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Slyferknight 14 Oct @ 4:49pm

Win98SE

Hi guys can I run win98se in steam offline modus or should i upgrade to win xp sp3?

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PopinFRESH 14 Oct @ 5:15pm

Neither. you should use dos instead

_I_ 14 Oct @ 5:19pm

xp has higher system reqs, if the build supports xp, go ahead,

or maybe add a small ssd for dual boot
(ide-sata adapters are cheap if the board doesnt have sata ports, and 1t or smaller sata ssds are dirt cheap too)
this ide-sata adapter has master/slave jumper so you can use it with another drive on the ide chain (one drive set to master, other to slave, or both to cs if using 80pn cable)
https://www.amazon.com/JMT-Interface-Adapter-Converter-Parallel/dp/B07WNPGJLY

and check for mobo and other drivers for xp

it has some changes, but most can be set to look and work like win 9x
and any game for win 9x and dos can work on xp

𝔇𝔬𝔬𝔪𝔤𝔲𝔶 14 Oct @ 5:47pm

you gotta update to Windows 1.0 ( 1985 ) so you can play more modern games

Slyferknight 14 Oct @ 6:11pm

Originally posted by 𝔇𝔬𝔬𝔪𝔤𝔲𝔶:
you gotta update to Windows 1.0 ( 1985 ) so you can play more modern games

I already did it but I try some new things

Numlock687 14 Oct @ 6:50pm

virtiual machines is the simplest to do if you know how.

vmware or virtualbox

some games need win9x like nhl98. it wrote directly to the video card back then

Last edited by Numlock687; 14 Oct @ 6:54pm

HypersleepyNaputunia 14 Oct @ 6:53pm

Have to edit the autoconfig.bat

ChickenBalls 15 Oct @ 12:21am

was the original Steam app from 2003 able to run on Win98?

onyhow 15 Oct @ 1:13am

Originally posted by ChickenBalls:
was the original Steam app from 2003 able to run on Win98?

It was able to, yes. But I think it lost support rather quickly.

PopinFRESH 16 Oct @ 1:22pm

Originally posted by onyhow:
Originally posted by ChickenBalls:
was the original Steam app from 2003 able to run on Win98?
It was able to, yes. But I think it lost support rather quickly.

It was about 4-5 years; wether that is "rather quickly" or not is debatable. However, it was relatively quick in comparison to Windows XP/Vista and Windows 7/8/8.1 support.

The Steam client dropped support for Windows 98 and Windows ME in June 2007

Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD} 16 Oct @ 7:29pm

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:
Neither. you should use dos instead

will steam work on my win 3.11

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GigaCars 16 Oct @ 7:33pm

i recommend to install the OS used in the original Macintosh instead, as it is more feature rich and also gives you cool points

also, in case some of y'all haven't noticed, the OP is making a joke, don't take this too literal and with a grain of salt, and play along

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