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Retro PC gaming on Windows 10, technical aspects, flight sims and space sims a speciality
F22 Air Dominance Fighter part 3: Dominating in Win 10
A guide to running F22 Air Dominance Fighter under Win10.
Dec 5, 20259 min read
F22 Air Dominance Fighter part 2: PCem build
This is the second F22 Air Dominance Fighter (F22 ADF) article. This article will be using PCem v17 to build a virtual machine that can be used to build an F22 ADF release and to optionally play it as well.
Nov 30, 202514 min read
F22 Air Dominance Fighter part 1: Primer
A primer on the different releases and versions of the classic Digital Image Design (D.I.D.) F-22 sim from December 1997, F22 Air Dominance Fighter
Nov 28, 20257 min read
VirtualMIDISynth and MIDIMapper
A quick guide on using the CoolSoft MIDIMapper and why you may want to use it.
Nov 25, 20253 min read
F-15 Strike Eagle III: Soaring with Staging
A guide to running the classic MicroProse, 1992 DOS sim, F-15 Strike Eagle III in DOSBox Staging.
Nov 16, 20258 min read
Myst IV: Revolution
A quick guide on the Myst IV: Revelation utility Revolution.
Nov 9, 20253 min read
Super-VGA Harrier: Staging from a carrier
A guide to running the Domark, sim Super VGA (SVGA) Harrier in DOSBox Staging.
Nov 9, 20256 min read
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
Head tracking with Opentrack & AITrack
This is a quick article briefly discussing the use of Opentrack and AITrack.
Nov 4, 20252 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 3, 20257 min read
F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 & Black Knight: Marine Strike Fighter: A PixelWings update
This article covers some of the recently released PixelWings mods for the Microprose sim, F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 and Black Knight: Marine Strike Fighter from SE Software.
Nov 2, 20253 min read
Fleet Defender: Defending in DOSBox
A guide to running the MicroProse 1994 sim, Fleet Defender in DOSBox Staging.
Oct 21, 202521 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 12, 20255 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 3, 20256 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 17, 20255 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 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
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