Why can i play a 16 bit pc game on windows vista 64 bit

[isamuelson]

Windows 7 Ultimate, Premium 32/64 Bit have XP Mode. First off you meed a CPU that supports Virtual Mode (Only Newer CPU's in last 6 months). Second it does not support games, to much power required so Microsoft decided no games. Can read this at Mirosoft site. So everyone forget XP Mode for gaming, not gonna work. Have already tested myself and it doesn't work. Only good for business apps not compatible with Windows 7. 16 Bit will not work in 32/64 Bit OS due to coding, DOSBOX only way to go. To run most 16 Bit games in WinXP needed to setup a "DOS" environment to play (basically DOSBOX). So there you go.

This is where VMWare Player or VirtualBox comes into play because it DOES do 3d acceleration, albeit since it is a virtual machine, it won't run as fast as a true machine. But, for older games, it might work out better.