Recommend windows 98 games

Got bored and created a windows 98 virtual machine, now I need things to put on it.

So far I have

Wizards & Warriors
Might and Magic 6
Heroes of Might and Magic 2
Sim City 3000

Need more nostalgia.

Final Fantasy VIII
Half-Life

…and no idea what else. I’m not much of a PC gamer.

Just beat FFVIII on my playstation a few months ago so that’s out, half life is a good one though, thanks!

I have some kind of premium bundle of the first three Half-Life games. It was I think around $50-$70 when it was new but hopefully you can find one cheaper because those were some fun games.

I haven’t played this in years and years, so it’s totally possible that I’m wearing nostalgia goggles, but I really loved the game Sanitarium.

I was all about Warcraft 2 too.

I think there’s a King’s Quest pack you can get that’ll work on Windows 98 too, if you are a point and click adventure fan!

edit: nevermind, I looked it up and it’s for XP. 🙁 You should be able to play King’s Quest VII on Windows 98 though, which is my favorite in the series.

Starcraft > WC2

warcraft 2
starcraft
all command and conquer games
shogun total war
unreal tournament
age of empires 2

Gex
Theme Hospital

Edit:
I forget: MegaMan X series. I think X1 and X2 is MS-DOS only tho, but I could be wrong.

X3 onwards is Windows 9x native, but prepare to have issues with the FMVs.

total annihilation
hexxagon

total annihilation

I still haven’t played TA, yet. :/ Haven’t been much in a RTS mood.

Fallout
Fallout 2
Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Planescape Torment
Diablo 2
Jagged Alliance 2
Commandos
Commandos 2
Blade Runner
Dungeon Keeper
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Grand Theft Auto
Carmageddon 2
Red Alert
Dune 2000
Quake 2
Blood 2

System Shock 1 and 2
black and white

I’m not sure if this is a Windows ’98 game but…

Alice

Myst/Riven
Opposing Forces/Blue Shift
Aliens vs. Predator Gold Edition

I’m not sure if this is a Windows ’98 game but…

Alice

pretty sure it is but that’s one fucked up game.

Monolith Productions/GTi Interactive’s Blood Series for the PC…Love those games to death! XD

Duke Nukem 3D
Terminal Velocity
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Rise of the Triad
Duke Nukum 2 (I can’t even get halfway through this one, lol)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Frogger =P
Quake 2
Half-Life
Thief: The Dark Project

Terminal Velocity
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Rise of the Triad
Duke Nukum 2 (I can’t even get halfway through this one, lol)

Uh, mang, these are DOS games. They do run under 98, but I strongly recommned using DOSBox on them over 98 because of unpredictability. I’ve had MS-DOS games that behave strangely or even BSOD the system under 98.

DoSbox isn’t necessary for any of them =]

I know. But the thing is, I have first hand bad experience of running DOS games under Win98, even on a real Win98 box. Issues ranging from lack of sound to loss of keyboard control to BSOD. You’re better off using DosBox or a virtual machine loaded with only DOS (or hitting F8 at boot and choosing to boot only to DOS mode) to play DOS games.

The Bitmap Brothers’ Gods: Into The Wonderful regularly BSODs under Win98 (probably due to it’s unique way of addressing sound cards- it does after all features sound and music that’s way ahead of it’s time. But for some reason functions that work when Windows is not running could crash the system if Windows is running). God Of Thunder and SkyRoads has no sound, only music (again due to unique ways it’s addressing the sound card) and while not a game, Borland’s Turbo Pascal would suddenly quit responding to the mouse and keyboard, except alt-enter which toggles between full screen and windowed. Which is frustrating if you’re working on your assignment halfway and it just refuses to let you save your work (yeah, I was in freshman year at college at that time).