Playing an old CD Rom on a recent Windows

[GoodyTwoTails]

Is there anyway I can use my Windows 95 CD Rom game on Windows 10? I don't know how to get it to work but I really want to play it after buying it recently 😀

 

[meaga1n]

Get VirtualBox or another VM like VMWare or QEMU. Obtain Windows 95 legally and install it. Then install your game from VirtualBox.
I can clarify how to install on VirtualBox clearer if needed, but essentially you get your Windows 95 ISO file / CD, create a new VM, choose Windows 95, up the Virtual RAM to 256MB, choose your CD/ISO file when prompted for Windows 95, install it (retro!), when it is done insert your game CD and mount it in the VM and install it from Win95

Or, try running in compatibility mode in Windows 10. Though I doubt that'd work.

 

[coreydwillis2]

Get VirtualBox or another VM like VMWare or QEMU. Obtain Windows 95 legally and install it. Then install your game from VirtualBox.
I can clarify how to install on VirtualBox clearer if needed, but essentially you get your Windows 95 ISO file / CD, create a new VM, choose Windows 95, up the Virtual RAM to 256MB, choose your CD/ISO file when prompted for Windows 95, install it (retro!), when it is done insert your game CD and mount it in the VM and install it from Win95

Or, try running in compatibility mode in Windows 10. Though I doubt that'd work.

VirtualBox works great for some of these older games! There is also DosBox which works for many Dos/Win-95 games.

 

[meaga1n]

Windows on DosBox is a complete mess and NOT what it was meant for. DOS gaming? Works great. Not for anything Windows-related.
Also take a look at PCEM-X which lets you choose all the hardware yourself (for example you can specify the GPU you want) or QEMU using QEMU Manager.

Can I emphasise that Windows 95 is still copyrighted software so you MUST purchase it first and not download it from illegal websites. Try eBay.

 

[coreydwillis2]

Windows on DosBox is a complete mess and NOT what it was meant for. DOS gaming? Works great. Not for anything Windows-related.
Also take a look at PCEM-X which lets you choose all the hardware yourself (for example you can specify the GPU you want) or QEMU using QEMU Manager.

Can I emphasise that Windows 95 is still copyrighted software so you MUST purchase it first and not download it from illegal websites. Try eBay.

I wasn't saying to run Windows on DosBox! Haha. Many "Win-95" games were actually Dos games, running in Dos, inside Windows. That's the only reason I mentioned it.

Edit: There was a time during Win95's lifespan where many of the games were still Dos-based as the developers had not switched over to running Windows yet. You could still run full Dos games in Win95.

 

[meaga1n]

Sorry, total misunderstanding. Yeah, in that case it would work!

 

[coreydwillis2]

Sorry, total misunderstanding. Yeah, in that case it would work!

No I should have been clearer in what I meant. 🙂