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| FritzWhite:
--- Quote from: quickfingers818 on March 03, 2014, 05:04:58 PM ---I personally play my old DOS games on an old school machine and that route would probably yield the best performance, but playing it through a virtual machine is much more practical. I tried it a few months back playing some old school oregon trail and it played like a champ with no performance issues whatsoever. --- End quote --- I remember Oregon trail, yes! No matter how I picked out supplies for the trip, someone would always get sick and die. Great game. |
| TyrannicalFascist:
--- Quote from: quickfingers818 on March 03, 2014, 05:42:54 PM --- --- Quote from: Dr.Agon on March 03, 2014, 05:11:34 PM ---you wouldnt need to build a retro pc, just buy one off ebay, plenty on there for cheap --- End quote --- Yes, very cheap. You can find dirt cheap dos machines at local flea markets, garage sales and in my area, thrift stores. They are literally stacked up at my local thrift stores here for less than 40 bucks. plus there is nothing quite like playing these old dos games on an authentic machine using a crt monitor. --- End quote --- I'll definitely consider it for the future, when I have the space to set up a second computer and crt monitor. Would Windows 98 SE be my best bet for an OS that could run just about everything I listed? Until then, maybe I should go with something like VirtualBox for Windows 95/98 games? |
| noemann:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3.8-92456-Win.exe http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.8-92456.vbox-extpack IF host = Windows XP THEN use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 ELSE use Oracle VirtualBox and DOSBox http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4580 XP RAM limit is 3GB. Windows 98 RAM limit is 512MB. You may also need copies of other old software, such as, Flash for certain PC games. I must be able to play my old copy of Browning African Safari for IBM PCs. :) |
| Ozzy_98:
I'm a huge dosbox fan, and I also use VirtualBox a lot (Mostly emulating Cisco routers, but some PC's before). Dosbox is better than an old PC when trying to get proper timing, no one wants a game running too fast because they're using an "old" 500 MHz pc. |
| TyrannicalFascist:
--- Quote from: Ozzy_98 on March 03, 2014, 09:17:35 PM ---I'm a huge dosbox fan, and I also use VirtualBox a lot (Mostly emulating Cisco routers, but some PC's before). Dosbox is better than an old PC when trying to get proper timing, no one wants a game running too fast because they're using an "old" 500 MHz pc. --- End quote --- That's good to know, thanks. Anyone use a particular front-end for accessing your DOS games with DosBox? |
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