Windows 98 for Retro Gaming with PCEm: A Comprehensive Tutorial

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  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024

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  • @steve24822
    @steve24822  Год назад +15

    Thank you for watching... As promised here is a list of links used in the video. They may change over time so let me know if any do not work.
    pcem-emulator.co.uk/downloads.html
    archive.org/details/pcem-v-17-roms
    www.anyburn.com/download.php
    www.7-zip.org/
    winworldpc.com/product/windows-98/98-second-edition
    archive.org/details/voodoo-2-drivers
    archive.org/details/rogue_squadron_3d
    0:00 Intro
    2:00 Install PCEm
    4:22 PCEm ROMS
    6:53 Download Windows 98 SE
    8:14 Download & Install 7-Zip
    10:07 Start Configuration of PCEm
    15:00 Start Windows 98 Install
    27:36 Windows is Installed
    28:08 Device Manager & Display Resolution
    29:53 Download & Install Voodoo 2 Driver
    34:25 Download & Install DirectX
    36:36 Download & Install Anyburn
    37:30 Create Disk Image Using Anyburn
    42:15 How to Install Joysticks & Installing and Playing Rogue Squadron

    • @MrNonaste
      @MrNonaste Год назад +1

      Thanks for the response.

    • @steve24822
      @steve24822  Год назад +1

      @UCmQzOzqfRBeCmsAdHs4is%F0%9F%98%8ADg RUclips comments can be very confusing, I can't see a comment where I responded to you but it was a pleasure anyway!

    • @MrNonaste
      @MrNonaste Год назад +1

      @@steve24822 Posted wrong place. RUclips new layout is less than inspiring. Anyway, excellent video you made. I would have never been able to figure this program out on my own. Your tutorial made it a walk in the park. I got it up and running and installed Mig Alley, a 1999 flight sim and it works.
      Now I'm trying to figure out how to get this 500mb game from PCem to Win10. Another fellow figured out how to make it run under W10 which allows modern joystick and better resolutions. He says, "Now you need to extract the installed game from the Virtual Machine. PCEM is pretty good here, you can just mount the drives you used in Win 10 and copy over what you need. The next steps can be followed in Win 10..." No idea what he's talking about. Mount what drives where? Searching PCem forum and the Web has been fruitless.

    • @mascogaming35
      @mascogaming35 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@steve24822 Thanks soo much for helping although I change the sound to Sound Blaster AWE6 because Sound Blaster 16 had no sound on my laptop but Sound AWE6 worked so thanks.

  • @user-ol1pi3fq5o
    @user-ol1pi3fq5o Год назад +8

    I am from Russia and even without knowing English, I understood you, thank you!

    • @steve24822
      @steve24822  Год назад +1

      Great to know. Glad I could help!

  • @SomethingVeryGeneric
    @SomethingVeryGeneric 7 месяцев назад +11

    Mate, this is an incredible tutorial. Years ago I got this super obscure point-and-click game called Vikings from my nan back when I got a Windows Vista PC, but I never got to play it as the install .exe was so old it wouldn't register Vista as a valid OS. The company that developed and produced the game is long gone, and no patches were ever released; this game probably could be considered lost media, as I've seen no discussion on any forums about it. The specification the game asks for pretty much map to exactly the spec in this video, and with some free time over Christmas I decided to follow this and see if it would work. Happy to say it works like a dream, and I'm finally playing a game I got over 16 years ago. 😂

  • @at998x
    @at998x Год назад +6

    literally one of the best instruction videos i've ever watched, and i haven't even finished it all yet. if only all instruction videos were like yours!

  • @LivingwithPerks
    @LivingwithPerks 10 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you so much for this - although the video was long you were very thorough and were the only one to provide a full detailed setup that didn't crash. Should've started with you.

  • @Xerdies
    @Xerdies 8 месяцев назад +2

    While some might go "why are they explaining 7zip" - even if I already know that, and can do that - it is incredible kind of you and very charming that you do not assume any knowledge and explain each step in a way that most if not all people can set this up nicely. Yes, the video is long but its speed is perfect to work alongside it without any rush or need to pause the video.

