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2018
2018x1
Revisiting My First Joystick!
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Felt like taking a look back at the first PC flight stick I ever owned, the Kraft Thunderstick from 1989. It may be super cheap and objectively crappy, but I love this cheesy old thing nonetheless.
2018x2
Oddware - IBM 8516 Touchscreen CRT Monitor
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When this released in 1991 it cost $1,695 and was used in universities, businesses, and even the Barcelona Olympics! So let's see how it does playing Duke3D and SimCity. Because Oddware.
2018x3
1999 GPU Upgrade: Diamond S3 Savage4 Pro+
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Upgrading a late 90s Windows 98 computer setup with a Diamond Stealth III S540 graphics card! Mm, S3TC. Installation, setup, and testing it out with Midtown Madness, Unreal Tournament, Max Payne.
2018x4
$17,000 PC from 1990: IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486
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The beast of a retro computer system was a powerhouse 486 machine in its day and cost an absurd amount of money when it was new. And I'm using it to play SkiFree. This is LGR.
2018x5
Tandy 1000 PC + CM-11 Monitor! Unboxing & Setup
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It may not have been the SX model I intended to get, but this Tandy 1000 from 1984 is still a lovely computer to experience! Join me in savoring this retro tech as I attempt to set it up with Tandy DOS 2.11.
2018x6
Epson PhotoPC: The 1995 Digital Camera Experience
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Unboxing and testing this 0.3 megapixel beast from the mid 90s! This is the Epson Photo PC, their first consumer digital camera. Not only does it take 640x480 photos, but it stores to internal flash memory!
2018x7
The Sims 4 Laundry Day Stuff Review
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Gameplay and overview of the THIRTEENTH stuff pack for The Sims 4. What new laundrytastic activities can you take part in? Are chores really the best thing evar? Let's find out!
2018x8
Microsoft Bob Experience: Was It Really THAT Bad?
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This is the infamous Microsoft Bob from 1995. Often ridiculed for being childish, overpriced, and introducing us to Comic Sans and Clippy. But was Bob truly as terrible as its reputation suggests?
2018x9
The Ball Game: MS-DOS Ball Busting ACTION
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Sometimes, you have to play a game simply due to the title. And, you know, the naked fire/ice guys on the cover and the promise of "ball busting action" on the back of the box. This is THE BALL GAME.
2018x10
Restoring & Exploring a 1985 Tandy 1000 PC
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Radio Shack's Tandy 1000 computer system is one of the great 1980s IBM PC(jr) compatibles, and this one needs some loving. Join me in getting this legendary machine back to better-than-new condition!
2018x11
The Need For Speed Special Edition
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Retrospective focusing on the original Need For Speed game's 1996 special edition: NFSSE for DOS and Windows PCs! Classic no-frills racing with eight great cars and lovely environments, ahh yes.
2018x12
Tech Tales - The History of Bonzi Buddy
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BonziBuddy was seemingly everywhere around the year 2000. It was a free "virtual assistant" program that could talk, tell jokes, and help you browse the web! Turned out it was also .. show full overview
2018x13
eMachines eOne: 1999 Apple iMac Knockoff
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The eOne is one of the most blatant ripoff computers from the 90s. Apple sued eMachines and got it pulled from shelves and banned from sale worldwide. Let's examine what made Apple so angry
2018x14
Snood Retrospective: Forget Life, Play SNOOD
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50 million players can't be wrong, right? Snood is a classic shareware puzzle game inspired by the likes of Puzzle Bobble, and in the late 90s and early 2000s it was a huge viral hit. .. show full overview
2018x15
Apple QuickTake 100: 1994 Digital Camera Experience
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Unboxing and testing the Quick Take 100, Apple's first digital camera! It may only shoot in 0.31 megapixel 640x480, but at least it had 24-bit color when certain competitors were still doing black and white.
2018x16
Oddware - Datasonix Pereos Cassette Backup System
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Backing up computer data on the world's smallest cassette tape? Yes, plz. The Datasonix Pereos used Sony NT digital microcassettes to store up to 1.25 gigabytes on a Windows 3.1 PC! In 1994!
2018x17
Resound OPL3: Surround Sound AdLib Card!
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The TexElec Resound 1.1 not only uses a real Yamaha YMF262 FM synth chip, but it also brings 4 channels of sound to the table. That's right, quadraphonic AdLib sound is now technically possible on your retro PC of choice!
2018x18
The Sims 4 Jungle Adventure Review
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Gameplay and overview of the sixth game pack for The Sims 4. What kind of artifacts can you dig up in the Hidden Temple? Do skeletons get under your skin? Let's see!
