/vr/ - Retro Games

>Windows 98
>vintage

Son, vintage starts at 95

Also
>implying I'm not still running Windows 98 right at this moment

>>437714
Windows 98 is pretty much Windows 95 with a lot more features and support. There is little reason to prefer 95 overall.

I just got a win2k VM set up to run Theme Park World after a lot of failures. Does that count?

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>Sound Blaster AWE32
>Trident SVGA
>Voodoo Graphics
>Pentium MMX with COASt expansion
>64mb RAM
LET'S ROCK

thinkpad master race

>>437969
Cute

>>437969
>ubuntu

>>437694
even on /vr/ this is an unknown title. MAXIMUM ROADKILL

I had a 17 inch Hansol monitor which died in 2006 damn it was smoooth

>>437694
To play bad Toys 3D.

>>438060
How good of a PC do you even need to have in order to run games properly on a virtual machine? Seems like it would be a major resource hog.

>>438064
I dunno.
What's your spec ?

>>438075
Yes I know the resolution is weird.

>>438091
That should be plenty enough.
You may ever pirate Windows Virtual PC or try Oracle VM Virtual BOX.
You may need drivers for Oracle though.

>>438091
What the fuck monitor is that? There's no way that's the native res...

Either way I doubt your CPU is viable for a VM.

>>438106
For some reason the Nvidia card I got has part of the screen cut out when I went for 1920x1080 so I had to adjust it for that. Which is odd because my previous graphics card did not have that issue.

would it be possible to install windows 98
on my high end windows 7 computer which can run everything at max

>>438121
Through a Virtual Machine yes.

>>437969
>That clit mouse
I sincerely prefer this to modern laptop touchpads. I think it controlled much better.

>>437969
Reminds me of an old Toshiba laptop someone gave me back in the late 90s early 2000s. Wish I still had it. How much do computer parts from the 90s go for? I really wanna build an older one someday.

>>438119
Ah right.
In nvidia control panel under "adjust desktop size and position" you'll find an underscan/overscan option that should fix that.

>>438151
Oh gee, I feel like a silly willy for not doing that. Just used underscan and it is fixed. Thanks.

>>438157
No problem.

On the subject of retro PC gaming, I have a question. My boss is trying to get rid of a bunch of big Trinitron CRTs, maybe 20-22" models. I know retro consoles look good on CRT tv sets but is there any value left in the monitors? Obviously he won't recover his investment but it's still better to get a few bucks back and see them being used than to have to pay to recycle them.

>>438217
Probably. I have noticed a lot more people planning on buying CRTs recently. Hell I plan on going to my Goodwill eventually and getting one.

What's Windows?

>>438130
no I mean natively

like installing windows 98 to the HD

>>438245
Better question, what's an Atari?

>>438245
On the subject of games, I haven't gotten any yet. I've only had time to put trackers and demos on floppies. There's a lot of good flight simulators, I've heard. If /vr/ can recommend a game for ST I can show it to you.

>>438265
hnnnnnng
I have been alternating between not having the money and not being able to find one of these. I would KILL. Also let a Vic 20 slip through my fingers.

>>438267
Wouldn't that cause a shit ton of driver and hardware compatibility issues?

>>438265
Wait, I thought that was a 64. Looks like a vic 20. How much C64 Basic do you know? Most fun language I've ever learned, really want to try it on the hardware.

>>438267
That would be a pain in the ass.
Avoid.

>>438272
I found a boxed Vic-20 at a thrift store for $5

>>438321
God
Damn

I have a few retro rigs.
Pictured is an old DOS machine, not sure on the specs as I haven't bought a PS/2 to 5-pin DIN keyboard adapter yet, also the printed label of "Cirrus Computers" I can find nothing about nowadays.

I also have an HP Pavilion '98 box, and an old Compac running Xubuntu, as well as an IBM Horizontal desktop of some sort running W2k

>>438365
Holy shit, floppy floppies.

>>438375
Yup.

>>438272
I have one
>tfw backspace key broke off

>>438387
That's horrifying. Do you at least have the button?

>>438393
The button is still working. The key itself may still be in a box

And here's my VIC.

>>438279
It's a C64, and I soldered my own s-video cable for it.

for BASIC, suffice to say that if I didn't have this machine as a child, I wouldn't have became a programmer.

3 C64s, 2 1541 drives, 1 tape drive, huge stack of floppies, all bought in the late 90s for $20. Retro was easier back then. I even have some Ti99-4a systems around here somewhere.

>>438419

You should seriously send in that registration card

>>438279
>Looks like a vic 20.

Maybe you missed the giant text on the screen saying
**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****

>>438434
I wonder if Commodore is still in West Chester.

I play dos games on my first computer that my parents got for me for Christmas when I was 14.

Packard Bell 486DX2 333mhz. Came with 4mb ram which I upgraded to 8 and a 512mb HD.

It's funny because there seems to be a hate bandwagon for Packard Bell yet mine is 18 years old now and runs Ike a top. Even the monitor. Only things I've replaced were the keyboard and mouse.

>>438434
Huh. So aparrently they're in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

>>438430
don't be greedy, sell me one of those C64s
>>438436
hence looks like, i know it's not. confused as to which model it is

>>438149
no idea, but you can get old pre-builds for pretty much for free/cheap

>Connection error. You may have been banned.
>no ban
>hour later
>still gives that error

>>438556
>nesticle

Self built motherfucker

Pentium MMX 233 (Switchable to 133)
S3 ViRGE 4MB PCI
Voodoo2 12MB
64MB EDO RAM
ECS ATX Mobo w/ 512K Cache and Intel 430HX Chipset (HX = Big ass speed boost)
Windows 95 OSR 2.1
Sound Blaster 16 CT2230 (Best revision)
Creative Goldfinch AWE32 upgrade card w/ 8MB RAM
10GB Quantum Fireball HD
20GB Samsung HD
52x CD-ROM
Colorado 300 Tape Backup (for gamesaves)

Floating point monster. Runs Quake and Novalogic flight sims like a boss. It's too fast for Descent stock so I installed a downclocking switch.

>>437747
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZHa7ZC6Z0

The only redeemable thing about that giant fucking mess, also known as Windows 95.

>>439876

Windows 95 gets a bad rap because the OEM system releases were never sold at retail.

OSR 2.1 is the best version, far better than retail. It has half-assed USB support, and it doesn't have the IE style Windows Explorer. Aside from that, it has everything Windows 98 has, including FAT32 support. It was released one year prior to 98, and is slightly more compatible with DOS stuff. That's why I run it on my retro box.