Podcast and community discussing games for Windows from the 90s and early aughts

Introducing the <a href="https://WindowsGameClub.com/">Windows Game Club</a> to the world! Including special guests: Tijn, rnlf, and TigerQuoll from the DOS Game Club. We share our earliest experiences with Windows 95-through-XP and chat about how PC gaming evolved as it outgrew the DOS era.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/win95_in_dosbox">Try Windows 95 in your browser</a></li>
<li><a href="https://rn10950.github.io/RetroZillaWeb/">Retrozilla</a></li>
<li><a href="https://client.nina.chat/.client">NINA Chat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://escargot.chat/">Escargot Chat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://protoweb.org/">Protoweb</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.retro-exo.com/win9x.html">eXo Win9x</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dosgameclub.com/">DOS Game Club</a></li>
</ul>
(00:00) Introductions 
(02:09) Early Limitations 
(08:21) Attract Mode 
(09:33) User Friendliness 
(17:36) Multimedia Era 
(19:00) Drivers and Libraries 
(24:22) Windows Updates 
(25:40) DRM 
(26:32) Browsers and Networking 
(30:10) World Wide Web 
(32:30) First Experiences 
(38:25) Diablo 
(42:38) Shutting Down Safely 
(44:02) MacOS Desktop 
(47:29) Club Business and Suggestions 
(51:43) Outro Slop

Introducing the Windows Game Club to the world! Including special guests: Tijn, rnlf, and TigerQuoll from the DOS Game Club. We share our earliest experiences with Windows 95-through-XP and chat about how PC gaming evolved as it outgrew the DOS era.


Try Windows 95 in your browser
Retrozilla
NINA Chat
Escargot Chat
Protoweb
eXo Win9x
DOS Game Club

(00:00) Introductions
(02:09) Early Limitations
(08:21) Attract Mode
(09:33) User Friendliness
(17:36) Multimedia Era
(19:00) Drivers and Libraries
(24:22) Windows Updates
(25:40) DRM
(26:32) Browsers and Networking
(30:10) World Wide Web
(32:30) First Experiences
(38:25) Diablo
(42:38) Shutting Down Safely
(44:02) MacOS Desktop
(47:29) Club Business and Suggestions
(51:43) Outro Slop