This is a place to discuss windows 95/98/ME games. A place to discuss anything
Windows 9X related. From Windows 95,98 to ME. From old games and software to new
running on Win9X. We also allow source ports of games originally on Win9X. :::
spoiler Rules: 1. Be Respectful 2. All post must be about or directly related to
DOS Gaming 3. No Spamming, Harassing or violence 4. No Illegal downloads and/or
links. Abandonware IS allowed 5. NSFW content should be tagged as such
I haven’t seen a community dedicated to Windows 9x yet, so I decided to make it myself.
Holy smokes… Millennium Edition! I had forgotten all about that one!
I’m with the other guy though, how come? Pre-HAL OS’s were a pain and you can make most software run if you set up the environment correctly on a modern computer.
I still remember the windows Xp compatibility problems with old software and games. And windows 10/11 didn’t make those problems go away, instead it got worse. Old software is not a priority, understandably.
For example have you tried to play Dungeon Keeper 2 on a modern pc? I have, and it crashes constantly. Other software won’t even run a lot of the times, even with tinkering.
DOSBox made using DOS software accessible. There is not a catch-all like that for pre XP windows software yet.
Also this community is mostly for/about nostalgia.
There was an emulator I saw a video on not too long ago that fully emulates hardware from the 9x era and could run anything for those operating systems. Can’t for the life of me remember what it was called though
Holy smokes… Millennium Edition! I had forgotten all about that one!
I’m with the other guy though, how come? Pre-HAL OS’s were a pain and you can make most software run if you set up the environment correctly on a modern computer.
I still remember the windows Xp compatibility problems with old software and games. And windows 10/11 didn’t make those problems go away, instead it got worse. Old software is not a priority, understandably.
For example have you tried to play Dungeon Keeper 2 on a modern pc? I have, and it crashes constantly. Other software won’t even run a lot of the times, even with tinkering.
DOSBox made using DOS software accessible. There is not a catch-all like that for pre XP windows software yet.
Also this community is mostly for/about nostalgia.
There was an emulator I saw a video on not too long ago that fully emulates hardware from the 9x era and could run anything for those operating systems. Can’t for the life of me remember what it was called though
There’s a DOSBox fork that I know of that can run Win95 but the “hard drive” is not as easily accessible as regular DOSBox.
If it’s a different emulator, I’d like to try it out. Let me know if you ever remember!
This is the one. There was an LTT video on it I can link if you’d like
https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/index.html
Cool! Thanks!