Older games

[Strider1002]

How would I go about playing older games that required Windows 95 or 98? I have the disks. Is there a program like an emulator that makes it possible? Is there a web site where you can play older games?

I'll take any suggestions!

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

gog.com sells old games cheap that use dosbox to run them on modern systems.

Or you could try downloading dosbox (it's free) yourself and getting your games to work properly.

 

[Joyly]

I think you can change the compatibility mode in the application properties.

 

[Lightning Z]

some of the older games require pre windows vista and there's nothing you can really do about it besides getting like XP or an emulator.

 

[elephunky]

dosbox is an awesome tool to play old games and there is a website called abandonia or soemthing like that where you can download soooo many games to play through dosbox. I downloaded a game that I used to play in highschool lol.

 

[Strider1002]

I shall try this dosbox thingy

 

[elephunky]

I shall try this dosbox thingy

If you have trouble working it out just PM me and I am happy to help

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

some of the older games require pre windows vista and there's nothing you can really do about it besides getting like XP or an emulator.

That's what compatibility agent is for.

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

If you have trouble working it out just PM me and I am happy to help

I've been wondering about how to make dosbox work in the way gog does with their single installer. I've heard it can be a bit time consuming to get to work with regular installs sometimes of older games.

I have a bunch of older games I'd like to install again but I don't want to spend 5 hours fiddling around in dosbox just trying to get it working.

 

[Perhaps Today]

If the games require Win 95/98 then your best bet is running a virtual machine if you have the Windows OS disks. I doubt that they'll run well if at all in compatibility mode. The following program allows you to run up to 8 OS.

Download VMware Player 5.0.2 - FileHippo.com

 

[Strider1002]

If the games require Win 95/98 then your best bet is running a virtual machine if you have the Windows OS disks.

As in, the disks for my current OS? I'm not sure if I do...

 

[elephunky]

I've been wondering about how to make dosbox work in the way gog does with their single installer. I've heard it can be a bit time consuming to get to work with regular installs sometimes of older games.

I have a bunch of older games I'd like to install again but I don't want to spend 5 hours fiddling around in dosbox just trying to get it working.

I have no idea how gog works. With abandonia games I download the file to a location on my PC, map dosbox to that location and then just run the executable to play

 

[Perhaps Today]

As in, the disks for my current OS? I'm not sure if I do...

No, as in Windows 95/98. It allows you to run virtually any OS in Win 7 or 8, even MS-DOS.

 

[CounselorForChrist]

Blind post but I use Dos-Box. Its sometimes hard to figure out how to get it to work right for me since sometimes the FPS is to fast or they sound fades in and out. I found the best way though to run old games. I bought a older laptop with Win 98 and use it as my "classic" game portable lol.

 

[derek W L]

I used to own this old wild west PC game with Good music about 10 years or so ago called outlaws Its a first person shooter from lucasarts wish i can play it again

 

[jamiejohn]

Oh I thought the Gog site automatically configured the games to run on Windows 7? I never tried it though.

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

Oh I thought the Gog site automatically configured the games to run on Windows 7? I never tried it though.

They work great on Win 7/8.

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

I have no idea how gog works. With abandonia games I download the file to a location on my PC, map dosbox to that location and then just run the executable to play

Gonna have to give it a try. Not sure any of my old games will install properly, but we'll see.

 

[hiscosmicgoldfish]

I played a few games on a PC without Windows; someone gave me the computer and I used to tinker about on it; learning DOS and all that. I had a game on a floppy disc called 'Jill of the Jungle' it was a good game..

twas back in the 90s.. in the days of old, when men were bold, and women were glad of it.