  • @teacfan1080
    @teacfan1080 Год назад +6

    Top notch instruction video! I couldn't get Windows 98 to work in VMware, so I decided to try PCem out. This is probably the best tutorial video I've come across for this, very in-depth and thorough! My install went smoothly, installed it alongside your video. Thanks for this outstanding video!

    • @steve24822
      @steve24822  Год назад +1

      Thank you, glad it worked well for you. As long as you have a powerful enough PC, PCEm is probably the best choice. They all have their positive and negative points though.

  • @MrEddiedk
    @MrEddiedk 10 месяцев назад +2

    I'm kind of surpriced over how easy PCem is to use, and set up. I had original Windows-cd's laying around, and ripped some ISO's. Found a generic boot-disc, and it was just a breeze. Why haven't more people found this little gem of a software.

  • @alex_in_1derland
    @alex_in_1derland 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you so much for this video! I was hesitant at first because of the length of the video, but it really doesn't have any filler and is all relevant and super easy to follow. Awesome work!

  • @sonikku1011
    @sonikku1011 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for making this tutorial! I was able to get Windows 98 up and running with no issues for my spouse who’s been wanting to play a bunch of their favorite computer games from the 90’s!

  • @Reila_N.
    @Reila_N. 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much!! I am really bad with stuff like this and sometimes during the tutorial I didn't even know what I was doing - BUT it worked. Thank you so much. Now I can go down memory lane with all my childhood games

  • @StanKrute
    @StanKrute 2 месяца назад

    Brilliant video. Thank you ever so much.
    [ In order to run a bunch of 1990s learning software, I had tried to run Win98 as a straight install, and also as a VirtualBox client OS. Major issues with both. PCEm works ever so wonderfully. ]

  • @Darren66860
    @Darren66860 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks for a thorough tutorial, it was very useful. I have loads of old games lying around and just want to be able to play them again. Looking forward to future content. Thanks again

  • @robertr.721
    @robertr.721 8 месяцев назад

    Eagerly waiting for content! Happy holidays, btw!

  • @gunja1st
    @gunja1st 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks so much for leading me by the hand. I enjoyed the entire process and everything works wonderful. I'd never succeed by myself.

  • @SidorovichJr
    @SidorovichJr 8 месяцев назад

    wow this turned out better than expected! Had to reinstal and pick beefier hardware cause NFS4 wasnt working too good on voodoo2, chose 233mmx and voodoo3 we will see if its good enough for it or NFS Porsche

  • @user-ki3zd9zp6m
    @user-ki3zd9zp6m 4 месяца назад

    Excellent tutorial, thank you very much!

  • @user-mt7ef1yb6f
    @user-mt7ef1yb6f 5 месяцев назад +2

    please make a video about virtual box a comprehensive tutorial (linux etc.)

  • @ulviancak8624
    @ulviancak8624 Месяц назад

    Thanks to this system, the Windows 98 game Need for Speed ​​High Stakes can be installed and repaired

  • @gaz1978
    @gaz1978 5 месяцев назад

    Great video and thanks for the links

  • @gabrieltrucker
    @gabrieltrucker Год назад +1

    Great tutorial

  • @retrokvlt
    @retrokvlt 11 месяцев назад

    Nice work.

  • @adammaik
    @adammaik Месяц назад

    You can substitute anyburn with simply mounting the W98 disk under Win10/11.
    VHD files are read write. The only requirement is to shut down your emulated OS.

  • @samuelbanya
    @samuelbanya 10 месяцев назад +4

    Please update the video description to include the Direct-X link for 'DirectX 9.0c (Oct 2006)'. Thanks.

