Jokes on them, I've been mostly retro for years now. Games have sucked for a long time. I don't think it's any coincidence that randomizers are popping up to breathe new life into old games, while the big boys are busy cranking out remakes and remasters.
I haven't upgraded my PC since 2013. My PS4 has barely been turned on since I bought it ~4 years ago. The last thing I bought was one of those retro emulation handhelds. It's great, best purchase I made in over a decade.
I use PCEM on my PC! I can almost perfectly handle a Pentium II bios on a Slot 9. though some games stutter then others. Ironically the games that stutter are **less **demanding actually,
I emulate beyond Dos. I can go up to Windows 2000. I can run Sim City 3000 Unlimited without the map jerking all over the place. The panning is at proper speeds instead of a zillion miles per hour and this is the GOG version from an ISO from New Games Box. (Not sure if they are still around). It's suppose to be remade for Windows 10 but the map is uncontrollable on it! So I'm kinda surprised it works on Windows 2000!
What's your HOST PC specs? Mine is an I7 8th gen core with sadly an older GEFORCE 1030 2mb graphics board. I bought it in the end of 2017 for 800$. My parents helped me for part of it and they bought my old computer. :)
It (My old computer) actually worked till now and I think I heard Dad revived it using parts from another old computer. We have had so many old computers I can't remember so I'll tell you back when I learn more.
Also the latest version of PCEM uses VHD's now instead of whatever weird format they previously used for your virtual hard disk. That means it's compatible with virtualization programs like Oracle or VMware which sadly sucks compared to PCEM.
Why can't Oracel or VM have a passthru to use my actual graphics card for the 3D XP era games?
VirtualBox (Oracle) should have the guest additions thing to allow it to leverage your GPU. I remember having to play some stuff that way. Not sure about VMWare, never used it much.
Jokes on them, I've been mostly retro for years now. Games have sucked for a long time. I don't think it's any coincidence that randomizers are popping up to breathe new life into old games, while the big boys are busy cranking out remakes and remasters.
I haven't upgraded my PC since 2013. My PS4 has barely been turned on since I bought it ~4 years ago. The last thing I bought was one of those retro emulation handhelds. It's great, best purchase I made in over a decade.
I use PCEM on my PC! I can almost perfectly handle a Pentium II bios on a Slot 9. though some games stutter then others. Ironically the games that stutter are **less **demanding actually,
Oh jeez, haha. I'm over here with my NES/SNES/PS1/PS2 stuff and you're emulating a PC to emulate DOS. What a champion.
I emulate beyond Dos. I can go up to Windows 2000. I can run Sim City 3000 Unlimited without the map jerking all over the place. The panning is at proper speeds instead of a zillion miles per hour and this is the GOG version from an ISO from New Games Box. (Not sure if they are still around). It's suppose to be remade for Windows 10 but the map is uncontrollable on it! So I'm kinda surprised it works on Windows 2000!
BTW: I do MEAN Windows 2000 NOT Windows ME.
What's your HOST PC specs? Mine is an I7 8th gen core with sadly an older GEFORCE 1030 2mb graphics board. I bought it in the end of 2017 for 800$. My parents helped me for part of it and they bought my old computer. :)
It (My old computer) actually worked till now and I think I heard Dad revived it using parts from another old computer. We have had so many old computers I can't remember so I'll tell you back when I learn more.
I've got an i7 4790k with GTX 780. So 2014, not '13. These days I wish I had kept the old PII 255MHz from my younger years. I had a Voodoo 2!
Also the latest version of PCEM uses VHD's now instead of whatever weird format they previously used for your virtual hard disk. That means it's compatible with virtualization programs like Oracle or VMware which sadly sucks compared to PCEM.
Why can't Oracel or VM have a passthru to use my actual graphics card for the 3D XP era games?
VirtualBox (Oracle) should have the guest additions thing to allow it to leverage your GPU. I remember having to play some stuff that way. Not sure about VMWare, never used it much.