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Retro PC gaming on Windows 10, technical aspects, flight sims and space sims a speciality

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Elite Plus

Elite Plus

Elite Plus: Missions & Galaxy 9

A guide to the missions of Elite Plus and the patch needed to guarantee a visit to the ninth galaxy.

3 hours ago4 min read

F-22 Lightning II

F-22 Lightning II

F-22 Lightning II: Striking twice

An updated guide to running the NovalLogic light flight sim, F-22 Lightning II in DOSBox Staging.

6 days ago11 min read

Windows 3.x

Windows 3.x

DOSBox Staging and Windows

This guide covers the steps to obtain, install, config and run Windows 3.x in DOSBox Staging.

Sep 257 min read

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Elite Plus

Elite Plus

Elite Plus: Missions & Galaxy 9

A guide to the missions of Elite Plus and the patch needed to guarantee a visit to the ninth galaxy.

3 hours ago4 min read

F-22 Lightning II

F-22 Lightning II

F-22 Lightning II: Striking twice

An updated guide to running the NovalLogic light flight sim, F-22 Lightning II in DOSBox Staging.

6 days ago11 min read

Windows 3.x

Windows 3.x

DOSBox Staging and Windows

This guide covers the steps to obtain, install, config and run Windows 3.x in DOSBox Staging.

Sep 257 min read

F-16 Aggressor

F-16 Aggressor

F-16 Aggressor: Aggressively fixing issues

This is a guide on running F-16 Aggressor in Windows 10.

Sep 208 min read

Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer 2

Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer 2

Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer 2: Deadzone defeated!

This is a guide on fixing the onerous deadzone problem present in Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer 2.

Sep 133 min read

F-22 Raptor

F-22 Raptor

F-22 Raptor: A dinosaur in Windows

A guide to running F-22 Raptor under Win10 with full HOTAS support.

Sep 118 min read

iF-22

iF-22

iF-22: Windows is alright for controllers and flight

A guide for adding joystick and HOTAS support to Interactive Magic's iF-22.

Sep 106 min read

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Glide wrappers

If you're unsure about Glide wrappers, this guide may help answer your questions.

Can different Glide wrappers coexist together?

How do you use one Glide wrapper instead of the other?

And how to use them with games and DOSBox-X?

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