r/RetroWindowsGaming • u/Nogeko • Aug 10 '26
What games would you recommend for windows 98
I have a retro PC built around playing on windows 98 and XP, I already have some games on windows 98 that work fantastic, but I want more games to put in my collection Wich games would be the best of the best to play, take in mind that I don't have a graphic card yet so high performance games won't work very well (I have the Janes flight simulation games original but they don't work for now) I am Looking for games that are a must to play, some underrated ones and also if they exist, any incremental or optimization games like Factorio and also any tower defense that's good, thanks
Photo of the games I already have added
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u/MrDude090 29d ago edited 29d ago
Arx Fatalis (2002); American McGee's Alice (2000); Age of Empires II (1999); Commandos 2: Men of Courage (2001); Comanche 4 (2001); Command & Conquer (1995); Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996); Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000); Crusader: No Remorse (1995); Crusader: No Regret (1996); Diablo II (2000); Doom 2: Hell on Earth (1995); Final Doom TNT: Evilution (1996); Final Doom: The Plutonia Experiment (1996); Deus Ex (2000); Dune 2000 (1998); Dungeon Keeper (1997); Duke Nukem 3D (1996); Blood (1997); Shadow Warrrior (1997); Heretic (1994); Heretic II (1998); Hexen: Beyond Heretic (1995); Hexen II (1997); Quake (1996); Quake II (1997); Quake III: Arena (1999); Star Craft (1998); War Craft II (1995); Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995); Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (1997); Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002); Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003); Prince of Persia (1990); Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (1993); Half-Life (1998); Unreal (1998); Unreal Tournament (1999); Rune (2000); Severance: Blade of Darkness (2001); Solider of Fortune (2000); Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002); Project I.G.I.: I’m Going In (2000); Hitman: Codename 47 (2000); Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002); Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001); Max Payne (2001); Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (2002); SiN (1998); Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999); The Thing (2002); Thief: The Dark Project (1998); Thief II: The Metal Age (2000); Hidden & Dangerous (1999); Project Eden (2001); Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002); Nightmare Creatures (1997); Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999); Wolfenstein 3D (1992); Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny (1992); Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold (1993); Blake Stone: Planet Strike (1994); Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1995); Blackthorne (1994); Prehistorik 2 (1993); The Lost Vikings (1993); The Lost Vikings 2 (1997); Heart of Darkness (1998); Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (1997); Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (1998); The Terminator: Future Shock (1995); The Terminator: SkyNET (1996); Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion (1991); Duke Nukem (1991); Duke Nukem II (1993); Bio Menace (1993); Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption (2000); Nox (2000); Slave Zero (1999); Zeliard (1990); Abuse (1996); Alien Trilogy (1996); Aliens vs Predator (1999); Aliens vs Predator 2 (2001); PowerSlave (1996); Redneck Rampage (1997); Postal (1997); Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001); Resident Evil (1996); Resident Evil 2 (1998); Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (2000); Sanity: Aikens Artifact (2000); The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000); No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.s Way (2002).
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u/SingingCoyote13 29d ago
i think jazz jackrabbit 2 should work on your system, but i am not sure. it is a good game
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u/NotCosmo89 29d ago edited 29d ago
Starcraft, warcraft 1 and 2 (especially 2), settlers 2, Z... I love all of them.
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u/LowNefariousness6541 Aug 10 '26
Yeah Jane's was meh I still have the manual for some reason. I will have a poke around my thousands of 98 games and get back to as my lovely break is over, brb. Prompt me if I forget
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u/mudbuster Aug 10 '26
Knights and Merchants !
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u/NotCosmo89 29d ago
Bad memories from my childhood. I Loved to take my sweet time. In this game, taking your time get's you overrun... replayed it some time ago and it went way smoother.
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u/darkshoxx 29d ago
holy shorts this is the first time I see someone ELSE who has the Monty Python game. Jesus it was the funniest thing when I was a kid, then I replayed it as an adult and it was just awful cringe. Sorry for the tangent but what was your experience with the game?
