Windows 98 SE Gaming System

My MODERN
Windows 98 SE Gaming System
( In The Works )

I am a video game fanatic! And I absolutely LOVE the older games I grew up on, and I refuse to just throw them away for the sake of keeping up with technology, or because there are newer and more graphic-intensive games today, or because nobody else is playing the old games anymore. The newer games of today are great and loaded with flashy, eye-candy, and I do like them... but many of them seem to lack the appeal (and in may cases, quality story lines) that many of the older games had. Like grandma used to say, "they don't stick to your ribs" the way the older games do. I'm all about eatin' things that stick to your ribs, too... especially ribs... but that is another story for another time.

But seriously, modern-day computers don't lend themselves very well to the older games... or maybe its that the older games don't lend themselves very well to modern computer technology. Either way, there are many games that I still love from the old days that simply will not work with the computers of today because of advances in hardware, software, programming methods, and in some cases, the type of media the games were shipped on. Therefore, to keep enjoying these games, I've decided to build myself a old-school computer that is taylor-made for these older games, using the best, compatible hardware that I've managed to scrounge up and piece together from all over the internet.

And here is that system...

Components Of My (Old School) Windows 98 SE Gaming System
Item		Description	Acquired?
1	Case	XION Dazl XON-503 Black with Blue LED Light Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case	No
2	Power Supply	?	No
3	Motherboard	ASUS CUSL2 Socket 370 Motherboard	Yes
4	Processor	Intel Pentium 3 933GHZ Socket 370 CPU - SL4ME Processor	Yes
5	Memory Chips	Two Sticks Of 256MB (512 MB Total) Micron Crucial PC133 RAM	Yes
6	Video Card	32 MB TNT-2 R0	Yes
7	Hard Drive	Western Digital WD400 40GB Caviar EIDE	Yes
8	Floppy Drive	SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model MPF920	Yes
9	CD Rom	Lite-On LTN-483S (May Change Later)	Yes
10	Sound Card	Sound Blaster 16 or Sound Blaster AWE32	No
11	Modem	GVC 56K PCI Voice Modem (Red Owl) (May Change Later)	Yes
12	Ethernet Card	SMC EZ Ethernet Card	Yes
Maybe More Goodies Later

All necessary drivers for the components above that require drivers have been found and downloaded.

That is as far as I've gotten in designing this system, but I may add a few more components to it later if the need arises.

This system is being designed specifically around the system requirements of such games as the ones below :

Forsaken	Descent 3	Descent 3 : Mercaenary
Battlezone	Battlezone : The Red Odyssey	Battlezone II
Star Wars Jedi Knight : Dark Forces II	Star Wars Episode 1 Pod Racer	Star Wars Rogue Squadron
Star Wars X-Wing	Star Wars Tie Fighter	Star Wars X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter
Heretic II	Quake	Quake II
Tomb Raider	Tomb Raider II
Diablo	Diablo II

The Star Wars Pod Racer game plays best to me with a joystick, so I'll be needing an old analog stick for it. The most confortable one I've ever used was the one listed below... but I can't seem to find one ANYWHERE!!!

WANTED HARDWARE
Item		Description	Acquired?
1	Joystick	Gravis Analog Pro	No

Please Contact Me if you have one of the above items in working condition and would like to sell it.

That's it for this page... but if you'd like to read about my other, older, gaming computer I'm building for even older games, click HERE.

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