12/26/2024I had a mild interest in pursuing an LGA775 build for a DOS/Win98 machine, but after some research I've decided against it. From what I understand, pretty much any 775 motherboard+CPU combination will work fine for DOS, but not both. For that, I'd need to hunt for a mobo with a specific chipset like Intel 865, and then I'd need to find a last Win98-supported videocard, be it a GeForce 6800 or a Radeon X850, if I am to play early WinXP games as well. I have neither time nor spare money for what is increasingly sounding like a redundant project. I already have a Win98 build, and my last test build can just use DOSBox. Though, not gonna lie, I did eye a motherboard with a VIA P4M890 chipset that is reported as Win98-compatible, and there's a 6800 GS for sale, too. Time will tell if this will be yet another in the series of my poor financial decisions. Not like any of these will really matter, in due time. In the meantime, I've only now played Command & Conquer Remastered Collection. It is indeed done very well, but I'm just a little bit bummed that it isn't suited for 4:3 resolutions. My memory doesn't serve me well here, so I'm learning the gameplay from scratch, but I'll be writing a review upon completion. 12/29/2024Not much new to report, really. Half-Life: Interlude looks like a very promising mod, even if it's a yet another attempt at a fan-made HL2 Episode Three. My only two pet peeves are not very obvious puzzles that stray away from Valve's design philosophy and the overly loud combat music. Other than that, I'm really liking it so far and I'll be paying attention to its further development. Though, is it just me, or are people kinda scrambling to take over the Entropy: Zero 2 throne? Whatever, as long as we get some good eatin'. Also, found a mini-ITX motherboard online with an embedded Intel Celeron 1037U, and Die Hard continues to reign supreme as the best Christmas movie ever. 1/1/2025If I'm to make a new build, I'll be experimenting with Linux on it. Everyone and their mother keep swearing how good it is for playing older Windows games and I find that preaching annoying enough to give Wine and Proton a try someday. My last foray into Linux was nothing but a disaster, and all because the same people kept recommending me Linux Mint, only for me to find out later that the drivers kept crashing mostly because of an outdated kernel, and no one told me about it. I had to find out about it from comments on a random Youtube video. That's the problem with Linux - there's always gonna be some fundamental problem with some or any distro that is apparently an open secret, and each and every basic issue requires hours of research and terminal fuckery. That additude ain't gonna bring the Year of Linux Desktop any closer, guys. I had played a bit of the new Brutal Half-Life release a couple days ago - pretty damn good. I should play the whole game with it and write a proper review sometime. 1/2/2025Boy, I gotta say, enabling DirectMusic back on Windows 10 just for Unreal II: The Awakening was a bitch. Not a fan of putting stuff into my registry and System32 folder. Can't it be done in a neater way? |