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Re: What would happen if a CoD kiddie tried Quake 3?

Posted on 2014-08-15, 02:04

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I know most of this thread is concerned with multi-player, but I wanted to chime in about modern FPS games... I'll be honest, I haven't played a lot of more modern games. My computer is always somewhat outdated and I can't get used to playing FPS games with a gamepad if my life depended on it. I do …

Re: Does DOSBox also help accomodate DOS Apps?

Posted on 2014-08-11, 12:13

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Any recommendation? My copy of CS5 Photoshop is flaky, and Adobe is zero help, unless I upgrade my support package. Think GIMP or MTPaint on Mint17 or Haiku would do the job? I'm mainly after creating pixel art, sprite sheets, background layers, etc.. The closest thing I've found to Deluxe Paint in …

Re: Most recent DOS game releases, ever?

Posted on 2014-08-07, 05:11

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This thread is kind of amusing considering that there have been commercially released games for the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800 and Commodore 64 in the last few years. Granted, they weren't produced by big companies and sold in brick & mortar stores, but they were released with full packaging and sold …

Re: Does this annoy anyone else?

Posted on 2014-08-07, 05:07

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Unfortunately, there aren't any VMs that provide decent hardware acceleration for Win9x. That right there is the problem. People want a virtual machine that can run Win9x with hardware acceleration so that it can be used to play games, but none of the VMs really provide that. So they see DOSBox …

Does anyone know where I can get Dungeon Crafter III?

Posted on 2014-08-03, 14:26

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In the past, I've drawn maps on graph paper for games that I was playing. Then later I'd load a paint program, set a grid and redraw my map manually. It occurred to me that this is exactly the kind of thing that a computer program would be great at. After much searching, I found a very simplistic, …

Re: What is the main use of old, virtual Windows systems?

Posted on 2014-08-03, 12:22

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It sucks that I have a pile of software that has problems or just doesn't work properly either because I need an older version of Windows, or because it doesn't like newer systems. At the moment I don't have the space to keep old systems setup just to play older games. And what do you do when the …

Re: What is the main use of old, virtual Windows systems?

Posted on 2014-08-03, 03:44

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Virtual Machine software is mostly intended for business and enterprise software, not consumer software, which is why they're not really tweaked to do the kinds of things you would need for gaming purposes and why stuff like DOSBox even exists. Not to say consumer software doesn't run in VM …

Re: X-Wing/Tie Fighter Collector's *CD-ROMs* for Windows?

Posted on 2014-08-03, 02:42

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Thanks for the replies. I really hate it when companies release significantly different versions of a game under the same title with nothing to really tell them apart. I actually have a copy of the Collector's Series, although I never got around to playing it. I bought it thinking that it was just a …

X-Wing/Tie Fighter Collector's *CD-ROMs* for Windows?

Posted on 2014-08-02, 22:42

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On the Mobygames entries for the X-Wing and Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROMs it lists them as being available for both DOS and Windows. The Windows versions are listed as having been released in 2000, however I can't find any reference to a Windows release of either package on any other site. The …

What is the main use of old, virtual Windows systems?

Posted on 2014-08-02, 22:02

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There are several programs to allow you to create a virtual system that will run older copies of Windows, such as VMWare Player. Often, these programs will have specific support for older versions of Windows, like 98. However, maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like these programs are all …

Re: Hexen issues in config Win 98SE ERROR KERNEL32.DLL

Posted on 2014-08-02, 20:34

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At that point it's not Hexen any more, it's just some flare-filled stagnancy. I didn't exactly go crazy with the graphical settings. I wanted three things; 1. Stability 2. Mouselook 3. No auto-aim I used a slightly older version of JDoom and didn't have any stability problems. It gives you regular …

Re: Afraid to run old Windows Games on Window 7?

Posted on 2014-08-02, 20:27

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It seems to be an issue with your video drivers 2D mode, something else than ACT. Do you have the regular version of NFS2? It's worth to test it as well, just to make sure. No, unfortunately I don't. I only have the special edition. When I first tried installing it, the Glide version did the exact …

Re: Is it just me, or do the DOS versions of Elite suck?

Posted on 2014-08-02, 03:31

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I've never played Elite. What's the best version for a newbie? Well, that depends on whether you want to play a more modern clone, or whether you want to play one of the official versions of Elite. For a modern remake, Oolite is the obvious choice. If you want to play one of the classic versions, …

Re: Is it just me, or do the DOS versions of Elite suck?

Posted on 2014-07-31, 23:54

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The Frontier games were as good on DOS as on the Amiga, imo. Frontier was an impressive tech demo, but I didn't find it anywhere near as fun as Elite. The realistic physics are what killed it for me. Elite plus ran fine on a Pentium with caches disabled. It is not a game that is known to be speed …

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