Are there any benefits of using an old computer box to play retro PC games or am I just better off using a modern one? My current box is a Dell. It has a motherboard inside, with a processor from Intel, as well as memory, a north bridge chipset, a south bridge chipset, a battery, BIOS ROM chip, pin jumpers, DIP switches, PCI slots, a GPU graphics card board, a sound board from a company called Sound Blaster, a CD-ROM for playing DOS-Roms, a heat sink, 2 fans as far as I can see, a floppy disk drive, a power supply unit, a PATA IDE SSD disk drive, LED lights on the front BUS driver, and a power button.
>>12248773You are supposed to use the computer to play the games. Not the box. Idiot retard.
>computer boxnow i imagine OP putting cardboard discs in his cardboard computer. cute lil' guy.
>>12248791You need the box to live in, not play games with.
try this system instead
>>12248798>try this system insteadIs that a .... Sega System?
>>12248798would've been cooler if it was a 386 instead of a 286
>>12248773benefits of having an old PC for retro:1. software compatibility (32 bit OS, native DOS support, etc)2. connections for old hardware and peripherals3. aesthetic4. nostalgia and authenticity
>>12248773All you need is a CRT monitor. I fixed up an old PC and it's hardly worth it. A novelty at most, and games run badly.
>>12248946Sounds like you're just retarded, anon. The only era of retro PC games that's worth a retro build for is Windows 98 and earlier, and you still find cheap, plentiful parts that'll run those games at hundreds of frames per second, like a Socket 754/939 Athlon 64 and an FX 5500.
>>122487732/10 try again
it's the sega system spammerall fields, etc
>>12248939>1. software compatibility (32 bit OS, native DOS support, etc)every game that you want to play, you can play on modern windows versions. the ones you can't you probably don't know about and wouldn't want to play anyway>2. connections for old hardware and peripheralslike what, the sidewinder? get a PCI extension card for $20 if you absolutely NEED to have it (you most likely don't)>3. aestheticthank you for confirming you don't actually care about retro games, you just want to look like you do.>4. nostalgia and authenticitymeaningless buzzwords
There are only a handful of worthwhile games from the 95/98/XP era that don't run well on modern machines and the majority of good games that had problems have had fan/community patches. DOS games run well on DOS emulators and are much easier to set up than fucking with boot discs and programs like moslo to prevent them from running too fast.
>>12248939>benefits>1. software compatibility (32 bit OS, native DOS support, etc)You've never actually used an old computer, have you?
>>12249047Retarded how? What is it with you spergs, would it kill you to talk normally without pointless insults
As someone who had a brief period of getting old ass computers and even some power macs, you're better off just using the various virtual machine software that's out there. With old computers, you're left with a huge space wasting box and have to deal with shit from before QOL improvements. 86box or whatever everyone is using now is basically drag and drop for software, and chances are if it's worth playing, there's a fan patch or source port of it anyways.
In the IBM PC space really only reason to go for an old machine is precisely to get period correct parts for the as it was back in the day experience. I personally do not see the need as one big aspect of the PC platform is the software backwards compatibility so being able to throw newer and faster hardware at old software if the fun part, rather than a real need for authenticity. There are outlier scenarios of course but that was true back in the day (lmao good luck getting POD to run even on correct hardware).
>>12248773I don't know OP, it depends what model of power button you have...The question always when playing old PC games is 'what do you want to play?' There are some games that still don't run brilliantly on modern systems, or need pretty powerful PCs to emulate well due to the way they run on modern processors (Redguard is my usual go to on this - even the GOG version is still a stuttering mess unless you have a high spec PC and for a long time so was Jedi Knight), but the vast majority of good or popular games with decent and supportive communities have official or fan fixes, or sourceports.Sure there's something nostalgic about booting up a Windows 95 machine, but I'd much rather not have to hunt for working hardware, plus I feel I've paid my dues in dealing with pre-XP hardware conflicts and all the bootdisk BS that modern VMs have made a lot easier to deal with.
>>12248773>CD-ROM for playing DOS-Roms
>>12249278Don't listen, the guy who said that is retarded. Older games that don't run on modern windows run fine through wine on linux
>>12249321I just noticed, we're in a sega system spam thread
>>12248773>Are there any benefits of using an old computer box to play retro PC games Other than looking cool for your tiktoks, no not really. Depending on exactly how old the game is, running it natively, running it through DOSBox, or setting up a VM would all be better options.
you niggas can't be serious
>>12248773>Are there any benefits of using AI to shitpost?Yes. It makes it very obvious that you're an underage shitposter. Grownups can just quickly mock you an hide the thread.
