So, a while back, I wanted to replay System Shock 2. It rules. And I installed it on my netbook, and it ran fine (as long as I limited it to one core). So, it got me thinking to when I played it first. In high school, home-built PIII best machine I could afford to play this game... and now it runs on my $300 netbook using only half the CPU and the renderer is running in software. Geez.
Anyone else have any memories of tweaking old machines to run old games that now can be run on bargain basement tech? I realize that everything we played 'in the day' can be run on absolutely dirt cheap machines now, I'm thinking more along the lines of stories/examples.
I almost killed my cat playing that game at night with surround sound. Creeping around, low on ammo, wrench in hand, annelid zombies moaning in the distance, 'Is someone there?' and something brushes my leg. Good times.
Anyone else have any memories of tweaking old machines to run old games that now can be run on bargain basement tech? I realize that everything we played 'in the day' can be run on absolutely dirt cheap machines now, I'm thinking more along the lines of stories/examples.
I almost killed my cat playing that game at night with surround sound. Creeping around, low on ammo, wrench in hand, annelid zombies moaning in the distance, 'Is someone there?' and something brushes my leg. Good times.
