A true Purist.

[fuji]

I think p1999 is a good start, but I am taking it one set further.

I started by getting my pentium 2 unit from my parents house and my old 17" 4x3 CRT monitor.

I then found an old ball mouse and my old super load keyboard.

I then found an old copy of windows 98(first edition of course) and installed it fresh. Now i have a gaming rig worthy of 1999.

Some say it might be a little far, but I say stay true.

[RKromwell]

I am not that hard core.

[Sorn]

I tried to do that, but my old computer (which I originally used to play EQ) decided the CD-ROM drive wasn't speaking its language anymore and refused to work. I don't know if it's worth the effort to get it fixed since I hardly use it anyway.

I can't say I miss the deafening roar produced whenever I played, though.

[EvilMallet]

I played with a track ball

[Cogwell]

/applaud

[Gubb]

Don't forget the 56k modem! :o

[fuji]

Don't forget the 56k modem! :o

Good point, but it was actually a 28.8k.

[Gubb]

Good point, but it was actually a 28.8k.

Sounds like it's time to upgrade!

[azeth]

I played with a track ball

pretty sure you and I might be the only people on the planet to have gamed with a track ball

[Stickyfingers]

Whipped out your multicolor collection of AOL disks.

[Gubb]

My younger brother and I used to use a crossover network cable and Network Connection Sharing to play on a 28.8 dial up connection. It worked amazingly well for the time. I can't imagine it being even remotely functional nowadays.

[Overcast]

My younger brother and I used to use a crossover network cable and Network Connection Sharing to play on a 28.8 dial up connection. It worked amazingly well for the time. I can't imagine it being even remotely functional nowadays.

heh, me and my wife did that too - but we were around 56K for what it's worth. I used a Internet sharing program called 'Sygate' - because Windows didn't have internet connection sharing at the time - or at least what I had didn't.

But.. I'll be content to play on my Phenom :)

Plus, EQ actually went to 1920x1080 resolution too - that was cool, the skellies in Freeport and the rats were right up in my face!

My eyes are too shot for my old 17" monitor, even though - I may still have it.

[guineapig]

This is hardcore!

[purist]

I thought this thread was going to be about me.

[PhelanKA]

pretty sure you and I might be the only people on the planet to have gamed with a track ball

I have used a trackball since probably 1996. Wouldn't have it any other way.

[Urizen]

I know a guy who plays Urban Terror(an fps) with a track ball...and he rapes face...somehow...

[stormlord]

I think p1999 is a good start, but I am taking it one set further.

I started by getting my pentium 2 unit from my parents house and my old 17" 4x3 CRT monitor.

I then found an old ball mouse and my old super load keyboard.

I then found an old copy of windows 98(first edition of course) and installed it fresh. Now i have a gaming rig worthy of 1999.

Some say it might be a little far, but I say stay true.

Voodoo 2. Good times. Sadly, that's all I remember about that machine that I got in 1998.

Qeynos was a slideshow. So no thanks, but have fun!

[Overcast]

Voodoo 2. Good times. Sadly, that's all I remember about that machine that I got in 1998.

Qeynos was a slideshow. So no thanks, but have fun!

hah, I still have the Voodoo I used for EQ way back - crazy huh?

Of course, it's just sitting in a drawer...

[stormlord]

hah, I still have the Voodoo I used for EQ way back - crazy huh?

Of course, it's just sitting in a drawer...

I also had a copy of Monica's Story in my desk drawer.

[PhelanKA]

EQ came out when I was a senior in high school and I was on 56k at my parents' but I went to Purdue that fall and got to rock out with the high bandwidth. Talk bout bliss. Let's just say I didn't want to come home the next summer.
I remember back then too that all the Canadians had broadband but hardly anyone in the States did.

[scecie]

My younger brother and I used to use a crossover network cable and Network Connection Sharing to play on a 28.8 dial up connection. It worked amazingly well for the time. I can't imagine it being even remotely functional nowadays.

LOL...my roomate and I did the same thing connecting at 48.8 for a while before he got a 2nd line for himself.

Now I've gotta find my old AMD Athlon 700Mhz (the computer I upgraded to after playing Classic for a while) my SB Live!5.0 and the Voodoo 2...512 megs of ram. Uber machine in it's day. And yes, I used a trackball too for a short time.

[Tseng]

I would love to see a picture of this.

[Damaja]

lol sorry but why would I hurt myself on purpose to play a game the way I used to play years ago? have fun with that though, I'll stick to my 6k system on dual 40inch widescreens ;)

[rioisk]

i wanna see screenshots of old rigs

[frefaln]

I'm so old-school I'm playing EQ on my Commodore 64.