/vr/ - Retro Games

Thanks for the help and support everyone. Once this geomagnetic storm passes and I can save up, hopefully these beauties could be saved.

>>10116980
Well these are the issues before its current major problem of going straight into its safe mode or whatever the blinking amber led means. These pics were when it was first dying, I think someone else here mentioned a WinDAS app to me before too soI did buy that TTL cable. I still got to borrow someone's Win10 laptop in order to use the cable since the PC I have that works is an old 486 which does not have USB.

>>7148941
I seriously had no idea. I just thought it was because they were old. I've only ever had hand-me-down stuff.

>>7148974
Well the problem now is that when I hit the power button, it goes straight to the blinking orange led standby mode. It doesn't display anything.

>>7148987
I am in the USA.

>>4816301
Mmm, perfection. The game is one of the main reasons I love my 486DX4. I have been putting off working on the 486DX4 (switching from its onboard Cirrus Logic to Tseng ET4000, and Virba16 to CT1600), Maybe in hopes to get a new motherboard and RAM/cache chips for a new 486 machine. Tyrian is one of the primary games I have to install first.

Been too focused on building a J-Win98SE machine. I have lost focus, but just a few more months and I should have some cables and hard drives to finish that, before I refocus on the 486.


>>4816389
I had no idea about this game nor Stargunner. I will have to get them now. Thanks for introducing it to me too. I had only thought it was just Tyrian and Raptor for kickass DOS shooting games.

>>4065694
I have identified the Capcom game port pad which looked like a Genesis pad. It is named the "PC Fighter 6"; it was bundled with Street Fighter 2 and Megaman X. I am not sure it is any better, but not at the current going rates which should be reserved for custom arcade sticks or uncommon Sega Saturn pads (USB or PS2).

So the InterAct PC Propad 4 is probably the best I can do at under $5USD. It retains the design InterAct used for their Genesis and SNES pads, which is more aesthetically pleasing than the Gravis Gamepad. I wish the D-pad rocked from the pivot point more, but So far of these 3 controllers I've mentioned it is my choice. I did play some Tyrian with it, and it isn't the best, but it had a nice console-like feeling.


>>4065915
Thanks! I do remember on my old original SoundBlaster (8-bit not Pro nor 16) there were no jumpers, so that environment variable is all that was necessary for me. As for the Roland MT-32, I was always curious as it was in a lot of game options for the DOS titles I loved. Figured that device is more affordable than the Gravis Ultrasound option I kept seeing. However the only game I recall I learned of the Gravis Ultrasound was Zone 66, but I seem to love the more raw sound that game makes from the base SoundBlaster. Not to fear, I do intend on maybe upgrading the Virba16 I have in my 486 sometime too.