Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-13, 16:13

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by Alistar1776

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So, back to the original question, since 95 does have its benefits on hardware to slow for 98. Gpu, sound, and memory. I have 2 Socket 7 boards i can use, both only have PCI and ISA slots on them. but one board has 2x30 pin simm slots, and two other memory slots, they take memory with two notches in …

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Re: Age of Empires WinXP

Posted on 2022-08-11, 23:28

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by Alistar1776

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Found the fix. Mount the ISO, then install the game from the mounted iso, and it works fine. Used WinXP Virtual CD Control Panel.

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Age of Empires WinXP

Posted on 2022-08-11, 21:01

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by Alistar1776

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So, I have Age of Empires on a USB flash drive, and could get it installed. the problem I run into now is it says it needs a game cd to play. kinda figured, but i have other games that dont need one, so i was hopeful. Anyway, Ive tried launching the game with the USB plugged in, hoping the game …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-11, 06:40

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by Alistar1776

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Uhm, I wouldn't use the words "works great" and "Windows 95" in the same sentence, though. :D Please everyone don't get me wrong, Windows 95 (code name Chicago) was a big thing in pop culture, but it never was good or stable. It was a hack, an interesting one, sure, but a hack nevertheless. It was …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-10, 05:39

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by Alistar1776

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Windows 95 has stability issues on newer hardware, also. From what I've learned, Windows 95 RTM worked rock solid (*ahem*) on ISA-only systems of the 386/486 era, but not so much on later PCI/AGP systems. Windows 98SE is much more stable here, and the memory doesn't leak as bad, too. That's …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 15:27

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by Alistar1776

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If you are hellbent on being period correct, then just about. Your K-6 released about the same time as W98, give or take a month. Windows 95 had a very narrow, less than 2 year period from its commercial release (1995 August) to Windows 98's commercial release (1998 June). Right. im not super …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 15:11

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by Alistar1776

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I can see a 486/586 class machine making for an ok Windows 95 machine, for that period after win3.11 but before Windows 98. You know the era I talk about when 16bit apps and 32bit apps were just getting the hang of the windows 95 UI and API but didn't always conform to it and thus dont work well or …

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Re: Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 15:06

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by Alistar1776

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It's unlikely that if a game runs on Win95 it will have issues with W98. I see no practical reason to build a dedicated W95 machine. I like to keep period correct with what the games say theyre supported on. I can still give it a shot with my windows 98 system. Also ive wanted to build one just to …

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Windows 95 Gaming?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 06:41

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by Alistar1776

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So I dug thru storage earlier today and found a small collection of retro games, most of which play on 95 thru XP, which i have an XP machine, and a 98SE machine once I can get a gpu. However, the remaining games will only play on DOS or Win 95. So, i come looking for suggestions. i have on hand …

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Re: Windows XP Hardware Monitor?

Posted on 2022-08-06, 01:46

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by Alistar1776

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HWMonitor or AIDA64 should do the trick here for hardware monitoring. Latest versions should work on XP, but if not then try going a few versions back. For stress testing, I just go with 3DMark 2000 or 2005, depending on the age of hardware. These seem to reveal eventual problems. For newer …

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Windows XP Hardware Monitor?

Posted on 2022-08-06, 00:51

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by Alistar1776

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Is there some kind of hardware monitor for WinXP so I can check out the temps? Id also like some kind of stress testing software for cpu/gpu as well. 32 bit OS with SP3 installed. Thanks for the help as always.

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Re: Help please. Win98SE Radeon 8500

Posted on 2022-08-05, 19:48

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by Alistar1776

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Ok, I fully understand. Unfortunately, I live in EU so it does not really worth the hassle with shipping. 4650 AGP is a good card, but you are right - it is a XP era card. I think the last ATI Radeon with official Windows 98 support is X800 (any of its version). For Nvidia it is a GeForce 6800 (GT, …

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Re: Windows game recommendation?

Posted on 2022-08-04, 21:25

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by Alistar1776

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An acronym. Real Time Stragegy. You mentioned you liked stragegy games. There are also turn based strategy games, like the Worms series which had some XP era entries, but the 2D games of the franchise are the best. oh ok. Yea, homeworld 2 which i still have and Age of Empires were some of my …

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Re: Help please. Win98SE Radeon 8500

Posted on 2022-08-04, 21:23

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by Alistar1776

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Hallo, that is a sad story but shit happens. I wouldn’t say PCI / PCI-E cards are somehow more reliable. The problem is more that performance GPUs are more prone to fail as there is more thermal stress etc. You will very rarely meet for example dead GeForce4 MX440, unless it is broken mechanically. …

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Re: Windows game recommendation?

Posted on 2022-08-04, 09:04

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by Alistar1776

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RandomStranger has already listed most the RTS's I would have said. only one missing is "World War 3 Black Gold" which works on both 98/XP WW3BG is very nostalgic to me, it was the one that kickstarted my RTS phase, but objectively looking it's a mediocre one. Though not without a charm. It has a …

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Re: Windows game recommendation?

Posted on 2022-08-04, 09:02

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by Alistar1776

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cyclone3d wrote on 2022-08-03, 21:45: You are killing RAM performance by only running a single stick. Add a second stick so you will be running in dual channel instead of single channel mode. i only had the one stick on hand that was functional. the other matching sticks gave a no post issue

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Re: Windows game recommendation?

Posted on 2022-08-03, 18:31

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by Alistar1776

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S.W.I.N.E. went free ~10 years ago just around when the developer went out of business. You can get it from reliable sources like moddb . The rest mostly are (or were) availebale on GoG DRM free. For example Colin 2005, DIRT and GRID were available through GoG, but are abandonware I don't know the …

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Re: Windows game recommendation?

Posted on 2022-08-03, 07:42

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by Alistar1776

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I built a Windows XP machine to play my physical big box pc games, which arent very many, probably 6 in total id say. But i'd like to expand on that collection a bit, along with my Windows 98 machine. I typically like puzzle/strategy type games as well as car games and rpg style games. The gaming …

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Re: Windows game recommendation?

Posted on 2022-08-02, 04:47

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by Alistar1776

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thepirategamerboy12 wrote on 2022-08-01, 14:21: I'll give one. Pandora's Box is a great puzzle game collection I've been playing through lately. ill look it up. sounds vaguely familliar

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Re: Hey Vogonians, what are your other hobbies?

Posted on 2022-08-01, 04:49

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by Alistar1776

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modern pc gaming, 3d modeling, automotive mechanic both oem and performance, gasoline or diesel application. little bits of network engineering as well.

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