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Getting a good Windows 98 gaming PC...
TPA5 replied to ataridave's topic in Classic Computing Discussion
Haven't people also tried disabling CPU caches in order to slow the system? I might be remembering 100% incorrectly but I thought some have done that. -
You know, I bought the first episode way back when it first came out. It was really fun actually, but I never got the other two. I put this on my "to buy" list, thanks for the heads up! I completely forgot about it until now. Not sure if I want to pony up $45 Canadian for it on the Steam store, so I might see about waiting for a sale.
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Today's gaming community and what's wrong with it...
TPA5 replied to Ninjabba's topic in Modern Console Discussion
I 100% agree. -
CD yes, USB nope. Not natively anyway, which was his question. Not that it matters what MS-DOS supports, as he's asking about CP/M which doesn't support CD or USB natively as far as I'm aware. Maybe someone out there has created some drivers for it, but out-of-box it's a no-go. Maybe my post came across as rude, didn't mean to. The OP's request to "make it happen" struck me as demanding and amusing.
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Today's gaming community and what's wrong with it...
TPA5 replied to Ninjabba's topic in Modern Console Discussion
People are what's wrong with the gaming community. Things are usually fine until they show up. -
Every few months I stumble across a forum post or gaming article bemoaning Nintendo's future, and prophesying it's impending demise. I remember people making the case back in the N64 days that Nintendo would barely last another year. Yet still, here we are in 2016 and Nintendo remains. Now I am not an analyst or expert, but even with their missteps they've stuck around this long. Unless there is some monumental cock-up with the NX, I imagine they'll be around for the foreseeable future as well.
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Um..... what? Retro Trio Suddenly Worth Something?
TPA5 replied to MotoRacer's topic in Modern Console Discussion
I wish I lived in a universe where I could get a NES, SNES, and Genesis for $140. -
Not my bag but if it makes you happy, that's all that matters really.
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Theft-proofing consoles,etc for conventions?
TPA5 replied to S1500's topic in Classic Console Discussion
You need one of these, but in a booth-version: -
I'll have to check them out, thanks. How are the thumbsticks on them, pretty comfortable to use for extended play sessions? I have a Nyko PlayPad which isn't bad, but unfortunately doesn't work that well with Windows and the thumbsticks are so-so.
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I like the new GUI a lot, it is going to look awesome on living-room TV's. Now if only I could settle on a wireless controller to use with it, I'd be a happy man. The 360 controller works pretty well for things like the N64, but honestly when it comes to anything with the d-pad the 360 controller is not my favourite at all. I might see about getting a couple Wii Classic Controllers and a USB adapter, but that means I would have to have a cord running across the living room. Not my preferred solution.
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So you're trying to get an OS that's almost 35 years old to run on a modern machine? With drag-and-drop? And USB and CD?
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When did people start calling their computer setup their "rig?"
TPA5 replied to Zap!'s topic in Classic Computing Discussion
I grew up with "rig" being a slang term for a dudes junk. Not sure if that's a regional thing particular to where I live or if others say it too, so it's weird when I hear people refer to their computers as "rigs". I simply call my computer my setup when I'm referring to the hardware. Then again, I also call my parents cat "Cat", and my in-laws dog "Dog". Creative, I know. -
Unfortunately I have not gotten one yet. I wasn't able to dig anything up, and in the meantime the tax-man came back to us because they calculated something incorrectly and decided we owe them more money. Pretty nifty that I get to pay for their mistake, but such is life. Anyway once we become more financially solvent I'll re-visit trying to hunt an A500 down.
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If you want to punch demons in the face. This is the game to do it in.
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For $45 you could buy a flashcart that would let you load up those kinds of things, then you can pick-and-choose what you want on it.
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Inaccessible Games Everyone Should Try
TPA5 replied to Games Retrospect's topic in Modern Console Discussion
I wanted to like Dark Souls but I find the older I get the less time I have to play games, and playing a game that forces me to repeat the same section for the 42nd time because it keeps sucker-punching me is not as enjoyable as it once was. By the time I beat some sections I didn't even feel the satisfaction I might have once felt beating a really tough section, I just felt like I had wasted my time. -
So...are we just not talking about Battlefield I, or what?
TPA5 replied to BassGuitari's topic in Modern Console Discussion
I appreciate that a company is finally taking time to look at WW1, I hope they include some of the Canadian involvement as so often war-games tend to be America or Britain-focused. As always the trailer looks slick and I refuse to try and make too many assumptions based off that alone. But I do tend to like the Battlefield series more than COD, so I might pick it up after it's been out awhile. Problem is I really dislike multiplayer, and Dice seems to have zero interest in doing offline bots in BF anymore. I've wasted hours upon hours of my life playing co-op with friends in BF1942, BF2, BF2142, BFV: Vietnam, and of course the countless mods for those games because EA included bots. These days I guess it isn't cool to have bots in your game. -
These threads always amuse me in that some people will go to great lengths to defend Kickstarter, and others go to great lengths to shit on it. It's an optional thing, if you don't want to spend money on it... don't. That being said, if you think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread that's great, but trying to gain converts probably won't work well. It just ends up in frustration and arguments. Personally I think a lot of the folks begging for money on Kickstarter haven't the faintest damn notion how to handle it once they have it. We're talking about people that have been tinkering in their basement suddenly ending up with tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars. I'd like to pretend that I could be immune to any sort of mis-handling of those funds, but it would be hard to suddenly find yourself flush with more cash than you ever imagined. Add to that the insane pressure of the internet "community" as a whole, and it isn't the least bit surprising some of these campaigns go south.
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Eh, it's not as if he's drawing a smiley face on the Mona Lisa or turning boxed copies of River Raid into bookends. This kind of thing only bugs me if it's a super-rare item, and even then it is their item, they can do what they want with it.
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Atari Best Electronics is no longer selling refurbished consoles
TPA5 replied to Oldschool80skid's topic in Atari 2600
I don't think their website is that bad. In fact compared to the current bullshit trends of having swooshy menus, animations flying everywhere, pop-up text boxes, and needing to have Javascript, Flash, Silverlight, and god only knows whatever other plugin installed just so I can browse a website that deposits trackers on my computer is infinitely more odious than Best's website. -
I tend to dislike "people" (i.e the unwashed masses), so I have never once used voice-chat in a game. I feel that if I did, it would turn me even more misanthropic than I already am.
