My original copy of Warcraft II still works in dosbox, and my laptop can run at least 8 instances of the game simultaneously without breaking a sweat. Get a couple multi-monitor graphics cards and run an entire LAN party on a single machine.
Or install a bunch of Windows 98 instances on a VM server for games that need Windows and remote in.
Some cleaver Eastern Europeans make game cartridges for a bunch of old consoles that can load ROMs off an SD card, so you can play every game ever released (and some prototype/demo games that weren't) on original hardware from a single cartridge.
Someone did the same thing for the Dreamcast, where it will emulate the disc drive using a USB stick. Assuming of course you don't just want to burn all the games to CD because the copy protection on that system is completely broken.
There's never been a better time to play 30 year old games.
Somehow I grew up having never played Ocarina of Time, so I fired it up for the very first time last night on the ol' N64. It was like being 13 years old again.
Modded Skyrim is a game I’ve been playing forever. Elder scrolls 6 will be one I get but mainly I think I’ll go after older stuff. Maybe even buy a PS2 again.
What about retro gaming?
Retro gaming is the shit on modern hardware.
My original copy of Warcraft II still works in dosbox, and my laptop can run at least 8 instances of the game simultaneously without breaking a sweat. Get a couple multi-monitor graphics cards and run an entire LAN party on a single machine.
Or install a bunch of Windows 98 instances on a VM server for games that need Windows and remote in.
Some cleaver Eastern Europeans make game cartridges for a bunch of old consoles that can load ROMs off an SD card, so you can play every game ever released (and some prototype/demo games that weren't) on original hardware from a single cartridge.
Someone did the same thing for the Dreamcast, where it will emulate the disc drive using a USB stick. Assuming of course you don't just want to burn all the games to CD because the copy protection on that system is completely broken.
There's never been a better time to play 30 year old games.
I’ve thought about downloading a bunch of old Sierra games. I wasn’t allowed to play Leisure Suit Larry so I’ll start there
Somehow I grew up having never played Ocarina of Time, so I fired it up for the very first time last night on the ol' N64. It was like being 13 years old again.
Modded Skyrim is a game I’ve been playing forever. Elder scrolls 6 will be one I get but mainly I think I’ll go after older stuff. Maybe even buy a PS2 again.
The only way to go IMO. My MiSTer gives me blisters.