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


A-10 Tank Killer: A version retrospective
Version 1.0 splash screen This post will be taking a look the versions of A-10 Tank Killer that have been released, what some of the...
Mar 16, 20243 min read
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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.
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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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.
Mar 15, 20241 min read
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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.
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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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.
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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DOSBox midi
A guide to organising midi roms and soundfonts for DOSBox use.
Mar 11, 20244 min read
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DOSBox game management
A scheme for managing a large number of DOS games under DOSBox.
Mar 10, 20246 min read
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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.
Mar 2, 202422 min read
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No longer failing successfully: A SheepShaver fix
This is an update to an earlier blog post: Failing successfully: A SheepShaver random startup error.
Feb 25, 20241 min read
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Unresponsive Thrustmaster rudder pedals in TARGET: A workaround
T-Flight Rudder Pedals becoming unresponsive when a Target software profile is run.
Feb 25, 20243 min read
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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.
Dec 26, 20232 min read
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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...
Dec 23, 20233 min read
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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...
Dec 22, 20231 min read
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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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read
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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...
Dec 14, 20233 min read
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'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'...
Dec 2, 20234 min read
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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
Nov 21, 20234 min read
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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...
Nov 14, 202311 min read
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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...
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Just deserts: F/A-18 Hornet Classic
This is a guide to setting up F/A-18 Hornet V1.0/Classic with Mac emulation. It'll take a look a single screen and multi-monitor options...
Nov 3, 20235 min read
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