January 30, 201016 yr For legacy gaming purposes I want to build a top of the line single core machine. I'll maybe buy two of each part to prolong its life. What caused me to do this is noticing that a lot of old games (e.g. Beyond Good and Evil) don't play nice with newer hardware and newer operating systems.
January 30, 201016 yr Just check a few computer repair shops they always have a ton of old crap laying around.
January 30, 201016 yr DosBox not good enough anymore? “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
January 30, 201016 yr Author DosBox not good enough anymore? You can run Beyond Good and Evil in DosBox?
January 30, 201016 yr You can run it on Win XP with a dual core processor and a pretty recent graphics card, though. Dual booting is probably easier than building a whole new rig just for that.
January 30, 201016 yr What kind of problems BG&E then has? It's one of those games I've been planning to buy from GOG.
January 30, 201016 yr GOG guarantees that your games work with new hardware and OSs, that's why they have their own installer and launcher.
January 30, 201016 yr The original BG&E version works on Vista, but there are some problems with artifacting. It's possible to solve this, though, with manually setting some graphics options. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
January 30, 201016 yr The Atom processor is found in single core configurations. It's 32 bit. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
January 31, 201016 yr The Atom processor is found in single core configurations. It's 32 bit. AND you can get it in most netbooks and nettops. It does still run two threads, though.
January 31, 201016 yr There's this. That might work. Or just get an Atom netbook. In 7th grade, I teach the students how Chuck Norris took down the Roman Empire, so it is good that you are starting early on this curriculum. R.I.P. KOTOR 2003-2008 KILLED BY THOSE GREEDY MONEY-HOARDING ************* AND THEIR *****-*** MMOS
January 31, 201015 yr DosBox not good enough anymore? You can run Beyond Good and Evil in DosBox? I don't know Beyond Good and Evil Still, I managed to get everything from Master of Orion 2 to the original Tomb Raider to run, so who knows? “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
January 31, 201015 yr I don't know Beyond Good and Evil Still, I managed to get everything from Master of Orion 2 to the original Tomb Raider to run, so who knows? BG&E was released late 2003, so I wouldn't bet on it
January 31, 201015 yr I don't know Beyond Good and Evil Still, I managed to get everything from Master of Orion 2 to the original Tomb Raider to run, so who knows? BG&E was released late 2003, so I wouldn't bet on it Ah, so it is a fairly new game Edit: I.e. too new for dos? “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
January 31, 201015 yr Author What kind of problems BG&E then has? It's one of those games I've been planning to buy from GOG. It has problems GOG can't fix: video and audio mess up, desynchronise on multi-core systems. Fiddling with processor affinity can help, but not completely mitigate problems.
January 31, 201015 yr DosBox not good enough anymore? You can run Beyond Good and Evil in DosBox? I don't know Beyond Good and Evil Still, I managed to get everything from Master of Orion 2 to the original Tomb Raider to run, so who knows? Heathen! Go to Good Old Games or Steam and become enlightened, it's an awesome game.
January 31, 201015 yr Edit: I.e. too new for dos? Veeeeeeeeeeeeeery much so. It has problems GOG can't fix: video and audio mess up, desynchronise on multi-core systems. Fiddling with processor affinity can help, but not completely mitigate problems. There seemed to be solutions to those at GOG forums, couple settings that needs to be turned off. What comes to multi-core problems ImageCFG fixes those.
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