Gaming Guide

[Kwibus]

The game cradle of rome is some times listed as being able to run under win98 the version i have (dutch version) however does not run under windows 98 due to the following missing api's

shell32.dll

SHGetFolderPathA

ole32.dll

CoWaitForMultipleHandles

It does run correctly with kernelx though.

[T.N.G.O.G.]

Can any of these games run just fine without using Kernel, just curious?

[T.N.G.O.G.]

Maybe i am blind, but i didn't see this game listed:

Code of Honor 2 Conspiracy island

But it works just fine, make sure you don't disable any of the options in the option menu in the config file tho.

[halohalo]

Rank 1:

The House of the Dead 3 (SEGA/DirectX 9.0b)

[Offler]

please guys add rank of the game when are you writing it here, else i am not able to sort it

[tonich]

Rank 2:

Flatout 2 (shouldn't run on Win98, but works fine, Kernel patching only)

[awergh]

forgot some

Rank 1

Sim Farm

Sim Earth

Sim City 2000

Sim City 3000 Unlimited

Operation Flashpoint Coldwar Crisis

Warsow

[halohalo]

Rank 2:

Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus

(SEGA / DirectX 9.0C / although error message appears, it runs when KernelEx v0.3.6 installed, but CTRL and Shift key are locked, and no CG movie playback)

Phantasy Star Universe

(SEGA / DirectX 9.0C / although error message appears, it runs with updated DirectX 9.0C, but CTRL and Shift key are locked, and no CG movie playback)

[oc_dt]

It was one of my favorites, turn-based war game:

Rank 1: Age of Wonders

Rank 1: Age of Wonders II

[starcraftmaster]

star wars empire at war will work if you install it on xp or vista then copy all its files on to win me hd

works fine but i havnet tried it on win 98 but sure it will work

[MDGx]

Haven't had a chance to try Legend or Anniversary (is there any newer one?)

Tomb Raider Underworld:

Home:

http://www.tombraider.com/server.php?show=nav.331

Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider_Underworld

Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012N5EQE/

I have not tested it under 98 SE/ME.

HTH

[Drugwash]

Thank you, I already knew about that one. Sadly it requires a minimum videocard that I cannot find in stores anymore: nVidia 6800FX. Not even 7300FX is available around. The machine I could build for it only has a 5700FX and it threw an error related to Direct3D (under XP-SP3).

I'd bet my life on neither of Legend, Anniversary and Underworld working under 9x.

[MDGx]

Sorry to hear that.

Have you tried some obscure web sites for those old video cards?

Something like this [thru Google Product/Shopping search engine]:

http://www.google.com/products?q=geforce+6800

http://www.google.com/products?q=geforce+7300

About TR:

Eidos is working on an expansion for Underworld.

HTH

[Drugwash]

Thank you but I'm unable to buy online so I have to stick to real stores, be them first-hand or second-hand. I'm also short of money so it'll have to wait for a while.

Come to think about it, older games are much better; storyline is solid and can take days or weeks to complete. Nowadays' games are over in a couple hours tops, as if they were movies. Oh wait... they actually are! All recent games are half made of movies supposed to bind the chapters, blah-blah; a lame excuse for cutting down the gameplay to the point one'd rather lay back on the couch, have a beer and watch a movie.

O, tempora...

[starcraftmaster]

any thing above 2004 and mabye 2005 2006 sucks lol!

lol starcraft 11 years old and still going selling great in shops lol