Thread 12162115

Got given this HP Compaq for free. It has a Celeron M and 512Mb of RAM (might upgrade these later).
Currently installed:
>Pharaoh
>Diablo (Dev. X)
>Diablo 2 (LoD)
>Minecraft Alpha 1.1.2_01 (Betacraft)
>Spelunky (freeware ver.)

I was thinking of trying to run Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, AoE, Stronghold.
What does /vr/ recommend? Dubs and I will install and try to run, even if the GMA 950 graphics chip shits the bed LOL.

OpenTTC, OpenRCT, OpenDune, OpenRA, OpenAge, FreeCiv, FreeCol, OpenRails, Pioneer, OpenMW, VCMI, OpenTesArena, OpenXcom, ScummVM, ioQuake3, EDuke32, GZDoom,

>>12162115 (OP)
The original 2003 release of Postal 2.
https://archive.org/details/postal-2-us
I tried to run it on Windows 7 and it won't even launch so give it a try on XP and tell me how it goes OP.

Thief 1,2
Moto Racer 2
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Swat 3

For example..

>>12162115 (OP)
Dark Colony, KKND 2, WarCraft 2, Jagged Alliance 2, Nox, Shogo MAD, Serious Sam 2nd Encounter, Cave Story and Hero Core.

forgot to mention i also have deus ex goty on there
>>12162451
consider your petition signed

Majesty the Fantasy Kingdom Simulator

freecell
after that you can delete your computer and touch grass

>>12162115 (OP)
throw some Linux on that bitch and watch that puppy go

>>12163114
Are there even graphics drivers for the celeron m?

>>12163132
It's not really worth it, win XP is alright for ir

I have a question - would a windows 11 computer with an integrated graphics card (can't put a graphics card in it) be better than a windows 10 computer with a fairly modern graphics card for emulating old games (4th gen and earlier)? Apparently windows 11 fixes some issues with polling rates for a mouse (of course this could be a gimmick to try to get people to upgrade especially as I didn't hear about it until I was searching for this stuff). Obviously neither system is going to be taxed by a standard SNES emulator, but might windows 11 theoretically reduce lags due to better/more reliable polling rate and similar?

>>12163132
>graphic drivers
>celeron M
Nigga what
Install gentoo and stop being this fucking retarded

>>12163487
Not retro
>>12163509

>>12163487
Pretty sure it doesn't matter so long as you can run dxwnd, 86box/pcem, dosbox-staging etc.

>>12163487
What games do you have in mind to consider mouse polling rates as important enough?
Win 11 might introduce different lags due to it's abundance of parallel processes + good luck avoiding vibe-coded patches that may brick your PC anytime.

>>12162115 (OP)
No one's mentioned Starcraft: Brood War yet, so definitely install that. Get version 1.16.1 or 1.17 at the latest since newer versions are just the remaster, and use a different engine your machine couldn't run.
>>12162253
ioquake3 runs like absolute shit on period hardware compared to vanilla q3.
>>12163132
The Celeron M is just a CPU. Integrated graphics at that time were part of the motherboard chipset.

>>12162253
...on a PROPRIETARY operating system!!

>make post about retro gaming
>devolves in to thread about which le operating system is best

>>12164483
Retro OSes are serious business. They can make or break OPs gaming experience.

>>12162115 (OP)
You should play those games one more recent hardware with better contrast and less lag. You're just giving yourself a shitty experience for no reason.

>>12162115 (OP)
tomb raider 1-5
metal gear solid 1&2 (i don't know how your system will handle 2 without a dedicated gpu, but you otherwise meet the recommended specs so you might be good)
gta 2,3,vice city (san andreas might give you problems)
the army men games (just grab all the ones that were released on pc, they're chill rts)
SimCity 4