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Windows 95/98 programs are Win32 programs. Most of them should run just fine on modern Windows[1], with the exception of system utilities and such that shipped
by dblohm7 6y ago
Windows 95/98 programs are Win32 programs. Most of them should run just fine on modern Windows[1], with the exception of system utilities and such that shipped with VxDs to provide functionality from kernel mode.
[1] Some of them might require Administrator to run if they were not sufficiently multi-user aware to support Windows NT.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoGames especially seem to have more trouble working than other programs. Something like DxWnd may help in those cases.
- dblohm7 6y agoThis is true, though IMHO I don't think this is an issue of being written for Win95/98 so much as it is DirectX compatibility (or lack thereof).
- dfox 6y agoI assume that it is primarily not about DirectX (or specifically DirectDraw) compatibility but about W9x games assuming that they can use DirectDraw to setup particular video mode, somehow get pointer to directly mapped framebuffer with particular organization and pixel format, write into that directly and completely ignore DirectDraw after the initialization.
- garaetjjte 6y agodgVoodoo is useful for old games: http://dege.freeweb.hu/ http://dege.freeweb.hu/