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Holy stuff, This Is In DOS
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Talent74:
I think it's pretty cool.
Firecycle:

--- Quote from: Blooker on May 09, 2012, 07:20:08 PM ---His avatar makes everything 90% funnier

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KoopaScooper:
I thought DOSBox emulated a Pentium 2 class
impressive through the software but on a 286 processor, performance would be horrible. this is why doom and wolfenstien had the graphics they had; they were meant to run on 286 processors
Pentium:

--- Quote from: Kalphiter on May 05, 2012, 11:18:58 PM ---Calling it made in DOS is kinda false considering there's this thing called a graphics card

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No, it isn't. DOS is just the operating system: you could easily make an OpenGL-accelerated DOS game. This, on the other hand, strictly uses software rendering. It really looks amazing considering the very limited resources.
EDIT:

--- Quote from: KoopaScooper on May 10, 2012, 10:13:02 AM ---I thought DOSBox emulated a Pentium 2 class
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Not quite; the speed depends solely on how fast your host CPU is, or how many CPU cycles you've assigned. DOSBox also does not support anything newer than the Pentium's instruction set.

--- Quote from: KoopaScooper on May 10, 2012, 10:13:02 AM ---impressive through the software but on a 286 processor, performance would be horrible. this is why doom and wolfenstien had the graphics they had; they were meant to run on 286 processors

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Lolno. DOOM requires a 386 CPU to be playable, and you really want a 486DX2-66 to play it completely smoothly. I don't even think it would start on a 286.
KoopaScooper:

--- Quote from: Pentium on May 10, 2012, 12:16:27 PM ---Not quite; the speed depends solely on how fast your host CPU is, or how many CPU cycles you've assigned.

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Hence the "class" and not stated clocks.

--- Quote from: Pentium on May 10, 2012, 12:16:27 PM ---Lolno. DOOM requires a 386 CPU to be playable, and you really want a 486DX2-66 to play it completely smoothly. I don't even think it would start on a 286.

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I get things confused a lot and the general gist of #86 was really annoying to me.
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