How to play old pc games on windows 10

Hi Teknosfinest , I am Dexter, an Independent Advisor, here to help you.

Most of the 90's pc games are obsolete and can't run in Windows10, cause they were programed under Windows 9x or even older.

For the Windows 9x's games, I would suggest you run them from a virtual machine with Windows XP, here's an article worth to refer:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-windows-...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let me know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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hi i am just wondering how i can play old pc games on my windows 10 gaming pc, it's games like resident evil 1 1996 version and so on!, i have a steam account and i can get certain old games on it but not all!, so is there any suggestions where i can get alot of old games like resident evil to run on my windows 10 gaming pc?

I havnt found a single game that isnt written for Win 98, that did not work on Win 10, after fiddling with settings like admin rights, compability and colors.

But, to steal the powerful word of Apple. "It simply just works"

Thats Win 10, now.

And, 

Microsoft should BRAG more about this. Every single real Win 10 license, which is updated to at least one of the versions they support (about a year in between) and you logged into your account no longer then 2 years.

You get 1st class support!

Phone or chat. I prefer chat because I am a tech myself, and its eaiser to just write answers which any other tech see

"oh, ok, Ill skip the first 20 questions and go right to the problem"

When you talk to Microsoft Win 10 support. You do NOT get the "hallå yxskaft" answer like from Facebook.

You get the same quality only Apple been giving out...FOR FREE.

The difference in Apple and Microsoft 10 Support, which I tried both,

• Apple just works. And mostly the solution is a button the user hasnt pressed.
• Win 10 is still windows. Stuff may not make sense. A microsoft TECH, then, in a very secure way, logs into your computer, with your permission. Using tools on THEIR Side (not yours), and Voila...problem solved.

Cost? NOTHING! As long as you have a Valid Win 10 licens.

The first two Resident Evil games sold on line these days are remastered versions and should have no issues running on Win10.

The vast majority of games that ran on Win7 (XP too)  will run on Win10.

[EDIT: If your machine uses Integrated graphics such as Intel HD graphics, note that Steam don't guarantee Res Evil will run

with integrated graphics. Even newer 'high' end models. ]

What other games are you having problems with, and what brand and model cpu and graphics processor does your machine use ?

• Some games from Steam require running Steams Verify integrity of game files tool to be run after each Win10 version update,

and from time to time, others may get corrupted files which can be fixed in the same way

(R\click on the games title in your Steam Library and select Properties > Local Files )

• Steam, and other on line game retailers such as - Good Old Games - fix most issues with old games that may cause problems

running on on Win10. If they didn't, and still sold them, there would be hell to pay, but some games may still need to

use Compatibility  with XP sp2, and more rarely Win98. . However, using Compatibility with and older version of Windows is

not often required.

Note that to use Compatibility with Steam games you either have to do so in the games .exe file in the games install folder,

or make a shortcut from the .exe file and send it to the desktop to replace the shortcut Steam creates (you can delete the Steam shortcut).

This is because Steam use a 'Web Document' as a shortcut (why I have no idea) which has no Compatibility tab.

Occasionally a game may require 'tweaks' to the games configuration settings, and in that instance you should be able to find the required

tweaks in the Steam forums.

This includes the pre 2000 games that ran using DOS vs DirectX (they install the game with DOS Box which creates an

'virtual' DOS environment).

Installing a XP on a virtual machine for games that were developed for XP is actually very rarely required. Even XP can't run

DOS based games.

• The most commonly required Compatibility setting on Win10 is with old games that are limited to low resolutions (1024x760 and lower)

that use the non-wide screen 4:3 aspect ratio is the   Change High DPI Settings  option.

In most cases these games will launch but they display off centre (down and  to the right) which make it impossible to play the game,

but there are a few games that need this setting that will crash while launching.

For some strange reason Win10 often forces this setting on games that don't need it and fails to do so with most games

that do need it.

• Old disc based games will also run on Win10 but many will need a noCD fix\hack due to several issues with copy protections

systems, the biggest of those being with SafeDisk. More details on that in my post at  ---this thread---

Another problem with a lot 90's disc based games is they use a 16bit installer, which does not work on 64bit Windows.

Once installed the games will run though. Some of the more popular games that had 16bit installers have a fan based customised

installer available on various forums, which will work with 64bit Windows (I used one with Grim Fandango on Win7).

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