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win 98 games on XP?

mutley74
mutley74 Posts: 4,033 Forumite
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Can i use PC games that say Win 95/98 on a PC with Win XP? Will it work or will it cause problems with an XP machine?

cheers

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  • BenL
    BenL Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Under Win XP you can make it run the games in a backwards compatible mode for Win 95/98 games.

    Ben
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  • sco0ter
    sco0ter Posts: 2,476 Forumite
    There are some games that will require an update like System Shock 2 and a few others
  • Lawbag_2
    Lawbag_2 Posts: 361 Forumite
    as mentioned above, it does depend entirely on the game.
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