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First post, by Shodan486

Posted on 2013-09-09, 18:37

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Just got these two babies 😉

Had to put them to my other favourites:

MOBO: PVI-486SP3 Rev 1.2
CPU: POD-83
RAM: 2x16MB
VIDEO: Matrox Millenium 2MB/Voodoo2 12MB/Video Blaster VT300
AUDIO: SB Vibra16 FM
SCSI: 72GB 15k RPM HDD/YAMAHA CD-RW 16x/ZIP drive + FDD drive
NIC: 3Com Etherlink III
PSU: 230W Generic
OS: Win95 OSR2.5

Reply 1 of 8, by Half-Saint

Posted on 2013-09-09, 19:52

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Just curious... how much did these cost? 😁

Reply 2 of 8, by Jorpho

Posted on 2013-09-09, 20:26

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Look, they're flying.

Also, didn't Fallen Haven kind of ... suck?

Reply 3 of 8, by Shodan486

Posted on 2013-09-09, 20:40

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Look, they're flying.

Also, didn't Fallen Haven kind of ... suck?

It always depends on the POV. It was rather a simple macro-micro economics with classic turn based combats, certainly not an X-Com sophisticated title. If you played it, what would be the things that sucked, just to be precise?

As for the cost - I think I got both of them (one I bought a while ago, can't remember) for cca 170$ including the shipping cost and customs taxes. Think it was worth it, Half-Saint?

Reply 4 of 8, by Jorpho

Posted on 2013-09-09, 20:52

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Shodan486 wrote:
Look, they're flying.
?

I am referring to the imaginative box art.

If you played it, what would be the things that sucked, just to be precise?

I can't say that I ever did play it, but it seemed out of place next to the various other much more well-known games. I am probably getting it confused with some 2D fighting game. Never mind.

Reply 5 of 8, by F2bnp

Posted on 2013-09-09, 21:49

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Master of Orion 2 😀
A true classic!

Reply 6 of 8, by Anonymous Coward

Posted on 2013-09-10, 05:43

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What I'd like is a nice boxed PODP5V133.

Too bad they probably go for a few hundred buckazoids.

Of course if I found one I'd probably open it 😁

Ah...that new (old) computer part smell.

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Reply 7 of 8, by Half-Saint

Posted on 2013-09-10, 12:42

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$170 for both incl. shipping sounds quite reasonable.

I'll soon be parting with my Kingston TurboChip 5X86 133MHz over at amibay...

Reply 8 of 8, by Jan3Sobieski

Posted on 2013-09-13, 16:22

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Fallen Haven was awesome, as well as the sequel (prequel?) Liberation Day. Turn based combat and pretty decent animations (explosions) for its time.

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