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Lokarin 07/05/18 12:13:08 AM #1: |
Occasionally a double-speed CD-ROM would be nice.
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Foppe 07/05/18 1:09:06 AM #2: |
I remember 486 running at 40, not 44.
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Blaqthourne 07/05/18 1:10:54 AM #3: |
I don't think an 8086 could run at 44Mhz.
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Digimon 07/05/18 1:11:36 AM #4: |
i remember when you put deli ham slices in a taco
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Red_Frog 07/05/18 1:23:12 AM #5: |
I remember when Amigas were the only gaming PCs, and they did it with 7 MHz and floppies.
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Foppe 07/05/18 1:39:58 AM #6: |
I remember some fighting games on Amiga that required you to swap floppies between each new fight.
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Red_Frog 07/05/18 3:05:03 AM #7: |
Foppe posted...
I remember some fighting games on Amiga that required you to swap floppies between each new fight. Damn, that honestly would've become kind of annoying, though I had an extra drive which usually helped. The most swapping I recall ever having to do was with Willy Beamish. It still didn't feel quite that ridiculous considering the genre, slower paced adventure game. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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darkknight109 07/05/18 3:13:45 AM #8: |
I remember installing a Star Wars game (I forget whether it was TIE Fighter or Star Wars Chess) that I actually had to upgrade my computer for because it required an absolutely obscene amount of memory (~44 MB). I also had to configure it so it did not run any background processes except for those necessary for the game in question.
I remember the mild case of terror that came with installing a program from floppies, hoping not to see that garish error screen that indicated a corrupted floppy and signified that the last hour you spent swapping through a set of 47 different floppies was completely wasted. I remember the phrase "It's now safe to turn off your computer". --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Foppe 07/05/18 6:36:08 AM #9: |
The good old days of creating your own boot floppies.
I remember that some games used so much memory so you had to decide if you wanted to load your gamepad or soundcard drivers, and the developers only supported 3-5 soundcards so if you had a different soundcard... No sound for you! And just because you managed to start the game didnt mean that you were safe. It could suddenly require more memory after a while, and if you didnt have enough free... Crash! --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kigalas 07/05/18 6:47:08 AM #10: |
I kind of miss the 5 1/4 floppies, they were fucking giant. And playing games that used a tape player and a 3-ring binder thing with push buttons built into the back - now that was something else.
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dancer62 07/05/18 7:32:14 AM #11: |
Blaqthourne posted...
I don't think an 8086 could run at 44Mhz. Or a 6502, in Atari, Commodore, Apple, the most common gaming computers. Cassette tape drives. Type-in games from computer magazines. And, if you had an extra $600 to spare, a giant step up to 170k single-sided floppies. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less ... Copied to Clipboard!
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adjl 07/05/18 6:40:26 PM #12: |
The biggest thing I remember was not being able to run Lego Creator because I didn't have a graphics card with a 3D accelerator. True early PC gaming was a bit before my time.
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Bugmeat 07/05/18 9:24:28 PM #13: |
I remember the dark days of loading a game from one floppy then having to insert a second one to actually play the thing.
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