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Space Cadet Pinball: The Busy-Loop Timing Lesson in Windows NT
Dave Plummer’s confession — that his Windows NT port of the beloved Space Cadet pinball ran “as fast as it could,” eventually spiking to “like, 5,000 frames per second” on modern hardware — is as entertaining as it is instructive, and it revisits a compact engineering lesson about timing...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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GTA San Andreas Bug Causes Seaplane to Vanish and Launch Players to Space After Windows 11 Update
You’d think that after two decades, the digital skies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would hold no more surprises—but just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (or, rather, to try taking off from it), a bug as old as some Gen Zers themselves emerges, causing fans to wonder: are...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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VIDEO (PS5) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - THE BEST CHASE IN GAMING HISTORY [4K HDR]
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Woo hoo, I'm loading the new Tomb Raider game!!!
Hi Tomb Raider rise of the tomb raider is patching as I type this. I've played every TR game from the first one, I got Tomb Raider 1 the week it came out and the rest is history. Back in 1996 Tomb Raider was amazing! It was the first 3D game, that allowed you to move through a 3D environment...- MikeHawthorne
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- Forum: Windows Games