windows 7 and pc games

bkca1230

hi we bought a laptop in january and its got windows 7 installed.we would like some games for it but do the games that say 98/xp/vista etc would they work on it. thanks

santer_2

They should run in compatibility mode

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-compatibility-mode/

exprog

By and large, yes.

You could have a read of sites like this:

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php?topic=94173.0

and

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/1354-63-games-windows

and

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/windows-xp-games-in-windows-7/21d09aca-8a95-4987-99b6-5270ab64444e


Which games of you talking about?

bkca1230

it would mainly be like sudoku, pac man , puzzle games, nothing like fighting just a games to play if the children take it to relations etc.

bkca1230

was looking at ebay item no: 350462237065

exprog

I don't know about those games, someone else might.

The general rule is to try it; if there's a problem seek a solution, perhaps on sites like this:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-119532.html

almillar

A better general rule is this: if it's compatible with Vista, it'll be compatible with 7. There were big changes from XP to Vista which broke a lot of old stuff, but 7 is quite similar to Vista so if it works on Vista, 7 is very likely to be compatible too.

scheming_gypsy

you'd be better messaging them and asking. The games are probably pre Windows 7 which is why it's not listed, but might work.
Although before you do that you'll have to check if you've got 32bit or 64bit Windows 7

RussJK

As as said above: if it works for Vista, then it'll work in Windows 7.

For Windows XP games, it's very rare not to be able to figure out how to play a game if you look hard enough. Usually it's just a matter of the right compatibility mode (+/- desktop composition, running as admin, etc).

Alternatively, a lot of games that worked in Windows 98 were in reality DOS games, so look at DOSBox as it's the main emulator for dos games.