  • @Tiagx157
    @Tiagx157 2 месяца назад

    TKSVM

  • @CRT_YT
    @CRT_YT 11 месяцев назад

    this sounds a loooot better than virtualbox

  • @BlueOvalHero
    @BlueOvalHero 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome tutorial!! So fun to do. Is there any way to install a modern wheel and pedal set on windows98? Like Thrustmaster?

  • @jorgerst
    @jorgerst 11 месяцев назад +1

    Nice! But input lag is too high on PCem. Not a good gaming experience.

  • @pt9973
    @pt9973 Год назад +1

    @steve24822 Installed and got Windows98 working with VirtualBox, with the help of your last tutorial. However couldn't get the sound card working and with no sound and a terrible lag HoMM2 was unplayable. Excited for this new go. Thanks so much for these videos, really helpful, easy to follow and enjoyable!
    So after doing some cooking while waiting Windows to install I got everything running. I saw that you had your emulation speed was quite firmly at 100%. In my case it's changing from 30 to 100 %, but sadly more at the 30% end. When running Heroes of Might and Magic II, it accelerated to about 60 %, but still lags (music and graphics). I chose the Pentium MSS166 as you recommended, and also advised that it functioned for you but maybe not for everyone. Does this choice have to do with the host computers' system in relation to the emulators system? And would you, or anybody for that matter, have an advice how to proceed? Just creating emulators and trying different system's?
    Anyhows, thanx million. Great video!

    • @MrEddiedk
      @MrEddiedk 10 месяцев назад

      Yes, it takes a powerfull pc to emulate more recent pc's. With that said, I'm able to run 100% up to around 233 mhz Pentium 1 with sound, on a Ryzen 5 3600.

    • @MrEddiedk
      @MrEddiedk 10 месяцев назад

      PII's start to drop the emulation accuracy, and a PII at 450 mhz only run 80-90% at idle. When loading a newer Windows like XP, it can drop as low as 40%, but it idles okay when loaded. I just can't expect any gaming on the system.

  • @vvstream
    @vvstream 2 месяца назад

    thank you! cdrom as a 2nd master didn't work for me

  • @rachelhenry3091
    @rachelhenry3091 5 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing tutorial. I was able to get 3 of my old games working on here! There was a fourth game that said I needed to install quicktime(tm) in order for it to work. Can you help with that?

  • @andreaserra365
    @andreaserra365 Месяц назад

    Thank you so much for this amazing and detailed tutorial.
    However, I experience a problem since the installation of windows which is related to the speed of the mouse pointer. It is super fast, jerky and uncontrollable, in fact I have been doing the whole procedure using the keyboard. I have tried slowing down on windows the pointer speed on both windows 98 and my windows 11 (host) but no dice. Do you have any suggestions for me on this? Thanks in advance!

  • @DPGamingMagic
    @DPGamingMagic 6 месяцев назад

    My friend I do have a big question, can you play actual Windows 98 games with PCEM?

  • @rwprime1
    @rwprime1 8 месяцев назад

    Just want to share something. I have ImgBurn but I was curious what other programs will create isos so I googled it and found a blurb about 7-Zip being able to do that. Well shoot, I've had that for years so I just now tried it by putting an old win98 game in the cd, launching 7-Zip, clicking the up arrow until I got to \\. and hit F5 (Copy), gave it a destination folder in the 3dot dropdown and it created the iso and called it E.iso so I changed that to the game's name. Just wanted you to know :)

  • @MrWhatevertoday
    @MrWhatevertoday 8 месяцев назад

    Hi! Love your video but I have a question! Is there anyway to increase the amount of memory in the c drive?

  • @CornelisLos
    @CornelisLos 3 месяца назад

    @Nevets Absolute magic to get this working again.
    Has anyone found a way to succesfully get Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 working on PCEM with Windows 98?
    I constantly get the "Please insert the correct CD-ROM" error.

  • @filipstamate1564
    @filipstamate1564 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for this, but for some reason I can't get the xbox controller to work. I did what you said, but it doesn't show up in W98 at all.

