jeejeejerrycotton
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(For the not-old people: it runs on a god damn 80286. With 640 kB of memory.)
May 15, 2023 9:36 AM
jeejeejerrycotton
666
26
3
(For the not-old people: it runs on a god damn 80286. With 640 kB of memory.)
DecapodianSaysWoopWoopWoopWoop
Probably because those requirements are for some GOG/Steam or other current version that runs on dosbox.
LoyalToTheEnd
Did you have a special autoexec.bat to not load Windows and better utilize himem?
jeejeejerrycotton
I wasn't using Windows until 98.
jeejeejerrycotton
But yes.
cavymeister
Those look like the return to Castle Wolfenstein sys reqs.
jeejeejerrycotton
I think GeForce model numbers were still in the single digits back then.
AnyUsernameWillDoForMe
That is ridiculous. I remember needing more ram when it was measured in kb… the good old days.
HandoB4Javert
kiddie bytes?
jeejeejerrycotton
Well, kb means kilobit, i.e. 128 bytes. But I think they meant kB i.e. 1024 bytes.
HandoB4Javert
PinkEater
You can run it on an 8088 if you don't mind CHA graphics. https://www.pcgamesn.com/wolfenstein-3d/cga-mod-1979
PinkEater
*CGA
jeejeejerrycotton
That's a pretty big if.
PinkEater
Better than mono 😁
jeejeejerrycotton
I never got mono.
PinkEater
Just making sure, monochrome monitor is what I was referring to.