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Retro PC gaming on Windows 10, technical aspects, flight sims and space sims a speciality
Falcon 4.0 part 9: The SuperPak BMS releases (DRAFT)
This is a guide on building and running the SuperPak 4/(early) BMS release of Falcon 4.0.
Sep 13, 202511 min read
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force part 3: Skunkworks release
A guide to building the Skunkworks release of Falcon 4.0: Allied Force and the configuration steps to run it under Win10.
Sep 12, 20252 min read
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force part 2: Official release
A guide to building the last officially patched release of Falcon 4.0: Allied Force.
Sep 8, 20255 min read
Falcon 4.0 part 8: The SuperPak MP release
The MP project aims were to improve the network components of Falcon 4.0. The result was not a full release but a modification to an existing SuperPak release.
Aug 24, 20252 min read
Falcon 4.0 part 7: The SuperPak release
A guide to building a SuperPak release of Falcon 4.0. This release will be built using the final SuperPak, v4.2.
Aug 23, 20256 min read
Falcon 4.0 part 6: The eFalcon release
A guide to building the eFalcon v1.10 release of Falcon 4.0.
Aug 19, 20255 min read
Falcon 4.0 part 5: The Realism Patch release
A guide on creating a Falcon 4.0 Realism Patch v5.0 release. Realism Patch v5.0 was the last in the Realism Patch series.
Aug 14, 20253 min read
Falcon 4.0 part 4: Understanding the F4Patch utility
Time to take a look at the F4Patch utility.
Aug 12, 20256 min read
Falcon 4.0 part 3: The official and iBeta releases
This guide covers the building of an iBeta release and configuring of the officially patched (vanilla Falcon 4.0) or iBeta releases.
Aug 9, 202510 min read
Falcon 4.0 part 2: The official patched version
A guide to patching Falcon 4.0 with the last official patch.
Aug 9, 20253 min read
Falcon 4.0/Falcon 4.0: Allied Force part 1: A primer
This will be the first in a series of articles covering the 1998 MicroProse sim Falcon 4.0.
Aug 9, 20253 min read
Falcon Gold: DOSBox digital release
This is a guide to optimising a gog.com or Steam digital release of the classic Falcon 3.0 flight sim collection, Falcon Gold, within DOSBox Staging.
Jun 28, 20255 min read
Heroes of the 357th: DOSBox Staging
A guide to running the (maybe not so well known) DOS sim, Heroes of the 357th in DOSBox Staging.
Jun 20, 20254 min read
Strike Commander: DOSBox mercenary staging area
A guide to running the 1993, Origin Systems sim, Strike Commander in DOSBox Staging.
Jun 14, 20256 min read
Amiga talons out: Falcon with WinUAE
A guide to running the Amiga version of the 1989, Spectrum Holobyte sim, Falcon (1.0) under the WinUAE emulator.
May 7, 20256 min read
EF2000 Reloaded & VirtualMIDISynth
A guide to using VirtualMIDISynth with EF2000 Reloaded.
May 3, 20252 min read
Chucking it in DOSBox: Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
A guide to running the standard DOS and Gravis UltraSound (GUS) optimized versions of the 1991 Electronic Arts/Brent Iverson sim, 'Chuck Yeager's Air Combat' in DOSBox Staging.
May 2, 20259 min read
Air Power: Battle in DOSBox
A guide to running the Rowan 1995 steampunk sim, 'Air Power: Battle in the Skies' in DOSBox Staging.
Apr 28, 20257 min read
Jetfighter III: Tech refresh 2025
This guide covers running Jetfighter III in DOSBox Staging with 3DFX Glide and using VirtualMIDISynth with DOSBox-X.
Apr 25, 20254 min read
Falcon 3.0 Gold manuals: All present and correct!
A recent update on the availability of Falcon 3.0 Gold manuals.
Apr 21, 20252 min read
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