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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago

Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run 'at like, 5,000 frames per second' on Windows NT

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Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run 'at like, 5,000 frames per second' on Windows NT

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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago
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One whole core for pinball duties.
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    I guess I could be a writer for PC Gamer since I already watch Dave’s youtube videos.

    PSA: Space Cadet Pinball has been reverse engineered and you can now run it on most popular platforms and even consoles. (flatpak version)

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      Well I don’t watch it, I don’t watch anyone’s, as they take 4-10 times longer to explain something than I can read it. I would’ve never learned this otherwise, so I’m glad he wrote it up, and linked to his source:

      Speaking on his YouTube channel (emphasis mine).

      I mean really, what more can you ask for than clearly giving credit?

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        I mean really, what more can you ask for than clearly giving credit?

        You're absolutely right. My problem with some websites due to the aggressive adblocking I do is bricking some sites like pcgamer, probably why I was miffed, and as a result I couldn't see PC Gamer giving him credit in the article. It wasn't until I switched to reader mode I could see it.

        Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead.

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      Has anyone re-released the other pinball machines?

      Edit: Memory is fleeting, I am actually liking for Enigma from This game

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        if you’re asking about epic pinball, it’s on gog: https://www.gog.com/en/game/epic_pinball_the_complete_collection

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          Wow! Thank you!

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