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


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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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 7, 20256 min read
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EF2000 Reloaded & VirtualMIDISynth
A guide to using VirtualMIDISynth with EF2000 Reloaded.
May 3, 20252 min read
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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 2, 20259 min read
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Air Power: Battle in DOSBox
A guide to running the Rowan 1995 steampunk sim, 'Air Power: Battle in the Skies' in DOSBox Staging.
Apr 28, 20257 min read
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Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0: Running in PCem
A guide to running Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 under PCem emulation.
Apr 22, 20256 min read
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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 6, 20258 min read
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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 1, 20256 min read
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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 28, 20256 min read
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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 22, 20256 min read
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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 8, 202510 min read
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The Elite series: Elite back then
This will be the first in a couple of articles covering the classic granddaddy space sim of them all, Elite.
Feb 1, 20256 min read
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Harrier Jump Jetting into DOSBox Staging
This is a guide to running the 1992 MicroProse Harrier sim, Harrier Jump Jet in DOSBox Staging.
Jan 24, 20259 min read
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