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Post and discuss retro PC gaming hardware, games, etc! This is more of a DOS/Windows game focused thread but all personal computers and operating systems used to play games are welcome.

>> No.2203481
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>>2203456
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have one of these? I'm normally a Windows guy but there's at least a few cool games for classic Mac OS X and I always loved the cheesy design of the iBooks.

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>>2203481
I own one that I modified a bit. Doesn't seem to boot correctly lately which is a shame as I love it. I've got a ton of old mac games installed on the OS9 side, like AOE, Quake or Carmageddon 2. Great item!

>> No.2204004

>>2203850
Didn't know age of empires had a Mac OS port. Probably Unreal Tournament would be my favorite, but it might be too taxing for an iBook.

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>>2203456
Can someone please show me a decent guide on how to properly set up video drivers for 98SE on a virtual box software, complete with the actual drivers?

I've tried Virtual PC 2007 and VirtualBox already, and I'm about to stab myself in the face.

>> No.2204462

So, I love red alert 2, despite the fact that I know almost nothing about computer hardware, and it has been bothering me that I have never played that game without massive slowdows on every large map, and it's WAY worse on yuries revenge.

Help me.

What is a good cheap tower that will play red alert, age of empires, sims original, tycoon games...

I have Win 98SE

>> No.2204506

>>2204462
I've lowered all the settings, which I hate doing, nothing helped.

>> No.2204513

>>2204343

Installing the virtual box "guest additions" should install the appropriate drivers.

Are you trying to run a different driver thats optimized for games?

>> No.2204770

>>2204513
Guest additions don't work for Windows 9x.
Either way, I think I got it working now.

I used Virtual PC 2007, and this link to sort me out for drivers:

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=9918

>> No.2204785

Is it difficult to find a physical copy of Windows 98SE? I could download it, but I would prefer not to.

>> No.2204812

>>2204785
You're worried about viruses in something you wont even connect to the internet?

>> No.2204816

>>2204812
I just want to add it to my collection.

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>>2203456
>Paper towel dispenser right next to PC

>> No.2206323

Silly dog, you can't play Unreal. Go away from the PC.

>> No.2206331

Is Baldur's Gate a good game? I want to play a good RPG and the new ones right now are pretty shit.

>> No.2206336

>>2206331
It is.

>> No.2206373
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Anyone know where to download win version of this? I downloaded a "partial demo" back in 2004 and now its released as full. This game has a connection with H.Holmes torture hotel I think

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>>2203456
That dog looks like he just killed a Nali slave and is feeling sorry for it.

>> No.2206470
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>Try downloading old DOS game
>All the links on every site is to the shareware version
>Finally find a torrent file for the whole game
>0 seeds for weeks

Retro gaming is cruel sometimes

>> No.2206476

>>2203456
Fuck yeah Unreal.

>> No.2206561

>>2206373
Yeah, GoG has a version I am pretty sure.

>> No.2206565

I have never owned a Macintosh. Can someone slap me with some absolute essentials for it? I have only ever heard and played Marathon and Pathways into Darkness.

>> No.2206804

>>2204462

Why are you trying to play RA2 on Win98? It runs natively in later versions of Windows. Even a completely basic, bare bones new PC could run it with no slowdowns ever.

>> No.2209441

>>2206565
Lucas art games, I believe most came out on the mac

>> No.2209518
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>>2203850
>>2203481
>>2206565

I've been able to make it boot (>>2209467) and grab screens of my games folders on both the OS9 and OSX sides. Nothing spectacular but gives you an idea.

>> No.2209526

Anyone have an Amiga 500 / 600 / 1200 north american power supply they want to sell?

>> No.2209556

>>2206565
games made by Ambrosia Software
Factory (http://macintoshgarden.org/games/factory-the-industrial-devolution can't say if this DL is working)

>> No.2209646

>>2209556
Artillery
Dome Wars
Infotron (a mac clone of another game I think)
Spin Doctor (idem)

>> No.2209920

>>2209518
I have drooled for years over being able to play these games on a classic Mac. The only reason why is that I had iMac G3s at my elementary and middle schools and I always wanted to play UT on them. I have little desire to buy a new Mac since I hate OS X, but I've thought about getting an old one to play with.

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JEDI KNIGHT DARK FORCESⅡ 1997
I don't have force, so I can't bounce a bullet by light sabers.

>> No.2211574

>>2206470
What game?

>> No.2211618

>>2209920
IMO, a maxed out 466Mhz iBook can be a great portable retro mac gaming thing. They don't cost much on eBay etc. if you avoid those customized/multicolored ones.

