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Article #161165Re: Happy Birthday Wing Commander 3
From: Patryk W
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:50
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:50
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Markus Barth wrote: > Beowulf wrote: > >> Ack. You think you're old. I'm 45 and still gaming. I will be >> firing up wc1,2,3,4 as soon as I finish setting up a PII with DOS >> 6.22, win98se. I even have a functional voodoo2 with drivers! > > > Dont forget a program to slow down the PC or WC 1 and 2 will be > unplayable. I remember the first time i tried WC 2 on a Celeron 400, > damn that was fast, hehe. > > And the only Wing Commander which need the voodoo 2 is Wing Commander > Prophecy or not? > > Markus You could always use DOSBox... All the early WC games work fine on it, so there's no need to keep an old PC around anymore. http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/ Patryk
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