I built a new computer about a week ago. At the rate these things are going, I will need a bigger apartment before my next heatsink purchase. That aside, building the hardware is a few hours, but getting the software back installed could be weeks. The new platform in Vista 64 bit (for now, anyways), and aside from barfing on one of my old sound cards it has worked quite well. Today I pulled out the old Diablo CD, cleaned off the barbeque sauce and whatnot, and popped in into the drive. Do I want to run the autoplay? Sure, as long as it's not Bioshock or some Sony CD... I clicked install and play, and selected a directory. I was going to time how long the install takes, but the game was already running. Doesn't look like any compatibility modes will be needed. Hmmm, the graphics card is running this full screen instead of maintaining 4:3 aspect. That is annoying, and yet it doesn't really look stretched. I always laugh at people who say old games look pixelated on today's large monitors... didn't they ever play an Atari 2600 or NES on a 27" TV?
After quitting and downloading the 1.09 patch, it was time for the ultimate test... killing the butcher! What glorious fun, hacking through skeletons and rats. They just don't make games like this any more. Finally the moment of truth, Butcher's chamber awaits. *Opens door*. *Whirrrr* *Whiirrrrr* *Whirrr* *Whirrr* *Whiirrrr* *Whiirrrr* Ow, clang, bang, clang, oooh, ouch, clang..... "Mmmmm, fresh meat!"
Looks like it's time to find one of them disk image thingies.
After quitting and downloading the 1.09 patch, it was time for the ultimate test... killing the butcher! What glorious fun, hacking through skeletons and rats. They just don't make games like this any more. Finally the moment of truth, Butcher's chamber awaits. *Opens door*. *Whirrrr* *Whiirrrrr* *Whirrr* *Whirrr* *Whiirrrr* *Whiirrrr* Ow, clang, bang, clang, oooh, ouch, clang..... "Mmmmm, fresh meat!"
Looks like it's time to find one of them disk image thingies.