Games for older Windows versions
Thursday, 26. June 2008, 22:55:27
Many games for older Windows versions work fine without complications. However if you find a problem there's something simple you can try. Right-click on the game's executable or shortcut and select "Properties":
In the ensuing dialogue box select the "Compatibility" tab, enable the option "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and just below select the Windows version that the game was made for, from a list that will depend on the Windows version you actually have:
If when starting the game there's still an error because the game doesn't change the colour depth on its own, enable the 256 colours option as well; and if the image size isn't correct enable the 640x480 resolution option.
Windows 3.x isn't available, but most games for that version work fine most times, at least in 32 bits newer versions. Otherwise Windows 3.x can be installed in DOSBox. On the other hand the more recent versions of Windows (95 and later) can't be installed in DOSBox; if we still have problems another very fine solution is virtualization software like Virtual PC.
In the ensuing dialogue box select the "Compatibility" tab, enable the option "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and just below select the Windows version that the game was made for, from a list that will depend on the Windows version you actually have:
If when starting the game there's still an error because the game doesn't change the colour depth on its own, enable the 256 colours option as well; and if the image size isn't correct enable the 640x480 resolution option.
Windows 3.x isn't available, but most games for that version work fine most times, at least in 32 bits newer versions. Otherwise Windows 3.x can be installed in DOSBox. On the other hand the more recent versions of Windows (95 and later) can't be installed in DOSBox; if we still have problems another very fine solution is virtualization software like Virtual PC.
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