/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.6225919]

What is your favorite retro microsoft os + the games you played on it?

For me it's 95. My first pc came with it and random 3d realms games like douk3d and t.v.

[Anonymous No.6225932]

DOS + Norton Commander

[Anonymous No.6225935]

>>6225919
Software isn’t retro, period correct hardware is, and the games that run on it.

[Anonymous No.6225946]

>>6225935
"all platforms launched in 1999 or earlier"

operating systems are platforms

cope and have sex

[Anonymous No.6225948]

Win 98. Just upgraded my baby with a Pentium 4. I use it mostly for games like Duke 3D, Blood, Half Life, Serious Sam, Arcanum Anachronox, Baldur's Gate ect. Some of these games, like Arcanum and Anachronox, are real bitches to running on modern systems. Thank good I don't have to deal with this.

[Anonymous No.6225952]

>>6225919
Windows 98 + Half Life 2, Deus Ex, Call of Duty, the list could go on...

[Anonymous No.6226048]

>>6225946
>operating systems are platforms
Wrong. Operating System is software. Only hardware can be a platform.
Otherwise we would have Half Life 2 threads.
Seethe harder zoomer.

[Anonymous No.6226112]

>>6226048
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_platform
>A computing platform or digital platform[1] is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS)
>the operating system (OS)
>the operating system (OS)
>the operating system (OS)

owned, retard.

[Anonymous No.6226117]

>>6225946
Does that mean if I play a game released after 2000 on a machine released in the 90's it would be retro?

[Anonymous No.6226124]

>>6226112
>quotes Wikipedia
You just owned yourself.
>>6226117
Yes making threads about games released after 2000 for platforms that were released 1999 or before is allowed and you will see it all the time here newfag.

[Anonymous No.6226140]

>>6226048
>software can't be retro if it was released after 1999
So how come we can have Majora's Mask, Shenmue II, and Final Fantasy IX threads?

Face it lad, Win98 was designed to run on retro hardware, therefore it makes it as retro as the aforementioned videogame software.

[Anonymous No.6226165]

>>6226140
>So how come we can have Majora's Mask, Shenmue II, and Final Fantasy IX threads?
Those are games released on platforms from before 2000.
Software refers to operating systems or Direct X versions, not game media which is a combination of software and hardware (carts often have special chips).
>Face it lad, Win98 was designed to run on retro hardware, therefore it makes it as retro as the aforementioned videogame software.
Windows isn't game media. It will never be retro, games that don't work on 1999 PC hardware will never be retro, and the PS2 will never be retro.

[Anonymous No.6226186]

>>6226165
>Windows isn't game media.
then the crt generals should be removed since those aren't videogame-related.

[Anonymous No.6226196]

>>6226186
They are pre-2000 hardware.
The only threads getting removed are yours.

[Anonymous No.6226203]

>>6226165
>Software refers to operating systems or Direct X versions, not game media which is a combination of software and hardware (carts often have special chips).
Videogames are software, you can't just go about redefining things to your liking.

>Windows isn't game media.
But it's a platform for running games on. Without Windows, you can't play the games.

>games that don't work on 1999 PC hardware will never be retro,
The rules say any platform on or before 1999, so that includes both hardware and OS.

>and the PS2 will never be retro.
Of course, because it's from 2000, unlike Windows 98 which is a pre-cutoff platform.

[Anonymous No.6226214]

>>6226203
>Videogames are software
Wrong. The special chip in SNES cartridge games aren't software. The flippers in a pinball machine aren't software.
>But it's a platform for running games on. Without Windows, you can't play the games.
Platform is hardware, deal with it.
>Windows 98 which is a pre-cutoff platform.
No, it's not a platform, and it runs on non retro platforms (hardware made after 1999) so it's not retro.

[Anonymous No.6226229]

>>6226214
>Wrong. The special chip in SNES cartridge games aren't software. The flippers in a pinball machine aren't software.
The chips (hardware) are separate from the game's programming (software), you idiot. And pinball isn't even a videogame.

>Platform is hardware, deal with it.
Platform is either hardware or OS, deal with it.

>No, it's not a platform, and it runs on non retro platforms (hardware made after 1999) so it's not retro.
Yes, Win98's a platform that was released in 1998 to run on '90s PC hardware, so it's retro.

Take the L already, you delusional autist.

[Anonymous No.6226258]

>>6226048
Wrong wrong wrong. You console gatekeepers are fucking retarded and don't even know what you're talking about.

Yes the rules here are dumb. It should be for games from 1999 and before, but it's not. The same way that makes some idiotic console projects being technically allowed here, it also applies to computer games. Windows 9X is a PLATFORM in every meaningful way that this board cares about.

If you aren't trolling (you are) and want computer games to go solely on hardware then get ready for Fortnight threads. Because people have been able to run it, not in Windows 9X but with a GeForce 256 which by your retarded definition should be what counts.

Fuck you, you ignorant little shit and stop trying to pretend computer games don't follow the same stupid rules as everything else on this crazy board.

[Anonymous No.6226261]

>>6226229
>pinball isn't even a videogame.
Basically is and pinball threads are allowed.
Same as Wacky Gator or Skee Ball.
They're arcade games and basically video games but you're probably autistic and need every word to mean exactly what you want it to mean by your personal definition.
The fact is, these types of games are allowed to be discussed and feature hardware as much as they do software, and your zoomer Windows 98 is not allowed. Cope.
>Platform is either hardware or OS, deal with it.
It's hardware.
>Win98's a platform that was released to run on '90s PC hardware
No, it can run on 2000s PC hardware too. It's not retro and it's not a platform, just a piece of software in between the platform and the game media.
Reddit spacer you need to go back but then again it's fun to watch you sperg out so hard.

[Anonymous No.6226270]

>>6226258
>another wild reddit spacer appears
>Fuck you, you ignorant little shit and stop trying to pretend computer games don't follow the same stupid rules as everything else on this crazy board.
Computer games are no different than console games or arcade games. It depends on the console's hardware year, the arcade board hardware's year, or the computer hardware's year.
It's not going to change, but you can keep crying all your want little bitch.

[Anonymous No.6226296]

>>6226117
>is allowed

Explain this then.

[Anonymous No.6226301]

>>6226296
Maybe if I was an ant like you I could read this.

[Anonymous No.6226302]

>>6226261
There's nothing in the rules about PC hardware you sperg. A game is considered retro if it's designed for that platform.