Running An Older OS Game On Windows 7?
Jan 4, 2012Is there a way to run a windows 98 game on Windows 7? I tried running the game on Win XP on virtual machine, it worked, but the graphics were messed up. I don't have a 98 disk.
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Running An Older OS Game On Windows 7?
Jan 5, 2012Unfortunately I seem to NOT have the problem fixed. Please view the first thread for more information about the problem.Anyhow, This is what I see now when trying to play the game:
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