Play 16 bit on vista

There's simplified support for transferring files to and from many portable devices, for instance: the iPod, iPhone or iPad, your BlackBerry, MP3 player, Android or many other smart phones. You can now transfer music, video or pictures, too. And the system will sync playlists between your devices and the RealPlayer library, so everything stays up to-date. You get more options for handling digital photos. Select a few images and the program can display them as a slideshow. Spotted a problem?

An Edit option will open them in your default image editor. And when you're happy, you can share them on Facebook in a couple of clicks. Oak Oak Related: superuser. Related: Win3mu - an open source Windows 3. Why was this voted to be closed as off-topic? I realize the problem is not specific to game executables, but it is a common obstacle faced by people wanting to play old games, and that's one of the pillars of this community, right?

Joachim "the problem is not specific to game executables" by itself is enough to make a question off-topic in my opinion. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Although it's unlikely you're using the Starter edition, XP Mode is not available for that edition of Windows 7. Also, it requires certain hardware support that may or may not be enabled in the BIOS even if it is available on your hardware Other than, that, I love XP Mode.

Still some issues with it, but in general it was a success so answer accepted : — Oak. Actually I was referring to Winera games which run fast even without 3D acceleration; in general, however, you are correct that it's a pretty poor emulator for gaming.

The Home edition does not include that, from the start. However most computer stores even retail stores fail to mention that most computers sold with Windows 7 home premium actually are Windows 7 professional in locked down mode until you purchase a key code at Staples or any other retailer or even online that will fully unlock Windows 7 from the home Edition to Windows 7 Professional that includes the XP Mode. And true In XP mode all your older games should in theory run without a problem.

Another trick is — user Show 5 more comments. You need to edit the war2. My windows opened and my game installed. Are your running the. The site also has a forum that may prove useful. Drew, thanks for getting back to me. I am realizing I posted on the wrong part. I had to download Windows 3. That being said, it is installed and the icon is there. When I double click it, that is when I get the error. I tried not using the icon and going through file manager, same error.

The game is Reader Rabbit Kindergarten. I see Reader Rabbit is supported through the link you gave me. Thanks again. The only thing I can think of at this point is that the directory name needs to be names in a specific manner.

Some games just mysteriously get error messages for no reason until it is installed in a folder with a particularly abbreviated name.

The only other thing I can think of is the audio configuration in Windows itself, but that typically gives error message specific to midi or sound output. Beyond that, the only other advice I can give is giving this forum a try search first, if nothing, then try posting your question. I have checked every command times and cannot find what i have done wrong.

Please help. Was the folder in question created? I get all the way to launching the. It might need Windows to run. Hi Mike, I successfully reached your midway of step 4 of cd to the oldgame folder. The game is hasbro scrabble for windows 95 and My mother is 93 and loves playing the game. Since she upgraded to xp and 7 in or so I have not been able to get the game to work.

I thought this time I could get it to work. Also during the steps I clicked on something and the game began to open and work, asking configuration questions etc but it suddenly closed.

Can you help me? Heheh, no worries about the name. When you were able to open something and get the configuration, it sounds like you stumbled onto the config file. That, of course, is entirely dependent on whether it is compatible with Windows 3.

Currently, it is set to the default VGA:. Now, hit enter to go into the video settings. Use the down arrow key and go all the way down to the bottom holding it down takes you there the fastest. Now, remember where we put our drivers?

Yes, we are working from the mounted folder. Since we are talking about 16 bit games, chances are quite good that all we are after is anything in colours since that is what many are designed to run in. I personally chose anything with a small font myself. Simply press enter at this point.

Simply re-type in the same driver location as before and hit enter. This is only for people who do this the first time. If there are any additional screens beyond this, just hit enter until you finally find yourself back at the dos prompt.

You can now freely play many classic 16 bit Windows video games like Mordor smoothly on Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit! Q: What kind of memory footprint are we looking at for something like this?

A: For me, at the resolution the second highest at colours SF , my memory footprint while running one game looked like this:. In short, big name browsers with a handful of tabs can take up way more than what you see in Dosbox. Q: Can something like Windows 95 work on Dosbox? One thing to remember is that the newer the operating system, the more memory it will take up to emulate the same game.

Emulating it via Dosbox would be redundant. In any event, Windows 3. A: This is an idea I have toyed with. Unfortunately, the experience of other people seems to suggest that WINE can be buggy. This way, the game is operating in a native Windows environment — an operating system that the games were designed for in the first place.

A: That is definitely a possibility. However, I prefer something like this because, this way, no hard drive partitioning would be necessary. You can also run a virtual machine as well.

I have no idea what kind of memory footprint is required there, but the process also requires a certain amount of configuration just to get the emulated operating system to run. A: The short answer is that it has to do with coding. There is currently no real way to run a 16 bit video game in a 64 bit environment as the two are incompatible with each other.

This emulator theory is about one of the best ways to accomplish playing a 16 bit video game in a 64 bit environment. Q: Do all 16 bit video games require installing Windows?

A: No. Many 16 bit video games run straight off of DOS. This means you can simply open up Dosbox, mount the C drive and run an executable file to run the game. If a game requires the Windows environment, Dosbox will inform you of this.

Both Dare to Dream and Mordor 1. A: As I suggested in the midst of this tutorial, some games require additional files. Google, in this case, is your friend. You can hope that there is a fan site or even an official website still running that has any additional files required to run the game like I did with Mordor 1. Not every game will run straight out of the box and if you do get any missing files, it can be a case of trial and error to get the game running.

Different games have different requirements. The only way to know if a game works is to actually attempt to run it.

Q: Will this work on old general applications too? A: This should be a great way to try and get general 16 bit Windows applications to run as well. Again, try it out to see if it works. Q: Where can I get Windows 3. A: There are lots of ways. Look for it. I hope this guide proves useful for those who are trying to run old applications again.

If you find that the game is freezing and you know it normally requires a Floppy drive, try using this guide to get the game running. Your guide was a life-saver. Awesome job! I was able to run the DOS emulator and install Win 3. Darn it. So Windows 3. There is no other version of this game pack and nobody has written a decent emulator for these games.

Nobody has made anywhere near a decent emulated version of them. Thanks for this write-up, though. It was pretty cool seeing the old Windows 3. I may still use it for some other old programs I still have around. Might require some tinkering, but that could be another option. Ever since I installed Windows 7 64bit, the sad part was to lose the capability to play the old games. I am trying to run a game called Dr. I changed the display to colors and downloaded QuickTime 2.

I have the CD in my computer. Hmm… I would suggest trying to boot the program through windows after following the steps in the CD guide. I got a problem with the windows installation. Might be something wrong with the files you have. Some sources try adding a whole lot of unnecessary things that end up messing with the stability of Windows 3. The only thing I can suggest is trying a different source. A clean copy of the OS is the best way to go. I was under the empression that I could just sick the dic in and it would run and play on its own.

Any information would help. I need it to work so I can use the dic to study the math and biology sections for an up and coming TEAS test for nursing. Hopefully, this helps. Some programs in Windows can be finicky and produce unexpected results. I then proceed to launch Windows 3. The game installs successfully, and then takes me back to the folder it has created holding a shortcut to the game.

I execute the shortcut, and whilst attempting to launch the game, receive the following message:.