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What’s the point of a retro machine from ‘98? Any application from that era should run natively on a modern machine. It’s past the point of games locked to a ce
by relaxing 2y ago
What’s the point of a retro machine from ‘98? Any application from that era should run natively on a modern machine. It’s past the point of games locked to a certain MHz or special purpose video drivers. If you want a CRT, just get a CRT. What’s the appeal?
- ido 2y agoTheoretically, but practically a lot of late 90s (and early 00s) games don’t run on modern windows.
- em-bee 2y agothey probably run well in wine though
- figglestar 2y agoThis seems like the most difficult era as far as emulation of PC games goes. There was a ton of change and different 3D accelerators during this time and hardware advanced away from things like 16-bit color and dropped support. And it is old news, look up "thief crappy colors" so see all the work that had to be done to get Thief: The Dark Project (and games using the same engine) to look normal on modern hardware. And that was 10-15 years ago. And many games didn't have the fan base to update game like Thief did.
- cmiller1 2y agoBecause people enjoy using them
- em-bee 2y agoapplications yes, but operating systems less so. i am a fan of NeXTstep. i can see myself wanting to run that on an original machine because all alternatives would not provide the same experience. next time i visit my mother i have to try and check if the NeXTstation stored there still boots up.
- dartos 2y agoWhy does there have to be a point?