History of video games/Platforms/Windows 9x

History
Like previous versions of Windows, Windows 95 and 98 were based on MS-DOS. However unlike previous versions, starting with Windows 95 DOS became integrated with MS-DOS, rather then a separate product running on top of it. Windows 95 also introduced DirectX, an API that allowed game developers to avoid direct access to hardware. Windows 98 offered improvements related to networking.

Notable games

 * Wolfenstein 3D
 * Doom
 * Quake
 * Duke Nukem 3D
 * Myst
 * Lionel Trains Presents Trans-Con!
 * RollerCoaster Tycoon

Audio
- An example of MIDI music, a common choice for game music on Windows PCs at the time.

CPUs

 * 32-bit Pentium - (1993-2000)
 * 32-bit AMD K5 - (1996)
 * 32-bit Pentium II - (1997-2003)
 * 32-bit AMD K6 - (1997)
 * 32-bit Athlon Classic - (1999)