Microshaft Winblows 98 - A Parody of Windows (Installation & Demo)

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    As requested by many of you, today we're taking a look at Microshaft Winblows 98. This program was released in the late '90s, right around when the Microsoft DOJ lawsuit was just beginning. It had a goal of making fun of Microsoft and Bill Gates. Let's see how good (or bad) it is!
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  • @andrewkoontz
    @andrewkoontz 3 роки тому +484

    I remember my dad buying this and getting upset when it wasn't Windows 98......

    • @16Marguie
      @16Marguie 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah

    • @ruler_of_everything
      @ruler_of_everything 3 роки тому +91

      was your dad BLIND??? there's a thing on the cover that says "NOT THE REAL THING" and "A PARODY ON CD ROM".

    • @dashw
      @dashw 3 роки тому +51

      @@ruler_of_everything i mean there are people who buy fake switches even though the name is clearly not switch so i don't doubt that

    • @FunBoysGaming
      @FunBoysGaming 3 роки тому +10

      I kind of doubt that mate.

    • @16Marguie
      @16Marguie 3 роки тому

      Me Too

  • @arnob1711
    @arnob1711 3 роки тому +410

    WinBlows 10, I would pay for that

    • @16Marguie
      @16Marguie 3 роки тому +4

      Yep

    • @enderjed2523
      @enderjed2523 3 роки тому +12

      No need to pay, it already exists, and it’s called Windows 12

    • @bitcat3909
      @bitcat3909 3 роки тому +2

      @c6amp That's a *huge* burn to Microsoft...

    • @ruler_of_everything
      @ruler_of_everything 3 роки тому +2

      Get ready to have not 2, but 20 people interrupting what you're doing to say something "funny".

    • @andreytop1gg
      @andreytop1gg 3 роки тому +4

      I would pay for WinBlows 11

  • @positivanollan6353
    @positivanollan6353 3 роки тому +382

    The "garage sale" is obviously a nod to the fact that Apple bult their first computers in a garage, before they even had an office 😃

  • @uselessDM
    @uselessDM 3 роки тому +210

    As bad as this is, I always liked the title.

    • @rastusbojangles
      @rastusbojangles 3 роки тому +15

      to this day I still refer to microsoft as microshaft

    • @16Marguie
      @16Marguie 3 роки тому +1

      OMG @@rastusbojangles

    • @16Marguie
      @16Marguie 3 роки тому +1

      Lmao Windows Gamer

    • @16Marguie
      @16Marguie 3 роки тому +1

      Hehe

    • @tl1882
      @tl1882 2 роки тому +3

      @@rastusbojangles i call them michaelsoft

  • @jasonblalock4429
    @jasonblalock4429 3 роки тому +122

    Wow, those ridiculous themed program windows on the desktop actually make me a little nostalgic for the very late 90s. To think there was a time we thought it was cool to have apps shaped like jelly beans. (It was kind of "gas leak year" for the entire shareware\freeware industry...)

  • @Jamie-yp7qz
    @Jamie-yp7qz 3 роки тому +53

    Did some reading on this program. Apparently WayForward (who later made the Shantae series) helped out with developing this program

  • @SECONDQUEST
    @SECONDQUEST 3 роки тому +227

    It's been a while. I love these style of parodies. There were some really funny (for a kid) windows mock ups made in flash.

    • @joeconti2396
      @joeconti2396 3 роки тому +12

      Windows RG was the best one

    • @sllvksacgsakjc9357
      @sllvksacgsakjc9357 3 роки тому +3

      @@joeconti2396 did you mean "really good"? Haha!! Hah.. heh...
      ..I'll go now

    • @PowerUpT
      @PowerUpT 3 роки тому +9

      Windows 93 is the best. More of a modern one, though.

    • @Headshotnoby
      @Headshotnoby 3 роки тому +10

      windows doors, windows hiv/aids, windows 2000000000 (actually, let's not talk about that one...), windows donghorn,...

    • @MondySpartan
      @MondySpartan 3 роки тому +6

      The good old days, I remember going to Newgrounds just to play those Windows parodies!

  • @chmtctu
    @chmtctu 3 роки тому +45

    Run it on Windows 10. I know it will work. I tried it

  • @Tornado_Mang
    @Tornado_Mang 3 роки тому +17

    FUN FACT: The developer of this software is Wayforward, who are still developing games to this day and are responsible for games such as Ducktales Remastered, the Shantae series, Double Dragon Neon, and so much more

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 3 роки тому +4

      Surprised to hear they didn’t lose all will to live, after this ...

  • @TeionM83
    @TeionM83 3 роки тому +60

    Next video: installing and running Microshaft Winblows 98 on Windows 10.

