"Tom Leather" <t.leather@gmail.com> wrote in
news:3KKdncUzk7bcM53VnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com:
> Is there a way to play old games (windows 98/95 compatible) on XP?
> When I try to run Railroad Tycoon II, it comes up with the error
> message: "Sorry, not supported on Windows NT". I've tried it in
> compatibility mode for 98 and 95, but neither works (actually, I've
> never had any luck with compatibility mode...) It's not a DOS game, so
> no luck trying DOSbox either.
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualpc
You'll need a copy of Windows 98SE as well.
Run Win98SE virtually, the virtual video should be adiquate enough to run
Railroad Tycoon II.
FYI, Sid Meiers made a great follow up to this game called "Railroads", and
it runs in Vista.
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-A.