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


Frontier: Elite 2: Pushing back the staging frontiers
A guide to running the classic space sim Frontier Elite II on modern hardware with DOSBox Staging and natively in Win10.
May 319 min read
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Flight of the Intruder: Intruding into Staging
A guide to running the Rowen & Spectrum Holobyte developed, 1990 sim, Flight of the Intruder in DOSBox Staging.
May 246 min read
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Tech refresh 2026: Successful (DOSBox Staging) candidate part 2 (G-Z)
This is a guide updating the various DOSBox configs produced for many of the guides, to the latest DOSBox Staging v0.83.0 release candidate 1, covering games G to Z.
May 195 min read
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Tech refresh 2026: Successful (DOSBox Staging) candidate part 1 (0-F)
This is a guide updating the various DOSBox configs produced for many of the guides, to the latest DOSBox Staging v0.83.0 release candidate 1. This version is a huge change over previous versions.
May 165 min read
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F/A-18E Super Hornet: A stinging setup journey
A guide to running the Digital Integration 1999 sim, F/A-18E Super Hornet in Windows 10.
May 213 min read
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Controllers and retro sims part 10: vJoy/Joystick Gremlin/HidHide command line options
A guide to configuration, enabling and disabling the vJoy, Joystick Gremlin and HidHide utilities with the Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell command lines.
Apr 264 min read
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Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer 2: Boxing clever to defeat the dead zone
A guide to running Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer 2. Developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra in 1996.
Apr 269 min read
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F-16/iF-16 Fighting Falcon: Fighting with the Falcon
A guide to running the DOS version of F-16/iF-16 Fighting Falcon/iF-16 under DOSBox Staging or the Windows 95 3Dfx version natively under Windows 10.
Apr 1812 min read
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Discworld Noir: Playing it again, Sam
A guide to running the third Discworld game, Discworld Noir on a Win10 platform.
Apr 124 min read
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F22 Air Dominance Fighter (2026 edition): Font of sound knowledge
This article covers adding enhanced MIDI components to the 2026 edition of F22 Air Dominance Fighter. We'll start with a quick history, explain what it means for ADF and then move on to installing some recommended apps to restore missing MIDI features.
Apr 44 min read
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Controllers and retro sims part 9: Native controller support with virtual controllers, the why, if, which and how
Native controller support with virtual controllers, the why, if, which and how.
Apr 310 min read
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Eurofighter Typhoon: Storming in Windows
A guide to running the DID/Rage 2001 sim, Eurofighter Typhoon and Eurofighter Typhoon: Operation Icebreaker (2002),, natively in Windows 10.
Mar 3012 min read
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Controllers and retro sims part 8: vJoy/Joystick Gremlin/HidHide & TARGET, looking further
A further look into the vJoy/Joystick Gremlin/HidHide model as an aid to understanding their function and how they fit together to provide a complete solution.
Mar 254 min read
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Megafortress part 2: Flight of the DOS Dog
This guide covers building a standalone version of Megafortress suitable for use with an existing DOSBox Staging installation or with period correct legacy hardware.
Mar 193 min read
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Megafortress part 1: Old Dog, new tricks
A guide to optimising a DOSBox install of Megafortress, the EB-52 Megafortress sim released by Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc. and Mindscape International Ltd. way back in 1991.
Mar 1610 min read
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Tech refresh 2026: Harrier Jump Jet
The 1992 MicroProse Harrier sim, Harrier Jump Jet has received a new quality of life patch to remove the manual check from patched versions v2.40 and v2.41, courtesy of ZakMcKrack3n!
Mar 132 min read
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A-10 Cuba! No risk of a fubar!
A guide to running the Parsoft developed Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II sim, A-10 Cuba!, initially released in 1996 and published by Activision. The sim features a comprehensive physics based flight model, damage model and detailed cockpit at the time of release.
Mar 89 min read
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MiG-29 Fulcrum: Some Russian Nova Logic
A guide to running the NovaLogic 1998 sim, MiG-29 Fulcrum. This guide will be running the sim natively under Win10
Mar 27 min read
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Flight Unlimited: Issues eliminated
A guide to running the DOS version of Flight Unlimited in DOSBox Staging and the Windows 95 version in WIndows 10. Flight Unlimited the 1995 aerobatic flight sim developed and published by Looking Glass.
Feb 2810 min read
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Tech refresh 2026: F-22 Lightning II
Revised advice for running the NovaLogic 1996 DOS sim, F-22 Lightning II in DOSBox Staging.
Feb 211 min read
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