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Offline phinix

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Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« on: Fri, 24 April 2026, 07:47:32 »
In last year or so I started to re-play my old PC games from the time when I was a kid.
It is so nice to be able to play them on current hardware. There are some compatiblilty issues, but some of them are fine.

Played so far:

-The Thing Remastered
-Return to Castle Wolfenstein
-Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 1
-Project IGI 1
-Project IGI 2
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Offline phinix

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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 24 April 2026, 07:48:30 »
Today I just finished Project IGI 2 - great memories:)
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 25 April 2026, 22:00:39 »
another reason why I have been supporting GoG more - thinking of firing up Legacy of Kain 1 and 2
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 27 May 2026, 07:22:13 »
GoG has honestly become the best way to preserve old PC gaming. Half the battle now is just getting those old games to launch properly on modern hardware without spending 2 hours patching stuff.
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 28 May 2026, 22:51:04 »
Still having fun with a lot of games from my teenage years...

- Streetfighter Apha 3
- Streerfighter III 3rd Strike
- King of Fighters 98 and XIII
- Shadow Warrior (Classic Redux)
- Blood (Fresh Supply)
- Doom (GZDoom + BrutalDoom)
- Crusader - No Remorse (...and No Regret)
- Unreal Tournament 2004 (recently made free)

No looong startup times, no looong intros, no looong tutorials, no looong cutsceenes... just quick and simple fun!
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 29 May 2026, 02:57:01 »
Quote from: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 28 May 2026, 22:51:04
Still having fun with a lot of games from my teenage years...

- Streetfighter Apha 3
- Streerfighter III 3rd Strike
- King of Fighters 98 and XIII
- Shadow Warrior (Classic Redux)
- Blood (Fresh Supply)
- Doom (GZDoom + BrutalDoom)
- Crusader - No Remorse (...and No Regret)
- Unreal Tournament 2004 (recently made free)

No looong startup times, no looong intros, no looong tutorials, no looong cutsceenes... just quick and simple fun!

Crusader games - I remember when they came out, me and my friend played a lot. Also, remember Bedlam - similar isometric view shooter, only with small helicopter. All DOS games were cool :)
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 29 May 2026, 04:48:06 »
Marvel vs Xmen > 3rd strike  ,  /Controversial.
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 29 May 2026, 04:54:49 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 29 May 2026, 04:48:06
Marvel vs Xmen > 3rd strike  ,  /Controversial.

nah
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 29 May 2026, 07:40:24 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 29 May 2026, 04:48:06
Marvel vs Xmen > 3rd strike  ,  /Controversial.

I remember Marvel VS Capcom, but not Marvel vs Xmen.
Gonna give it a try next weekend...

I also have a controversial opinion: Streetfighter EX plus Alpha was good...
A tweaked Fighting-Layer-EX system would be superior to the one in SF IV, V and VI
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 29 May 2026, 15:18:40 »
It's streetfighter vs xmen,  Tp4 was imagining things agani.
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Offline phinix

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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 30 May 2026, 03:59:52 »
OK, 90s games, excluding this comic games crap.
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 30 May 2026, 12:58:10 »
NBA jam,

Turtles in time,

Area 51
Time Crisis
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 31 May 2026, 09:43:03 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 30 May 2026, 12:58:10

Time Crisis

I still own the game and the lightgun that came with it. Also Crypt Killer, Point Blank, Resident Evil Survivor, etc.
But my final CRT broke about 10 years ago, and I can't figure out what's the culprit.
All old-school Radio/TV repair shops closed down more than a decade ago.
Swapped some caps that looked suspicious, but that did not help.
I hesitate getting one of eBay/else...
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 31 May 2026, 12:47:35 »
Unless the CRT was abused, it's almost always the main filter cap aging, not enough juice.
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 31 May 2026, 14:24:27 »
The main filter caps are the big boys (400V / 470µF) at the power supply section?
« Last Edit: Sun, 31 May 2026, 14:27:10 by TheSoulhunter »
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Re: Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 31 May 2026, 15:05:45 »
Usually the biggest one in there, that isn't near the flyback.
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