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

submitted 1 week 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] 32 points 1 week ago

You should say what the game is.

Certain games might have known specific workarounds, hacks, some obscure patch someone knows from an old forum, source ports or rereleases.

And then again certain games might be non-functional no matter what you try.