Playing Silpheed on an IBM 5150 - Commentary

See this blog post for more info: http://wp.me/p1kIju-2X

Unedited footage of my attempts at playing Game Arts' Silpheed on an original IBM 5150 PC with 640K RAM, along with a bit of commentary on the experience. Enjoy the raw PC speaker sound, CGA graphics from the 5153 monitor, and the floppy disk-swapping joy. Oh and clicky keyboarding, mmm.

Gameplay starts at about 4:53

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Entertainment

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• silpheed
• pc
• game
• sierra
• game arts
• ms-dos
• dos
• computer
• ibm
• 5150
• classic
• vintage
• retro
• gaming
• lazy game reviews
• lgr
• phreakindee

[1xWertzui]

Will Stunts, or at least Test Drive run on the IBM 5150 playably?

[phreakindee]

@1xWertzui Stunts, no. The first Test Drive will run, but very slowly.

[Lachlant1984]

Am I right in assuming that having the music and sound effects both turned on slows the game down?

[phreakindee]

@Lachlant1984 You are correct!

[someperson42]

IBM 5150 + Silpheed + Ad Lib = ???

[phreakindee]

@someperson42 Profit!

No seriously, it works and it's rad.

[phreakindee]

@vwestlife Who?

Ahh, I see what I did there...

[phreakindee]

@c0ldb33r A startlingly accurate portrayal of vintage PC gaming... although you left out BEEP, BEEEEP, BEEPITY, BEEP BEEP BEEEEP, BEEP BEEP

[poopskinTheLiar]

Polygons!

[WalrusRockGod]

@phreakindee lol

[Synergy9k]

4:44 - Holy inconsistencies, Batman! First it says "Press ENTER," but then it says "Type ENTER!"

[ibm5170]

Hi, phreakindee

I also this game with version 2.4

I want to know which version you have.

Thanks for attached memorial review.