![]() Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 natively support Win9x software, but Win9x games may crash or have video issues. Unix-like operating systems ( Linux, Mac OS X) can run many Win9x programs using a native implementation of the Windows API called Wine. If you want to run a real copy of Windows, but don't already own one, there is a free Windows-compatible operating system called ReactOS, which can be found in the operating systems section. Any computer running DOS ( MS-DOS/PC-DOS/DR-DOS/FreeDOS) or Windows 1.0 through Windows 3.11 that meets the minimum hardware requirements should be able to install a copy of Windows 95/98/Me. Windows 9x operating systems include a copy of DOS and run most Win16 programs, so Win9x is a replacement for those operating systems. How this is accomplished depends on what operating system your computer is running. Win9x software can be run on any x86 computer, as well as many non-x86 platforms. Offhand, it looks like there's also a patch for the Windows version of Ecco the Dolphin at. They still sell it on Steam, after all.Īs for Sega's PC games, they were so varied that I kind of doubt you've tried them all. There are also plenty of other older DirectX games that do cooperate with Windows 7.Īnd I'm sure there's got to be a patch of some sort for Dark Forces II. Yes, there are some specific games that do not run under Windows 7, but the reasons are varied and complex and often have nothing to do with the fact that they use an older version of DirectX. You pretty much need Windows 95/98/Me to play a lot of those games. It's just a pain to get many older DirectX games to work in modern Windows. Klingon Honor Guard doesn't work with crap for me in Windows 7 either, although I can run it in Windows XP Mode. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is horrible under Windows 7 圆4 on my computer, and completely unplayable in Windows XP Mode because the mouse goes crazy (impossible to aim). I'm just politely, respectfully asking for All Sega PC games are unplayable on Windows NT-based operating systems (although there is a patch for Sonic CD). I also don't expect the devs to support Windows 95. I understand that DOSBox is for playing DOS games, not running Windows 95. Has anyone successfully managed to get 256 or more colors in Windows 95 in DOSBox?įinally, let me say that I come in peace. I also tried to install Scitech Display Driver 7.0.0.340 Beta, but it dies with an illegal operation message. I have tried installing the various S3 drivers that come with Windows 95, as well as legacy drivers from S3's website, without success. ![]() I have no trouble installing SoundBlaster 16 sound in DOSBox, but video is limited to 16 colors. Success! Years of effort have finally been rewarded! Installation in DOSBox still fails at the very end of the installation process, but I was able to install it in Bochs, and I was able to boot the image in DOSBox by adding the line "device emm386.exe frame=e000" in config.sys, per wd's advice. Today, with great joy, I acquired the original Windows 95 installation CD. Those who claimed to be running Windows 95 in DOSBox seemed to indicate that only Windows 95A could run in DOSBox, whereas I had only Windows 95B and C. Installation in DOSBox would always fail, and Win95 images created in other emulators would never load. I tried to get Windows 95 to work in DOSBox for several years without success. I hate to create a new thread, but the most appropriate thread to bump ( Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support) was locked. ![]()
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