic connected but OFF.

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-23, 05:31

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GTA4 - it is impressive looking, i like the setting - but it's let down by ridiculous spec demands on a PC, unforgivably sloppy driving implementation and awkward contradiction between protagonists sympathetic 'realistic / gritty' story and the fact that he's a murderer (and inevitably, given the …

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-23, 05:29

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Was there as many WW1 games? No, that's a niche interest. I did play Flying Corps a lot in those days though. Same was the case for other wars as well. For some reason WW2 caught so much popularity and they kept on going. And probably Battlefield 1 has WW1, but it wasn't as long as typical story …

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Re: Microsoft enters “final phase” of disabling SMB1 file-sharing in Windows 11

Posted on 2022-04-23, 05:04

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DosFreak wrote on 2022-04-22, 19:22: Everything is insecure, shut it all down. That's the type of advice my parents would give. "Don't play online, our computer will get viruses" 😜

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Re: Microsoft enters “final phase” of disabling SMB1 file-sharing in Windows 11

Posted on 2022-04-22, 18:49

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As long as they allow to use SMB1, I am all fine with it. Hopefully they don't remove it completely down the line for "security purposes" Sounds like it's going to be a separate install from the main OS before too much longer. It's still fine. I wouldn't want them to do anything extra now. Having …

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Re: Microsoft enters “final phase” of disabling SMB1 file-sharing in Windows 11

Posted on 2022-04-22, 18:20

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As long as they allow to use SMB1, I am all fine with it. Hopefully they don't remove it completely down the line for "security purposes"

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Re: Favorite 4:3 games from the XP-era?

Posted on 2022-04-22, 17:26

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I enjoyed playing Call of Duty 1 and Need for Speed Most Wanted then. Good times, when you didn't need to have online connectivity primarily and we wouldn't look at the graphics settings that much.

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Privileged instructions error

Posted on 2022-04-22, 17:15

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I am trying to play a game "Dark Secrets of Africa" and it gets an error regarding some privileged instructions. I have never encountered such errors, nor do I know how to approach them. Can anybody help?

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Re: Popular games that you don't much care for and why?

Posted on 2022-04-22, 07:59

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Was there as many WW1 games?

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Re: Road Rash '96 - MIDI Error

Posted on 2022-04-22, 06:03

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Hmm this one works quite well. Thanks. But the weird part is MIDI calls now go through a separate wave channel to DxWnd. Maybe I need to investigate. I generally don't use DxWnd. If you are using it with Road Rash, you can also remove it as Road Rash is one of those rare old Windows games that work …

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Re: Road Rash '96 - MIDI Error

Posted on 2022-04-22, 05:41

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Kappa971 wrote on 2022-04-21, 22:30: BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2022-04-21, 21:21: Thanks I will try it tomorrow CoolSoft MIDI Mapper 2.1.0 has been officially released so don't use the beta version I uploaded Hmm this one works quite well. Thanks. But the weird part is MIDI calls now go through a …

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