Video Games Old school PC gamers - any good way to play old PC games?

I have some old XP-era games I would love to play again. Unfortunately, Windows 10 doesn't support SafeDisc so I can't install them on Windows 10.

I also don't have any hardware that will fully support older versions of Windows (driver issues) so I can just game on an older machine.

Are there emulators out there or some other way to play older games that I have on disk? Some of these games aren't on Steam so digital isn't an option either.
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Might have to repurchase, but not expensive. Though perhaps not all the games you want will be there.

https://www.gog.com/
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I guess I should have mentioned I already checked GOG, they aren't there. :-)
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You trying to bust out the old

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Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard:
You trying to bust out the old

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:-)

Great game.
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To answer your question...

https://helpdeskgeek.com/virtualizat...hine-for-free/

only way to do it that I know of

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This was my JAM.

another favorite...

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https://playclassic.games/
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Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx:
To answer your question...

https://helpdeskgeek.com/virtualizat...hine-for-free/

only way to do it that I know of

I'm actually looking at possibly using VMWare Fusion since I use VM's for other stuff too.

I use Virtualbox now and for Linux and Windows productivity VM's it works fine. However, it simply doesn't work with games. 3D acceleration SUCKS in VB.
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Originally Posted by Sofa King:
https://playclassic.games/

Same as GoG. Games I want to play aren't there.
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I've used dosbox before.
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Hey I have the entire Larry collection....
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Originally Posted by cookster50:
I've used dosbox before.

DOS Box will play DOS-based games, ie. Windows 95 and before.

Windows XP games won't play in DOS Box because of DirectX and stuff like that.
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I'm not really sure what to use to play games from that era, I'm sure there is some type of fix out there.
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Originally Posted by Mecca:
I'm not really sure what to use to play games from that era, I'm sure there is some type of fix out there.

Yeah, it seems to be either hacking up Windows 10 and hoping it works or running a decent virtualization software with good 3D acceleration, all of which cost money.

Not sure what I'm gonna do yet since it's my secondary gaming option anyway after my PS4. Maybe I'll just download Rome Total war for my iPad and play that. It's an old XP-era game
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Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Yeah, it seems to be either hacking up Windows 10 and hoping it works or running a decent virtualization software with good 3D acceleration, all of which cost money.

Not sure what I'm gonna do yet since it's my secondary gaming option anyway after my PS4. Maybe I'll just download Rome Total war for my iPad and play that. It's an old XP-era game

Did you ever play Shogun 2? I feel it was their best entry in the series.

Also, did you snag a free copy of Troy a couple of weeks ago?
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