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Card 087 of 9902026-10-06 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-10-06

Wine-Assembly: a Windows 98 desktop in the browser

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Editorial interest 83/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A browser-based x86 emulator presents a catalog of Windows 98-era programs and games, built to run through WebAssembly.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-06 issue.
For
People revisiting Windows 98 software in a browser
Worth noticing
Windows utilities, game demos, installers, and 64K intros appear side by side.

Field notes

The desktop presents a selectable program menu alongside controls for launching, stopping, debugging, recording, and playing MIDI. Its catalog ranges from Windows utilities and small games to installers, game demos, graphics tests, and 64K intros; separate articles cover the interpreter, software GDI, DirectX, and Win16. The homepage describes the runtime as using original executables, while the linked source repository is labeled MIT.

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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

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