A great operating system!
You have to remember that It was with Windows 98 that PC gaming started to take a much more advanced approach., which looked face to face at consoles, thanks to DirectX, Direct3D and the arrival of the first accelerator graphics cards (as they were called) such as the Voodoo 3dfx. Suddenly, games began to display amazing quality with perfectly modeled 3D environments capable of moving on-screen with amazing smoothness. The PC entered a new era.
And of course, it is normal that many gamers are associated with those years a whole endless list of games that want to revive in any way, resorting to the very essence of the components of that time. But how could we get it quickly without complicating our existence? And, above all, is it necessary to go to the second-hand market to acquire a Pentium processor from those times, 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 being used by many users as top-tier emulation platforms for any type of console and personal computer, thanks to a resource that is giving a lot of play such as RetroArch. Do you know him?
The heart of emulation
That’s exactly what the folks at DigitalFoundry have done, install RetroArch and from there, virtualize an entire Windows 98 as a gateway to all the game releases that we lived through in the next eight years in which the OS remained active. And they are not few, because only in the video that you have above you will be able to enjoy wonders like quakewhich seems to have been one of the main reasons that has moved those responsible to complete this challenge.
But there is more, within the images of this video, we can also see the wonderful three-dimensional environments of masterpieces such as Virtue Fighter, SEGA Rally, Unreal, Homeworld, half life, wipeout 2097, Turoketc. All emulated with a resolution of 640×480 pixels and that old aroma of accelerated graphics with a 3dfx card that, for those who never heard of it, was the equivalent of the Geforce or Radeon that we have on the market today. Even Nvidia itself started in this field launching compatible models with the same chip.
As you can see, a huge door opens to perpetuate old memories thanks to current consoles that work with the old operating systems. And here, thanks to RetroArch and DOSBox, you’ll be able to travel back in time to video games when Windows 98 ruled with an iron fist on all PCs on the planet. What times right?
