You can get EF2000 running on DOSBox (not SuperEF2000 which is only Windows version). It runs pretty well, though with official DOSBox I found that the time flow in-game will accelerate when using higher cycles count (for fluid gameplay). So either choppy frames with proper time flow, or fluid frames with slightly accelerated time flow. That was the case until I tired the game on DOSBox ECE. It runs pretty much perfect on it. Here’s the vid with more info in the video description:
This is the best (and maybe only?) club I’ve ever been in. It’s heartening to know that out there are guys (cool guys even you say!) that can pull this off the shelf/out of the closet at the drop of a hat.
Maybe we should do a challenge coin thing like in the military, where we always have to have a copy of the game on us (usb so as not to squish the precious docs). We can slap it on the bar at flight sim conventions!
I stopped playing several years ago, wasn’t that it wouldn’t run on Windows it just ran too fast. Sounds like damson from the post up above got that figured out though.
EF2000 v2.0 has both DOS and Windows versions. DOS version will work fine with DOSBox ECE as I mentioned earlier, even official build of DOSBox will work but you will have to limit cycles count to somethinh like 150000 - 200000 so the game will not run too fast. Windows version will most likely not work on modern OS, and even if it does you will have no way of slowing it down.
When I’m not dropping warheads on foreheads in DCS, I’m slowly learning how to be a farmer. I picked up Farm Simulator 19 a couple of weeks ago while on sale. This is the perfect de-stresser for me. Still much to learn for this city slicker, but surprisingly it’s “fun”. Farm Simulator 22 will be released in late November.
How is it a destresser? When I was playing, it was getting stressful when you got more fields and you were harvesting one field while the other field was growing weeds and you didn’t have time to spray. Or if you had animals, you had to sheer the sheep and constantly ride horses to keep them in shape.
Not to mention your fellow farmers getting upset with you if you didn’t hose down the equipment after a session. @adlabs6
After a session of dodging SAMs and Fox 3s, sipping on a beverage while harvesting (on cruise control) is relaxing for me. But I’m probably not taking it as serious as I could be.
I have played that game (and its predecessor) quite a lot.
Lately I play it together with my kids (which is a fun play style. We just want to test everything so we use a money cheat and build a huge farm with not that much efficiency).
If you play a proper career then it can be stressful!
About relaxing games to rest a bit from the action shooters, military simulators etc for me is games like train simulator, snooker/pool and puzzle logic games (with nice music on the background).
I play Fallout 76 to destress. Building/rebuilding my CAMP, changing skins/repairing weapons/armor, shooting up mutated whatevers around the wasteland…for a shooter it’s remarkably laid back.