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Retro PC gaming on Windows 10, technical aspects, flight sims and space sims a speciality
Mar 17, 20246 min read
A-10 Tank Killer: Running in DOSBox
This is my guide to running the original A-10 Tank Killer and A-10 Tank Killer Version 1.5 under DOSBox Staging.
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Mar 16, 20243 min read
A-10 Tank Killer: A version retrospective
This post will be taking a look the versions of A-10 Tank Killer that have been released, what some of the changes are and what it means...
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Mar 15, 20242 min read
Controllers and retro sims part 4: DOSBox
This is the fourth post in a series about using modern controllers like a HOTAS with a retro flight sims.
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Mar 15, 20241 min read
Controllers and retro sims part 3: Setup advice
This is the third post in a series about using modern controllers like a HOTAS with a retro flight sims.
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Mar 15, 20242 min read
Controllers and retro sims part 2: Virtual controllers
This is the second post in a series about using modern controllers like a HOTAS with a retro flight sims.
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Mar 15, 20242 min read
Controllers and retro sims part 1: Axis of confusion
This is the first post in a series about using modern controllers like a HOTAS with a retro flight sim.
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Mar 10, 20246 min read
DOSBox game management
A scheme for managing a large number of DOS games under DOSBox.
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Mar 2, 202422 min read
Gunship 2000: Getting it (hopefully) right
This post is about obtaining the optimum version of Gunship 2000 and how to optimise the gameplay experience in DOSBox-X or DOSBox Staging.
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Feb 25, 20241 min read
No longer failing successfully: A SheepShaver fix
This is an update to an earlier blog post: Failing successfully: A SheepShaver random startup error.
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Feb 25, 20243 min read
Unresponsive Thrustmaster rudder pedals in TARGET: A workaround
T-Flight Rudder Pedals becoming unresponsive when a Target software profile is run.
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Dec 26, 20232 min read
F/A-18 Hornet 2.0: Sequel or upgrade?
This blog post discusses F/A-18 Hornet 2.0 and whether it's a sequel or an upgrade to Graphism's first Hornet game, F/A-18 Hornet.
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Dec 23, 20233 min read
F/A-18 Hornet: History of a classic
This post will be taking a look at the history of F.A-18 Hornet, the first game in the F/A-18 Hornet series from GraphSim. It will...
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Dec 21, 20231 min read
F/A-18 Hornet 2.0 (M226 - Tanks Anyway)
This is the higher definition video I posted on Youtube, it looks like sorting out the Qemu mouse scaling issues means YouTube only...
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Dec 19, 20231 min read
F/A-Hornet 2.0: Optimum settings
It turns out having high DPI scaling on in Win10 affects Qemu scaling so before you run under Qemu, remember to turn the high DPI scaling...
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Dec 14, 20233 min read
F/A-18 Hornet 2.0 Strike Missions Update
I've recently discovered that there were additional Strike Missions for F/A-18 Hornet 2.0. It's posssible the additional strike missions...
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Dec 2, 20234 min read
'Brrrrt': Avenging with A-10 Attack!
A-10 at an airbase This is my setup guide for getting the Mac classic A-10 Attack! running under emulation. I'll discuss my 'subjective'...
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Nov 21, 20234 min read
DID you know? Installing & Patching EF2000 on Windows 10
A guide about installing EF2000 and patching it for 3dfx and running it with EF2000 Reloaded
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Nov 14, 202311 min read
A sting in the tail: F/A-18 Hornet 2.0
This is a guide to setting up F/A-18 Hornet v2.0 with Mac emulation. It'll take a look a single screen and multi-monitor options and my...
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
Failing successfully: A SheepShaver random startup error
If you spend a lot of time running the SheepShaver emulator there's a really weird error that occurs randomly. The emulator fails to...
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