Most older games will work on a modern PC using an emulator like DosBox, ScumvVM,; but I suppose hardware junkies like me prefer owning the real thing. I'm particularly nostalgic about this era of computing from around 1999/2000 because that was when I started building my first PCs.
Here's the specs of this retro PC versus the first computer I built in 2000.
Retro PC bought on Craigslist
Intel Pentium III Coppermine 650 mhz
384 mb ram PC 100 mhz
(Upgraded from the crappy nvidia tnt2 m64 it came with) it came with) 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500 16 mb AGP graphics card
10 GB hard drive
Windows XP home
Windows XP home
First PC I built
Intel Pentium III Coppermine 800 mhz
256 mb ram PC 133 mhz
NVidia Geforce 2 GTS 64 mb
30 GB hard drive
256 mb ram PC 133 mhz
NVidia Geforce 2 GTS 64 mb
30 GB hard drive
Windows 2000 professional
So the first computer I built was faster (especially in the graphics department), the hardware was about a year newer.
Having the 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500 is awesome because I really wanted it back in the day (It was $250 back then)
dosbox
http://www.dosbox.com
scummvm
http://scummvm.org
nglide (to emulate 3DFX Glide games)
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
Having the 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500 is awesome because I really wanted it back in the day (It was $250 back then)
dosbox
http://www.dosbox.com
scummvm
http://scummvm.org
nglide (to emulate 3DFX Glide games)
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
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