Retro PC Gaming... Anyone into it?

[Totempole]

I've recently built a "Retro PC" to play all my old PC games from 1989-2000.
I'm pretty sure I'll never succeed in getting all of the old games working on
1 PC, since there will be compatibility issues with some games.

Anyway, the reason for this post was to ask if there was anyone else doing
this sort of thing. If yes, do you have a dedicated Retro-PC? And what
hardware did you opt to use?

[DCWarhound]

nope,i usually just use patches and fixes for old games.

[mass09]

I'm not into retro gaming but if I was I would use a modern pc and get my games from GoG.com

[Tsar]

I've recently built a "Retro PC" to play all my old PC games from 1989-2000.
I'm pretty sure I'll never succeed in getting all of the old games working on
1 PC, since there will be compatibility issues with some games.

Anyway, the reason for this post was to ask if there was anyone else doing
this sort of thing. If yes, do you have a dedicated Retro-PC? And what
hardware did you opt to use?

Nah dude I just do what bloodhound does.

[Totempole]

GoG Games are awesome, but you have to wait for them to "mod" the games for newer OS's.
The problem is, there are loads of games which GoG wouldn't even consider converting.

DOSBox (Which many GoG games use) is an amazing emulator for DOS games, but still, it's
far from perfect. There are many DOS games which won't work on DOSBox yet.

Virtual PC, Virtual Box, VMWare etc. are great if you want to run games for Win95/98
that don't need DirectDraw or Direct3D, since these features are unavailable or very
buggy in Virtual PC's Running Win9x. That limits Virtual PC's to about 20% of all Win9x
Games. Not to mention the fact that modern day CPU's are way too fast (even on 1
core) to run games which haven't implemented framerate limiters.

Moslo: Great at slowing down a CPU for DOS, but terrible at slowing down a CPU in
Windows. In Windows the CPU slowdown will be inconsistant, as with all other CPU
slowdown Apps.

So, this is why I got sick of trying to "emulate" a suitable environment for the games
I like, and instead made the real thing. It's not perfect, but it's 95% there.

[Maplassie]

I have a dedicated Retro PC for all my oldies!

Pentium II 350
128MB SD Ram
40GB HDD
3DFX VoodooII 8MB

All my older dos and windows based games are epic, specially the 3DFX ones

[Totempole]

I have a dedicated Retro PC for all my oldies!

Pentium II 350
128MB SD Ram
40GB HDD
3DFX VoodooII 8MB

All my older dos and windows based games are epic, specially the 3DFX ones

Nice! I wanted a Voodoo 3 3500 for mine, but I like to buy cards in pairs, so if one fails
I have a spare. I've ruled out 3DFX as an option for me, because they're too rare and
expensive to replace.

My one's a P2 400MHz,
256MB PC133 SDRAM
2x 80GB Hard Drives
1x 500GB Hard Drive
32MB RivaTNT2

I have an exact "clone" of the above PC as a spare.

[jangutter]

I really like DOSBOX and SCUMMVM for playing older games, but the only problem I still have is GLIDE support for two or three old games. Independence War, and King's Quest 8. (To be honest, I could skip KQ8, but I'd really like to replay I-War again). Both of them are available on GOG.com, but getting GLIDE working is still a pain.

Eventually that old hardware is going to conk out: to be a TRUE retro gamer, you need to get an old CRT monitor, and a really crappy keyboard and mouse!

[Maplassie]

Eventually that old hardware is going to conk out: to be a TRUE retro gamer, you need to get an old CRT monitor, and a really crappy keyboard and mouse!

My Pentium II machine has a Phillips 17" CRT, Ibm beige / brown keyboard and MS trackball mouse

[iNNOS4iNT]

I have either my phone or my P C, nothing more. Oldest game
I have is probably Oblivion or F.E.A.R. .