Having trouble getting an old game to work and hoping for a solution from one of my many technically inclined BSF brothers and sisters.Those of you who were fortunate enough to experience the glory that was Windows 95 when it was new and exciting may remember a gem of a puzzle game called Franknestein: Through the Eyes of the Monster. I played the game several times throughout the 90s but for one reason or another was never able to complete it. This is something that has caused me unending torment and humiliation for the past decade, I NEED this for the sake of my own sanity and indeed, the sanity of those around me. But I digest, I've tried playing it in compatibility mode for everything from Win95 to the last version of XP and nothing works. I am not knowledgable when it comes to computers and I don't know of any way to make this kind of thing work beyond compatability mode. Is there another solution? In case it was not obvious and for what it may be worth: my computer runs Windows 7.

Thank you in advance... unless you didn't help.

You digest? I would hope so...

I think you mean digress.


That aside, I don't think any Win95 program will work on anything past 2000. The way the operating systems work are far too different.

I'd hoped the intentional misuse of the word would be obvious. And this news makes me very sad.

Depends on the game spec, I had an old rollercoaster game (THemeWorld I think) and it wouldn't run on anything above 98

Unfortunately, many early Windows 95 games used a lot of Windows 3.x components and stuff, making it very hard to make them run on a modern computer. Even a few games from 1998 still had old 16-bit code in them.

If you still have a copy of Windows 95 (or Windows 3.1), you could try to use http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page or something and then install the old Windows there and run the game that way, using a virtual hard drive. It's a bit of a hassle, but I've been successful with this in the past. Also, if you use Windows 3.1, you can even use http://www.dosbox.com/ to install and run Windows 3.1 and the game, which is probably the easiest way, but still a hassle.

Amazingly and much to my own surprise, I do have a copy of Windows 95 but that seems a bit over my head. My mind works philosophically not mechanically.

Used Windows 95 computers can be had for next to nothing.
You might try looking on Ebay, or looking at old or vintage computer sites, or a local thrift store or the like.

You can tryhttp://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/4_0, which is so simple anyone who can use a computer can operate it. It isn't quite as good as qemu (with all the hacks) at running Windows 9x, but it is still very good and probably plenty good enough.

I'd recommend VirtualBox, but qemu and vmware are the best at virtualizing Windows 95