Post by Dhalamar on Feb 24, 2019 1:49:02 GMT -5
Using that little thin client to make kind of a retro DOS machine, and since space is limited, I'm not dumping hundreds of gigs of games on it all at once like I would my main PC. Being a little more selective. hehe
Back in the day I had access to a PC long before I did a console. Didn't get the VCS until the NES was already a thing. Probably not until '89 or '90 because I specifically remember seeing games like TMNT and SMB3 at yard sales. But I always had a PC, and played the shit out of it.
I may eventually expand this thing to other computers that I've never really used, but right now I'm concentrating on DOS games specifically.
The monitor is one that I've had kicking around for YEARS now. HP 1502 that just hooks up via VGA (which, I have to use a DVI to VGA adapter with that thin client since it doesn't have VGA or HDMI. Just 3x DisplayPort and DVI) ... does a whopping 1024x768 at 75hz.
I'm gonna be sticking all the arcade conversions I can get on it from the 80's and 90's. Though right now I've just got Tempest 2000, Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man on it. But I've got close to 400GB of DOS games on an external hard drive here, I'm sure I can find the rest.
I'm willing to take any suggestions, just bear in mind the platform I'm going with right now... and the internal SSD only has about 5GB free of 16. Windows games aren't out of the question though. It's running Windows 7 Embedded Standard and actually doesn't do too bad with gaming performance. I've only tried a few and it ran Tony Hawk 3 and Unreal Tournament '99 perfectly fine. It emulated the N64 Perfect Dark game 99.9% perfectly, and it valiantly tried to play the Gamecube Mario Kart Double Dash, though 20-25fps isn't really playable.
The picture is ever so slightly out of date, I got it its own wireless keyboard/trackpad combo thing. hehe
Back in the day I had access to a PC long before I did a console. Didn't get the VCS until the NES was already a thing. Probably not until '89 or '90 because I specifically remember seeing games like TMNT and SMB3 at yard sales. But I always had a PC, and played the shit out of it.
I may eventually expand this thing to other computers that I've never really used, but right now I'm concentrating on DOS games specifically.
The monitor is one that I've had kicking around for YEARS now. HP 1502 that just hooks up via VGA (which, I have to use a DVI to VGA adapter with that thin client since it doesn't have VGA or HDMI. Just 3x DisplayPort and DVI) ... does a whopping 1024x768 at 75hz.
I'm gonna be sticking all the arcade conversions I can get on it from the 80's and 90's. Though right now I've just got Tempest 2000, Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man on it. But I've got close to 400GB of DOS games on an external hard drive here, I'm sure I can find the rest.
I'm willing to take any suggestions, just bear in mind the platform I'm going with right now... and the internal SSD only has about 5GB free of 16. Windows games aren't out of the question though. It's running Windows 7 Embedded Standard and actually doesn't do too bad with gaming performance. I've only tried a few and it ran Tony Hawk 3 and Unreal Tournament '99 perfectly fine. It emulated the N64 Perfect Dark game 99.9% perfectly, and it valiantly tried to play the Gamecube Mario Kart Double Dash, though 20-25fps isn't really playable.
The picture is ever so slightly out of date, I got it its own wireless keyboard/trackpad combo thing. hehe
