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By the 90s, PCs with [[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 series consisted family of operating systems consisting of Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME. Playing Win95/98/ME games on a modern system can be difficult. There is no simple straightforward "emulator" for it, unlike [[DOS]].

[[Wine ]] is the quintessential compatibility tool for POSIX-based operating systems like Linux and OSX and allows WIndows applications macOS that translates Windows API calls to run on those systemsLinux equivalents. Support for Win95/98 programs Windows 9x software is quite strong, far superior to that of 64-bit Windows versions. For running games, you'll also want to check out the Linux frontend Lutris, since it includes a plethora of customizations and tweaks for running Windows games.

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PCem Sometimes, all that may be missing in order to get an old game running is a DLL wrapper for the graphics API. This is common for games that were designed for 3Dfx Glide cards. More information is available at the respective page. ==[[Game Engine Recreations and 86Box Source Ports]]== Many games are full retro x86 computer emulatorsconsidered enough of a cult classic that the source code is made publicly available for study and use as a base for ports to newer platforms. For some titles, spanning from this is done by the original IBM 5150 developer themselves to Pentium II PCs (with 86Box)show other developers the viability of such a project. Setting it up is much like building an actual retro computerHowever, but in software, so expect it to for most games this'll usually be as difficult as setting up an actual retro PCdone by force through reverse engineering. This means you're going to  We have to install Windows 95/98/ME along with all necessary drivers for already listed many of the most popular video game ports and recreations at the hardware you chose. This is also a great option if you want accurate 3DFX Voodoo emulationrespective page.

Windows 95 PCem and 98 can 86Box are full retro x86 computer emulators, spanning from the original IBM 5150 to Pentium II PCs (with 86Box). Setting it up is much like building an actual retro computer, but in software, so expect it to be installed in DOSBoxas difficult as setting up an actual retro PC. This means you're going to have to install Windows 95/98/ME however cannotalong with all necessary drivers for the hardware you chose. How well do games play? No ideaThis is also a great option if you want accurate 3DFX Voodoo emulation.

There has been interest in creating a spin off version of DOSBox that incorporates compatibility with This is going to be the most accurate option for running Windows 95/98/ME. It would games, even if it may be called 9xbox. As of 02/09/13 it has not passed the theoretical stage and no work has been donedifficult to set up. 

==One way to get Windows 7/8==9x software running is to run the operating system in a virtual machine. Unfortunately, this requires you to know how to manually install a Windows 9x-family operating system on a computer.

Some Win95/98 applications can It should be run on these systems. However, support is very spotty. Selecting noted that modern hypervisors do not include 3D acceleration for Windows 95 or Windows 98 in compatibility mode helps9x.