Running Windows 95 Games

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Skwerl

December 13, 2014, 04:05:29 PM
Does anyone know if there is an equivalent of DosBox for running Windows 95 games on a modern system?  I have some older games that run fine (I'm using Vista) but several others will not, no matter how much I tinker with the compatibility settings.

Staggerwing

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December 13, 2014, 04:52:15 PM
I could be wrong, but doesn't D-Fend (an interface program for DOSbox) also have some Win95 tweeks?
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December 13, 2014, 05:32:03 PM
Have you tried poking around at http://www.vogons.org/ ?

I thought someone over there mentioned installing win95 under dosbox......

I still run a bunch of Windows 98 games under Virtual PC 2007. Works great. VPC2007 will bitch about "unsupported OS" when you try to install it under Win 7 but click OK and it will install and run just fine.
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December 13, 2014, 06:05:10 PM
This Digiex post worked for me a while back. Haven't tried it under Windows 8.1 though.
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December 13, 2014, 11:26:26 PM
Hi, what game/s in particular btw?

Alternatively, you can also find an image of Windows 95 out there and then use a Virtual Machine application to run Windows 95 on your own computer.  Examples are Oracle's Virtual Box, or VMWare's  VMPlayer (both have free versions).

If possible, a WinXP image might be better, or Win 98SE.  I  :(too much .dLL hell back in the days of Windows 95
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December 14, 2014, 08:34:53 AM
Thanks for the help.  I'll try a couple of those solutions this afternoon. O0
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