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Playing old Windows 95 Games

Discussion in 'Windows - Games' started by Heimarcla, Sep 25, 2011.

  1. Heimarcla

    Heimarcla Member

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    Hello all,
    I hope I am posting this in the appropriate forum. My question is regarding some old games I have for Windows 95. I used to play these on an old computer I had and would like to play them again. I no longer have a computer with the Windows 95 operating system. Is there any way to get these game discs to work on my current computer which operates with Windows XP? Is there something I can download to get them to work or do I have to go to Goodwill and find a bulky used computer which has Windows 95 on it?
    Thanks in advance for any help!
    Heidi
     
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    Dosbox should work or you could find a copy of Windows 95/98 and install it to an external Drive. shouldn't be to hard to find a Copy on the net given you know where to look. i cant just link it to you (See Note:)

    Note: while Microsoft no longer updates, maintains or sells the 9x OS, they still have an active copyright on the above products.
     
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    Maybe compatibility mode?
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292533
    I run a couple of very old games running Win7
    Jeff
     
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