    • @chmtctu
      @chmtctu 3 роки тому +1

      It will work so I am excited to see it

  • @DavidWonn
    @DavidWonn 3 роки тому +86

    6:52 I always thought that "Lose" was put there to be the opposite of WIN, the commonly used command to start Windows in the early 90s.
    Anyway, this was a fun trip down memory lane, remembering seeing this in stores.

    • @arizonaxperience
      @arizonaxperience 2 роки тому +3

      @Lucas Zhu looks like we have a smart*ss here

  • @peterbustin2683
    @peterbustin2683 3 роки тому +29

    I love the Netscape plane going down the right hand side !

  • @JeskidoYT
    @JeskidoYT 3 роки тому +24

    6:39 surprisingly, that shut up menu is relatable to today's vaporwave meme culture

    • @juango500
      @juango500 2 роки тому +4

      I... I... m u s t e s c a p e

  • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
    @lawrencedoliveiro9104 3 роки тому +24

    9:20 _The Road Ahead_ was the book that famously made no mention of the Internet whatever, since Gates and Microsoft didn’t see it as being relevant to their business plans. Until a hastily-appended addendum was tacked on to the book to try to remedy this glaring shortcoming.

  • @bitcat3909
    @bitcat3909 3 роки тому +201

    Finally a worthy opponent to *Dad jokes*

    • @OILERS084
      @OILERS084 3 роки тому +4

      Bombows 98 : *Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!*

    • @Pedro1745
      @Pedro1745 3 роки тому

      @@OILERS084bombows 98?

    • @Tamago-xe4eb
      @Tamago-xe4eb 3 роки тому +3

      @@Pedro1745 he means michealsoft binbows 98

    • @cristiadorel4079
      @cristiadorel4079 2 роки тому

      The opposite of Dad joke is mom jokes

    • @theofanis7203
      @theofanis7203 2 роки тому

      Finally a worthy opponent to *unoriginal comments*

  • @PixusPanic
    @PixusPanic 3 роки тому +38

    This parody must have made you Pyst inside.

  • @John-qb8wh
    @John-qb8wh 3 роки тому +8

    The shitpost before shitposts, this is amazing
    A decade ahead!

  • @Sleestiq
    @Sleestiq 3 роки тому +11

    5:35 the start button turned into "START or we'll hurt you" also the scrolling status bar changes to "NO LAUNCH NO LUNCH"

  • @RyanMan767
    @RyanMan767 3 роки тому +9

    6:34 - "I... I... m u s t... e s c a p e"
    holy crap, some time travelling shit right here. cracked the millennial A E S T H E T I C surreal nihilism like decades before it's time. bravo

  • @ScuappysDroneVideos1
    @ScuappysDroneVideos1 3 роки тому +28

    I had this and their other program Star Warped (a star wars parody) ahhh childhood memories :-)

    • @ScuappysDroneVideos1
      @ScuappysDroneVideos1 3 роки тому +6

      I may still have a copy of it too, if I can find it, I would be happy to send it to you.

    • @MichaelMJD
      @MichaelMJD  3 роки тому +6

      That would be awesome! Thanks for offering

    • @ScuappysDroneVideos1
      @ScuappysDroneVideos1 3 роки тому +1

      @@MichaelMJD cool, I will take a look to see if I still have it and email you if I find it.

    • @16Marguie
      @16Marguie 3 роки тому +1

      Me Too @@ScuappysDroneVideos1

  • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
    @lawrencedoliveiro9104 3 роки тому +6

    8:38 That is a Macintosh-style scrollbar.

  • @oldsport
    @oldsport 3 роки тому +23

    14:25 i think windows can not take this program anymore 😂

    • @camila_lt
      @camila_lt 2 роки тому +1

      It was really Windows or it was a parody crash?

    • @danm983
      @danm983 2 роки тому

      @@camila_lt parody crash

  • @jfh400
    @jfh400 3 роки тому +5

    I played through every single bit of this when I was a kid and I loved it. I still reference some of the Campus Cam videos to this day. But I've never been accused of having good taste.

  • @Lagib28
    @Lagib28 3 роки тому +7

    I got this and 2 other Parotty programs at a dollarstore long ago. One was a Star Wars parody, but I can't remember its name. The other was a parody of Myst, called Pyst. They were about the same quality as this one.

  • @trollbreeder2534
    @trollbreeder2534 2 роки тому +3

    Microshaft Winblows 98 is basically one of those flash game windows parodies you'd find on Newgrounds, including the dumb start menu jokes and weird programs. Except this is a commercial game. It sold for money.