>>12249213ok
>>12248798Kino machine. Too bad it doesn’t actually play genesis games in rgb.
>>12248773i have a old latitude D505 i use for windows 98 games, it has ac97 audio but its fine i didnt grow up playing dos games, just grim fandango, etc. its cool and quiet and plugs into a CRT fine. there's lots of issues for using recent hardware, even for games made just 10 years ago, im looking at systems i could buy to play stuff like far cry 3. i was looking at a dell 7710 workstation but i see this as the perfect excuse to buy one of those ridiculous alienware or eurocom laptops that were thousands of dollars back then. i know if i wanted a computer for dos games without using some sort of emulator, it starts getting ridiculous, pcmia card sound cards are unobtainable, pnp laptops are now hundreds of dollars, there's all sorts of gimmicky stuff to put a sound card into a old thin client, which have all been bought up too. you could do a desktop but i like being able to throw this in a closet for the rainy days
>>12248773>Are there any benefits of using an old computer box to play retro PC gamesit's cool
>>12250975SBEMU might work with that laptop if you wanted to try DOS on it
>>12249230>every game that you want to play, you can play on modern windows versions. the ones you can't you probably don't know about and wouldn't want to play anywayGex doesn't work on my computer. It's the only one I want to play. Go fuck yourself.
>>12251070>Gex doesn't work on my computer.it's on gog so sounds like a (You) problem
old games never worked on old pc's
>>12251112Yeah well the gog version isn't the cd version I owned from childhood
>>12249278>Retarded how?Retarded as in you're a fucking retard if games "run badly" on your retro PC. That's a you problem born of a lack of knowledge about what the fuck you're doing, not an objective reality. The fact you're too dumb to even understand why you're being called dumb is a helpful indicator of where the issue lies.
>>12251143Not that anon but games running like shit not to mention BSOD'ing frequently is part of the authentic retro PC experience.
>>12251143Oh I see, you're just having a bad day. I hope it passes. Merry christmas!
>>12251132so you don't actually care about playing the game, you just want to look like you do. got it.
>>12251187not him but that's probably caps going bad in your system due to how old it is
>>12251487tell me you're underage without telling me
>>12251292That's retarded. Obviously I want to play the game that I already own.
Why did this make people so upset
>>12251996>Why do google translate tell me this make people so upset
>>12248773Yes because a lot of DOS-based games run at the wrong speed even when done by GoG.
>>12252613This is why I prefer stuff like PCem or 86box over DOSBox for emulating older DOS games
>>12252615DOSBox let's you adjust the speed.And speed issues are pretty rare, and usually only the very old games.DOS games in the 90s had to run on different 386s, different 486s, different Pentiums, etc. with different clock rates and instruction addons.So most of them aren't bound by clock frequency.
>>12251996emufags have a perpetual chip on their shoulder
>>12252647>DOSBox let's you adjust the speed.>And speed issues are pretty rare, and usually only the very old games.DOXBox can't run Rebel Assault II at the correct speed, so no matter what it runs too fast and makes some parts impossible.Speed issues aren't rare at all. Why do anons here like to downplay big problems? Does it make them feel strong?
>>12248859Maybe someone has figured out how to upgrade it at this point. What a snazzy machine.Also how did anyone figure out this was the "system" spammer? OP is clearly trolling but what gave away the sega part?
its beginning to look a lot like Christmaaaas
>>12253427Don't bully sega spammer you know how hard Christmas time is for him
>>12253643>Have yourself a Sega Little Christmas>let your cart be light>next years your delusions will cause bans outright....
>>12253427Wtf
>>12253417He insists on calling dos games "DOS-Roms"
>>12253427>>12253723He's been doing it for 7 years?
>>12249230Nostalgia is pretty easily understood, whether you agree with him or not.
>>12253765go ahead then. the one thing i don't have nostalgia for is how godawful ugly 90s PC tech was. the beige was an eyesore. hardware today (ignoring the price obv) has so many more options and aesthetics.
>>12254396Beige is a neutral contrast and easier on the eyes, improving office productivity.Beige also minimizes the "yellowing" effect, since beige is closer to yellow than black is, or grey or white.
