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Hey I was very surprised by that too! From years ago I remember the disk crunching in the PC case like someone was running a screwdriver over hard metal but for some reason this one turned out to be a cat purr. The disk is a 40GB Seagate, I think it's 7200 but I'm not 100% sure, I need to check by the model number. I think I'll need to make another defrag video later with a louder disk haha.

I totally agree. Even for today's standards gameplay is just great. Music and sounds are great too!

they also use elevators and work 9am-5pm weekdays!

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@@ilkerbalc3956 hah interesting, never heard of that one!

it is worth inserting a coin! Fun game, I think I still need to try it with a better CPU.

I'm glad it's not just the intro music, it plays in game!

Hey, yeah good idea and I actually had the same thought. I tested the game with 16MB and 32MB and didn't notice any difference at all. I think it's the AMD K5 75Mhz holding it back. Later I'll try it with a 133 or 166Mhz with 8-16-32MB ram to see the difference. But I appreciate the suggestion, it's a good idea definitely.

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay isn't that game spec 486?

@@davejones1621 I need to check the box, but probably that should be the case.

@@davejones1621 yes it is indeed 486. Here's a photo of the min requirements on the box. i.gyazo.com/52f774928251325a2e240b70471cdb51.jpg

hey no problem! thanks for watching! I'm planning to add more in the future, including old Linux distros too. :)

oh interesting! I didn't know there were cheats at all!

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay yeh there was a few cheats. I remember you could buy a cheat book from shop. It was really cool because on the indoor game you could get ball speed cheat it was great.

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay you could get cheat books in 90s. There on Google check them out

Haha that's because we are old! I turned 40 a couple of weeks ago and since then I feel like I aged 10 years suddenly

I used IBM dos at work that software was from 1985 one floppy 💾 had 1 cad file for a pluming/irrigation project to manufacture a brass product Like a gas fitting or water tap on a cad/cam Miling machine or automatic lathe , at home I had win 3.11 right up to 95 came out on cd, fast forward to 2024 I'm on win 10 and I'm not downgrading to 11 because Linux is better. I'm 65 so your not old yet son

@@scottorgan2255 thanks! I'm typing this comment from a Win11 PC and it is terrible. I just had to restart because Windows Explorer was using 23GB of memory, I don't understand how. Was it a big business, where you used the milling machine? Was it a common thing to have a computer at work in 80s? I remember, where I grew up even the banks got computers around 93/94. They were all manual paperwork before that.

Yeah, I wouldn't bet money on it haha. Not a penny

Apart from unit controls being a bit clunky, the game plays great. Cutscenes are amazing. Overall it's a really good game. No surprise it's that famous.

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay cutscenes, intro, hellmarch... so much to praise, not enough superlatives in my opinion

They beat the shit out of me for 1 hour 40 minutes haha.

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay that would be too easy if one could play for just 1 hrs and beat all.

it is so bad, isn't it? they just made it plain white. blinding haha. it's terrible

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay yeees it is eheheh, but it was at the same time...i don't know...Cool 😅🤣

Yeah, especially when you see it side by side with others makes it more obvious!

This is also a game I'd like to play again with a faster CPU. I'm sure Voodoo3 could have done a much better job!

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay for sure, but Its Just good. Maybe could try an OC to133 FSB (CPU Will run @667)

I'm trying to build an average or below average PC for playing the games, I find it more realistic. Probably most people had that as their PC at the time. You can see it is heavily skipping frames, later I will try it with different CPU's. :)

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay i perfect agree with you, i also love to test everything with the correct hardware of the time. It's too Easy to put a V2 on a PIII 1 GHz and Say "Oh wow!". We all at the time had a normal Build for that specific time.

I'm not sure if I like it haha

Haha I had to look that up! Paul John Gascoigne, born 27 May 1967), nicknamed Gazza, is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay that guy had the talent to find himself a good place in hall of fames but choose sex and drugs and Rock and roll

@@ilkerbalc3956 first time hearing about him! Seems like he retired in 2004

It is much faster than I expected. I'm running Win98 at the moment and it works just fine!