2018x19
The Oregon Trail Electronic Handheld Game!
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Classic edutainment game The Oregon Trail gets a portable update for 2018! A review covering the design, gameplay, and features of this handheld dysentery simulator from The Bridge Direct and Target.
2018x20
Thrifts [Ep.38] Getting Warmer
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Join me as I go out thrifting, in search of games and interesting goods at various discount shops! Finally I can cut my own matboards once again, aw yeah.
2018x21
Sony Digital Mavica: 1997 Floppy Disk Camera Experience
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Trying out a trio of classic Sony Digital Mavica cameras! And of course, the big reason why I want to do that is because they use 3.5" floppy diskettes to store photos at anywhere from 640x480 to 1280x960 resolution.
2018x22
The Sims 4 My First Pet Stuff Review
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Gameplay and overview of the FOURTEENTH stuff pack for The Sims 4. What kind of rodents do you get? How much content is locked away if you don't have Cats & Dogs installed? Who cares!
2018x23
Tapwave Zodiac: The Failed 2003 Gaming PDA
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Tapwave's short-lived Zodiac became the third worst-selling gaming handheld of all time, but it's still worth checking out! If only because of its odd merging of handheld video games and personal digital assistant.
2018x24
The Original IBM Think Pad
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Long before IBM made notebook computers, they made actual notebooks. These were pads with the word "THINK" printed on it, making it a literal "think pad." Direct inspiration for the later ThinkPad machines, too!
2018x25
Oddware - Iomega Clik! Tiny 40MB Disk Drive
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During the heydey of the ZIP drive, Iomega released the Clik! A storage alternative to flash memory cards that used 2" magnetic floppy diskette cartridges readable inside a PCMCIA card.
2018x26
Ford Simulator 7.0 - 1996 Virtual Showroom CD-ROM
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During the heydey of the ZIP drive, Iomega released the Clik! A storage alternative to flash memory cards that used 2" magnetic floppy diskette cartridges readable inside a PCMCIA card.
2018x27
IBM ThinkPad 701C: The Iconic Butterfly Keyboard
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The 701 transforming ThinkWrite keyboard is the stuff of legend. In 1995 it let you have the portability of a subnotebook with the full-sized keyboard of a normal IBM Think Pad laptop!
2018x28
Let's Talk Edutainment (and play the 1993 Oregon Trail!)
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I ramble about entertainingly educational computer games for 23 minutes while playing the 1993 version of The Oregon Trail for Windows 3.1 and 95. YEP.
2018x29
Museum Madness: A Science & History Learning Mystery
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Solve a mystery, overcome chaos, save the day! More like breaking and entering, bring MICK batteries, and be snarky to animatronic exhibits. Yep, it's the 1994 edutainment computer game from MECC and Novotrade.
2018x30
Unboxing - Opening Stuff You Sent Me! April 2018
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Vintage computer hardware, oddware, PC games, electronics, and lots of ramen. Excellent as usual, thank you so much!
2018x31
1987 IBM PS/2 Model 25 + Model M SSK Unboxing & Setup
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Got a (mostly) new in box IBM Personal System/2 8525 computer system from 1987! Join me in unboxing the system, setting everything up, and exploring the software that it came with.
2018x32
Storybook Weaver Deluxe: More Text-To-Speech Mayhem
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An LGR retrospective on the 1994 educational software program from MECC! Weave your own books of stories, fill the pages with sounds and colorful graphics, and read them aloud with a dreadful TTS algorithm.
2018x33
Exploring the Comet Notebook: 1997 computer... thing
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2018x34
Oddware - 1988 Avon Beauty Vision Computer
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In the late 80s, Avon Products was pushing the Beauty Vision Personal Color Computer system to try and sell their cosmetics, fragrances, and personal care products. Turns out that it was .. show full overview
2018x35
Initial D Typing Trainer CD-ROM: Edutainment Intensifies!
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Yes, this is a real thing. Ryosuke Takahashi's Fastest Typing-theory came out in Japan in the year 2000 for PC, Mac, and PlayStation 2. Drift racing, non-stop eurobeat, and typing tutor combined!
2018x36
Star Wars Episode I Racer - PC Game Review
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Taking a look back at the 1999 LucasArts game for Windows PCs! Racing through Star Wars environments at nearly 1,000MPH still stands out as one of the more satisfying sci-fi racing experiences of the late 90s.
2018x37
Dynapoint GameStar: 1993 NEW to PC Keyboard Adapter
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Well this is a bit odd: a programmable adapter box that converts Nintendo Entertainment System gamepads to a 5-pin AT connection! So you can use NES controllers through a PC keyboard port.
