Running Windows Viruses on WINE

Ever wonder what would happen?

Now you know

Pretty humorous article, too.

Commodore 64 Emulators

There’s a nice list of C64 emulators here.

Here’s my pathetic attempt at Super Mario Bros.

I guess my skills are a little rusty after 10 years, eh? Sorry for the crappy audio.

Want to play old NES games? Try Nintendulator.

I remember when I was 5 or 6, we had an old Nintendo Entertainment System hooked up to the TV (someone gave it to us because we couldn’t afford cable), with one cartridge — Super Mario Bros. with Duck Hunt.  Now, nearly 10 years later, I wanted to play them again. Either I could try to buy a NES (which could get expensive on eBay!) or use an emulator on my computer.

So far, I’ve been using Nintendulator (an open-source NES emulator) which I’ve found very good (and it’s also said to be extremely accurate.) So you download your ROM, load it in, set your input devices (tip: Never resize the window using the edges if you’re using the Zapper. It’ll make it not work), then CPU >> Run. And enjoy the old games!

Ouch!

In SimFarm…

Want games for older computers? Try this site

If you want games for various older computers — such as the C64 or Atari — check out the game archives. There are a lot there, that you can run with emulators.

Commodore 64 Emulators

For those of you who remember the old C-64’s, or are interested in them, here’s a few emulators.

Download Railroad Tycoon for free!

Some of you may remember Railroad Tycoon — an old DOS game released in 1990, which launched the “tycoon” genre.

Well, you can download it for free. Simply go to the Sid Meier’s Railroads website, go under “Downloads,” and it’s in there.

It comes preloaded with DOSBox, so you don’t have to install anything extra.

Have fun!

Games run too fast? Slow down your PC!

Some older games run too fast when you have a new computer.

If it’s a DOS game, you can just use DOSBox.

If it’s not a DOS game, you can’t use DOSBox. But there are other ways to slow down your CPU.

The PC Slowdown Page has several tools to slow down your processor.*

For example, to play SimCopter (an early 3D game created by Maxis), I had to use the The MS DirectShow SDK CPUGrabber, which is available at that website. Otherwise, the game would randomly crash.

*CPU and Processor are the same thing — but real geeks would know this!

How To Install Windows 3.1 on DOSBox

If you have DOSBox, (open-source DOS emulator) and a copy of Windows 3.1 lying around, why not install it?

I’ve done it!

Windows 3.1 in DOSBox

Anyways, if you’re interested in this, here’s the instructions. You’ll need to supply your own copy of Windows 3.1, however.