An excellent operating system!
We must remember that it was with Windows 98 that PC gaming began to have a much more advanced approach, which looked at consoles face to face, thanks to DirectX, Direct3D and the arrival of the first accelerating graphics cards (c that’s what they were called). ) just like the Voodoo 3dfx. Suddenly, games started to look amazing with perfectly modeled 3D environments able to move across the screen with incredible fluidity. The PC has entered a new era.
And of course, it is normal that many gamers have associated with these years an endless list of games that they want to revive in some way, resorting to the very essence of the components of this era. But how could we get it quickly without complicating our existence? And above all, should you go on the second-hand market to acquire a Pentium processor of the time, or a SoundBlaster sound card or a Voodoo 2 graphics card? Well no, there is an easier method: buy an Xbox Series X (or S) from Microsoft itself. This fast.
As you know, the two new Xbox Series are used by many users as high-level emulation platforms for all types of consoles and personal computers, thanks to a resource that gives a lot of game like RetroArch. Do you know him?
The heart of emulation
That’s exactly what the folks at DigitalFoundry did, install RetroArch and from there virtualize an entire Windows 98 as a gateway to every game release we’ve seen over the next eight years that the system holding remained active. And they are not uncommon, because only in the video you have above can you enjoy marvels like Quake, which seems to have been one of the main reasons that led those responsible to take up this challenge .
But there is more, in the images of this video we can also see the wonderful three-dimensional environments of masterpieces such as Virtua Fighter, SEGA Rally, Unreal, Homeworld, Half-Life, Wipeout 2097, Turok, etc. All emulated with a resolution of 640×480 pixels and that old aroma of accelerated graphics with a 3dfx card which, for those who have never heard of it, was the equivalent of the Geforce or Radeon that we currently have on the market . Even Nvidia itself started in this field by launching models compatible with the same chip.
As you can see, a huge door is opening to perpetuate old memories thanks to current consoles that work with old operating systems. And here, thanks to RetroArch and DOSBox, you can travel back in time to video games when Windows 98 ruled every PC on the planet with an iron fist. What time is it?