2018x38
HP iPAQ RX1955 - The 2005 Windows Pocket PC Experience
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Revisiting my first PDA that I bought in my college days! Word processing, MP3 and WMV playback, and internet access over wi-fi all in one handheld device, wooow. And hey, it's not a bad gaming device either.
2018x39
Exploring the Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed Texaco Demos
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During the summer of 2001, Texaco and EA ran a promotion for NFS: Porsche Unleashed that included both physical die-cast cars and exclusive PC game demo discs. Let's unbox a new set and check 'em out!
2018x40
Thrifts [Ep. 39] The Junk Shop
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Join me as I go out thrifting, in search of games and interesting goods at various discount shops! Checking out a new (to Thrifts) junk shop filled with all sorts of random sterf.
2018x41
Unreal 20 Years Later: A Retrospective
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When Epic MegaGames released Unreal in 1998 it was an absolutely monumental title for PC gaming. Let's take a nostalgic look back at Unreal and its expansion, Return to Na Pali!
2018x42
Oddware Follow-up: 'The Timer' X10 System Controller
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The 1980s home automation continues with more X10 fun! This is the BSR System X10 Timer, a digital clock module that looks like a radio, but actually controls your house through the power lines.
2018x43
Cities: Skylines Parklife Review
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Taking a look at the sixth expansion pack to Cities Skylines! Do the new gameplay and asset additions improve the game and is it worth the asking price? Find out in this overview of Park Life!
2018x44
486 Update! Unboxing & Installing Windows 3.0
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The LGR Woodgrain 486 PC is due for an upgrade... to the year 1990! I've got a brand new in box copy of Microsoft Windows 3.0 to explore so let's install it on top of MS-DOS 6.22 and enjoy some SkiFree.
2018x45
An Odd Chinese Need For Speed PC Game Collection
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So, I bought this box set from China that supposedly contains every Need For Speed game on PC from 1995 to 2012... on nine DVDs.
2018x46
Restoring a 1987 IBM PS/2 Model 30
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Cleaning, restoring, and enjoying this classic Personal System/2 desktop computer from the '80s! Sure, it was the lowest-end model of its line when it launched, but that's exactly why I wanna dive into it.
2018x47
Enjoying Retro Computer Game Catalogs
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A relaxed, nostalgic look back at game publisher catalogs of the 1980s and '90s. Covering ads from GT Interactive, Electronic Arts, Viacom New Media, Sierra Online, and Infocom!
2018x48
1984 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard: Cherry KNX3-8451
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Now this is a cool keyboard. Not only does it utilize early Cherry MX Black key mechanisms, but it's also an infrared wireless keyboard replacement for the PCjr! As well as the "PC Senior," ha.
2018x49
Wheel of Fortune
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WOF.
2018x50
Detective Barbie in The Mystery of the Carnival Caper
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Yes, really. Time to find out who kidnapped Ken in this 1998 PC adventure game from Mattel. Featuring PushingUpRoses!
2018x51
The Sims 4 Seasons Review
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Gameplay and overview of the fifth expansion pack for The Sims 4. What kind of seasonal activities do you get? Is it worth the four year wait for weather? Let's find out!
2018x52
Gizmondo: The Worst-Selling Handheld Console Ever
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A deep dive into the infamous Gizmondo by Tiger Telematics from 2005! Its rapid rise and fall, the packaging, the games, and the odd legacy it leaves in its wake. May include wrecked Ferrari Enzos and melty rubber.
2018x53
Celebrating 9 Years of LGR
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LGR started on Jun 30, 2009. Nine years have passed. Holy crap!
2018x54
Gravis UltraSound: Retro Sound Card Retrospective
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Taking a look at the legendary wavetable sound board from 1992! The Advanced Gravis Ultra Sound is still an awesome thing to experience with DOS PC games, assuming you can track one down.
2018x55
Unboxing a New 1980s Amdek Monochrome Monitor
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This is a new old stock Amdek 310A display built in 1988! Amdek made some lovely TTL monitors in the 80s and I've wanted one for ages, so I bought this one still sealed. Exploring the history of the company and testing the CRT with an IBM PC AT!
2018x56
Unboxing - Opening Stuff You Sent Me! July 2018
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Vintage computer hardware, oddware, PC games, electronics, and lots of Dutch candy. Fantastic as usual, thank you so much!
2018x57
After Dark Games
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The After Dark screen savers by Berkeley Systems had reached peak popularity by the late 1990s. They had collectables, apparel, a TV show, and then came the After Dark Games compilation in 1998!
