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


VirtualMIDISynth and MIDIMapper
A quick guide on using the CoolSoft MIDIMapper and why you may want to use it.
3 days ago3 min read


Myst IV: Revolution
A quick guide on the Myst IV: Revelation utility Revolution.
Nov 93 min read


MiG Alley: Skins & things
This is an update covering various things discovered or changes since the last MiG Alley article.
Nov 611 min read


Head tracking with Opentrack & AITrack
This is a quick article briefly discussing the use of Opentrack and AITrack.
Nov 42 min read


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 37 min read


Fleet Defender: Defending in DOSBox
A guide to running the MicroProse 1994 sim, Fleet Defender in DOSBox Staging.
Oct 2121 min read


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 125 min read


Falcon 4.0 part 11: The (unlucky) OpenFalcon release
This guide will covers the history, the patches and how to build the release.
Oct 36 min read


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 175 min read


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 1311 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 122 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 85 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 242 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 236 min read


Falcon 4.0 part 6: The eFalcon release
A guide to building the eFalcon v1.10 release of Falcon 4.0.
Aug 195 min read


Falcon 4.0 part 4: Understanding the F4Patch utility
Time to take a look at the F4Patch utility.
Aug 126 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 910 min read


Falcon 4.0 part 2: The official patched version
A guide to patching Falcon 4.0 with the last official patch.
Aug 93 min read


Hardwar. The future is Windows & ReShade
A guide to running the 1998 Software refinery space sim/shooter, 'Hardwar. The future is greedy' in Win10.
Jul 58 min read


Jane's Longbow 2/Anthology: Rocketing to success
A discussion on optimising the Jane's Longbow 2/Anthology setup to maximise rocket effectiveness.and suggestions for effective use in-game.
Jun 293 min read
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