hi, I'd like to get my gf's dad a flight sim for christmas... He's got the
stick, but there's one problem. He runs a pentium 166MMX, with a 1 or 2 mb
video card. Now I think he would be willing to update the video card (i
mentioned less than $100), but I don't think we can do much about the chip.
I think the MB only does up to 233, so it probably wouldn't be worth it...
ANYWAYS, I was wondering if anyone knew of a flight sim that would work well
on this machine.
Thanx
oh, to keep this auto related..... I just discovered halflife, and haven't
touched GPL in what must be several days.... I'm so mad at myself.
What kind of flightsim?
Combat, Civil?
Arcade/Sim?
Remco
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>hi, I'd like to get my gf's dad a flight sim for christmas... He's got the >stick, but there's one problem. He runs a pentium 166MMX, with a 1 or 2 mb >video card. Now I think he would be willing to update the video card (i >mentioned less than $100), but I don't think we can do much about the chip. >I think the MB only does up to 233, so it probably wouldn't be worth it... >ANYWAYS, I was wondering if anyone knew of a flight sim that would work well >on this machine. >Thanx >oh, to keep this auto related..... I just discovered halflife, and haven't >touched GPL in what must be several days.... I'm so mad at myself.Well a P166 is pretty low end these days. If he were to spring for something
like a Banshee video card he could probably run Microproses European Air War
(minbox spec is p133) with some detail. Its pretty immersive without being
so *** that it'll scare him off. Don't know about civilian type flight
sims unless old versions of Microsoft's Flight Simulater would do it for
him.
oh yeah, it's been over a year since I purchased GPL and it *still* amazes
me. If Papyrus could figure out some way of claiming royalties on all the
hardware that has been purchased becuase of GPL we'd be knee deep in GPL
level sims by now.
David
>hi, I'd like to get my gf's dad a flight sim for christmas... He's got the
>stick, but there's one problem. He runs a pentium 166MMX, with a 1 or 2 mb
>video card. Now I think he would be willing to update the video card (i
>mentioned less than $100), but I don't think we can do much about the chip.
>I think the MB only does up to 233, so it probably wouldn't be worth it...
>ANYWAYS, I was wondering if anyone knew of a flight sim that would work well
>on this machine.
>Thanx
Last year for Xmas I gave my Dad a 'built from spare parts' P133 with 32 meg
of ram and a 2 MEG ATI video card, an SB16, an 8x CD-ROM and a 15" Sony
father's day, repeat ad infinitum) Since he fancied himself a pilot in
younger days (he's 73) I thought he would like a flight sim. I got him a
crappy joystick with a throttle control and loaded up MS Flight Sim 5. It
runs OK on that hardware. I also bought Sierra Pro Pilot, available lots of
places for about ~15$ and that runs OK, too.
There's something called the "outhouse theory." The idea is that you don't
mind pissing outdoors until you experience indoor plumbing. Likewise, your
gf's Dad will probably love an older, lower-spec flight sim because he
hasn;t seen anything better on his computer. Besides that, you might be
able to grab 3-4 cheaper old titles for the price of one good new one, and
that will impress him even more.
~daxe
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look for something called "Aces Collection" from Sierra, for about $10 you'll get 6 sims
that will run well on that machine, and the old fart will love em.
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> >hi, I'd like to get my gf's dad a flight sim for christmas... He's got the
> >stick, but there's one problem. He runs a pentium 166MMX, with a 1 or 2 mb
> >video card. Now I think he would be willing to update the video card (i
> >mentioned less than $100), but I don't think we can do much about the chip.
> >I think the MB only does up to 233, so it probably wouldn't be worth it...
> >ANYWAYS, I was wondering if anyone knew of a flight sim that would work
> well
> >on this machine.
> >Thanx
> Last year for Xmas I gave my Dad a 'built from spare parts' P133 with 32 meg
> of ram and a 2 MEG ATI video card, an SB16, an 8x CD-ROM and a 15" Sony
> father's day, repeat ad infinitum) Since he fancied himself a pilot in
> younger days (he's 73) I thought he would like a flight sim. I got him a
> crappy joystick with a throttle control and loaded up MS Flight Sim 5. It
> runs OK on that hardware. I also bought Sierra Pro Pilot, available lots of
> places for about ~15$ and that runs OK, too.
> There's something called the "outhouse theory." The idea is that you don't
> mind pissing outdoors until you experience indoor plumbing. Likewise, your
> gf's Dad will probably love an older, lower-spec flight sim because he
> hasn;t seen anything better on his computer. Besides that, you might be
> able to grab 3-4 cheaper old titles for the price of one good new one, and
> that will impress him even more.
> ~daxe
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