  • @albal156
    @albal156 8 месяцев назад

    Whats the hardware you are running here? Only I have a R9 5900X and wondered if I could do more poweful hardware than you have chosen here.

  • @lucian6172
    @lucian6172 4 месяца назад

    VirtualBox gave me errors using that disk image. Something about file attributes and explorer.exe. Maybe it works with the retail iso.

  • @gamermomnightraven
    @gamermomnightraven Год назад

    So I figured out how to install old games using my USB disk drive. However I closed the computer down while it was still selected and now I cannot get the Windows 98 virtual computer to bootup.

  • @samuelbanya
    @samuelbanya 10 месяцев назад

    I installed Rogue Squadron, but it prompts me to set it up for the 3D video card settings.
    When I try to go in that part of the settings, PCem immediately crashes.
    I'm doing this on Linux Mint though, not sure if that matters.

  • @tomyyoung2624
    @tomyyoung2624 9 месяцев назад

    Yes petty yes pun

  • @digglystyleanimations
    @digglystyleanimations 3 месяца назад

    Hey, so I downloaded a Pac-Man All-Stars iso and installed it and everything and then press play, I get through the intro cinematics and then it immediately gives me a “This program has performed an illegal operation and will now be shut down” and now everytime I press play it just gives me the intro and keeps crashing. What do I do?

  • @flippy9133
    @flippy9133 4 месяца назад

    still waiting for pcem to get support for better HW to play end of win98 era games, that dont work well on XP

  • @augustinedurso232
    @augustinedurso232 23 дня назад

    Midway through my installation I lost control of my mouse and had to use the keys to finish the installation. I have tried some of the driver installations through Add new hardware but none of them worked. Did this happen to anyone else and if so how did you fix it?

  • @mattparker9726
    @mattparker9726 6 месяцев назад

    Something I've run into, I made a .vhd that was 32gb and running the OEM windows 98SE installer, it asked me if I wanted to use large file support, (or whatever it's called can't remember the exact description) anyways, after a reset, the installer REFUSES to read the .iso image after starting the format attempt. Has anyone else run into this problem? HALP!

  • @diakritika
    @diakritika 6 месяцев назад

    Successfully installed Windows 98, now how do I add my Zip drive? EDIT: It read the iomega CD and installed some applications, but assigned no new drive.

  • @kylenorris9585
    @kylenorris9585 7 месяцев назад

    I set one up today but the sound has an echo to it and that's with the sound driver installed also even with the 256 color the appearance is off which sound driver did you use.

  • @samuelbanya
    @samuelbanya 7 месяцев назад

    I followed this video to a T but whenever I boot into a game like Rogue Squadron, Pcem crashes completely. I'm using Linux Mint.

  • @fredsakay994
    @fredsakay994 6 месяцев назад

    Steve, what is the power of your processor in ghz?

  • @laurenv8686
    @laurenv8686 11 месяцев назад

    Hi, I was able to do all the downloads and follow along successfully, unfortunately once I try to install a game on Pcem it says I need to install it from the disk and won't install the game. I'm not sure what to do!

  • @Alex57SharkEmily
    @Alex57SharkEmily Месяц назад

    The only issue I'm having with it, is the audio

  • @anybitgaming8144
    @anybitgaming8144 6 месяцев назад

    Is there a way to mount a real dvd drive? I want to be able to play my originals. Some also cannot be ripped into iso bc of protection.

  • @shilton67
    @shilton67 2 дня назад

    Sounds not working with this setup.

  • @steelstrike
    @steelstrike 6 месяцев назад

    But what if we DO care about printing?