  • @souptaels
    @souptaels 3 роки тому +28

    I would love if you livestreamed this and complete everything that this program has to offer.

  • @attack0nmem0ry
    @attack0nmem0ry 3 роки тому +6

    Buried deep within the puns of this tech parody game are the voice acting talents of Maurice LaMarche & Tom Kenny; I wouldn't pay for it, either, but I'd play through just to hear their contributions. 🍻

  • @SilverSentinel
    @SilverSentinel 3 роки тому +9

    The 90s were a different time, man. I actually searched this game out while talking to a friend about this game because I owned it as a kid. Bought it new off the shelf, in fact. 🤣

  • @musicalneptunian
    @musicalneptunian 3 роки тому +6

    Better than Windows 10!

  • @michaelpylypiak-clancy7929
    @michaelpylypiak-clancy7929 3 роки тому +9

    From Mike Rosoft?

  • @intylab
    @intylab Рік тому +1

    3:12 The first time I played, the message was "Where do you want it today?"

  • @antishulk
    @antishulk 3 роки тому +9

    I watched Toms Scott’s video on how to read binary and I got the question correct 12:00

  • @tpjoao
    @tpjoao 3 роки тому +4

    Poor Billygotchi just starved of money throughout the whole video...

  • @amia-P.
    @amia-P. 3 роки тому +13

    hahaha, the name makes me giggle! Love ur videos Michael!
    Please try install this on windows 10!

  • @ggn3
    @ggn3 3 роки тому +1

    I had this and another Parroty Interactive parody called Star Warped (obvious Star Wars parody) I had bought from a local dollar store years ago when I had a Windows 98 computer. Definitely campy with the humor both were attempting to pull, especially with Winblows running things into the ground with the Windows puns.

  • @thelunchbox420x
    @thelunchbox420x 3 роки тому +17

    Hell yeah! Kitboga!

    • @Thiesi
      @Thiesi 3 роки тому +1

      Wait a moment - what's a Kitboga?

    • @KC9UDX
      @KC9UDX 3 роки тому

      @@Thiesi really?

    • @Thiesi
      @Thiesi 3 роки тому +1

      @nevik10 But I didn't do anything, bro.

    • @Thiesi
      @Thiesi 3 роки тому +1

      @nevik10 What you think I'm fool here bro?!

  • @seanb7969
    @seanb7969 3 роки тому +7

    I enjoyed playing this game but I was also a geeky teenager back then.

  • @blainepalmerza
    @blainepalmerza 3 роки тому +7

    Awesome video, Michael!
    Love this!

    • @fathanfachri
      @fathanfachri 11 місяців тому

      "Michael"? More like Michaelsoft Binbows

  • @AlejandroFerrariMc
    @AlejandroFerrariMc 3 роки тому +2

    That "Roll a head" is very similar to a Gubble stage.

  • @Maks7594
    @Maks7594 3 роки тому +4

    14:23 this program decided it wanted to crash.

  • @CatalinaMaxCisternasJofre
    @CatalinaMaxCisternasJofre 3 роки тому

    If you press the start menu and move the mouse cursor through Outta Control Panel and more settings, I must hear stock sound effects.

  • @Ayanbadin
    @Ayanbadin 2 роки тому +3

    As Scott the Woz said:
    "This Game Blows!"

  • @Redbird041
    @Redbird041 3 роки тому +8

    you know it's good when you hear Michael laugh

  • @saghwteam
    @saghwteam 3 роки тому

    That hot wheels icon on the desktop looks familiar though, is that Velocity X, by any chance?

  • @bricklander
    @bricklander 3 роки тому +2

    9:52 that Doh tho

  • @pizzagob1in17
    @pizzagob1in17 3 роки тому +5

    14:19
    I've seen actual Microsoft Windows OS in the 90s be *more* stable than Microshaft Winblows!

    • @fathanfachri
      @fathanfachri 9 місяців тому

      Michaelsoft Binbows is my favourite thing

  • @dragonick2947
    @dragonick2947 2 роки тому +3

    I think when I was little, I saw a screenshot of Winblows, thinking it was actually Windows 95, and for a while afterwards I assumed that early versions of Windows had extremely curvy windows.

  • @Blu-chan
    @Blu-chan 3 роки тому +5

    Now just wait till he uploads: Microshaft Winblows 98 running on Windows 10

  • @peterbustin2683
    @peterbustin2683 3 роки тому +13

    Id love to put this on all the governments computers !

  • @Tetriser
    @Tetriser 2 роки тому

    Gotta be honest, "where do you think you're going today" cracks me up so hard

  • @CastawayRJ
    @CastawayRJ 3 роки тому +3

    Microshaft Winblows 98 sounds annoying, but at the same time, Microsoft was in court for the antitrust case in 1998, because they were monopoly, so seeing a program that is essentially making fun of Microsoft is pretty funny.

