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


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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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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Controllers and retro sims part 7: More vJoy, Joystick Gremlin & HidHide
A introductory guide looking at some hypothetical examples as an aid to understanding how to use vJoy, Joystick Gremlin and HidHide together.
Feb 1911 min read
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Jane's F-15 part 3: Adding head tracking
This guide will be taking a look at the various options available to enable head tracking in Jane's F-15.
Dec 22, 20253 min read
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VirtualMIDISynth and MIDIMapper
A quick guide on using the CoolSoft MIDIMapper and why you may want to use it.
Nov 25, 20253 min read
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Myst IV: Revolution
A quick guide on the Myst IV: Revelation utility Revolution.
Nov 9, 20253 min read
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MiG Alley: Skins & things
This is an update covering various things discovered or changes since the last MiG Alley article.
Nov 6, 202511 min read
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Head tracking with Opentrack & AITrack
This is a quick article briefly discussing the use of Opentrack and AITrack.
Nov 4, 20252 min read
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Controllers and retro sims part 6: vJoy & Joystick Gremlin
A discussion on the use of vJoy and Joystick Gremlin as an alternative to vendor profiling software or native controller support within sims.
Nov 4, 20257 min read
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Fleet Defender: Defending in DOSBox
A guide to running the MicroProse 1994 sim, Fleet Defender in DOSBox Staging.
Oct 22, 202521 min read
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Falcon 4.0 part 12: Falcon BMS and EF2000 RETRO
This is the last of the releases to be covered, Falcon BMS and EF2000 RETRO.
Oct 12, 20255 min read
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Falcon 4.0 part 11: The (unlucky) OpenFalcon release
This guide will covers the history, the patches and how to build the release.
Oct 4, 20256 min read
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Falcon 4.0 part 10: The FreeFalcon release
A guide on building the FreeFalcon release of Falcon 4.0. This build will use the final version of FreeFalcon, FreeFalcon 6 rev d.
Sep 17, 20255 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Falcon 4.0 part 4: Understanding the F4Patch utility
Time to take a look at the F4Patch utility.
Aug 12, 20256 min read
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