31-01-2011, 05:12 PM | #11 | ||
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Windows Vista and Windows 7 added a new twist to old games gaming: 64 bits versions.
If you use a 64 bits version, they are not compatible with old 16 bits programs. That mean any game made for Windows 3.x won't work since Windows 3.x was 16 bits. From experience though, I never had a problem running a game flagged as XP compatible on my XP computer. That doesn't mean that I don't prefer to run games which are also both XP and DOSBox compatible in DOSBox though... |
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01-02-2011, 06:50 AM | #12 | ||
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Windows 7, 64 bit.
Hmm, so it wont work huh. Bummer.
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01-02-2011, 07:41 AM | #13 | ||
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NOT what he said. He meant that if a game runs in DOS (indicated by the DOS compatibility icon), running it in DOSBox has a better chance to work than running it in Windows. Further, the "Windows" compatibility icon actually refers to Windows XP rather than all Windows versions.
Vista and 7 have effectively dropped backwards compatibility with DOS programs - DOSBox or a virtual machine of some kind are the only way to run them. Same goes for compatibility with 16-bit versions of Windows ( 3.x and earlier ), which is what some of the Windows-compatible games on this site were released for. However, you can run Windows 3 in DOSBox. This should help you in doing so. |
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08-02-2011, 06:42 AM | #14 | ||
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Woah,
Awesome, I will get it to work. I am a little slow with some of this stuff though.
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