Category: Retro
Opera 11.5.1 is the only HTML 5 Browser that is available for Windows 98 (with limited functions) and starting with Windows 2000 (all functions)
Firefox 2.0 is the last Browser supporting Windows 98, ME and NT 4.0
Internet Explorer 9 for Vista SP2 needs KB971512 & KB2117917 – As no automatic updates is possible anymore you need to download those manually and install them first!
DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, MacOS X…
DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent sound compatibility with older games…
You can “re-live” the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run plenty of the old classics that don’t run on your new computer!
DOSBox is totally free of charge and Open Source.
The program DosPanel is a graphical user interface for DOSBox. The user can make all required settings needed to start DOS applications in DOSBox without concern the somewhat crude syntax of the configuration file. Each DOS application can have its individual settings stored by the program.
Windows 98 – Johnny Castaway or Screen Antics Screensaver (johncastaway5_old_3.31.exe) – I love this one that is why I share it
There is also a version for Windows 10/11 out there and so I added it too to the files 🙂
Windows 8/10 FIX is needed to play this good old game on more recent machines 🙂 – Also for Windows 10 it’s important to have the Patch 2.0
On my (Data Team TV YouTube Channel you can find the description of it (in german)
Some updates for Windows 98 especially for letting it run under VMWare.
Windows 98 – SP2.x are inoffical service Packs
Pay Attention that they may have different issues with some versions of VMWare
Windows Media Player 9 (mp9setup.exe) and DirectX 9 (directx-9-0c-directx_9c_redist.exe) is also available
Windows 98 – USB 2.0 / Mass Storage Driver (nusb36e.exe) – inofficial Patch as USB 2.0 was never offcialy supported by Microsoft under Windows 98
This Package has a collection of updates – Package was created by WinFuture
The Winfuture Update Pack 3.52 needs Service Pack 2 to be installed first. This is an in-official Update Pack which has all the, after SP2, released Updates integrated.
