This is what happens when capacitor get too much excited.

It wasn’t uncommon for resellers in Brazil to put warranty stickers on your cpu. It would void warranty if you removed it. In a way, they were shooting themselves in the foot. I cringe when I remove a heat sink from an old combo like this and see the sticker.

I had never seen a video card with so many blown caps. I’m not sure, but I think it just happened over time too.

I played 2 hours of The Humans yesterday. Such a fun little game. I haven’t yet heard of anyone that played it in their childhood like our family did.

Hi guys! Recently I mentioned we had this game as a kids (The Humans) in a conversation with @riksrandomretro.com and he kindly found a box copy for me. I love this intro and music, such a warm fuzzy filling from memory lane. Thanks, dude! This is lovely. Btw, the disks worked perfectly.

Looking back at my search history, I realize that most of my searches on the internet are to verify that I'm grammatically correct on my native language. This can't be normal.

How was everyone’s weekend? I managed to play a bit of Civ IV on my AMD windows XP build. I loved it, too bad I didn’t have a lot of time to lose myself in it. This build will feature in a video soon.

What’s up guys? I’m back from China. It was an amazing experience but it’s been a work in progress to get my regular routine back on track.

I’m pretty happy with how this windows XP build turned out. I am working on a video for it, but I’m going on a work trip to China tomorrow, so it’ll have to wait quite a bit for me to get back to it. The period appropriate mouse and keyboard really seal the deal for me. I love sitting here now.

So I finally have a build to use my pretty much new saitek eclipse 3 keyboard. Exciting!

The final setup turned out pretty well I think. I’ve been playing Jill of the Jungle after I took the shots I needed. But realized I could install my sb pro, I think Jill has an effects bug with the running sb16. I only remembered that after I heard it. But then, sbpro doesn’t have mpu 401. I think.

Alright. Got it.

Trying to solve this little puzzle

On a completely different topic today, I’m fixing up my 386 hybrid for a cameo. I’ll post it when it’s done.

Since I’ve heard about AMD’s Dragon Platform I’ve wanted to play around with one. I tried 2 different HD 4850s but both were broken. Finally got a Saphire in good condition and the fit is great. The case is age appropriate as well, nothing fancy. I’ve got so many XP games waiting for me!

I went back to a recycling center. I visited a couple of years ago. The owner Jaider is very nice and so involved in community projects. I brought home an interesting PC case, some fans and a brand new ide hard Drive.

I just found a working arcade parlor in my city inside a dying mall. Long live this mall.

Did anyone ever run the Far Cry 2 benchmark? I’m testing out some parts with it. Seems fair.

Hey guys! It’s been a while but I finally managed to finish a video again. Take a look if you feel inclined to. This one is about VCFMW and the games I got there. youtu.be/OfIZnRWvHh0?...

A buddy gave me this beautiful small box version of Age of Empires III and there is something of note. Amazingly they include the Games for Windows CD and a separate 3 CD stand alone version, so using that, it works perfectly. Besides that, the game is gorgeous and works great on the phenom II.

Yes I love this era of gaming, no colors were not their main selling point according to Hitman Blood Money. On another note I found the LCD poster, not helping much though, I think it's broken.

Over posting, I just love this era of PC gaming.

I've played this intro sequence in Fable so many times. I remember really enjoying the mechanics of this game back in the day. But I haven't done a recent run of it yet.

On another note, I don't remember seeing Nvidia ads on Mr. Anderson's office 😂

Has anyone ever seen these strange artifacts?

I feel like any video card I touch from 10 years or more back is going to go bad at any point. I haven't had much luck lately. This is working but I'm seeing some not so pleasant artifacts. I'll do the basic clean up and re-paste but tbh I'm not going to keep my hopes up.

Hello, it's been a long time! Here's my Windows XP build with a Phenom II and a Radeon hd 5870 being play tested.

Set phaser to frag! We're playing Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force tonight. One of the, perhaps few, great licensed games. Quake 3 engine and engaging gameplay, developed by the legends at Raven Software. Starting at 8:45 PM CT on real retro hardware! youtube.com/live/qMCERTd...