  • @Xyaena
    @Xyaena 3 роки тому +1

    Just to announce what the ESRB "reviewed" the program as: Comic Mischief, Suggestive Themes.

  • @samuelhulme8347
    @samuelhulme8347 3 роки тому +3

    Someone should of put it on Bill Gate’s computer in the 90s!

  • @The98597thMark
    @The98597thMark 3 роки тому +2

    I remember this! All the way down to that microshaft exploder music and the "where do you want to go? TODAY?" haha. Yeah it was lame and like a lot of parody, didn't age very well. But I was a kid and always appreciated this kinda stuff, I thought it was great.

  • @billyhatcher643
    @billyhatcher643 2 роки тому

    i see you watch kitboga considering the reference u made about the timer on the bottom right

  • @kajolof292
    @kajolof292 3 роки тому +2

    Can you take a look at Progressbar 95?

  • @millennialchicken
    @millennialchicken Місяць тому +1

    This looks like the perfect definition of "having the ability but not the talent." Now, if it was a copy of Michaelsoft Binbows now, we'd be talking something hot

  • @minilopkastudios4711
    @minilopkastudios4711 10 місяців тому +1

    I like seeing Michael who is serious almost all the time laugh

  • @Kitsudote
    @Kitsudote 3 роки тому +2

    "Hello?! Wat are you waiting for? Windows 99?"
    I laughed more than I like to admit...

  • @PickleDuckOfficial
    @PickleDuckOfficial Місяць тому

    1:56 | Loading Animation In The Setup Window: *S P E E D*

  • @Ampersand100
    @Ampersand100 3 роки тому

    The actor playing Graham was also the principal on the TV show Community.

    • @CFlat930
      @CFlat930 2 роки тому

      He was the doppeldeaner

  • @MastaGambit
    @MastaGambit 3 роки тому

    Aww, I was hoping you'd look at Bill's Personal Outlook

  • @Nostalgia_Realm
    @Nostalgia_Realm 3 роки тому

    Tech tip: Run Windows 9x in PCem, not in VirtualBox or VMWare. VirtualBox gives me weird sound stuttering and stability issues from time to time.

  • @jmalmsten
    @jmalmsten 3 роки тому

    reminds me a lot of going to the cinema and enduring the first Deadpool film... I never saw the followups, because, no I do not want to expose myself to that torture again.

  • @sonofmixit
    @sonofmixit 3 роки тому

    Now we need to see you’re reaction of Windows CE from the computer clan

  • @Jdeadevil
    @Jdeadevil 3 роки тому +1

    Lose is also the opposite of Win, which is what I was expecting!

  • @pauldswiftie13
    @pauldswiftie13 3 роки тому +2

    Very interesting indeed.

  • @StevenSmyth
    @StevenSmyth 3 роки тому +3

    Yeah, over all it blows. Except that binary trivia question. It landed on every level. Even the guy doing SJ was good.

  • @Lim95
    @Lim95 3 роки тому +1

    “Win Bill Gate’s Money” = “You Don’t Know Jack”

  • @mushroomsamba82
    @mushroomsamba82 3 роки тому +1

    7:14 wait a minute... "MIXER NIXED"

  • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
    @lawrencedoliveiro9104 3 роки тому +2

    1:23 In much of the world, they would be pronounced differently, too. Yet not in the US?
    I’ve wondered how you tell the difference between, say, “waiting” and “wading”? As in “I’ve been waiting for a while for the flood waters to recede” versus “I’ve been wading ...”.

  • @endruv_2287
    @endruv_2287 2 роки тому

    I remember my dad telling me about this. I don't think he had Winblows but we do have Pyst

  • @ZX48K
    @ZX48K 3 роки тому +23

    It would have been better if it was called "Microshat Windowblows"

  • @danewilson7883
    @danewilson7883 2 роки тому +1

    11:55 this is the biggest laugh in an mjd video

  • @Kitsudote
    @Kitsudote 2 місяці тому +1

    14:26 unintentionally the best joke in the game 😆

  • @bluey-next777
    @bluey-next777 6 місяців тому +1

    11:50
    THIS IS MY FAV PART

  • @GooglePlayUSA567
    @GooglePlayUSA567 4 місяці тому

    There’s Also 3D Pinball Space Cadet On Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows LH And Windows Vista.

  • @billchildress9756
    @billchildress9756 6 днів тому

    I bought this little bit of humor when it first came out and I still have it amazingly enough! I also have PYST.

