/v/ — Is there a point to building a retro gaming PC?

>>741143517 (OP)
Pretty much a necessity if you want to use an old Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro to play old games that support it. Can't get it working on modern Windows.

>>741143517 (OP)
idk, I find a lot of obscure win95/98 titles just don't run on modern hardware. Or don't run well.

Autism

>>741143517 (OP)
>building
not really and only if you absolutely want to do it
>buying
sure, if you want to put on those pink nostalgia glasses
>point
nostalgia or education, otherwise no point at all, it will be a dust collector after one week

>>741143517 (OP)
you build one if you are a zoomer retard that wants to larp as one of their favorite youtubers

>>741143691
86box

>>741143802
bitter words from bitter heart

>is there a point in paying a premium on extremely old hardware on a platform that can accommodate the function of old software anyway?
No.

>>741143517 (OP)
>retro gayming
>no CRT
Why?

>>741143517 (OP)
>Retro
>That monitor

>>741143517 (OP)
Only if you like tinkering.
If you just like playing older games? No.

How far along are on saving up for your bottom surgery?

>>741143517 (OP)
this is for people stupid @ computers

>>741143826
i tried running some win9x japanese games on 86box (and some other emulator i cant remember the name right now) and it was running the games really slow. i have a 5600x, which sure, it's a mid-range cpu, but come on

>>741143517 (OP)
>Is there a point to this thing that people do for its own sake i.e. for fun as a hobby?
If you have to ask, then the answer is no.

>>741144420
You're really going to post that in a thread about a hobby that was totally destroyed by a lack of gatekeeping?

>>741143517 (OP)
No. eXoDoS and exowin9x (not complete yet but will one day) are incredible compilations that include preconfigured environments that just werk and all the games are patched up and working, including having all the DRM protections removed.

Genuinely the best way to play old PC games.

BUUUUUUT

>>741143991 this anon is right you should try to get a CRT monitor for it. eXoDoS does have aspect ratio corrections and all that built in but the games look and feel like shit without a CRT monitor and no amount of cope is going to fix that. The main reason is that the games were rendered and displayed in a 16:10 resolution and then stretched to 4:3 in "chunkymode", but more important the games target 35fps, half of the 70hz refreshrate. Modern displays just aren't good at that and they'll look like shit.

Also eXoDoS has all the sound cards configured too so you can pick whatever gets you hard.

You don't need to fuck around with old GPUs for VGA out though just get a HDMI to VGA adapter, it's fine.

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>>741143517 (OP)
If you have the space for it then yes, it's fun and you can get hardware you could only dream of back then for cheap.

All of the best games in the 90s can run on Steam without any issues even if you're running W11

If you're going retro you just build a peak XP machine to run all the classics at maximum performance

>>741143517 (OP)
If it exists, no matter how stupid it is, there will be someone who fucks with it

>>741143517 (OP)
Fuck no try just finding a good XP laptop on eBay and move on with your life if you want to play that unplayable freeware/shareware

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>>741143637
>Pretty much a necessity if you want to use an old Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro to play old games that support it. Can't get it working on modern Windows.
Yes the original FFB is gameport only but the Force Feedback 2 is USB and works in Windows 10, at least with the couple games I've tried it with (Crimson Skies & Comanche 4).

To OP's question, in general having access to a joystick port and high-quality FM and MIDI music via a real sound card was traditionally a valid reason to keep a retro machine going vs. dealing with shitty Dosbox and Windows' software synths. However we're coming to a point where sound emulation via projects like SBEMU and MUNT is close enough that only audophiles can tell the difference. Hell, on my actual Pentium III machine I've started using VSBHDA for DOS mode sound despite having an actual Sound Blaster Live installed because Creative's Windows 9x drivers are just that bad.

>>741146873
>fucks with it
Please go back to wherever you came from.

>>741145915
>There are modern ssd drivers for 9x including nvme. You do need sound card however.
How are you supposed to run an AGP graphics card on a modern mobo? Compared to sound cards where you have a ton of PCI options, there were very few PCI GPUs released with Windows 98 driver support other than some OEM shit like the GeForce2 MX