  • @user-mt7ef1yb6f
    @user-mt7ef1yb6f 5 месяцев назад +1

    How can I connect to the wifi internet on windows 98 with PCEM

    • @BoraHorzaGobuchul
      @BoraHorzaGobuchul 3 месяца назад +1

      Even if it's possible, why would you want to do that? The browser there is unlikely to correctly render any modern webpages

    • @winuser-69-w
      @winuser-69-w 2 месяца назад

      ruclips.net/video/OCHwmwCFSdg/видео.html

  • @KangMinseok
    @KangMinseok Год назад

    Unfortunately I keep running into a bug with how quicktime-based videos and games are being processed... I can run Unreal Tournament butter-smooth but a simple point-n-click game brings the emulation to a crawl whenever quicktime elements are on screen... I heard that some overcame the issue but for some reason I couldn't find a solution yet : (((

    • @franciscooteiza
      @franciscooteiza 11 месяцев назад

      Try 86Box (another emulator of retro x86-based machines) far better than PCemu

  • @samiRetro777
    @samiRetro777 Год назад

    Hi , i have 360 Controller and it's not recognized in PCem (Windows 98 SE) , i have DirectX 7.0 ! do you suggest me to install newer DirectX version ?

    • @rwprime1
      @rwprime1 8 месяцев назад

      Plug your xbox 360 wired controller or the dongle of a wireless one into an ordinary USB2 port and in Windows 10 click the magnifying glass to the right of the Start button in the taskbar and type controll for controller and as soon as you hit that second L, you'll see Set up USB game controllers. Launch it and click on properties and rotate the sticks in 'full throw' circles and try all the buttons. Windows 10 should have already done all the setup for you but I've heard if you have a non-Microsoft wireless wannabe, you can have problems. The real thing is practically impossible to buy anymore so you might try an xbox one controller. Hope you get it worked out. Oh, if that all worked fine but not in PCem, did you set it up in PCem - you know, click the joystick icon and go through the process? Whether you choose 4 button or 8 button you still have to click the rectangle that says Joystick 1 and in the Device dropdown select xinput and OK if you make any changes.

  • @Sokseek
    @Sokseek 3 месяца назад

    what to do if sound is not working?

  • @kaliban4758
    @kaliban4758 Год назад

    A *.VHD hdd file can be mounted in windows 10

    • @fujitsubo3323
      @fujitsubo3323 Год назад

      and 11 by just right clicking it and clicking mount

  • @gd6476
    @gd6476 2 месяца назад

    Hi,is Pcem using one CPU core only like dosbox??

  • @robwales2282
    @robwales2282 5 месяцев назад

    Bit of a random question when it says formatting c drive, its the virtual drive?

  • @stephensavage1107
    @stephensavage1107 11 месяцев назад

    I get to the Bios, but I cant seem to change the boot sequence. I try the up and down arrow keys, but nothing moves. Do you have any suggestions?

    • @BMarques803
      @BMarques803 5 месяцев назад

      It needs to be the page up and page down keys

  • @UglyBarnical58
    @UglyBarnical58 Год назад

    my sound keeps making flicker sounds in the emulation, how do I fix it??

    • @steve24822
      @steve24822  Год назад

      Not really sure. Perhaps try using a slower processor and see if that makes a difference.

    • @UglyBarnical58
      @UglyBarnical58 Год назад

      @steve24822 so I unplugged my headphones, and the sound stopped working entirely :(

  • @TheSultan79
    @TheSultan79 11 месяцев назад

    Will this type of setup work with ea sports nhl 2000 or 2001

    • @vvstream
      @vvstream 2 месяца назад +1

      Pentium II, Voodoo 2 /3

    • @TheSultan79
      @TheSultan79 2 месяца назад

      @@vvstream thanks for the info

  • @Nwachukwuma12
    @Nwachukwuma12 Год назад

    Hello. Recently I've been trying to download a game from abandonware the problem is when I click set up and try to set up the game it says ISO disc 2 isn't mounted and needs to be mounted. I don't understand why it's doing that because when I right click it it says eject. I was supposed to eject file 1 and mount file 2. Do you know how to fix it? Thanks

  • @ulviancak8624
    @ulviancak8624 Месяц назад

    Thanks to this system, the Windows 98 game Need for Speed ​​High Stakes can be installed and repaired