Older Games

[Wasila]

Hey,

I'm considering an upgrade to 7 and have a large collection of older games which I'm hoping will run on Vista.

Firstly, will XP games like Simcity 4 and Civilization 4 work with 7 (without XP Mode)?
Secondly, will ANCIENT games like Championship Manager 3 & Settlers 3 (which both predate Windows 2000) work? I know that the former works with Vista's Compatability mode, but do they work with 7's?

Thanks,
Wasila

 

[Grimmjow]

I can confirm about Civ IV, i've played that one without problems,
for other ones, some of the guys around here may have answers for you.
cheers

 

[fire cat]

Simcity4 definitly works on windows 7.
For the others, I don' t know so maybe someone else on the forum will be able to help you for those.

Best,
Fire Cat

 

[Whoo]

Games that predate Windows 2000 I can guarantee will need a compatibility setting. For MS-DOS games, you can use DOSBox.

 

[Wasila]

But is a compatibility setting all it needs? Are the compatibility options actually any good/do they work? I don't want to get 7 Pro so I'm trying to avoid XP Mode.

 

[Whoo]

Compatibility setting usually does allow you to run the game. Albeit it might be buggy, but at least it will run.

 

[swarfega]

If they are dos games, then Id also recommend DOSbox to run them in.