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Re: Trying to get a windows 95 game to play on windows 7

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I got it to work on a windows xp virtual machine! :happy: https://i.imgur.com/YrQtvuO.png I just have one last question. Above @Leileilol mentioned that the image I posted was mojibake How do I restore this to the original Kanji characters? Do I need to change my windows xp virtual machine language …

Re: Trying to get a windows 95 game to play on windows 7

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Just run SETUP.EXE. This is assuming, of course, that the game itself is also 16-bit. Some games are 32-bit, but only the installers are 16-bit. When this happens, you either need Windows 95/98/Me/XP (or any modern 32-bit version of Windows; most installations of Vista/7/8/10 are 64-bit), or you …

Re: Trying to get a windows 95 game to play on windows 7

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Alright I installed Windows 3.1 on dosbox installed graphics , sound drivers ( S3 Trio64V 1.70.04 1024x768 64K C SF , SB16W3x ) Now how do I install the game on windows? I copied all the files on my cdrom into a writeable folder and placed that in c:/dosbox (dosbox is my c) I apologize is this is …

Re: Trying to get a windows 95 game to play on windows 7

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Okay I was able to install it but im getting some error when trying to run the start the application. I say some error because it looks like gibberish https://imgur.com/oxgVNym.png I'm guessing that means what Collector stated above? if you manage to install it the game's executable may be 16-bit as …

Re: Trying to get a windows 95 game to play on windows 7

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That's the LucasArts' 16-bit Installshield stub issue right there... I put what you wrote into google and got this https://reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10988#p90280 in it they mention " If the file _inst32i.ex_ is among the install files listed, then it is an InstallShield based setup " Well …

Re: Trying to get a windows 95 game to play on windows 7

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doaks80 wrote: Have you heard of DosBOX? Yes a friend told me about it I followed tutorial videos and mounted my c: (hardrive) and d: (cdrom) I was able to look at all the files on the cdrom in the directory but when i tried to run setup it said ' Illegal command: win. '

Trying to get a windows 95 game to play on windows 7

in Windows
Hello i'm trying to get Suikoden 1 JP (windows 95) to run on my windows 7 computer. I'm using a physical cd rom. I've tried to run the install in windows 95 compatibility mode a windows pop up to install but when i click install I get an "Unsupported 16-Bit Application" error.

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