swaaye wrote:What games do you want to play exactly. That's what it really comes down to.
You can't build something that will run everything well.
Well I have several in mind...
Alien Breed, Another World, C&C, C&C Red Alert, Battle Chess, Beneath a Steel Sky, Bubble Bobble, Chaos Engine, Civilization II, Crazy Cars III, Doom I & II, Dune II, Duke Nukem 3D, Extreme Pinball, Flashback, The Incredible Machine series, F1, F117A Stealth Fighter, F19 Stealth Fighter, F29 Retaliator, Formula 1 Grand Prix, Grand Prix Circuit, Grand Prix Manager 2, Grand Theft Auto, Jimmy Whites Whirlwind Snooker, Jungle Strike, Lamborghini American Challenge, Lemmings series, Lotus the Ultimate Challenge, Micro Machines I and II, Monopoly Deluxe, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Nascar Racing I and II, One Must Fall 2097, OutRun, PC Rally, Pinball (Dreams, Fantasies, Dreams II, Illusions), The Need for Speed I and II / SE, Power Drive, Screamer, SimCity, Sim City 2000, Simon the Sorcerer I & II, Speedball 2 - Brutal Deluxe, Stunts, Super Stardust 96, System Shock I & II, Test Drive(1, 2 & 3), Theme Park, Theme Hospital, Turrican II - The Final Fight, UFO Enemy Unknown, US Navy Fighters Gold, Vette!, Wolfenstein 3D and Xenon 2 Megablast.
They are all the games I have for Windows or DOS. Preferbly I'd like to Pay as many as the hilighted gomes as possible.
ux-3 wrote:If you have little experience, and are looking for a PC with a little more power, I would suggest something like a simple P2 Ret […]
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tokyoracer wrote:Well due to it's ease and that I grew up with 95 and 3.1, i'd prefer a Windows OS primaraly due to lack of personal experiance with MS DOS (but would like to learn more about it sometime). Also I would like a post Pentium PC ideally so I have some oomph.
Sorry I'm a little vague but i'd be willing to sort out some sort of 'Duel' or 'Tri' boot system too so I can open my options for compatability (I hope).
Would that be of any use?
If you have little experience, and are looking for a PC with a little more power, I would suggest something like a simple P2 Retro System to you.
Use Win98se. Other than pure nostalgia or very particular titles, it is probably the best Retro-OS. And it still has a working DOS layer.
If you start from scratch, buy something like a run of the mill PC with a Pentium2, a Voodoo3 2000 (or a combo with a V2) and a SB16/32/64 ISA with 64MB of Ram.
That is a base to easily learn the basics and to let Win95 stuff fly fast.
That was the ballpark I was kind-of thinking but didn't think of using 98 SE, I thought 95 had a broader compatability range due to it's DOS system is more comprehensive. I don't doubt your suggestion but out of interest, what's the benefits of having 98 SE over 95?
@ ih8registrations, Thanks for the post, looks really interesting but it a bit beyond my skills I think but maybe a future porject.
Oh and the CPU list you made has made stuff clearer, thanks again. 😀