  • @rogehmarbi
    @rogehmarbi 3 роки тому +1

    11:58 I thought Steve is going to pull a binary solo right there

    • @voidghost4933
      @voidghost4933 4 місяці тому

      Come on sucker lick my battery

  • @coolkitty1654
    @coolkitty1654 3 роки тому +2

    Hey MJD, there’s two other programs I know of, P.Y.S.T. (A parody of M.Y.S.T.) and Star Warped (A parody of Star Wars)

    • @ggn3
      @ggn3 3 роки тому

      Besides those three, they also did an X-Files parody called X-Fools.

  • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
    @lawrencedoliveiro9104 3 роки тому +2

    12:02 I think the right answer is 1. I only had to decode the first two characters to narrow it down.
    Edit: dang.

    • @camila_lt
      @camila_lt 2 роки тому

      The first two characters are the same, ha

  • @snowytuna6602
    @snowytuna6602 3 роки тому +1

    Mom can we play mario party?
    Mom: we have mario party at home
    Mario party at home:

  • @Brownques
    @Brownques 3 роки тому +2

    Parodies can be amazing sometimes.

  • @vincenzomottola7778
    @vincenzomottola7778 3 роки тому +1

    Did you Know? WayForward, the developers who made Shantae worked on Microshaft Winblows 98

  • @TorchwoodLeeds
    @TorchwoodLeeds 10 місяців тому

    ha can't believe you follow Kitboga as well! 😁

  • @crepspinboss9048
    @crepspinboss9048 3 роки тому

    Friend:I need to copy your homework it’s a emergency
    Me:ok but don’t make it obvious
    Homework:

  • @Techtype_
    @Techtype_ 3 роки тому +2

    I was the first one to comment that i want a full Video on the Mac OS VM Video

  • @reallauradee
    @reallauradee 3 роки тому

    Where are the actors who played Meg and Graham now?

  • @alisharifian535
    @alisharifian535 2 роки тому

    "Monty pythons complete waste of time" is a funny software for windows 3.1,I recommend trying that on your channel. it has a very British taste of humor (you may have guessed from the name).some people may not feel its meanings.

  • @EastTexasRanching
    @EastTexasRanching 3 роки тому +2

    Keep that windows98 installation CD and reg number. I just used an old Windows98 Installation CD to find a problem on an install of Windows 7 hangup. It is easy to access fdisk from booting the CD, as well as some other utilities. This was on an old laptop that ran Windows Vista (so you know why I was upgrading it) and had started hanging during bootup. I cannot tell you how much I hate Vista. Anyhow, I have my Windows95, Windows98, Windows XP, and Windows 7 CD's along with a couple Redhat Linux CD's. Always good to keep them on hand. You never know when they will come in handy.

  • @totallyadeadchannel
    @totallyadeadchannel 3 роки тому +1

    Imagine: *When Microshaft Winblows 98 Was Released In April 1 2016*

  • @Mario583a
    @Mario583a 3 роки тому +3

    Try out Windows 93.

  • @04liamb
    @04liamb 21 день тому +2

    somebody should make a windows 11 version the jokes would write them selves

  • @The_Stringbean_cat
    @The_Stringbean_cat 12 днів тому

    The funny shaped windows look kind of like pear phones... And they're shiny like Windows XP.

  • @poeterritory
    @poeterritory 3 роки тому +1

    Yeah... email notification are dead. That bell icon is now officially useless.
    Good video, though.

  • @N68dodgeboy
    @N68dodgeboy 2 роки тому +3

    I'm sorry, but I laughed way harder than I should've at "Run" 6:45

  • @dinkarfowkar999
    @dinkarfowkar999 2 роки тому +3

    Imagine a version of this in Windows 11

    • @fathanfachri
      @fathanfachri 11 місяців тому +1

      Michaelsoft Binbows 11

  • @KC9UDX
    @KC9UDX 3 роки тому +1

    Heh I bought this when it first came out. It's still sealed in the box. It won't run on my Amiga.

  • @joaquimjesus6134
    @joaquimjesus6134 3 роки тому +1

    what virtual machine you used for install Windows 98?

    • @absolutewisp
      @absolutewisp 3 роки тому +1

      I think he uses VMWare Workstation, although it should work on others like VirtualBox too

    • @joaquimjesus6134
      @joaquimjesus6134 3 роки тому

      @@absolutewisp thanks.. and what video driver is used?
      i tryied VBex, but i get Blue Screen... the SSD and the VMWare tools have video drivers with less than 128 VRAM :(

  • @cuboid69420
    @cuboid69420 Рік тому

    When will winblows 12 come out?