Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-10-22, 03:13

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You are making me want to play Icewind Dale something fierce. I actually beat it back when it first came out, but never again since. Though I did fire up another session back in 2009 or so, but got distracted. I'm currently trying to wrap up Xenoblade Chronicles 3. My feelings towards it have …

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Re: List of PC games that you have not played or beaten yet that you'd like to

Posted on 2022-10-21, 04:28

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As an aside, and only because the past few posts mention the Fallout series, it might be relevant to add that Fallout 3 is currently a free giveaway at Epic Games. Until about October 27.

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Re: PiGUS: Gravis Ultrasound emulator on an ISA card with Raspberry Pi

Posted on 2022-10-18, 21:19

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@polpo How's the progress going? I see that the next WIP steps are - * Fabricate and test release candidate PCB * Better IRQ support * Better DMA support No pressure!, I am just curious if there is any more current detail you can share with we curious + eagerly looking forward public.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-10-18, 07:28

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In OS land, everyone's free to choose their own hill to die on. 😁 Much of a muchness in the end.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-10-15, 08:02

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I probably would play my ps2 more if it didn't look so bad on my modern TV (I could live with black bars if I have to, just the image quality is aweful). I wonder would even a very expensive scaler like Retrotink 5x or the eventially upcoming expectedly even more expensive OSSC Pro help all that …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.78b

Posted on 2022-10-14, 21:41

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I don't know how many times i've already said it, but i want to thank you once more for this wonderful tool. It's just amazing. I recently got bunch of ISA sound cards and i quickly went through them and checked if UNISOUND would detect them. From a set of 9 i got 4 cards, that were not immediately …

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Re: GET OFF MY LAWN (the YouTube channel)

Posted on 2022-10-03, 12:55

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Will I keep doing these updates? Possibly until 100. Then we'll see where we go from there. No no! You're committed for eternity now! At the (spoiler alert) end of Planet of the Apes, the camera will pan past the statue of liberty, to a heavily bearded Lawnie, scratching his latest Vogons update in …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-22, 03:39

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That may be the intention, but time will tell, ultimately. Really good IP's are rarely allowed to fully die. Everyone's familiar with the "band X's umpteenth farewell tour" meme.

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Re: Trying to build a DOS gaming system, and I'm having a hard time with sound. Can I get some advice?

Posted on 2022-09-20, 20:01

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^that "untested old crap/fuzzy photograph" thing is how I got a pristine Voodoo + other stuff for cheap once. Once. That sort of thing doesn't happen often though, especially for people who live more remotely. You wouldn't want to rely solely upon that method to obtain gear you really wanted/needed …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-20, 19:35

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I just beat Chapter 5 of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 last night. I felt like the game was beginning to drag, but holy shit did it just suck me back in. I'm not usually one for 2 hours straight of cutscenes in my games, but this had me on the edge of my seat. May have shed a tear in a few scenes. I'd say …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-16, 01:35

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Yes I think the best open world games limit you in some way and have a good fundamental mechanic to keep you coming back. Gothic 1 and 2 are the open world games always come to mind for me - exploration is always rewarded, and although the world is open you can't just wander around wherever you …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-13, 00:43

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It seems that some people have the proclivities to enjoy open world games, but on the other hand they simply don't work for some other people, the way their minds and preferences work. As a kid I ate up all SSI/Goldbox type of RPG, ravenously, but would confusedly quit Ultima games after a …

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-09-04, 20:13

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Knowledge is fine, until you have to argue with a random stranger on the other side of the world about it. All day every day.

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-09-03, 23:13

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Life was simpler back then. It Maybe easier today but it was simple to understand back then. Today there is to much chaos and unpredictability. With computers and the internet everything is moving too fast. Things are changing too fast. You know what really changed between then and now . . …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-02, 21:25

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This stuff ain't that old, but: I'm currently playing Cadence of Hyrule and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 , both on the Nintendo Switch system. C.O.H. is quite retro, as it's basically a 2D Zelda game where the combat is timing/beat -based. For people who love both 2D Zeldas, and the music of Zelda games …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-01, 05:10

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This stuff ain't that old, but: I'm currently playing Cadence of Hyrule and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 , both on the Nintendo Switch system. C.O.H. is quite retro, as it's basically a 2D Zelda game where the combat is timing/beat -based. For people who love both 2D Zeldas, and the music of Zelda games ( …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now sold out (gerbers will be released soon)

Posted on 2022-08-31, 21:35

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Hi! I just soldered a few of my own reverse-engineered boards that I posted about months ago (more like a year, actually). Someone posted pictures of a board (GUSar?), and I went full retard and reverse-engineered and fixed it up a bit. Some address pins of the SIMM were switched and some other …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now sold out (gerbers will be released soon)

Posted on 2022-08-22, 22:08

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"Galvanic corrosion" is the scientific term, and it applies to many metal pairings under certain conditions.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 10:10

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The Epox was a cool budget option at the time, but there's no doubt some big compromises were part of that. Durability 1 star. Still, did the job for many of us at the time. Soundstorm was fun, mostly a gimmick it could be argued (in the sense that I've never used or cared about Dolby Digital Live …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 06:49

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*Shreddoc looks across at his 8RDA+ sitting on the shelf not working for 10 years, and wonders if he'll ever finally get off his butt and recap it*

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