#win9x — Public Fediverse posts
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I feel like I've probably gushed about this recently but today someone complimented me on my typing speed and I was like "Thanks, I played Read Write and Type a lot as a kid" and I feel like y'all should know that it's a Windows 98 game that's still being licensed and sold today because it's just that good. It's a combination typing and phonics tutor, it teaches you how to read as you're typing, and it's very fun and colorful too.
https://www.talkingfingers.com/read-write-type/
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Zoombinis (1996) running in an emulator!! this is running on Windows 98 SE on top of DosBox Pure on top of Retroarch on top of Android. This gave me some bluescreens at first but it turns out I needed to set the emulated CPU core to "normal" instead of "dynamic" to avoid "fatal error 0E", which is a memory page fault.
Unfortunately the way that DosBox Pure currently handles save data for win98 games is a little tricky, you either need to use a mutable virtual hard disk and save everything to that, or else you need to use these opaque ".sav" files which represent a diff against an exact prior state of an immutable hard disk. I've heard there's support for mounting multiple hard disks at once, so you could have an immutable one for windows and then a smaller one for the game-specific data, I might try that later. For now I'm just glad to have it working in "practice" mode so I can go to the pizza level :)
#zoombinis #videogames #emulation #win9x -
Building an FPGA 3dfx Voodoo with Modern RTL Tools
https://piefed.social/c/emulation/p/1922593/building-an-fpga-3dfx-voodoo-with-modern-rtl-tools
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Installing WinZip 8.1 SR-1 and WinRAR 3.71 on a virtual Windows 95. This is such a perfect example as to why I still don't consider Windows 95 to be a "retro" operating system:
Using the Windows Explorer, the long file names, the setup programs, the start menu icons and, of course, the programs themselves. A "normal" screen resolution with 16/24-bit color. Everything does look and feel pretty much identical to a modern Windows PC. Yes, all of these version numbers are a bit lower, but that's basically it. This is SO not a retro system!
#Win9x #RetroComputing #WinRAR #WinZip #90s #Retro #OperatingSystem
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Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is a 1998 cult classic that fuses first-person shooter action with anime-inspired mecha combat. The game’s innovative critical hit system, branching narrative, and seamless mech controls set it apart, earning critical praise despite modest sales.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0A5AqTeBSQ
#Shogo #MobileArmorDivision #MonolithProductions #Interplay #RetroGaming #Mecha #FPS #Anime #CultClassic #PCGaming #Win9x
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Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is a 1998 cult classic that fuses first-person shooter action with anime-inspired mecha combat. The game’s innovative critical hit system, branching narrative, and seamless mech controls set it apart, earning critical praise despite modest sales.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0A5AqTeBSQ
#Shogo #MobileArmorDivision #MonolithProductions #Interplay #RetroGaming #Mecha #FPS #Anime #CultClassic #PCGaming #Win9x
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Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is a 1998 cult classic that fuses first-person shooter action with anime-inspired mecha combat. The game’s innovative critical hit system, branching narrative, and seamless mech controls set it apart, earning critical praise despite modest sales.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0A5AqTeBSQ
#Shogo #MobileArmorDivision #MonolithProductions #Interplay #RetroGaming #Mecha #FPS #Anime #CultClassic #PCGaming #Win9x
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My favorite #BootManager for MS-DOS and Win 9x systems:
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Road Rash by Electronic Arts is a legendary racing and combat game that set new standards with its digitized graphics, grunge soundtrack, and brutal motorcycle battles. You race through California’s scenic routes, fighting opponents with fists and weapons, while upgrading bikes and avoiding crashes. Its innovative use of live-action video and licensed music made it a standout title of the 90s.
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Good morning Monday, let's start the new week like never before.
#win #windows #win98 #win9x #defrag #it #nerd #nerdHistory #windows95 #ithistory #oldnerd #disk #monday #start #goodmorning #weekbegin #newweek
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This weekend I tried to compile #Allegro for #Win9x with #mingw.
I was able to get the examples running on #Win10, but when I copied them over to my #Win98 box they crashed with an illegal instruction.
That happened because mingw on #Ubuntu is targeting i686 and I have an AMD K6-II in my test rig.
Then I tried compiling mingw myself with i386 as a target, that failed because the 386 is missing an instruction that is needed by the runtime library.
I got it working with i486, though.1/