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Thank you! I wanted a machine that could play both MS-DOS and Windows 9x games with good performance, so I set myself the goal of trying to get the coolest hard

Thank you! I wanted a machine that could play both MS-DOS and Windows 9x games with good performance, so I set myself the goal of trying to get the coolest hardware up to 1999. - Pentium 2 at 300 MHz - 384 MB of RAM - Nvidia TNT2 Ultra - Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold (the last ISA model, a PITA to get it working because modern ATX power supplies don't provide the -5V required by ISA cards, so I had to find an old enough PSU) - 32 GB CompactFlash - The cheapest CD drive, floppy drive, PS/2 keyboard and ball mouse, and speakers that I could find at my nearest junk store - Sony Multiscan E200 that I got for free from a very generous office colleague! - A proper beige box - Windows 98 SE The total cost was around 300 bucks, with the AWE64 being the most expensive component at 100 bucks. Not cheap, but well worth it for the nostalgia trip. I would also like to find a Voodoo and a GUS, but they are ridiculously expensive nowadays.

prmoustache 2y ago
That sounds very pricey for an old computer that virtually nobody want except a few geek. I swear this is the kind of computer that sell for 30€ around here without the gpu (that you can get for 10€). Indeed the awe32 seems to be the most costly part but you can find it way under 100 bucks. Might be regional.
- pezezin 2y ago
  I just checked it and the total cost has been 35 000 yen, which is around 250 euros. Here in Japan PC gaming was not that popular and it is more difficult to find old hardware. Also, it was not until Windows 95 that IBM compatible PCs start to become popular, before that the NEC PC-98 dominated. I also guess I could have bought a full computer for less, but I wanted to assemble it myself to my specifications. On the other hand consoles are much cheaper here than in Western countries. The sad thing is that I am not very interested in consoles except for the Megadrive, which was not very successful in Japan so its games are more difficult to find and more expensive than for other consoles like the SNES. I guess I am just stupid to focus on two of the most expensive platforms here xD

prmoustache 2y ago

That sounds very pricey for an old computer that virtually nobody want except a few geek. I swear this is the kind of computer that sell for 30€ around here without the gpu (that you can get for 10€). Indeed the awe32 seems to be the most costly part but you can find it way under 100 bucks. Might be regional.

pezezin 2y ago
I just checked it and the total cost has been 35 000 yen, which is around 250 euros. Here in Japan PC gaming was not that popular and it is more difficult to find old hardware. Also, it was not until Windows 95 that IBM compatible PCs start to become popular, before that the NEC PC-98 dominated. I also guess I could have bought a full computer for less, but I wanted to assemble it myself to my specifications. On the other hand consoles are much cheaper here than in Western countries. The sad thing is that I am not very interested in consoles except for the Megadrive, which was not very successful in Japan so its games are more difficult to find and more expensive than for other consoles like the SNES. I guess I am just stupid to focus on two of the most expensive platforms here xD