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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is kind of misleading though. It was common at the time for games to run as fast as possible and then break as CPUs got faster.

One famous example is Wing Commander which is unplayable on a Pentium-class machine because it runs too fast.

This is also why DOSBox has a speed setting and a keyboard shortcut to adjust it at runtime.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My understanding is that the turbo button in old PCs wasn't to make the computer go faster, but to underclock it to match what games expected. A physical compatibility mode button, essentially.

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