Hey! I have the PC specs in the video description. Unfortunately I can't remember the graphic options, I change computer parts and settings a lot but other than changing the resolution I keep settings as default. With Voodoo2 and PIII 450 the game was playing pretty well. I haven't tried it with AMD but I have the hardware, I could give it a try sometime.

we could call it a simulation haha. I think one of the worst controls I have seen so far.

hah I'll play the older ones too, probably it will be 4-3-2-1. I haven't played Settlers 1, the flag thing was very confusing to me. I still don't think I fully understand how it works.

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay "2: veni vidi vici" was the best I think. each flag-separated road has its own peasant and donkey if you have donkeys. they are not micromanaged, which forces you to plan better etc.

@@ilkerbalc3956 I think I'll need to watch some tutorials. There are donkeys in S4 but I don't think I've ever used them

24 years later it is still a fun game to play! It feels more peaceful compared to other racer games hectic atmosphere.

I kept the same settings as Voodoo 3! Resolution: 1024 x 768 x 16 Car Detail: High Car Lighting: High World Rendering quality: Very High View Distance: Very High It was noticeably but wasn't too bad either. I'm really surprised with the Voodoo Banshee's performance.

Yeah I was surprised to see Savage4 not displaying the fog, I only noticed it after I watched the video back. For the frame rate, I think Voodoo3 and TNT2 was very similar in performance but Savage4 was slightly slower. I think S4 colours are much better, other 2 seems a bit washed out but that's probably because there's no fog haha

Hi, thanks for asking. 1024 x 768 x 16 car detail: high car lighting: high world rendering quality: very high view distance: very high Please let me know if you have any questions.

NFS soundtracks has always been great!

Hey! I use 1.07.00-WHQL one, I think it's the latest official driver. Works quite well. I just recorded the second video, I'll upload tomorrow but this time I played with Voodoo Banshee.

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay I also use the version 1.07, the last one from 3dfx. I tested almost all versions I found and 1.07 is overall the best for the Voodoo 3. For the Banshee I used 1.04, also the last official one from 3dfx.

@@3dfxvoodoocards6 yeah same! I tried a few different ones and decided for banshee 1.04 is the best one. Works really well!

yeah exactly! At that time my computer wasn't up to the task. I had a PII 233, 32MB RAM and a Cirrus Logic CL-5446 with 4MB RAM. Later I upgraded to a Celeron 400 and TNT2 M64, it was a life changer. I've never had a 3DFX card back then, this is pretty much why I got all the games and the hardware now. I couldn't play any of these in the past with 3DFX, I'm experiencing them for the first time with the "dream build" :)

Delta Force 1 only runs software but I found some Glide wrapper but I don't think it worked, so the game is running on software. However, Delta Force 2 has D3D support but not required and it can run software. Here's the photo from the original DF2 box: i.gyazo.com/c9240654adf76f9ff0ab5576e5fb1e62.jpg

Yes! I think this was pretty much the best you could get around that time. I think if I dropped the resolution down to 800x600 the game would have ran perfectly.

we should try multiplayer sometime, there are still some servers around.

Yeah I agree, PES was much more fun. Starting from FIFA 2000, things didn't go well in my opinion.

Very realistic. He used to score similar goals every game.

@@RootiferasRetroGameplay True legend :P

- Taffarel - Hakan - Vedat - Filipescu - Suat - Popescu - Tugay - Arif - Hagi - Hasan - Sukur It's funny Hasan Sas has long hair for some reason...

Yes! It's high up in the list!

Not yet! hah but I have a plan for a "virus party" plan. I'll test some old antivirus software and bunch of old viruses to see what would happen.

Hey! Yeah turned out that was exactly the case. The game works pretty well on PIII 450Mhz.

I think "He couldn't hit a cows backside with a banjo this fella" is my favourite haha

Yep, such a big success being able to finish the benchmark I guess!

Try the defrag one! It's even better (but a bit shorter hah)

Yep! The sound is a bit low but it gets better in the other episodes. Still trying to figure out a way of recording the sound cleanly without all the buzzing.