I loved Jedi Knight (that's Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II btw), back in the day, but I never actually played the expansion pack Mysteries of the Sith. That changes today, as we're playing it for the stream starting tonight at 8:45 PM CT. Fire up the Voodoo 2! youtube.com/live/ChSkibH...

It's been a while since the last stream, and I feel the need... the need to stream! Tonight at 8:45 PM CT we're testing out my newly accelerated Amiga 500. We can spend the evening doing benchmarks, and maybe play some games even. youtube.com/live/R7sQzrn...

Considering Lynch has passed away recently (RIP), I've decided to watch more of his stuff. I had seen his rendition of Dune and I like that very much, it isn't perfect but it's quite weird, as I imagine Dune should be. But today I watched Eraserhead. Honestly what the ...

Forsaken 64 is pretty cool tbh. It doesn't need the expansion pak and runs smoothly, it's challenging and fun. Music is a bit repetitive, that's the worst thing I can say about it.

Here you go @jikissgamer.bsky.social as long as you can keep the onion in its original shape, it doesn't make you tear up. Then destroy in the pan of course, just don't get too close at that point and you're home free

My current pov is pretty good.

I am doing the same. Every year in early June I am celebrating the "International recharge your handheld day" and check if the batteries need some refreshing. I keep alle the batteries stored separately from my consoles to avoid a self-discharge. Works quite good.

Once in a while I take out all the portables, charge them, and play each one a little bit to see if they are still going. A very fun chore. Ps. I drive much better off camera 😅

Holly molly, I can't believe I finally beat this level. I got obsessed over it and started trying off the live stream. Took me 5 times to finally beat it and all of them I used the full 90 minutes. Honestly, it's a bit exhausting lol Rise of Nations man, what a great game. I'm on an RTS mood.

Found this nib. I thought it was a small box, it's not, it's a double DVD box, but still sealed which is cool. Saving it for when my Windows XP machine gets put together.

Fixed my friend's USB lamp. The charging port is so fragile in these things. I'm sure it'll break again, but at least it buys the thing a bit more time before going to the landfill. In any case, I told him, at least he should come clean the mess I made while fixing it 😂

I have a soft spot in my heart for AMD's Socket 754. Overshadowed by its bigger brother, Socket 939, this little socket bridged the gap between Win98 and WinXP gaming for those on a budget back in the early '00s.

I had a great time tonight playing Age of Empires IV on an unplanned live stream. Thanks to everyone that showed up and chatted, that really makes it worth it. @spladam.bsky.social @riksrandomretro.com @pixelpipes.bsky.social @jikissgamer.bsky.social and others, it was amazing to talk to everyone.

Just in! I'm excited to put this AMD K5 against my overclocked 486. I used to have a K5 back in the day, I gamed a lot on it.

My 3060 ti is not as hot as it once was, but it's still a pretty good looking piece of hardware. I'm currently trying to figure out what made my PC decide to tell me I have a new CPU on boot and ask for a bitlocker key. I haven't gotten any new parts for a while now, so it's strange to say the least

Anyone remember this guy? Captain Claw. It's so fluid and fast for the time (1997). Probably a bit influenced by Jazz Jackrabbit, Sonic and other games that came before it. Also lovely colorful. Not an easy game though, that's for sure.

Finally I got one of these. They were not massively sold in Brazil, so they aren't easy to come by here. I'm happy I have one now. I have good memories of playing Commander Keen with it.

Every home has one of these.

I was lucky enough to spend the entire afternoon messing with retro PCs. I had to finish the session off with the original Mafia, I love this game. My brother and I spent countless hours trying to beat each stage, and they are challenging!

Can anyone tell me anything about this expansion card? I've looked a bit but haven't found much.

Here's the intro to Prince of Persia 2 using the Roland SC-55 in MT-32 emulation mode. It's clearly not perfect, but it's cool to hear. The colors in this game are lovely. Such a big step from the original Pop in the scenario.

Took me a while to install this game with all the floppy drive problems, but then, after the fact, I was treated to wonderful midi music at the intro. And here it is. Spirit of Excalibur. Sorry for the background noise before the midi begins, it's raining heavily outside.