Quoting: scaine

Quoting: dpanterD-pad in the wrong location. Pass.

That's the XBOX360 location, which I was quite used to... about 20 years ago. It's got the XBOX markings though, so it makes sense.

See, for me, this is the perfect spot for the d-pad... Megadrive habits, I guess :tongue:

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With my SO, we have been playing a lot of Heroes III of Might & Magic (through VCMI [External Link] ), with Horn of the Abyss [External Link] and In the Wake of Gods [External Link] extensions, and it's a blast :smile:

Also been playing Half-Life at lunch time with my colleague...

Nostalgia... :wub:

[EDIT] I actually forgot to mention the game that has currrently hooked me up, Tainted Grail: Conquest [External Link] ! :heart:

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Just wanted to say that fheroes2 made me buy 2 copies of HoMM2 on GOG, a few weeks ago. Thank you for the hard work ! :smile:

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I just finished installing Manjaro on my new Framework 16 (already old-gen, I guess ? :tongue:), and I really love it :smile: !

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Quoting: R Daneel OlivawDo you all use bottles for anything?

I use it to play the original Half-Life game with a friend at work, at lunch time :smile:
I found it way easier to use than Lutris

Also, I used it to play Heroes 3 of Might & Magic, because GameHub was failing at downloading and installing from GOG website. And I used it also to try Skylords Reborn (formerly known as Battleforge), as the Lutris script did not work for me.

For me, it is a good replacement for PlayOnLinux, easy to manage, and easy to export config from one PC to another. :smile:

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Happy birthday GoL :wub:

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Funcom was also behind The Secret World, a MMORPG that had you interact with "out of the game" elements, such as internet "fake" websites, or installing an app on your smartphone to try to decode a morse code inside the game... Clever and fun :)

However, they kind of ruined it with its sequel, Secret World Legends... but that is another story :(

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Happy holidays to you GoL community ! :smile:

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Is that the return of Microsoft Strategic Commander [External Link] ?

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Quoting: WMan22

Quoting: Mountain ManIf you want to play Nintendo games, then buy a Nintendo console. It's as simple as that.

I HAVE been buying Nintendo Consoles all the way back starting with the Nintendo 64. I am even one of the 5 people who bought a WiiU.

But they don't really make TVs with composite slots anymore, everything's HDMI now. So it doesn't matter if I have physical hardware (Which I DO by the way), CRTs are dying one by one, I won't be able to play the games I grew up with forever unless emulators are allowed to exist. A future without emulation is horrifying. Entire generations of culture lost because of hardware that is not compatible with modern TVs.

There is no good argument in favor of removing emulators from existence. If you approve of this, I literally see you as no better than people who burned books under fascist regimes.

Additionally, let's say in a completely hypothetical scenario (which isn't our reality, let's be crystal clear) that all games were still readily available and that I didn't need an emulator to play Geist on modern TVs because N-Space is currently defunct and therefore cannot sell their game on virtual consoles while receiving money for the game. There's still a strong argument in favor of emulation due to being able to remaster games yourself. For example: On a WiiU emulator, you can play Breath of the Wild at 8k 240fps given powerful enough hardware. On a switch, it barely hits 720p 30.

Just wanted to mention, there are hardware solutions like OSSC [External Link] ; I have one myself, so that I can still enjoy my Megadrive on a 32 inch HDMI monitor :smile:

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