First post, by sofakng
I was born in 1980 and instead of playing on Nintendo I always played on my dad's computers. I think I started on a 386 and then later moved to a 486 (dx2?).
My first (and still favorite) was Police Quest 1 (EGA) and I also played Lucas Arts games (ie. Monkey Island!) and later Doom, Doom 2, Duke Nukem 3D, etc.
If I wanted to re-live my DOS gaming childhood and build a machine, what hardware would I be looking at for the games I mentioned above? I'm thinking of a 486DX2-66 but I want to make sure it's too too fast (?) for the early Sierra games and other games of that era.
Summary:
Games I want to play:
- Sierra games (early generation; Police Quest 1 EGA, etc)
- Monkey Island (1 and 2 definitely)
- Maniac Mansion
- Doom, Doom 2
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Quake (if possible?)
Display:
- LCD (and a DVI port if possible); I know that CRTs are more authentic but they are harder to find, take up more space, and I'm not sure I have the nostalgia for that part of my early gaming childhood.
Graphics:
- I remember getting a graphics card for Quake 2 (3dfx?) and it blowing my mind so that might be neat to see again.
Audio:
- I had a Sound Blaster 16 but I'd also like to be able to use a Roland MT-32 if I ever find one at a reasonable price. 😀
Thanks for any recommendations!
EDIT: Maybe I'm just better off with DosBox and Munt? Hmmm...