Virtual Machine advice

[Warhawk8492]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but here we go, mods feel free to move this if not.

I am trying to run some old games on my modern system. Namely MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries and maybe Sim Tower for nostalgia and maybe to do some let's plays. The Windows release of Mercs has a feature that is NOT in the DOS release called Dynamic Salvage. It would make for more fun game play imo and a more intriguing let's play.

My specs
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Summit Ridge 14nm Technology

32.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1064MHz
ASRock AB350M Pro4 (AM4)

Acer VG240Y (1920x1080@75Hz)
8176MB ATI AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (MSI)


Any tips? Should I use a VM for 95, 98SE or something else?

[Mick]

98 would be a better choice than 95. Functionally speaking if it can run on 95 it can run on 98. XP might be worth a look as well if you tweak it right. I don't seem to recall having too many issues with XP when it came to older games. 

[Captain Kirk]

On 06/12/2022 at 23:41, Warhawk8492 said:

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but here we go, mods feel free to move this if not.

I am trying to run some old games on my modern system. Namely MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries and maybe Sim Tower for nostalgia and maybe to do some let's plays. The Windows release of Mercs has a feature that is NOT in the DOS release called Dynamic Salvage. It would make for more fun game play imo and a more intriguing let's play.

My specs
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Summit Ridge 14nm Technology

32.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1064MHz
ASRock AB350M Pro4 (AM4)

Acer VG240Y (1920x1080@75Hz)
8176MB ATI AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (MSI)


Any tips? Should I use a VM for 95, 98SE or something else?

For SimTower have you tried Project Highrise?

[Warhawk8492]

5 minutes ago, Captain Kirk said:

For SimTower have you tried Project Highrise?

Yes, it too is fun.

[JasonM]

I'd start with XP and have 98 just incase, but as @John MickClane my experience with XP has been quite good with near enough every game from around 97 and beyond. Including being able to run some notoriously tricky games to get running like Gangsters and Constructor.