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


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
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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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Falcon 4.0 part 6: The eFalcon release
A guide to building the eFalcon v1.10 release of Falcon 4.0.
Aug 19, 20255 min read
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Falcon 4.0 part 5: The Realism Patch release
A guide on creating a Falcon 4.0 Realism Patch v5.0 release. Realism Patch v5.0 was the last in the Realism Patch series.
Aug 14, 20253 min read
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Falcon 4.0 part 4: Understanding the F4Patch utility
Time to take a look at the F4Patch utility.
Aug 12, 20256 min read
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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 9, 202510 min read
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Falcon 4.0 part 2: The official patched version
A guide to patching Falcon 4.0 with the last official patch.
Aug 9, 20253 min read
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Apache (Longbow): Sounds about right
This is a guide to running the 1995 Digital Integration sim Apache (also called Apache Longbow) with the DOS version running in DOSBox Staging and Windows 95 3Dfx version in native Windows 10.
Jul 27, 202517 min read
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Wing Commander 1: Secret Missions 1.5
This is quick guide on running the Secret Missions 1.5 addon campaign with the DOS/W.C.A.T. mod and Windows/WCDX patch versions of Wing Commander.
Jul 23, 20253 min read
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Wing Commander 1: Legacy without the guesswork
A guide to running DOS retail, DOS digital and Windows versions of Wing Commander 1 in DOSBox Staging and native Windows 10.
Jul 19, 202514 min read
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Tachyon: On 'The Fringe' and in the 'Re'Shade
A guide to enhancing and running Tachyon: The Fringe in Windows 10 with dgVoodoo2 and ReShade.
Jul 8, 20258 min read
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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 5, 20258 min read
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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 29, 20253 min read
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Falcon Gold: DOSBox digital release
This is a guide to optimising a gog.com or Steam digital release of the classic Falcon 3.0 flight sim collection, Falcon Gold, within DOSBox Staging.
Jun 28, 20255 min read
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Heroes of the 357th: DOSBox Staging
A guide to running the (maybe not so well known) DOS sim, Heroes of the 357th in DOSBox Staging.
Jun 20, 20254 min read
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Strike Commander: DOSBox mercenary staging area
A guide to running the 1993, Origin Systems sim, Strike Commander in DOSBox Staging.
Jun 14, 20256 min read
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Jane's Longbow 2/Anthology: Rocketing into PCem
A guide to running Jane's Longbow 2 and Jane's Longbow Anthology under PCem emulation.
Jun 8, 202513 min read
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Gliding with Gold & boxing Anthology
A guide to running Jane's Longbow Gold and Jane's Longbow Anthology with the Glide patch in the 86Box emulator.
May 26, 20259 min read
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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 11, 20255 min read
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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 9, 20257 min read
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