View Full Version : running old windows 95 games
wrestledude363
July 17th, 2007, 02:40 PM
Anyone know how to run windows 95/98 games, as in C&C, on XP?
DigitalJunkie
July 17th, 2007, 05:56 PM
You may need to use DOSBox emulator & front-end utility like D.O.G. to play old games.
DOSBox: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1
moneoa
July 17th, 2007, 06:18 PM
good news go to this website
http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
this site will help you optimize xp to get some if not most dos games working
enter8
July 18th, 2007, 12:10 AM
WD, have you tried running them first?
I have lots of 95/98 programs that run fine in xp.
If you do run into a problem, you might want to consider doing a dual-boot. Do you have an extra hard drive laying around? That's the easiest. Otherwise, you might be able to partition the drive you have.
With dual boot, you can have the option of running 95 or XP.
moneoa
July 18th, 2007, 06:27 AM
yeah or you can just click on my link and not strangle your machine with 2 O/S
wrestledude363
July 18th, 2007, 10:37 AM
thanks. Yea I've tried running most of my games and they wont work. If you have any other helpful tips, they will be greatly appreciated.
Signa
July 18th, 2007, 07:32 PM
you did try switching the compatability options, right? its easy to forget about that sometimes.
enter8
July 18th, 2007, 08:27 PM
yeah or you can just click on my link and not strangle your machine with 2 O/S
Strangle? With a second hard drive, you have two perfectly clean installs.
All the games will work, not some.
No time/no learning curve for tweaking/customization
And, most importantly, you don't run the risk of messing up your XP by changing the wrong setting.