help on playing old games on vista

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  1. hel13

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    i need help i'm trying to find a game called the incredible machine (or Tim for short) i can only find it on ms dos and this wont play on my machine which is vista, i have been told to use the compatability wizard but cant find it, i am a complete novice and therefore stupid, would like to get the game on disc (would even buy a copy) i'm desperate, could any replies be in easy to understand please not much jargon thanks.
     
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    If this game in MS DOS mode, you never can play it on Vista. try to find more later version of this game ( for example: Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions)
     
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    is that the same game then or are the machines different from the original do you know
     
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    You can play all those old games on VIsta or xp or any OS if you'd like. :) what you need is an EMULATOR. you need DOS-box.72, it's a free download. then you need to DL the put the game into a file called something like.... c:\old <<<
    Here is a place where you can DL the game, well it's a free DL at bestoldgames.net, and dos-box is free from majorgeeks.com, if you can't figure out the mounting thing just let me know.
     

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