Duke Nukem 3d, Quake 1 & 2, Unreal (the original), Turok 1 & 2, Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3d, Tomb Raider 1+2+3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, Fallout 1 & 2...

I mean, it really helps to know what the specs of the machine are so we don't bother recommending titles it can't play.

Thanks FFXIhealer. I am actually building the system as a bit of a nostalgia trip so spec can change. It will probably be a fast PII or early PIII/Athlon of some description, 512mb RAM, dual Voodoo2 in SLI, Windows 98 SE or something similar. Very flexible but trying to stay period correct.

I am currently typing this post on something similar.

CPU: Intel Pentium III 600MHz (100Mhz FSB, 2.0V) "Katmai" Slot-1
Motherboard: ASUS P2B Revision 1.02 (BIOS 1011)
Memory: 2x 128MB PC-100 SDRAM ECC (256MB total - you REALLY don't need more)
AGP: Diamond Viper V770 (nVidia RIVA TNT2 32MB)
PCI1: STB V2-1000 Voodoo2 12MB
PCI3: STB V2-1000 Voodoo2 12MB (in SLI)
PCI5: 3com 10/100 Ethernet
ISA2: Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE64 Standard
Primary IDE Master: Western Digital 40GB
Secondary IDE Master: Sony CD-RW
Secondary IDE Slave: Iomega ZIP 100
OS: Windows 98 Second Edition

It runs pretty well for a MB from 1999 that hasn't ever had its caps changed and used to run a Pentium II 350MHz. I still have the Pentium II, as a matter of fact.

Alien Vs. Predator
Baldur's Gate
Drakan
Dungeon Keeper 2
Everquest
Half-Life (and the then-available mods, such as early CS, Action Half-Life, Science & Industry, USS Darkstar)
Hidden & Dangerous
Need for Speed High Stakes
Q3Test 1.05-1.08
Redline
Re/Volt
Starsiege Tribes
Star Wars Episode I Racer
Unreal Tournament (Demo 338/348 😜)
Worms Armageddon
Viper Racing

FFXIhealer wrote:

Duke Nukem 3d, Quake 1 & 2, Unreal (the original), Turok 1 & 2, Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3d, Tomb Raider 1+2+3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, Fallout 1 & 2...

I mean, it really helps to know what the specs of the machine are so we don't bother recommending titles it can't play.

those will run like shit on a '99 rig. RTCW chokes CPUs for skeletal transforms and has loads of texture switching and redundant effects textures that all need to be precached, and Morrowind is developed by Bethesda (and doesn't run good on period '02 computers either) 😀

Here are my favorites, ordered by like.
Half-Life (and mods)
Star Wars Episode I Racer(this game goes to easy peasy lemon squeeze to nightmare)
Diablo & Diablo 2
Age Of Empires and Age of empires II(Beware that the HD steam version will not run on 9X or XP)
F22 Raptor
Duke Nukem 3D
Sim City 3000
The Sims(if you have all the expansion packs it's really awesome)
Re/Volt
Roller Coaster Tycoon(my favorite is the second game that was released in '02 but it will run great on your rig)
Quake 2& Quake 3 Arena(again, for me the second game is the best)
Unreal & Unreal Tournament
Worms 2
Pinball Fantasies(i know its a little bit older but its from 92)
Screamer 2
Carmaggedon

Any system with a higher-clock Pentium Coppermine or Tulatin and a Voodoo 3 will kick butt for 1999 just fine.

Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature):

All the games installed are from 1995 to 2001

Enjoy! 😀

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Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature): […]
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Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature):

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All the games installed are from 1995 to 2001

Enjoy! 😀

Seems like you are playing cd-rips, or do you mount the original CD with deamontools or with a physical cdrom.

tayyare wrote:

Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature): […]
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Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature):

P3wme.jpg

All the games installed are from 1995 to 2001

Enjoy! 😀

You use Outlook Express enough that you need a desktop shortcut for it? 😀

clueless1 wrote:

You use Outlook Express enough that you need a desktop shortcut for it? 😀

Good catch, maybe he uses it to transfer files via attachments?

dr.zeissler wrote:

tayyare wrote:

Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature): […]
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Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature):

P3wme.jpg

All the games installed are from 1995 to 2001

Enjoy! 😀

Seems like you are playing cd-rips, or do you mount the original CD with deamontools or with a physical cdrom.

All the games in that machine have real physical media, a few came with PC game magazines but mostly purchased during the times when "purchasing a game CD" was the thing (except both GTAs, which were DRM free digital copies from a promotion).

I use Deamontools for trying out some "abondaonware" games from time to time 😊

Jade Falcon wrote:

clueless1 wrote:

You use Outlook Express enough that you need a desktop shortcut for it? 😀

Good catch, maybe he uses it to transfer files via attachments?

🤣

Actually, yes, I do use Outlook regularly, but not on that machine 😀 . it is there just because IE 6 installs it as default. I use my LAN, USB drives, CF reader to transfer files from/to my retro machines.

StarCraft: Brood War

Gnome and nd populous the beginning are two other good games. So is domination. populous has a 3dfx mode too if I recall.

If you're into RPGs, there were quite a few excellent ones around this time:
Wizardry 8
Might and Magic 6-8
Baldur's Gate 1-2
Icewind Dale
Planescape: Torment

Others that haven't been mentioned yet:
Deus Ex
X-Wing Alliance
Freespace 1-2

Stretch wrote:

StarCraft: Brood War

This! its all the vast amount of my mates played late 98-early 99 (remember it well just finished high school)
I actually hate the game myself, that summer for me was all about C&C Tibirumim Sun, Need for Speed 3 and 4

Homeworld

Some of my favs at the time (and games that I've been replaying recently)
BattleZone
Wing Commander Prophecy
Star Trek Armada
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
Gunman Chronicles
Drakan: Order of the Flame
Redneck Rampage
Settlers series
Realms of the Haunting