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− | By the 90s, PCs with [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips# | + | By the 90s, PCs with [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|Intel CPUs]] started to break away from the mold of their 16-bit incarnations. It began with Intel taking the helm of the PC platform with the ATX specification, which departed from the PC AT and related models in a number of ways. The rise of PCs also brought with it the bundling of the Windows 9x family of operating systems, which were hybrid 16/32-bit operating systems consisting of Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME; Windows 2000 was based on Windows NT. |
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Playing games released for these platforms on a modern system can be quite easy as programs can be run on latest Windows without sacrifices due to backwards compability.<ref>https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-older-apps-or-programs-compatible-with-windows-783d6dd7-b439-bdb0-0490-54eea0f45938</ref> However this '''may''' change in the near future due to dropping 16 and 32-bit support from processors.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FpXimj1oA René Rebe: Intel finally to remove 16-bit REAL MODE and some 32b RINGS]</ref><ref>[[Wikipedia:X86#From_16-bit_and_32-bit_to_64-bit_architecture|In 2023, Intel proposed a major change to the architecture referred to as x86-S (with S standing for "simplification"), which aims to remove support for legacy execution modes and instructions]]</ref> | Playing games released for these platforms on a modern system can be quite easy as programs can be run on latest Windows without sacrifices due to backwards compability.<ref>https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-older-apps-or-programs-compatible-with-windows-783d6dd7-b439-bdb0-0490-54eea0f45938</ref> However this '''may''' change in the near future due to dropping 16 and 32-bit support from processors.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FpXimj1oA René Rebe: Intel finally to remove 16-bit REAL MODE and some 32b RINGS]</ref><ref>[[Wikipedia:X86#From_16-bit_and_32-bit_to_64-bit_architecture|In 2023, Intel proposed a major change to the architecture referred to as x86-S (with S standing for "simplification"), which aims to remove support for legacy execution modes and instructions]]</ref> | ||
− | If you are trying to get Win9x software working on a modern system, you should only be using this page as a last resort and would be better suited to read the [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com | + | If you are trying to get Win9x software working on a modern system, you should only be using this page as a last resort and would be better suited to read the [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com PC Gaming Wiki], which likely already has information on the game you want. If you don't have the operating system you want, you can download it from [https://winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems WinWorldPC], and if you don't have the game you want or it's not available on the platforms like [https://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] or [https://www.gog.com/ GOG]; you can try downloading it from [https://www.myabandonware.com/ My Abandonware]. |
==[[Compatibility layers]]== | ==[[Compatibility layers]]== | ||
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We have already listed many of the most popular video game ports and recreations at the respective page. | We have already listed many of the most popular video game ports and recreations at the respective page. | ||
− | == | + | ==Hardware emulation== |
− | These are emulators in the truest sense, in that they don't do any kind of | + | These are emulators in the truest sense, in that they don't do any kind of cheating the way a hypervisor would. 3D graphics and Pentium CPU emulation for these systems usually needs modest to top-notch [https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html single thread performance of CPUs]. [[PCem]], [[86Box]] and [[PCBox]] are full retro x86 computer emulators, spanning from the original IBM 5150 to Pentium III PCs. Setting it up is much like building an actual retro computer, but in software, so expect it to be as difficult as setting up an actual retro PC. This means you're going to have to install Windows 95/98/ME along with all necessary drivers for the hardware you chose. This is also a great option if you want most accurate and compatible option for 3DFX Voodoo emulation and [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=534 Windows 95/98/ME glide games], even if it may be difficult to set up and significantly slower performance compared to [[Wikipedia:X86_virtualization#Hardware-assisted_virtualization|hardware-assisted]] [[Hypervisors]] or [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|DOSBox forks]]. |
− | + | Windows 95/98/ME can also be installed in [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|DOSBox forks]], and it also supports 3DFX Voodoo emulation but compatibility and accuracy aren't as good as [[PCem]] or [[86Box]]. | |
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− | '''For more | + | '''For more information;''' |
{{Main|POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs}} | {{Main|POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs}} | ||
==[[Hypervisors]]== | ==[[Hypervisors]]== | ||
− | + | One way to get Windows 9x software running is to run the operating system in a [[Wikipedia:X86_virtualization#Hardware-assisted_virtualization|hardware-assisted]] virtual machine. Unfortunately, this requires you to know how to manually install a Windows 9x-family operating system on a computer. If you do decide to install Windows 95 in a virtual machine, you will need to install [http://lonecrusader.x10host.com/fix95cpu.html FIX95CPU] (or better [https://github.com/JHRobotics/patcher9x#patch-for-windows-959898-seme-to-fix-cpu-issues Patcher9x by JHRobotics]) for it to run on processors with clock speeds over 2.1GHz (for Intel CPUs) and 300MHz (for AMD CPUs). Failing to do so will result in a "Protection Error" at boot time. | |
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+ | VMWare Tools supports Windows 95 through Windows 10. [[VirtualBox]] does not include 3D acceleration for Windows 9x. | ||
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