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Oh neat! Hope this is okay to share here re: the context; but I uploaded a cache of files to spin up a Windows 95 VM in virtualbox to Archive a bit ago. Was mes

Oh neat! Hope this is okay to share here re: the context; but I uploaded a cache of files to spin up a Windows 95 VM in virtualbox to Archive a bit ago. Was messing around with it for a few weeks to try and get an old game my boyfriend wanted to play working that ultimately couldn't be achieved. https://archive.org/details/win-95-vm https://archive.org/details/win-95-vm The .vhd is immediately bootable; just mess with the settings a bit. The .vdi requires you to patch with the FIX95CPU.iso. Either way, documentation from the sources I used are included in the upload.

veilrap 3y ago
I've also had a great time installing Windows 95 into a DOSBox instance. Might be even easier than a full fledged VM.
cbhl 3y ago
Have you seen the Win95-in-dosbox-in-the-browser item in the archive? If not, it's here: https://archive.org/details/win95_in_dosbox https://archive.org/details/win95_in_dosbox
- perfect-blue 3y ago
  What is going on in those comments, wow.
  - userbinator 3y ago
    Reminds me of early YouTube comments.
  - wyclif 3y ago
    "I hope you stub your toe every day." Some really intense passive aggressive stuff going on there.
stavros 3y ago
What game was it? Why couldn't you play it? Those usually play fine.
- dannyisaphantom 3y ago
  DK: Oz, The Magical Adventure It wasn't so much an issue with the system but the actual game itself. The director (.dxr) files are all corrupted sadly. Tried some 'hacks' to maybe even get a peak/convert the files with very old installs of Macromedia and some extra software but came up short. The game would load - but when you're taken to the startup screen, the assets kick back an error of '..file is not director file...' and crashes :( It's on a todo, hopefully one day I can get it going haha :')
  - stavros 3y ago
    Oh, that's too bad. Can you get it elsewhere? Maybe this will work?: https://oldgamesdownload.com/dk-oz-the-magical-adventure/ https://oldgamesdownload.com/dk-oz-the-magical-adventure/ Or maybe this?: https://archive.org/details/DKOZadventure https://archive.org/details/DKOZadventure
Bluecobra 3y ago
There’s also a Windows 95 vm written in Electron that is a self contained .exe file that just works, with no mucking around. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17827797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17827797

veilrap 3y ago

I've also had a great time installing Windows 95 into a DOSBox instance. Might be even easier than a full fledged VM.

cbhl 3y ago

Have you seen the Win95-in-dosbox-in-the-browser item in the archive? If not, it's here: https://archive.org/details/win95_in_dosbox https://archive.org/details/win95_in_dosbox

perfect-blue 3y ago
What is going on in those comments, wow.
- userbinator 3y ago
  Reminds me of early YouTube comments.
- wyclif 3y ago
  "I hope you stub your toe every day." Some really intense passive aggressive stuff going on there.

stavros 3y ago

What game was it? Why couldn't you play it? Those usually play fine.

dannyisaphantom 3y ago
DK: Oz, The Magical Adventure It wasn't so much an issue with the system but the actual game itself. The director (.dxr) files are all corrupted sadly. Tried some 'hacks' to maybe even get a peak/convert the files with very old installs of Macromedia and some extra software but came up short. The game would load - but when you're taken to the startup screen, the assets kick back an error of '..file is not director file...' and crashes :( It's on a todo, hopefully one day I can get it going haha :')
- stavros 3y ago
  Oh, that's too bad. Can you get it elsewhere? Maybe this will work?: https://oldgamesdownload.com/dk-oz-the-magical-adventure/ https://oldgamesdownload.com/dk-oz-the-magical-adventure/ Or maybe this?: https://archive.org/details/DKOZadventure https://archive.org/details/DKOZadventure

Bluecobra 3y ago

There’s also a Windows 95 vm written in Electron that is a self contained .exe file that just works, with no mucking around. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17827797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17827797