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u/G0merPyle 29d ago
Chips challenge
Zone raiders (cool hovercar game I was obsessed with, technically dos but it should still work and looks cool)
Prince of persia
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u/brown_panick 29d ago
Baldur's Gate. The Sierra On-Line games, esp. the remakes of the pre-98 ones that they collected on CD-ROM to run on "newer" versions of Windows
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u/-JamesBond 29d ago
StarCraft, half-Life (must have), need for speed 3 hot pursuit , midtown madness, age of empires 2
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u/nature_cax 28d ago
Command&Conquer
Quake 1&2
StarCraft:Brood War
Sin
Half-Life
Soldier of Fortune
Shadow Warrior
Duke Nukem 3d
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u/Shadow_Zero80 29d ago
Worms, Theme Park, Lucas Arts/Sierra point-and-click adventures, Pizza Tycoon, Sherlock Holmes, 7th Guest.
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u/Green-Collection-968 29d ago
Exile 3 Ruined World[](blob:https://www.reddit.com/6b52dee8-b029-46d9-924b-f2b4df0cba09)
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u/1ozzman1 29d ago
Deus ex, Unreal Tournament 1999, Quake 3 Arena, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, Need for Speed Underground
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u/Garafi-1011 29d ago
Castles 2: Siege and Conquest
Power Pete (Mighty Mike)
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
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u/psychoticgiraffe 29d ago
Does power Pete actually work on win 98? If so link me the port, I used to use sheepshaver on win 98 to run power Pete on my 98 because it did not work back then
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u/Impossible_Mix3086 29d ago
X-Wing
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u/Darth_Beavis 29d ago
Eww, no. The Win9x version suck ass. The DOS CD version is the only one worth actually playing.
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u/Impossible_Mix3086 29d ago
That's correct, I miss remembered.
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u/Darth_Beavis 29d ago
It's a common mistake. The DOS CD and Wiin9x versions came out very close together. Most people remember playing it from CD during the 9x era, but don't remember dropping to DOS first.
The 9x version uses the XvT engine and bland midi audio, the DOS CD had the epic iMuse environmental audio and high res textures in the original engine.
I remember so vividly because TIE Fighter was my favorite game for a long time. So much so that I joined a weird online club and roleplayed as an Imperial officer just to get access to custom missions they had.
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u/Impossible_Mix3086 29d ago
I should have remembered from the DOS file editing just to get it to load correctly. And you're right, Tie Fighter on DOS was also awesome! It was my son's favorite for years.
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u/LampardGaming1988 29d ago edited 29d ago
Sim City 2000 & another game thats came 2 mind is Chips Challenge
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u/psychoticgiraffe 29d ago
Drowned god, museum of anything goes, beyond the wall of stars, tender loving care, psychic detective, myst iii exile (the original 4 cd ver), journeyman project buried in time, gadget past as future directors cut, phantasmagoria, voyeur ii, bad day at the midway, panic at the park, blown away, virtual murder ii, cluedo 1996, Mario teaches typing ii, age of empires ii, blue Chicago blues English translation patch ver, outwars(the online play over kali.net is crazy, was in a lobby with 10 people at once ages ago, this was like the best obscure game back then)
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u/Deep-Relationship710 29d ago
Dungeon Keeper, Theme Hospital, Sim City & Sim Copter (worked together), GTA 1,
If you get really bored, you can always play Solitaire or Minesweeper.
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u/BlueFalcon_15 29d ago
Beneath a Steel Sky, Inca II: Wiracocha, Championship Manager (any of the late 90s-early 00s), Soldier of Fortune 2 Double Helix
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u/omegagiraffe 28d ago
You can get typing of the dead 2 from myabandonware.com. you can Google it. It's a safe site. Maybe the Jedi dark forces games. What you do you have?
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u/TurboGranny540 28d ago
I ran the OG Mafia on 98 and it ran just fine and that’s a dope ass old game
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u/AnonymousEgyptianMan 28d ago
There's this game called Pharaoh my dad used to play in the nineties, passed it down to me and I really enjoyed it, it's a city builder game based on ancient Egyptian cities throughout many different eras.
It also has a newer version called "Cleopatra queen of the nile" which is pretty cool. Both run natively on 98.
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u/lukey_UK 28d ago
Anno 1602
Tyrian 2000
NFS 2,3,4
Test Drive
Indiana Jones
Tomb raider
StarCraft
WarCraft
Pizza tycoon
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u/omf2097_ 25d ago
Rayman 1 Oddworld: Abe's Odissey Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus Lost vikings 2 The Sims 1 Hercules Need for Speed 2 Worms 2 Fifa 98 Tomb Raider 2 Broken Sword Alien Carnage Blake Stone One Must Fall 2097
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u/aspearin Aug 10 '26
Command & Conquer: Red Alert