The very first computer I had access to had a Windows 95 operating system and it came with a bunch of games installed. I've been wanting to play them again for old times take. I've managed to download some of them in the past but when 64 bit operating systems became standard they dropped support for 16 bit applications so the games don't run on a modern computer even with things like compatibility mode enabled. I was wondering if some of the more technically knowledgeable users here know of a way to run these games on a modern computer.
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Here are several options, listed in order from most likely to work properly to least:
Option 1: For DOS games you could try DOSBox, and for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 there's DOSBox-X.
Option 2: You could run Windows 95 in a VM, such as VirtualBox.
Option 3: If you install a 32-bit version of (modern) Windows on your PC you can enable the 16-bit subsystem. An x64 processor is still perfectly capable of running 16-bit code. You're likely to run into other compatibility issues, though.
I stuck it down below, but otvdm. Reimplements a 16 bit subsystem on windows x64 using wine. Once installed, you just run 16 bit apps like you would any other and they behave like other native apps.