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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: thekosmickollector on July 18, 2014, 03:06:36 pm
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So, I've been watching a lot of MetalJesusRocks and Lazy Game Reviews recently and it really got me interested in collecting old big-box PC games because they look like really cool things to own. But, thing is, the only PC I have is a relatively new Windows 8 laptop, so I have no idea what kind of machine I should use and what peripherals I need to play them etc etc. Anything that plays 5th-gen and back would be fine. So, what kind of thing do you guys suggest I get, and what kind of price would we be talking about?
Thanks in advance
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If you don't want to spend the time or money trying to find good condition old parts to build a computer your best bet would be to use dosbox. It will let you play the old dos based games on a modern computer.
check out the link if you want to learn more about it.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/239399/how_to_use_dosbox_to_play_classic_games.html
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Talk to this guy http://www.pc-king.nl/ (http://www.pc-king.nl/)
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Talk to this guy http://www.pc-king.nl/ (http://www.pc-king.nl/)
Fwoo. Biggest in Holland, eh? That's quite impressive
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If you don't want to spend the time or money trying to find good condition old parts to build a computer your best bet would be to use dosbox. It will let you play the old dos based games on a modern computer.
check out the link if you want to learn more about it.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/239399/how_to_use_dosbox_to_play_classic_games.html
Thanks for the suggestion - that'd actually make quite a lot of things easier. I'm just a little worried that my laptop will be able to handle it (It literally dies whenever I try runnung Resident Evil 2 on it) but I'll give it a shot regardless
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I was in the same boat. I bought a game laptop with Windows 8 on it earlier this year but for older PC games, I had to build a custom vintage gaming computer. I multi-OSed mine with Windows 95, 98SE, ME and XP so I wont have any compatibility problems. Still trying to get parts to make a DOS 6.22/Windows 3.1 computer but thats a long way away. If you end up building your pc, take pics and stuff. I'm really into that stuff and would love to see it! :)
As far as big box PC games, I started off just getting a couple thrift shopping and then everything turned up from there and now I've got like 15 of them.
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If you don't want to spend the time or money trying to find good condition old parts to build a computer your best bet would be to use dosbox. It will let you play the old dos based games on a modern computer.
check out the link if you want to learn more about it.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/239399/how_to_use_dosbox_to_play_classic_games.html
Thanks for the suggestion - that'd actually make quite a lot of things easier. I'm just a little worried that my laptop will be able to handle it (It literally dies whenever I try runnung Resident Evil 2 on it) but I'll give it a shot regardless
... I was never able to run Resident Evil 2 on anything past Windows 98. The game ... was not programmed to run on all software and hardware. :P