Solved Playing 16-bit CD-ROM games on a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit system.

[banjonator1]

First off, forgive me if I am posting in the wrong place; this is my first time here and this looked like the most appropriate board.

My mother picked up a few old computer games. I believe they are 16 bit because they worked on my mom's 32 bit XP system. I tried playing them and they gave me some trouble...

Before someone suggests XP mode, I have looked into it and it would be too expensive to upgrade to a version of 7 that would support XP mode. So, any help?

If all else fails, I could always use it on my mom's or dad's computer, but I want to make sure there's no easier way.

 

[pbcopter]

You coulc try DosBox
DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS

 

[rvbfan]

+1 for DOS Box.
Bonus is it's free

 

[banjonator1]

I have looked into DOSBox, but I have absolutely no idea how it works. But if that's the only thing you can find, I will try harder.

Thanks!

 

[rvbfan]

I have looked into DOSBox, but I have absolutely no idea how it works. But if that's the only thing you can find, I will try harder.

Thanks!

I find it much simpler than any
vm. But it's up to you.
Good luck

 

[karlsnooks]

banjonator,
How to make old games work on Windows 7 | News | TechRadar

 

[Trucidation]

There are several graphical interfaces available that work on top of DOSBox ("front ends") that help make things easier than dealing with a raw command line, you could try using one of those in conjunction with DOSBox. From the DOSBox wiki:

DOSBoxFrontends - DOSBoxWiki

I've got one of them installed at home, iirc it's DOSShell.

 

[Richardc269]

Didn't even know DosBox had other "skins"! D: