Very dumb Arctic fox. Giving out free and open-source hugs. Also a GoldSRC modder, and a gamedev. (idTech 3, 4, Unity, Unigine)
So, a couple of days ago, I decided to finally bring my 2005 HP Compaq into the room again. And this time, I would connect it to my CRT TV, because it was the only CRT device I had. I would've used a CRT monitor if I had one. :)
Either way, it feels amazing. Launching a dedicated server for HL worked very well, hosting a site with Apache (as part of WampServer) worked very well, and I also tried some Telnet. I'm yet to configure OpenSSH properly so I don't have to walk to the other side of the room every time I want to do something.
It runs DOS programs, BUT, if you try going full screen, the CRT TV screen will go absolutely crazy. So, I used DosBox. It's perfect.
The games I've tried on it so far are:
DooM, Quake, Starsiege Tribes, Half-Life (the WON, pre-Steam version), Counter-Strike 1.6 and HL (Steam version), Unreal and Deus Ex.
There's a big problem. The graphics card (Ati Radeon X300 SE) freezes the system if you a) run an OpenGL or DirectX application b) leave it running long enough in Windows, with the drivers installed. So yeah, I just disable the graphics card and it uses software rendering for everything. If it works, it works. I might buy a GT 710 and a VGA-Composite adapter, there's no other way this will work. xD
Software I've tried out:
QBasic 4.5 in DosBox, Dev-C++, MS Visual Studio 6.0, MS Visual Basic 6.0, WampServer, OpenSSH, Putty and QuArK, Worldcraft 2.0.
I'm planning to try the following:
3D Studio MAX R2.5, R3, an ancient Sony Vegas, get an older SDL and configure it with Dev-C++ or VS 6.0 (maybe some other libraries that can work on XP) and that's about it.
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Half-Life WON.
ULTIMATE 90S ENGAGE!!!!1!!11
Nice! Did you pirate it the WON version of it, or did you buy the official HL1 WON disk?
The WON version is now abandonware and is getting no support according to an article on QuArK. But, either way, I think you already know the answer. :^)
I found an image file of version 1.0, and then I found a 1.1.1.0 patch. It worked well. :)
Sadly, they removed that nice weapon bobbing and some other features in these newer versions, I might install a 1.0 just for the sake of having it. Also gotta try Day One and the press alpha from 1997.