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by butterburp1
Sat Jun 02, 2018 12:57 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Art of Atari book
Replies: 1
Views: 7958

I have this book and it's great. It's a bit light on arcade material, the vast majority is on the 2600. What I really like are the little snippets that tell the story behind the paintings on the cartridge box covers. For example, I always assumed the inspiration for Othello was the Bee Gees, but it'...
by butterburp1
Sat Jun 02, 2018 12:44 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Best games of the 90s?
Replies: 34
Views: 50949

Very tempting to bookmark this thread and play games from it every weekend! I loved Solitaire, Minesweeper and the various entertainment packs for Windows. Especially while listening to MIDI tunes in the background. I still play some of the games: Chess, Word Zap and Klotski (block-moving game). The...
by butterburp1
Sat Jun 02, 2018 12:38 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: The Sims Original is Working Again
Replies: 2
Views: 9187

Yes but it is a BOOGER to get running in Windows 10. You have to install it somewhere other than Program Files, get a copy of secdrv.sys from a Windows 7 or 8 machine, find a way to sign the driver, then run Windows in test mode. 8.1 isn't much better, as it requires uninstalling at least one of the...