2018x58
(Re)Building the LGR Windows 98 Pentium III Project PC
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3dfx Voodoo 3, Aureal Vortex 2, Windows 98 SE. Ahh, now that's a combination for some prime late 90s gaming. Too bad the rest of the computer needs a ton of work. Let's get to it and build a fresh LGR PC!
2018x59
Forsaken: Six Degrees of Late '90s FPS Freedom
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FPS games with 6DoF movement, or Descent-likes, aren't everyone's cup of tea. But if you like your tea with tons of colored lights, drum and bass music, and ample '90s absurdity? Forsaken delivers.
2018x60
Using a Floppy Disk Drive on a Smartphone
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Using a 3.5" diskette drive on a modern smart device is oddly straightforward (and enjoyable!) with the right components. Let's set up an Android device to play MS-DOS games from a floppy drive!
2018x61
NewQ Gold: A Graphic Equalizer for PCs from 1999!
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Ever wanted what looks like a car stereo system in a 5.25" PC drive bay? Well NewQ made these units in the '90s, complete with a colorful VFD spectrum analyzer, 7-band EQ, and SRS 3D/TruSurround modes!
2018x62
Cleaning a Classic: BMC BM-12A Monochrome Monitor
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Got this lovely computer display on LGR Thrifts, decided it was time to clean it up and get it working with an Apple II Plus! So yeah, let's whip out the cleaning supplies and get to it.
2018x63
Oddware - MiniDisc Data Storage: Sony MDH-10
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Mini Discs aren't just for audio! Turns out that Sony had computer storage in mind for MDs as far back as 1993, well before the later Hi-MD format. Let's try out the MDH-10 MD Data drive from 1995!
2018x64
DOOM 3 VOODOO
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Ever wondered if Doom 3 will run on Windows 98 with a 12MB 3dfx Voodoo 2 graphics card? No? Well too bad, we're doing this anyway
2018x65
The World's Fastest CD-ROM: Kenwood True-X
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The Kenwood 72x UCR-421 was the fastest CD-ROM drive ever made when it released in 1999. And after years of looking I've finally found one that works. Does it live up those claims? Let's find out.
2018x66
Roland MA-12Cs: Best Retro Computer Speakers I've Had!
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The Roland MA-12C Micro Monitors from 1990 are the best desktop computer speakers I've ever owned from back then. Seriously! On top of sounding and looking great they're built fantastically well.
2018x67
Canon RC-250 Xap Shot: 1988 Video Floppy Disk Camera!
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The Canon XapShot is one radical late 80s still video camera. It takes photos and saves them to a floppy disk, but it's not a digital camera. It does so using analog NTSC recording tech!
2018x68
Massive 7X NEC CD-ROM Changer From 1995!
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The NEC MultiSpin 4Xc is a monstrous external SCSI CD-ROM drive built for MS-DOS, Windows, and Macintosh. It holds SEVEN discs at once! Time to unbox it a set it up with Phantasmagoria.
2018x69
Thrifts [Ep.40] Hamming It Up
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Join me as I go out thrifting, in search of games and interesting goods at various discount shops! Seems I stopped in during the radio hour this time.
2018x70
Radio Shack Computer Keyboard Calculator
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In the early 1990s Radio Shack sold what they called "keyboard calculators." These were really just an electronic calculator like any other, but with a form factor built for PC keyboards!
2018x71
DC-2: The Story of the First Robot Ever 'Arrested'
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In 1982, the DC-2 robot was making headlines for everything from participating in legal protests, to serving drinks in the Playboy Mansion, to being apprehended by the Beverly Hills .. show full overview
2018x72
Mitsubishi DJ-1000: World's Smallest Digital Camera (in 1997!)
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Back in 1997, consumer digital cameras didn't get any thinner or lighter weight than the DJ-1000 by Mitsubishi Electric. While it may be forgotten these days, I think it's worth a retrospective look!
2018x73
I Have New LGR Socks! (and an existential crisis)
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2018x74
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Review
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Time for an LGR retrospective on the fourth Elder Scrolls game! It was the first entry in the franchise for millions of players in 2006, but how well does Oblivion (and its expansions .. show full overview
2018x75
How To Find ANYTHING On The Internet
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In the year 2000, CareerTrack released this CD-ROM that made the bold claim of letting you know how to find ANYTHING on the internet. Well then, we have just got to see if it's true.
