I installed Windows 98 on Virtualbox to play old games but it has problems with graphics driver.
Is these an iso or drivers made for VM that make play old games on Windows 98 running smoothly?
Yeah VirtualBox is my goto solution for this. I have Win95, WinXP, Win2000, Win8.1, Win10, Linux Ubuntu, Android86x, OSX Leopard
I basically used the original disks/licenses I had from older machines or grabbed isos following online tutorials using developer testing licenses
I actually use virtual box as my work pc. So my work and personal is separated.
I can easily backup/snapshot my work machine or move my work VM to another physical machine. Same using a VM to run any archived games you might find online that may have hidden malware that kills your main machine. Connecting to work VPN within a VM and free to listen to music streams or Netflix in my main desktop without receiving any angry IT emails from work. Because my main laptop(win8) is now overdue for replacement I am thinking to install Linux and VirtualBox and just run it as a VM server.
No I haven’t heard of it. Seems like it’s what I’m looking for. I’ll definitely give it a shot.
I don’t have a specific game to run, I’d like to install all games I played as a kid and I prefer to start with an install that supports games the most.
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Yes I stumbled upon PCEM with voodoo. It’s great and works just fine.
It’s has 2 issues though:
- Sound is stuttering sometimes.
- Some dos games runs slow. I don’t know if it’s the cpu or gpu. The game I tested was TFX. But I managed to run it on dosbox with no isssues.
Do you know if I find ROMs for faster CPU? The fastest I have is Pentium 2 450mhz
I didn’t know Dosbox can run Windows.
Definitely will give it a shot. Thanks
Playing anything via virtualbox is… rough. If it’s a DOS game, try dosbox or something similar. If you really need DX… whatever win98 used… then setting up a very specific Wine instance is the way to go.
I agreed it is a bit of overhead to install and update the OS in the VM, but once setup its easy to snapshot or copy the VM. So if I install a game that doesn’t work out I just roll back. I have tried Wine over the years and although it’s getting better I am a dos and windows native. Linux on the side with the manual or Google open. 🤪
I want to download all games I played in the late 80s and early 90s.
Dosbox is great with dos games. But I prefer win98 for the nostalgia.
If you’re serious about the nostalgia, then your best bet is to find a 32-bit processor and build a dedicated win98 system. ISOs are available everywhere, most with updates and a disabled registration system. You might even try a 2k or XP system. Win2K was my gaming system of choice for many years, thanks to its backward-compatibility.
I prefer to run it on a virtual machine or emulator as I don’t have a space for dedicated machine.
Hmm… well, VMWare used to make a virtual desktop app that was far superior in the way it handled DirectX apps, but I don’t know if they still have/support that.
I have the hardware in boxes but some of its now failing with age 😭 Yes Win2000 was mine, same with XP
