The only real solution is to set up a virtual machine and run it off of that. I'm savy enough with computers to do this, but I wanted to go outside of my expertise and learn what you need to do to setup and run a virtual machine. Have any of you done it before, and what would I need
to get started?
that. I'm savy enough with computers to do this, but I wanted to go outside of my expertise and learn what you need to do to setup and run a virtual machine. Have any of you done it before, and what would I need
to get started?
Last month I downloaded a game off of Steam called Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. I always meant to play it when it was new in 1998, but a lot of things just got in the way these last 26 years.
I didn't anticipate this, but Steam just sold a game that wasn't programmed to work on a modern machine. Someone out there made some patches that can get it to run on modern hardware, but my computer is
just too modern to handle 1998. I had a problem with Blade Runner not generating targets in the target range because my clock speed was too
fast for the software to recognize, but this is a whole different league.
The only real solution is to set up a virtual machine and run it off of that. I'm savy enough with computers to do this, but I wanted to go outside of my expertise and learn what you need to do to setup and run a virtual machine. Have any of you done it before, and what would I need
to get started?
The only real solution is to set up a virtual machine and run it off of that. I'm savy enough with computers to do this, but I wanted to go outside of my expertise and learn what you need to do to setup and run a virtual machine. Have any of you done it before, and what would I need to get started?
would suggest trying PCemu of 86Box, as it would actually emulate the older hardware. The downloads from theirs sites do not include the bios's but they are simple enough to find.
would suggest trying PCemu of 86Box, as it would actually emulate the older hardware. The downloads from theirs sites do not include the bi but they are simple enough to find.
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would suggest trying PCemu of 86Box, as it would actually emulate the older hardware. The downloads from theirs sites do not include the bios's but they are simple enough to find.
I've used PCEmu a bit but not 86box.. I should probably give it a try.
I have some old DOS games I like to play sometimes, and DOSBox or DOSBox-X usually works okay for those though. Not too long ago, I also found the Amiga version of Lemmings packaged up with an Amiga emulator with a batch file all set up to make it easy to run, and I thought that was pretty cool..
I like being able to run retro games & other software. At the same
time, I was thinking about it recently, and when I was originally using all that software in the 90s, one reason I was into it was because it
was new and cutting-edge, which was exciting. Now I like running that stuff for nostalgia, and because I still like it. I still like playing with new cutting-edge stuff, and although that excitement is still
there sometimes, it also feels a bit different these days.
Amiga version of Lemmings packaged up with an Amiga emulator with a batch file all set up to make it easy to run, and I thought that was pretty cool..
Heha... When I was running in the hamster wheel of trying to get my Acorn up and running I was telling a friend about all the trials and tribulations I'd run into so far. He said "So what's the point of all this?" - after telling him he sounded like my wife I said I would know I'd been successful when I could play Lemmings on it :)
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