2018x76
Building My Dream $3,588 Windows XP PC
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Let's build a PC! A Windows XP gaming machine from parts circa 2007 to 2008, to be precise. This Core 2 Extreme SLI rig would've cost $3,588 if all the parts were bought new when they .. show full overview
2018x77
Bringing Motor City Online Back from the Dead
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EA shut down this MMO racing game back in 2003 and it was unplayable for years. But thanks to a fan-made launcher, you can now play this Need For Speed spin-off title once again! Sort of!
2018x78
XP Upgrade! Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Sound Card
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Upgrading the "XP Dream PC" build with a 2007 sound card classic: the Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series! Mm, EAX audio. Doom 3, Half-Life 2, and Age of Mythology never sounded so good.
2018x79
Opening Stuff You Sent Me! October 2018
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Vintage computer hardware, oddware, PC games, electronics, and strange old tech. Awesome things as always, thank you so much!
2018x80
F.E.A.R. - First Encounter Assault Retrospective
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Monolith's First Encounter Assault Recon from 2005 is an FPS classic. Game-changing AI, awesome slo-mo combat, and creepy ghost girls. Let's take a look back at the original, its expansions, and various releases!
2018x81
Cities: Skylines Industries Review
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Taking a look at the seventh expansion pack to Cities Skylines! Do the new gameplay and asset additions improve the simulation and is it worth the asking price? Find out in this overview of Industries!
2018x82
Awesome Animated Monster Maker
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A retrospective on the 1995 kid's activity program from Houghton Mifflin Interactive. Click, drag, and drop all kinds of colorful creature parts to go about monster-making with animated awesomeness! Neat!
2018x83
Samsung's First Tablet: The $5,000 PenMaster From 1992!
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A retrospective on the 1992 Samsung Pen Master 386SL/20, their first publicly released tablet computer! Packing a full-featured MS-DOS PC with Windows for Pen Computing, it was quite the impressive machine.
2018x84
Getting MDA/CGA/EGA Graphics All on One Monitor!
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When it comes to retro PCs, graphics standards can be all over the place. Monochrome, 4-color, 16-color, composite artifacting, etc. But the MCE2VGA scaler box lets you plug all of them into a single display!
2018x85
How I Capture Footage From Retro PCs
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Recording gameplay and software using original vintage computer hardware can be a bit of a challenge with all the weird resolutions and refresh rates involved. Here are my current methods, step by step!
2018x86
Half-Life 20 Years Later: A Retrospective
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Few games have made an immediate impact quite like Half-Life. From the narrative, to the level design, to the numerous spin-offs and mods! The original 1998 PC gaming classic is well worth revisiting.
2018x87
The Sims 4 Get Famous Review
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Gameplay and overview of the sixth expansion pack for The Sims 4. What do you have to do to achieve fame? Is becoming a virtual content creator or Del Sol Valley actor worthwhile? Let's find out!
2018x88
We've Gotta Talk About Fallout 76.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2018x89
Oddware - Windows 95 Action Replay Cheat System
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Cheat devices like the Action Replay were commonplace on game consoles in the '90s. But on PC? Not so much. Didn't stop Datel from releasing the PC Action Replay in 1998 though, complete with VHS tape and parallel port dongle!
2018x90
Building a Better PlayStation Classic Console
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Much as I like the idea of the Sony PS1 Classic mini console, I was let down by the game selection and overall features. So let's assemble an alternative using a Raspberry Pi and a 3D .. show full overview
2018x91
Hidden Weirdness in Christmas Stories: Nutcracker
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It's time for Christmas Lazy Game Reviews! And kicking things off in 2018 is Christmas Stories Nutcracker, a hidden object adventure game that somehow ended up being more bizarre than anticipated.
2018x92
Holiday Lemmings: DOS PC Gaming Happiness
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Lemmings by DMA Design was a computer gaming institution in the first half of the 1990s. And of course there were inevitable Christmas spin-offs of the original game. Four of them for DOS, to be exact!
2018x93
Opening Stuff You Sent Me! December 2018
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Back again unboxing computer hardware, retro games, electronics, and general oddities. Awesome stuff as always, thank you to everyone for your support!
2018x94
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Christmas Chronicles: Beyond Holiday Hare
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Holiday Hare '98 saw plenty of distribution as a glorified demo for Epic's Jazz Jackrabbit 2. But a year later came this limited release sold exclusively in Europe, featuring a new character: Lori Jackrabbit!
2018x95
Thrifts [Ep.41] Festive Findings
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Join me as I go out thrifting, in search of games and interesting goods at various discount shops! Christmas may be over but the holiday spirit remains.
2018x96
Obligatory 2018 Year-End Extravaganza!
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Celebrating another year of LGR (and hitting one million subscribers!) Stats! Analytics! Games! Introspective commentary! Questions of self-worth! Argh!