I remember driving around in that game. I would intentionally drive to the perimeters just to see it throw the motorcycle & character as far as it could. Thanks James
I'd definitely agree with that! And the original hard drive wouldn't make it very far if you had to store CD images of your favorite games and software.
That thing reminds me of Dell CSX, which was build with the same idea in mind, only was a bit newer and better quality as well. Only it was a painful experience to install an OS if you did not have FDD and CD drive, which both were external and using proprietary interfaces (or a docking station which nobody had).
I'm actually working in an old tablet computer for a future video right now that only supports booting from the hard drive, or the external dock... which I don't have. It has been extra steps, for sure!
It is, indeed! I formatted the drive, placed system files, copied the windows 98 setup files, and pre-copied the drivers. So it's running, but the dock would would made it easier!
This video really put me in the mood to dig up my Thinkpad X32 for some retro gaming. That laptop has a !6MB Ati card which should handle Win 98/2000 era games just fine, and the cpu is WAY overkill for anything from that time (1800 MHz Pentium M). In fact I think I will get away undervolting the cpu, and run it on its lowest multiplier (600 MHz or so), sould be still plenty for those games. Then I could run the laptop with passive cooling (fan switched off), I have always liked really quiet laptops.
So decent screen tradeoff for meh sound and mediocre graphics. Not bad considering what it was likely used for instead of gaming, seems like at minimum its a decent Dos/Win3.X/9.x retro machine, not bad overall.
The screen is remarkably good!
I agree. Especially coming off the 486 laptop from a month ago. She's a beaut! Thanks for watching!
I miss those small laptops with 4:3 screens!
Ohhh the nostalgia! I remember your first ultra book!
I remember driving around in that game. I would intentionally drive to the perimeters just to see it throw the motorcycle & character as far as it could. Thanks James
And that cannonball sound! Makes me laugh everything. Glad you enjoyed it, too!
I bought American McGee's Alice back when my family had a similarly specced eMachine desktop. I never really did get it to run well back then.
Have you revisited it since?
@@PNPRetro yes! In fact, I still own the one I bought back then.
Awesome!
You deserve way more subscribers. Keep going!
Oh, that is one fancy battery. I can't say I have ever seen one connect like that.
Super cool! I imagine it's tough to find that docking station if you get the laptop without it though
I'd definitely agree with that! And the original hard drive wouldn't make it very far if you had to store CD images of your favorite games and software.
That thing reminds me of Dell CSX, which was build with the same idea in mind, only was a bit newer and better quality as well. Only it was a painful experience to install an OS if you did not have FDD and CD drive, which both were external and using proprietary interfaces (or a docking station which nobody had).
I'm actually working in an old tablet computer for a future video right now that only supports booting from the hard drive, or the external dock... which I don't have. It has been extra steps, for sure!
@@PNPRetro is that by chance one of those old Fujitsu tablet-like pcs? There are ways around that problem.
It is, indeed! I formatted the drive, placed system files, copied the windows 98 setup files, and pre-copied the drivers. So it's running, but the dock would would made it easier!
hey can u make a tutorial on making a compaq presario 1200 into a powerful gaming laptop
When I think back to these games they all had better graphics! Lol, funny how we remember things. Love the game selection you went with.
This video really put me in the mood to dig up my Thinkpad X32 for some retro gaming. That laptop has a !6MB Ati card which should handle Win 98/2000 era games just fine, and the cpu is WAY overkill for anything from that time (1800 MHz Pentium M). In fact I think I will get away undervolting the cpu, and run it on its lowest multiplier (600 MHz or so), sould be still plenty for those games. Then I could run the laptop with passive cooling (fan switched off), I have always liked really quiet laptops.
So decent screen tradeoff for meh sound and mediocre graphics. Not bad considering what it was likely used for instead of gaming, seems like at minimum its a decent Dos/Win3.X/9.x retro machine, not bad overall.
Yeah, it was definitely meant to be a business class machine. And it probably did that quite well. But all I care about is gaming performance.