The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoI rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1851arrow-down110
arrow-up1841arrow-down1imageI rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoAnd not even hundreds of MHz till the 90s.
minus-squareAlbbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI still remember swapping out my 486 SX 33Mhz with a 486 DX 100! I could finally play Duke Nukem 3D properly. Some areas got down to a frame every 2 seconds with the old processor.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI couldn’t even launch Duke on my 386, so I only played Doom with viewport shrunk to almost the smallest size. It ran pretty well like that.
And not even hundreds of MHz till the 90s.
I still remember swapping out my 486 SX 33Mhz with a 486 DX 100! I could finally play Duke Nukem 3D properly. Some areas got down to a frame every 2 seconds with the old processor.
I couldn’t even launch Duke on my 386, so I only played Doom with viewport shrunk to almost the smallest size. It ran pretty well like that.