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Post by anayo on Jun 26, 2020 12:56:09 GMT -5
Civilization III (PC) Star Wars Episode 1 Racer (PC) 1080 (N64) Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (N64) Cruisin' USA (N64) - all 5 games cost $3.22 Quake II Netpack 1: Extremities (PC) Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning (PC) Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero (PC) Dragon's Lair CD-ROM (PC) - all 4 games were given to me by chibbyTotal: $3.22
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Post by Sarge on Jun 26, 2020 13:17:44 GMT -5
Nice. I've always heard that 1080 is really good. I also remember when Ready 2 Rumble was quite popular. Pretty sure one of those was a launch title for the Dreamcast as well.
EDIT: Well, I enjoyed my playthrough of Maui Mallard enough that I checked eBay, and the PC version (which is a bit different from the SNES version) had a disc on sale for $4.25 total, so I jumped on it.
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Post by anayo on Jun 28, 2020 9:21:04 GMT -5
Nice. I've always heard that 1080 is really good. I also remember when Ready 2 Rumble was quite popular. Pretty sure one of those was a launch title for the Dreamcast as well. I associate Ready 2 Rumble with the Dreamcast, too. It showed up a lot in ads when the Dreamcast came out. What kinds of differences do those two versions have? I find those comparisons to be really interesting (like Powerslave for Sega Saturn vs. Playstation vs. PC).
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Post by anayo on Jun 28, 2020 9:26:56 GMT -5
Pictured: Hellfire: Single Player Diablo Expansion Pack (PC) Diablo II Expansion Set (PC) Black and White (PC, specifically Windows 95, 98, and 2000. I already had the Macintosh Power PC version of this game, but no hardware to play it. Will probably try out this version before 2020 ends.) Total: all three games cost $3.15 This should be my last "good finds" post for a while. I did a whole bunch of thrifting last week, but it isn't foreseeable that I'll pick up the pace for the time being.
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Post by Ex on Jun 28, 2020 10:11:35 GMT -5
anayoAre you a big fan of Diablo? Or do you plan to test these waters later? Edit: I'll add that I think it's great you have such a strong interest in late '90s PC gaming. I believe that the late '90s were the platinum age of PC gaming personally.
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Post by anayo on Jun 30, 2020 6:09:49 GMT -5
anayo Are you a big fan of Diablo? Or do you plan to test these waters later? I tried Diablo 1 a few months ago. The graphics charmed the heck out of me, but I wasn't crazy about all the grinding. Of course, it didn't help that my CD-ROM drive was in the throws of death and kept making my game crash before I had saved my progress. If that hadn't been the case maybe my impressions would have been more favorable. I floated the question on HRG as to whether there's something wrong with me for disliking Diablo 1 and everyone seemed to agree that Diablo II is better. Anyway I would have paid $3 for just Black and White all by itself. When the 2000's were over with I regretted not buying and hanging onto more retro gaming stuff while it was so cheap and plentiful, so perhaps I'm trying to make up for that now. 90's PC gaming was awesome! Not only because PC hardware was skyrocketing so far beyond console hardware, but devs were still making games that targeted more advanced PC specs as their baseline. I don't think the economies of scale allow developers to profitably do that anymore. Now everything has to be built from the ground up to run on the weakest console on the market. If it happens to run nicer on PC, then great, but there don't appear to be many "this will run on PC and nothing else" kinds of games anymore. Of course, it also helps that I was exposed to 90's PC gaming in elementary school, so I'm super nostalgic about it now. Also, unlike 90's console games, which have all but dried up, it's still easy to go to thrift stores and find PC games from that era, probably since people don't want the headache of getting old PC software working in modern times.
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Post by Ex on Jun 30, 2020 10:10:40 GMT -5
everyone seemed to agree that Diablo II is better Funny enough that's the Diablo I haven't tried playing yet. But yes, most Diablo aficionados agree that part 2 is the best entry in the series. The original Diablo and Diablo III I have played however. The original Diablo had killer atmosphere, but the gameplay quickly wore thin for me. Diablo III... I've got nothing good to say about it whatsoever. I'll add that PC devs back then, were often targeting more advanced PC players as their baseline as well, insofar as their intrinsic game designs were concerned. You weren't going to see something like System Shock or Daggerfall on consoles in the '90s.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2020 14:31:38 GMT -5
Nice. I've always heard that 1080 is really good. I also remember when Ready 2 Rumble was quite popular. Pretty sure one of those was a launch title for the Dreamcast as well. EDIT: Well, I enjoyed my playthrough of Maui Mallard enough that I checked eBay, and the PC version (which is a bit different from the SNES version) had a disc on sale for $4.25 total, so I jumped on it. I have it and put it up for sale. Ready 2 Rumble doesn't really hold up well imo. But if one should get it, the Dreamcast version is the way to go.
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Post by anayo on Jul 3, 2020 12:15:24 GMT -5
ExPer your recommendation I finally got a 16 MB ATI Rage Pro for $9 on eBay. What drove me to do it was that Black and White's poor performance on my 8 MB card. I had an interest in Black and White since high school because an online friend praised it to no end, insisting that I play it. Back then (maybe 2005 or so) I feel like it was more common to verbally describe games to your friends rather than just look up clips of them on YouTube. Anyway when I tried it on my 8 MB ATI Rage it ran, but performance was rough, right on the threshold of being unplayable. With the 16 MB card it still isn't 60 fps, but it's way nicer. This new card will also help me enjoy these: Quake III - is only playable at 300x200 w/ 8 MB card Warcraft III - low teens fps and potato textures w/ 8 MB card S.I.N. - only runs in software mode w/ 8 MB card The only title on my C drive tried other than B&W to try with the 16 MB card is Gunman Chronicles. On the 8 MB card it only worked in software mode, but now on the 16 MB one it runs in OpenGL. I'm not crazy about the anti-aliased texture filtering but the smooth 60 fps performance is really nice. I like what this has in store for me Also, getting drivers for this card was a pain in the rear. It's some special Dell variant. I had to unsuccessfully try like 8 different drivers before finally finding what I needed on Dell's website. It's a good thing they still let people download Windows 98-era drivers!
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Post by Ex on Jul 3, 2020 22:15:38 GMT -5
Per your recommendation I finally got a 16 MB ATI Rage Pro I am glad you took my advice on buying this card for your legacy '90s PC gaming rig. This card served me well in the late '90s and early '00s. My guy, you can still get the legit drivers straight from the OEM: If you go to this page: www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/legacy-graphics/ati-rage-series/ati-rage-128-proAnd expand the "+Windows ME/98" section, you will see the "Display Driver Bundle" section open up. There you can hit the DOWNLOAD button to get the final 4.13.7192 revision of the driver for Windows 98.
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