First post, by Lachdahnan
I'm running XP SP2. Heres what I would like to accomplish:
A single solution that will play most of the 95/98 games I have. (I would like to avoid having unique and elaborate setups tailored to each specific game if possible being that I have many many old games.)
What I have tried so far:
Windows VM. This was great for 2D games, but once the game required some 3D power things went downhill fast.
Wine. I couldnt even compile it being that I am still a newcomer to the programming scene.
VMware Workstation. Again, this seemed to work very well for the 2D games. But 3D was a no go.
I have yet to try Parallels.
Bochs. This seems like it has potential, but takes quite a bit of time to setup and I would rather just ask if its viable rather than spend so much time to find out its not.
Application Compatability Toolkit 5.0 Upon toying with this for a little bit it seemed that its more of an enhanced version of the compatability tab built into windows. This will not get me anywhere with a 16 bit game correct? I did try, but I had no working results. I easily could have done something wrong on my end causing it not to work however.
It seems to me the best method is an emulator to cater to the 16 bit games as well. Im not even sure if what I'm looking for is even near possible. But thats why I came here to ask 😀 So, what do you all use? What have you found to be most beneficial for your 95/98 and 16 bit games?
Thank you much!