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Easiest way to get old Windows games to run? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm trying to get an old Windows game running for a friend.

It seems to be a 16bit macromedia app and I kind of got it running in a Win 98 VM using Virtualbox. DOSBox seems to get confused by it being a Windows app.

Thing is, the friend is very much not good with tech and I want to set everything up for him to "just work". Installing VBox might be a bit too much.

Apparently, you can install Windows inside DOSBox, but is that really stable and usable for layman? Are there any other approaches?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have found that sometimes, old games run better on linux via Lutris than on Windows. If it's a 16 bit game you should give it a try. If it doesn't work, VM might be your only answer.

[–] kugmo 7 points 2 weeks ago

stop recommending virtual machines for windows 95/98 games. you want pcem for those.