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Trying to play my old CDROM games on Windows10 and about to lose my marbles. Could you help me? (beehaw.org)
submitted 11 months ago by SharkEatingBreakfast@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Okay listen: I am less than tech-savvy, but I tried so many step-intensive things on my dinky PC, to no avail.

I use Windows10 home (yes, I know, bear with me!) and am just trying to boot games I already OWN!!! No dice. Now I just sit here, arms crossed, and seethe "I hate u, computer."

Yes, I've enabled the IIS and tried to use the option to allow program to run 32-bit. No dice.

I've tried compatibility mode. Absolutely nothing (Windows, you useless-ass shitwad).

I struggled through DOSBOX as a non-tech person, managed to do the Windows 3.1 thing, tried to boot my files through there, got as far as the install screen!!! Stuck at 0% probably forever. So it was a failure.

Tried running old game files from some people who are smarter than me that emulate the D:\ drive instead of the physical disks. Zilch.

FrikkiN AHHHHH!!!!

I JUST WANNA RELIVE MY NOSTALGIA AND SHOW MY KID ALL MY OLD AND SHITTY GAMES I USED TO PLAY AS A KID!!!!!

Could anyone give a solution that won't have me downloading and installing 6 trillion new programs? Any helpful links a non-tech person could understand?

Swear to god, I'll Cashapp 5$ to the first person to give a solution I can reasonably follow & that works.

Also you will have my adoration forever. Thanks.

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[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Dosbox is for dos games ;) If they ran on Win98 then try them on Win98 again. Get something like Virtualbox and make yourself a Win98 machine to play with.

[–] rudyharrelson@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Seconding the recommendation for Virtualbox. Wanted to play my old Lego Island CD a few years ago and I just booted it up in an old Windows VM. Worked like a charm.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Great comment, exactly right.

Hilarious to imagine from the perspective of a non tech savy person though: your virtual machine program "something box" is for the other old windows, not the old windows you want. Get this "other box" windows thing to make the right old windows so you can play windows games on your windows pc.