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


Rowan's Battle of Britain: Battling Windows compatibility
A guide to running Rowan's Battle of Britain under Windows 10. This is a World War II flight sim set in the British theater during the Battle of Britain timeframe.
2 days ago12 min read
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ATAC: The secret war within DOSBox
A guide to running ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs in DOSBox Staging. Also known as Advanced Tactical Air Command, ATAC pits you against Colombian drug barons. Your job is conduct a strategic battle plan against the cartels utilising a fleet of F-22 Raptors and AH-64 Longbow attack helicopters.
Jul 114 min read
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Jane's Fighters Anthology: Going wide in Windows
Jane's Fighters Anthology has received a couple of new widescreen patches recently
Jun 284 min read
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1942 Pacific Air War: The staging is set
A guide to running the floppy, CD and digital releases of 1942 Pacific Air War and 1942 Pacific War Gold in the DOSBox Staging emulator.
Jun 2428 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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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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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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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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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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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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Tech refresh 2026: DOSBox best practice
This guide is a tech refresh guide covering some of the more earlier DOS sims. The techniques presented below have been found to improve the game performance, bringing it closer to a retro experience and seems to subjectively improve the 'feel' of the sim.
Feb 145 min read
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Red sky at night, fortune hunters delight: Crimson Skies
A guide to running the alternate history flight sim, Crimson Skies in Win10.
Feb 88 min read
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