I have a laptop rocking Win 2k. Unfortunately I couldn’t back up the Program Files folder before the hard drive failed. But at least I got the original La-Mulana playable on the desktop.
Holy smokes… Millennium Edition! I had forgotten all about that one!
I’m with the other guy though, how come? Pre-HAL OS’s were a pain and you can make most software run if you set up the environment correctly on a modern computer.
I still remember the windows Xp compatibility problems with old software and games. And windows 10/11 didn’t make those problems go away, instead it got worse. Old software is not a priority, understandably.
For example have you tried to play Dungeon Keeper 2 on a modern pc? I have, and it crashes constantly. Other software won’t even run a lot of the times, even with tinkering.
DOSBox made using DOS software accessible. There is not a catch-all like that for pre XP windows software yet.
Also this community is mostly for/about nostalgia.
There was an emulator I saw a video on not too long ago that fully emulates hardware from the 9x era and could run anything for those operating systems. Can’t for the life of me remember what it was called though
Nostalgia is a helluva drug. It’s not just about the OS, but also the retro games that were made for it. And the hardware for retro collectors. I just noticed trying to find games to post on the DOS Gaming community that many of the retro games I loved as a kid were made for Win9x. So I made the community to post more of my personal nostalgia.
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I have a laptop rocking Win 2k. Unfortunately I couldn’t back up the Program Files folder before the hard drive failed. But at least I got the original La-Mulana playable on the desktop.
30 years too late
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Holy smokes… Millennium Edition! I had forgotten all about that one!
I’m with the other guy though, how come? Pre-HAL OS’s were a pain and you can make most software run if you set up the environment correctly on a modern computer.
I still remember the windows Xp compatibility problems with old software and games. And windows 10/11 didn’t make those problems go away, instead it got worse. Old software is not a priority, understandably.
For example have you tried to play Dungeon Keeper 2 on a modern pc? I have, and it crashes constantly. Other software won’t even run a lot of the times, even with tinkering.
DOSBox made using DOS software accessible. There is not a catch-all like that for pre XP windows software yet.
Also this community is mostly for/about nostalgia.
There was an emulator I saw a video on not too long ago that fully emulates hardware from the 9x era and could run anything for those operating systems. Can’t for the life of me remember what it was called though
There’s a DOSBox fork that I know of that can run Win95 but the “hard drive” is not as easily accessible as regular DOSBox.
If it’s a different emulator, I’d like to try it out. Let me know if you ever remember!
This is the one. There was an LTT video on it I can link if you’d like
https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/index.html
Cool! Thanks!
Why?
Honest question.
People still actually use those versions?
Nostalgia is a helluva drug. It’s not just about the OS, but also the retro games that were made for it. And the hardware for retro collectors. I just noticed trying to find games to post on the DOS Gaming community that many of the retro games I loved as a kid were made for Win9x. So I made the community to post more of my personal nostalgia.
Yep, once a year I’ll get the itch to play Sim Tower and will end up spending hours in it.
Retro computing is a really popular hobby. There’s a Mastodon client for DOS, for instance.
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