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Retro PC gaming on Windows 10, technical aspects, flight sims and space sims a speciality
Silent Service II: DOSBox deep dive
A guide to running the 1990 MicroProse pacific submarine sim, Silent Service II in DOSBox Staging as well as a brief look at the history of the sim.
May 115 min read
M1 Tank Platoon 2: Gliding with tanks
A guide to running the 1998 Microprose M1 Abrams tank sim, M1 Tank Platoon 2. This guide covers installation, patching and the required actions to run with enhanced Glide graphics.
May 97 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 76 min read
EF2000 Reloaded & VirtualMIDISynth
A guide to using VirtualMIDISynth with EF2000 Reloaded.
May 32 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 29 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 287 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 254 min read
Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0: Running in PCem
A guide to running Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 under PCem emulation.
Apr 226 min read
Falcon 3.0 Gold manuals: All present and correct!
A recent update on the availability of Falcon 3.0 Gold manuals.
Apr 212 min read
DOSBox Staging and VirtualMIDISynth
A guide to adding VirtualMIDISynth to DOSBox Staging. This guide briefly covers installation, configuration and usage.
Apr 203 min read
Independence War and ReShade
A quick guide to running Independence War (I-War) with ReShade in Windows 10.
Apr 103 min read
Bringing it all together with Jane's Fighters - Anthology
A guide to running Jane's Fighters Anthology in Windows 10 with DirectX wrappers and PCem emulation.
Apr 68 min read
Tech refresh 2025: MiG Alley
This is a tech refresh article describing additional testing since the original MiG Alley articles were published.
Apr 52 min read
A-10 Tank Killer v1.5 (Amiga) brings the 'brrrt' to WinUAE
This is a guide to running the Amiga version of the 1991 Dynamix sim, A-10 Tank Killer Version 1.5 under WinUAE emulation.
Mar 16 min read
F-19 Stealth Fighter (Amiga) quietly deploying to WinUAE
This is a guide to running the Amiga version of the MicroProse 1990 classic sim, F-19 Stealth Fighter under WinUAE emulation.
Feb 286 min read
F-16 Combat Pilot (Amiga version)
This is a guide to running the Amiga version of the 1989 Digital Integration sim, F-16 Combat Pilot under WinUAE emulation.
Feb 226 min read
Amiga emulation with WinUAE
This is a general purpose guide on setting up Amiga emulation with the WinUAE emulator.
Feb 186 min read
Playnite Scripting
A quick guide to Playnite scripting.
Feb 123 min read
TM TARGET scripting: Easy trimming
I recently received an email from a fellow flight sim fan, Kurt, who wanted to share his Thrustmaster TARGET script for easy trimming.
Feb 82 min read
Stealthily approaching 100: F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0
Running the PC version of the 1991 MicroProse classic, F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 in DOSBox Staging.
Feb 810 min read
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