PhilsComputerLab: Building the 3 in 1 DOS Retro Gaming PC: 386 486 and Pentium

In this video I am building the 3 in 1 DOS Retro Gaming PC. Based around an Intel Pentium running at 133 MHz and slowing it down by disabling caches, we can play games from the 386, 486 and Pentium era.

Games that run well on a 386, but too fast on later machines are for example Wing Commander and Test Drive 3. Some game run too slow on a 386, but too fast on a Pentium, Theme Park is such a game. Here we put the machine into 486 mode.

And finally, at full speed we can play Doom 2, Wing Commander 3 and System Shock at 640 x 480.

I am showing the entire process of building the machine, partitioning and formatting the hard drive.

You can download my MS-DOS starter pack which gets up and running in no time with working mouse, CD-ROM and boot menu for memory options.

I am also showing you how to install the Sound Blaster drivers, configure the mixer, route the PC speaker through the Sound Blaster and how you can use Reverb, Chorus and 3D Stereo Enhancement to bring new life to FM sounds.

♦Additions / Corrections♦

I totally forgot to record how you change the interrupt from 5 to 7. What you do is go to C:\CTCM and run CTCU. At the screen with the resources, change the configuration profile from 0 to 1. Now you can change the resources manually!

vicklemos: Uh, can I be a little picky? If so, how many pcs do you currently have?

PhilsComputerLab: Building the 3 in 1 DOS Retro Gaming PC: 386 486 and Pentium

In this video I am building the 3 in 1 DOS Retro Gaming PC. Based around an Intel Pentium running at 133 MHz and slowing it down by disabling caches, we can play games from the 386, 486 and Pentium era.

Games that run well on a 386, but too fast on later machines are for example Wing Commander and Test Drive 3. Some game run too slow on a 386, but too fast on a Pentium, Theme Park is such a game. Here we put the machine into 486 mode.

And finally, at full speed we can play Doom 2, Wing Commander 3 and System Shock at 640 x 480.

I am showing the entire process of building the machine, partitioning and formatting the hard drive.

You can download my MS-DOS starter pack which gets up and running in no time with working mouse, CD-ROM and boot menu for memory options.

I am also showing you how to install the Sound Blaster drivers, configure the mixer, route the PC speaker through the Sound Blaster and how you can use Reverb, Chorus and 3D Stereo Enhancement to bring new life to FM sounds.

♦Additions / Corrections♦

I totally forgot to record how you change the interrupt from 5 to 7. What you do is go to C:\CTCM and run CTCU. At the screen with the resources, change the configuration profile from 0 to 1. Now you can change the resources manually!