Ask HN: Best way to play old games that require Windows 98/XP?

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3 years ago

Hey HN,

I'm trying to install some old (german) Win 98 / 32 bit games for kids, but unfortunately they cannot be installed on modern operating systems. I already tried:

  Not working:
  - Dosbox (windows is required, I tried all tricks I found)
  - Windows 7 or greater (even with compatibility mode)
  - Wine on Linux (installer crash)

The only way I could get them to work (see references) is to install a Virtual Machine running Windows 98 SE, but on my wife's Windows 10 notebook this did not work (Virtual Box crashed).

Is there any better way, that I did not find?

References:

https://archive.org/details/windows-98se-vmdk

https://archive.org/details/Microsoft_Windows_98_Second_Edition_Virtual_Machine_VMware_WinWorld

https://archive.org/details/Windows98vdi

https://github.com/JHRobotics/patcher9x/releases/

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