Nearly a dozen pages had been written by my hand and keyboard. So yes, a show-off topic. Hope you'll check and enjoy.

http://forum.contrabanda.eu/index.php?topic=1542.msg19126#msg19126

I copied a 1 GB file from another partition to C: without issue.  I deleted my Recycle Bin, and switched the page file back to a "system managed" size.  I've never gotten a low disk space message when installing any software before on any PC I've owned, so this is very confusing.  Could the installer be corrupt?  I don't suppose there's a command line I could use with the installer to prevent it checking free disk space?  Thoughts?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_gaming

https://www.howtogeek.com/811640/why-i-prefer-cloud-gaming-over-a-pc-or-console/

https://www.reddit.com/r/cloudygamer/

No special reason for this post, but if anyone has any thoughts on the subject, feel free to add them. Oh, and experiences too, of course.

Here's exact cabling and pins I can use. Please mind that none of them is explicitly marked as CD_IN, so if producer intended them for other uses, I cannot tell.

What I did is that I put the "grey" connector into the "black" slot, as both seem to have both gnd inside, worst I can do is to invert channels, or, in case of different prpose of the connector,send some useless signal. That's what internet sources suggested as the best, as the extra port is "redundant" due to dual standard by both cd drive and audio cards manufacturers. But in case there is some hidden knowledge, to connect it the very exact way in order to short circuit some jumpers or so, I'd be pleased to know.

Still, despite my attempts, CD audio in quake II was not present. So i went for system settings, which is, our favourite windows XP 32bit home ed. As suggested in guides, I disabled digital CD audio - no bonus. But then I reminded, taht I aleready had problems with dual cd drive in my PC... I have

LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B with CD audio support

LG HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8525B with no audio support.

And it looks like Quake decided to prioritize the latter, as putting CD into this drive and enabling digital audio, actually, worked. Geez, QII without soundtrack feels half-baked at best...

Still, the question is, what can I do to make Quake, or, best, all programs, prioritize one drive over another? software, reg trick?

I need to get it into full retro glory

I have Windows Server 2003, GT 610 and driver 368.81, which is one of the latest. I previously played on XP with an older driver, and single CPU core.

I can't ask about this on gamer forums without being dismissed for using outdated stuff.

Has anyone ever played TETRIS for Windows? The current version of the game is version 2 with the datestamp of 1990-09-04 21:46:28 with TETRIS.EXE as the executable.

It's a 16-bit executable that was apart of the first volume Microsoft Entertain Pack for Windows as well as Microsoft's Best of Windows Entertainment Pack that ran under Microsoft Windows 3.0 and later.

Now here's the embarrassing limitation.

According to this article, programmers used 16-bit signed integer variables to store points earned by the player.

Once you reach the highest possible score of 32,767 points, it overflows and is displayed as a negative number (-32,768 points).

Are there any 16-bit hex editing utilities that will look at 16-bit Windows executable files and are there any 16-bit de-compilers that will modify the code?

Also, is there any idea what code that was used to store 16-bit signed integer variables to store points that were earned by the player?

If there is no fix, I guess that you'll have to stop at 32,000. ;|

Thank you for your time.

Or more, I don't think I'll need a new topic with everything like the one below...

Sony announced PlayStation 4 Pro might soon acquire boost mode - which means every PS4 game will run better on stronger hardware, not only the one especially prepared/patched by the devs for the consol's Pro version.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/03/ps4-pro-boost-mode-beta-software/

For me, devoted PC gamer for years, this is hilarius

And that got me thinking. I've seen a lot of games that have put people off simply because they didn't manage to hold to their high standards by the end, leaving players disappointed. So, what I'd like to know is this. What, in your view, is the absolute worst ending of any game you have ever played?

i am currently having alot of issues getting need for speed high stakes to work on my Windows 98 machine.

it works fine in software render but not when i choose 3ddevice.

i have installed the latest patch and also the spot patch for nvidia cards. when i installed the spot patch my graphics card got detected in the 3d setup

GPU: Nvidia 5600 Ultra, running latest drivers

Having recently tried the version 9.10 of Ubuntu, I stumbled on a tiny game (an intellectual one this time, sorry guys...) called Tetravex. I like it but won't change my OS (W2k) just for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetravex

I couldn't find a Windows version to download, only a Tetravex II which seems to be an automatic solver (exactly what I don't need) and Palm versions. And some very affordable shareware as well, this would be an option.

I'm not willing to go into compilations and porting.

So: where can I find one? Thanks!

Even so a person could program the PS2 to bypass there block and watch Netflix as well as other pay tv. Keep in mind the codec used is limited as a PS2 is limited DVD technology.

I am really amazed such a thing existed. Nowdays some people are using there X-box or 360 to access such services. Having a PS2 is like have a really cheap VCR lying around. In fact the DVD community ( that group ) was attempting to make a platform that supports 3d.

I have a feeling that the PS and iOS editions may 'spontaneously disappear' soon. 

When I start the game, intro movies appear and when it should show main menu, I get black screen instead and I need to kill the process via Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Since when did gaming consoles become a marketing platform ?

Then I came across this,

http://www.techradar.com/au/news/gaming/consoles/xbox-one-has-advertising-and-kinect-on-its-mind-1164251

eeeeew I don't want ads in my face and a Kinect sensor spying on me for companies, how Intrusive and gross...

http://www.gametop.com/category/downloadable.html

My question is a simple one which I know one of you real gamers can probably give me an answer ... I have searched around but can find no information.

Ok, I download and install the free game but every time I click on the game to play or to quit playing, the game makes an attempt to connect to the internet. I am not connected at the time and these free simple games can be played alone on a PC ... no internet connection needed.

My question is ... how are these internet connection attempts not going through my firewall so I could put the firewall setting at "No" and it would never happen again? It's a bit annoying but how does the game go straight online and by-pass the firewall?

I am wondering about other possible programs going on the internet and bypassing the firewall also ... if these simple free games can do it.

So far every free game that I have tried has the ability to not be picked up by my firewall ... like I said earlier, if it did go through the firewall ... I could set the setting to "No" for all future attempts.

thanks ...

i just know some :

www.gamehippo.com

www.reloaded.org

Recently I have tried playing a Nintendo Wii game, Mario Kart Wii, online, As I was always able to. However, before I could connect, I got a nasty message saying that the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection service has been discontinued.

By looking at this link: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/info/en_na/services-update.jsp , it appears that Nintendo has discontinued all online in-game features for many Wii, DS and DSi games. The following link provides a full list:http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/en/games-wifi.jsp .

Personally, I find this somewhat greedy on Nintendo's part. Who here would like if Microsoft blocked out all internet access on Windows 98/95/ME/2000/XP/Vista just because they are older. It would not be nice seeing messages like "Your software is out of date. Please upgrade to a more reliable operating system, like Windows 8.1, to use the internet."

Now getting back to the point, I was wondering if anyone knew of any workarounds. All help is appreciated.

PS: I did not mean to offend Nintendo. I was simply stating my opinion.

Thanks

I'm not a gamer myself, so I haven't heard of any of these. But they sorta look fun :-)

I suppose for people (like me) who wouldn't know where to look, or don't really want to spend time looking, this list might be useful.

Wonder if there's a Windows ME game buried in there? LOL.

Enjoy.