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Mar 5, 2022
How To Fix RetroPie 4.7.1 No Sound 3.5mm Jack In EmulationStation
How To Fix RetroPie 4.7.1 No Sound 3.5mm Jack EmulationStation Introduction Recently I started a project on creating an arcade using a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ with RetroPie and ran into an issue in getting the 3.5 mm headphone jack to work for the sound output. This was mentioned in the RetroPie Release Notes for 4.7.1. Through searching I found bits and pieces to rectify the issue. In this post we will see how... read more
Jun 7, 2019
How To Install and Play DOOM on Windows 10 in Hi-Resolution
How To Install and Play DOOM on Windows 10 in Hi-Resolution Introduction In continuing with retro gaming we now will cover one of the games that started it all with DOOM. We will be installing DOOM on Windows 10 in Hi-Resolution. For this to work you will need to have a registered or purchased version of DOOM, the shareware version will not work. Head over to GOG.com and get a copy for a great price. I... read more
Dec 30, 2018
How To Install and Play Quake 2 on Windows 10
Introduction In keeping with an earlier post on Installing and Playing DOOM 2 on Windows 10, I’d thought I made keep up the retro gaming theme and post how to install and play Quake 2 on Windows 10. Who doesn’t like playing the old PC games! For this to happen we will be using KMQuake II and will also need the quake2 3.24 patch which can be found at the same site. Of course you will need your... read more
Nov 24, 2018
Running Duke Nukem 3D Atomic edition on Windows with HiRes packs
In this post we will expand a bit on running DukeNukem 3D and using the HiRes Packs (HRP) to bring in the new graphics packs out there. This is made possible by eduke32. EDuke32 is an awesome, free homebrew game engine and source port of the classic PC first person shooter Duke Nukem 3D. Download the latest eduke32 from http://dukeworld.com/eduke32/synthesis/latest. Select eith the win32 or win64... read more
Sep 19, 2018
How To Install and Play DOOM 2 on Windows 10
Introduction The old PC games were always a blast to play back in the DOS and early versions of Windows. The graphics weren’t the greatest but, they were great at the time. In this post we will relive the past and get DOOM 2: Hell on Earth running on Windows 10. So how are we to achieve this? In this case we are going to use Chocolate-Doom. Download Chocolate-DOOM Chocolate-doom supports the... read more
