Almost as good as XP!

Programs and Software
You can request for stuff to be added here
RetroZilla: a browser for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 3.51, and Windows NT 4.0
Plants vs Zombies (Original PC version): seems to be compatible with 2000 SP4 (haven't tested on earlier versions of 2000 or later vers of PvZ)
*Firefox latest official releases: Windows 95 (1.5.0.12), Windows NT 4/98/ME (2.0.0.20), 2000 (12.0 or 10.0.12esr)
DOSBox-X: open-source emulator (supports DOS and 9x/NT4 and up)
KernelEx: allows XP and 2K apps to be run on Windows 98/ME (similar projects exist for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7)
Scratch 1.2.1: Compatible with Windows 98 (there are also ways to get these versions with later versions of 1.x: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/8900535/
Emacs: Seems to be compatible with MS-DOS and Win 95 still
Supermium: crashes often on Windows 2000 with Extended Kernel, but still runs
chromium-for-windows-2000: Haven't tested yet, but this is supposed to be Chromium but it works on Windows 2000 SP0 and up. The creator said it may work on late Win 2K betas and Windows Whistler, though they are not officially supported
windows-2000-supermium: backport of Supermium to Windows 2000 x86. Works without an Extended Kernel according to the README
Related Topics
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A general MacOS topic can be found here

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZHa7ZC6Z0
This sound has been stuck in my head for too long LOL :P

I want it (even though it's Micro$haft it's still fun and looks cool)

medians wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZHa7ZC6Z0
This sound has been stuck in my head for too long LOL :P

Definitely one of the best Win startup sounds

Can always listen to onestop.mid and town.mid

I remember this game collection for 95, which I tried out, but I don't remember its name.
I think there was hockey, a better Reversi, & a bunch of others.
Does anybody else know this pack?

Jonathan50 wrote:

I want it (even though it's Micro$haft it's still fun and looks cool)

medians wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZHa7ZC6Z0
This sound has been stuck in my head for too long LOL :P

Definitely one of the best Win startup sounds

Can always listen to onestop.mid and town.mid

Also this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhkmQvtelRM

medians wrote:

You can request for stuff to be added here

You might want to add DOSBox-X. It's one of the few up-to-date programs I know of that still support Windows 95.

medians wrote:

Also this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhkmQvtelRM

Just wait until you hear this:
https://youtu.be/CjxsaHPVEgY
:)

SuperSonicmario wrote:

medians wrote:

You can request for stuff to be added here

You might want to add DOSBox-X. It's one of the few up-to-date programs I know of that still support Windows 95.

medians wrote:

Also this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhkmQvtelRM

Just wait until you hear this:
https://youtu.be/CjxsaHPVEgY
:)

Yeah I've heard that one actually XD
Edit: By the way I did add that one too

KernelEx lets you run newer software on 98/Me (repo, archive of wiki)

The latest and bleeding-edge (32-bit) versions of Emacs still apparently support Win95 (with unicows installed)…and MS-DOS. (even though PPC Mac support is long gone.) Older Emacs will probably be faster though.

Scratch: Scratch 1.2 supports Win98; Scratch 1.4 can unofficially run on older Squeak VMs, so you can even run 1.4 on 95. (edit: seems like even a Squeak 3.11 VM might run on Win95. So even a default installation of Scratch 1.4 may probably run on Windows 95, even though Scratch 1.0's requirements are >=Win98 and 1.3's requirements are >=Win2000. I'm ignoring all the plugins since Scratch runs fine without them)

Jonathan50 wrote:

KernelEx lets you run newer software on 98/Me (repo, archive of wiki)

The latest and bleeding-edge (32-bit) versions of Emacs still apparently support Win95 (with unicows installed)…and MS-DOS. (even though PPC Mac support is long gone.) Older Emacs will probably be faster though.

Scratch: Scratch 1.2 supports Win98; Scratch 1.4 can unofficially run on older Squeak VMs, so you can even run 1.4 on 95. (edit: seems like even a Squeak 3.11 VM might run on Win95. So even a default installation of Scratch 1.4 may probably run on Windows 95, even though Scratch 1.0's requirements are >=Win98 and 1.3's requirements are >=Win2000. I'm ignoring all the plugins since Scratch runs fine without them)

Alright I added everything

Bringing this topic up

My dad doesn't allow me to use virtual machines for old DOS operating systems (he thinks I will install sketchy programs)

CharPikMar wrote:

My dad doesn't allow me to use virtual machines for old DOS operating systems (he thinks I will install sketchy programs)

What sketchy programs would you even install though LOL

medians wrote:

What sketchy programs would you even install though LOL

Techno, I'm guessing.

medians wrote:

CharPikMar wrote:

My dad doesn't allow me to use virtual machines for old DOS operating systems (he thinks I will install sketchy programs)

What sketchy programs would you even install though LOL

That's what I'm saying bruh

Also, I don't know why, but Windows 7/Vista just feel…so nostalgic. I'm only gonna be 13 soon, but why is it so nostalgic

SuperSonicmario wrote:

medians wrote:

What sketchy programs would you even install though LOL

Techno, I'm guessing.

Well yeah but it's in like an MS-DOS VM?
What programs do they think this guy will install

medians wrote:

SuperSonicmario wrote:

medians wrote:

What sketchy programs would you even install though LOL

Techno, I'm guessing.

Well yeah but it's in like an MS-DOS VM?
What programs do they think this guy will install

the purple gaming app