I guess iMac G3s can be very good too as some were quite powerful near the end of the production (mine is one of the slowest ones though, I prefer the iBook). Avoid the original mouse though!

>> No.2212760

>>2206565

Puzzle:
Fool's Errand, 3 in Three, System's Twilight

Arcade:
Battle Girl, Bumbler Beeluxe

RPG:
Odyssey: The Legend of Nemesis

And almost everything from Ambrosia Software or Casady & Greene

>> No.2214164

>>2210720
i remember when i bought this game from a pirate (don't know if it's different term when dealing with physical copies) and i didn't have enough money atm to buy both cd so i got just one
when game prompted me to put in cd 2 i just said "no" and it continued
what's up with that?

>> No.2215678

>>2214164
Music probably?

>> No.2216352

>>2214164
It's been a while, but I believe Disc 2 only contained cutscenes. They were FMV so they took up a lot of space.

>> No.2216565

>>2211574
Alien Rampage. I have it now, but I had a hard time finding it.
Based emuparadise. Didn't even know they had DOS games

>> No.2216597

>>2203456
that dog has some good taste unreal is a 10/10

>> No.2216998

>>2203456
Aces of the Pacific anyone? I was playing this on my Pentium 100 in '95 and I had to call Gateway support to write up a batch file to allocate the proper memory to run this game in DOS. Fug... I loved that game. way better than Aces over Europe and Aces of the Deep. I miss flying my Corsair :(

>> No.2217107

>>2216998
I have Aces over Europe in big box but unfortunately one of the floppies where corrupted so I have not bothered to try it yet. Whats good about these Aces games?

>> No.2217753

>>2216998
486>pentium

wwww

>> No.2217792
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Before youtube, there was realplayer... and it was shit.

>> No.2217842

Grew up on a 286 with a bunch of EGA games, like the game show conversions, Duke Nukem, Hugo's House of Horrors. Still have all the 5.25s. In 95, got a Pentium 100 which I used to play Rise of the Triad, Command and Conquer, Warcraft 2, Space Quest VI, and many other greats. I got all my DOSbox games off Underground Gamer (RIP), so I'm not sure where a good resource is now. I found a copy of SQ VI at Goodwill, and it is still as great as I remember. I also just acquired a fully functional Pentium 266 laptop running Windows 98, and am going to install Win 98 on an old Pentium 3 with an ISA port I can use for my old Awe32 PnP. Also got a 486 board and processor (UNUSED!) and have a couple old AT cases to put it in. Just need to find out what RAM it uses.

>> No.2217858

>>2217792
Sonic Satam.rm

24minutes.
....
10 megabytes

Evangelion episode 12, 10 megabytes.

>> No.2217895

>>2217842
i really need those sparts parts!

>> No.2218067

>>2217792
>mfw trying to stream britney spears @ 3kbs down a 56k connection
Got half a smeared tanktop. Still fapped.
>mfw trying to play CS and UT with 400ping

kids today....dunno their born with sez I

>> No.2218135

>>2217895
you already have enough old computer parts to start your own electronic waste recycling station.

>> No.2218343
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>>2217792
Trying to watch online content in the late 90's/early 2000's was buffering.

>> No.2218351

>>2218135
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>> No.2219672

>>2217792
>watching video in 256 colors
upgrade that graphics card

>> No.2221486

Fuck yeah, Doom and Unreal Tournament.

>> No.2221498
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>>2217858

my dial up was so bad it took 2 hrs to download a satam rm

All that just to masturbate to poorly compressed sally

>> No.2221539

>>2221498
>>2217858
>satam.rm

Same here.

That dogshit quality somehow didn't look so bad on a 640x480 monitor.

>> No.2222940

Guys can you recommend me some good turn based games for DOS?
Is for play in Android. I tried some action and sidescrollers and the virtual pad makes me mad. So I wonder if there is really good turn based games. I am actually playing OpenXcom and it works good.
Btw I dont care about the genre.

>> No.2222995
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Am I the only one that played this?

>> No.2225047

anyone know what to look when it comes to quality serial mice? the one i use now is complete garbage

>> No.2225462

> i will never find a fun lp of simsafari on youtube because so few people played it it seems

anyone else have a game like that where its impossible to find on youtube?

>> No.2225504

>>2225462
>lp
i rather not desecrate graves of old games i used to like

>> No.2228417

>>2222995
This was the version I played
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xql80JOVils