◆ [Date updated: 2024/06/07(Fri) 06:36:15]
　■Windows 95/98 games not working on XP and beyond UZEE (;´Д`)
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　├■Even with the appropriate compatibility mode? (;´Д`)
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　│└■Yeah - in fact that rarely ever works (;´Д`)
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　│　│People have made wrappers, patches, remakes, etc. for the most popular 
　│　│games, but anything less popular from that time is often bug-ridden, 
　│　│unplayable, or even un-installable  (;´Д`)
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　│　├■maybe you could try running them under wine on a linux vm
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　│　│└■Worth reading this post and its replies:
　│　│　　https://www.reddit.com/r/lowendgaming/comments/5vm33a/
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　└■pcem is your friend if you have a fast computer, it'll emulate a voodoo era (or earlier) system pretty well ヽ(´∇`)ノ
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　　└■Teh issue with VMs, PC emulators, etc. is that they always come with a 
　　　　certain degree of latency (sometimes a significant amount), as well as 
　　　　inconsistent frame and input timing
　　　　
　　　　It's not so bad for slow-paced RPGs and strategy games, but 
　　　　action/shooter games are made far less enjoyable (;´Д`)
　　　　
　　　　Worse still is that Win9x-era hardware is now stupidly expensive to buy 
　　　　second hand... it saddens me that my okaasan threw away our Win95 PC 
　　　　with Voodoo2 card 22 years ago (;´Д`)