• mods

    NES Turned Into Retro Gaming Uberbox

    True, this mod could have been done with pretty much any small plastic box, but choosing a Nintendo Entertainment System to house a retro gaming PC is the kind of crowd pleasing coup-de-modding that is difficult to surpass, save by hollowing out a Vectrex or performing electronic taxidermy on an actual anthropomorphic hedgehog.

    The beast contains a Windows XP PC loaded with the GameEx emulator front-end and a metric shedload of NES, SNES and N64 games - all of which, I am certain, are fully licensed and were purchased alongside their original packaging.

    NES Console Modded as Retro Gaming PC, With Video [Slashgamer]

    1:30 PM on Mon Aug 18 2008
    By Stuart Houghton
    5,549 views, 54 comments

    Latest by cbutters: This is available to buy on ebay Item 180280144905 more »

  • pc gaming

    Vista Game Speeds *Finally* Catch Up To XP

    I got Vista a few weeks back, and have found it nothing short of delightful. No compatibility issues, no performance downgrades, none of the complaints I've heard PC gamers cussing over for the past year or so. Then again...I've been playing Oblivion and the Battlestar Galactica mod for Homeworld 2, so I haven't exactly been pushing the OS to its limits. If you're playing things a little more current, and are finding things on Vista a little slower than they should be, chin up: some benchmarks run by ExtremeTech have compared Vista's SP1 to XP's new SP3, and found that over three games tested (World in Conflict, Supreme Commander and Crysis), Vista was just as fast as XP on two, and marginally faster on Crysis. More »

    1:30 AM on Wed May 14 2008
    By Luke Plunkett
    10,190 views, 93 comments

    Latest by Jagzi11a: The Issues i have had with Vista are the lack of Middi audio compatibility and a bunch of "tools" that more »

  • lethal update

    EVE Online Trinity Update Kills XP

    The EVE Online Trinity update is live, bringing with it an all-new graphics engine, new features, and the death of your Windows XP boot.ini file. It's okay! The file is only necessary if you want your computer to start. Apparently a faulty version of the updater slipped out that worked great across the board, with the exception of Windows XP - one of the most widely used PC operating systems in the world. You know you've got trouble when you have to issue an alert that starts like this:

    Check the root directory of your hard drive and see if you have a boot.ini file.
    Having worked tech support for six years, I nearly peed myself laughing after reading this. CCP will have a new version of the updater available shortly. So how does something like this slip past testing? Was the new update was just so compelling that not one tester ever rebooted? Maybe it's time for another free 14-day trial!

    ALERT: READ THIS IF YOU INSTALLED TRINITY BEFORE 4 A.M. GMT     [EVE Online - Thanks Ralph!]

    10:20 AM on Thu Dec 6 2007
    By Mike Fahey
    6,627 views, 79 comments

    Latest by Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.: Whoops. This is one for the books. more »

  • vista view

    Shadowrun "Cracked" For Windows XP

    Fortunately for Mitch Gitelman and FASA Studios, recently released pride and joy Shadowrun looks like it's now unofficially available for play not just on the Xbox 360 and Windows Vista, but Windows XP as well. Circumventing the other franchise killing executive decision—to limit the game's Windows audience to Vista only—warez group Razor 1911 has released a crack for Shadowrun that makes it playable on Windows XP and without DirectX 10 support. More »

    8:40 PM on Mon Jun 25 2007
    By Michael McWhertor
    11,280 views, 41 comments

    Latest by mcderek3000: I wouldn't call this piracy if you buy the game and then hack it to run on Windows XP. If more »

  • windows

    The Best Windows Gaming XPeriences

    As we move from dominant operating system generation to generation, some games will inevitably be tied to their respective popular OSes. Welcoming Windows Vista into the family of questionably necessary upgrades, Voodoo Extreme has posted what they consider to be the best games of the Windows XP era. While they may not be explicity linked to the OS, they were released after October 25, 2001 and represent some groundbreaking, classic video games. More »

    5:41 PM on Mon Feb 5 2007
    By Michael McWhertor
    805 views, 16 comments

    Latest by omninode: bryanstanton, This list only covers games released in the Windows XP era, which started October 2001. Half-life 1 came out in more »

  • direct x 10

    Direct X 10 is Windows Vista Only

    According to XBitLabs, Direct X 10 is going to be a Windows Vista exclusive: More »
  • pc

    XP Gaming on a Mac: Surprisingly Playable

    With the news that Apple is now quasi-officially condoning WinXP and OSX dual-boots on the new Intel-based Macs, you may be wondering if PC gaming is viable on a Mac yet. Well, the lads over at 1UP have got you covered, installing WinXP on an opalescent MacBook Pro and running Half-Life 2, Oblivion and F.E.A.R. through their paces. Surprisingly, all games were fully playable and ran fairly respectably... More »

    12:40 PM on Fri Apr 7 2006
    By brownlee
    814 views, 23 comments

    Latest by visibleholstein: Many people apparently are still clearly uninformed if they think that all you can do to a Mac is "like, more »

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