Yeah we get to the typical..
A:"Janky old cards that I claim to want are over $100 on eBay now, won't someone PLEASE make a modern replica/replacement."
... sometime later...
B:"I've come up with a way to build it using $150 worth of components, $10 for PCB, or I'll sell them assembled for $200"
A:"Scammer! It's only $100 on eBay for the real thing!" *still doesn't buy the one on eBay because he thought new ones should sell for $20, even though they cost $500 to make back int he 1990s, and have components that can be parted out used for $70*

( By the way, goldbugs gonna goldbug, but some other financial forecasters are predicting a run on gold this year, so if you've been meaning to pick up pre-2000 CPUs for $15 or $20, do it now, or the scrappers are gonna force them up to $100 real quick.)

BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-11, 16:04:

Anyone else I would have said was full of shit but this is "Mr FastDoom"

yes, but viti said games, is he going to patch/rewrite all of the games? 😀

BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-11, 18:49:

A:"Janky old cards that I claim to want are over $100 on eBay now, won't someone PLEASE make a modern replica/replacement." ... […]
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A:"Janky old cards that I claim to want are over $100 on eBay now, won't someone PLEASE make a modern replica/replacement."
... sometime later...
B:"I've come up with a way to build it using $150 worth of components, $10 for PCB, or I'll sell them assembled for $200"
A:"Scammer! It's only $100 on eBay for the real thing!" *still doesn't buy the one on eBay because he thought new ones should sell for $20

:] thats why Imo it only makes sense to make
- replicas of unobtanium hardware
- super deals like picoGUS
- something delivering unique experience/performance

BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-11, 18:49:

Yeah we get to the typical.. A:"Janky old cards that I claim to want are over $100 on eBay now, won't someone PLEASE make a mode […]
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Yeah we get to the typical..
A:"Janky old cards that I claim to want are over $100 on eBay now, won't someone PLEASE make a modern replica/replacement."
... sometime later...
B:"I've come up with a way to build it using $150 worth of components, $10 for PCB, or I'll sell them assembled for $200"
A:"Scammer! It's only $100 on eBay for the real thing!" *still doesn't buy the one on eBay because he thought new ones should sell for $20, even though they cost $500 to make back int he 1990s, and have components that can be parted out used for $70*

Yup

rasz_pl wrote on 2024-04-11, 19:17:

BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-11, 16:04:

Anyone else I would have said was full of shit but this is "Mr FastDoom"

yes, but viti said games, is he going to patch/rewrite all of the games? 😀

Add DirectX / Glide / OpenGL support in the card and you won't require to rewrite anything. And I bet Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D and Quake are quite doable. Also games like Commander Keen can be optimized. If I had such card, I'm pretty sure I'll do cool stuff with it.

ViTi95 wrote on 2024-04-11, 20:37:

Add DirectX / Glide / OpenGL support in the card and you won't require to rewrite anything.

now you want to port Wolf3D to DirectX? :]
On a more serious note Glide is apparently very developer friendly. Quake 2 Dos port might be a good start to get the feel https://bitbucket.org/neozeed/q2dos/src/master/ http://dk.toastednet.org/Q2DOS/

ViTi95 wrote on 2024-04-11, 20:37:

And I bet Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D and Quake are quite doable. Also games like Commander Keen can be optimized. If I had such card, I'm pretty sure I'll do cool stuff with it.

But then to get good Quake performance you will have whole game running inside the pi connected over ISA 😀
Paradoxically Duke3D, or rather Build engine is not very 3d accelerator friendly. Guys doing Ion Fury had massive trouble bringing it into 21 century with game still hitching deep into development.