![]() Running on DOS (or Win9x/Me) a VM or emulator to run a DOS (or Win9x/Me) game makes very little sense. I can understand (and actually extensively use) VM's and similar for the convenience of running another (oldish) OS in a window in the "main" machine for quick tests, experiments and what not, but unless you have a very powerful machine, and an OS and virtualization/emulation software capable of managing it, the experience - particularly with sound and games - won't be the same as the "native" one. ![]() IMHO (and as many MSFN members know, I am, besides old and grumpy also cheap ) yes, it is fully worth it. I would say with anything between 0 and 50 bucks you can find one, let's double the higher estimate to 100 so that you can possibly replace some parts.(let's say the PSU and the disk). Now, how much does it cost such a machine? If we draw a line in or around 2002-2005, I would say that *any* machine around that time is:ġ) still compatible with win9x/me and DOS (including drivers and what not)Ģ) runs waaay faster than *any* machine that actually used to run DOS/9x/Me It's possible to have a computer that has no problem running graphically intensive games natively, but struggles with games in a DOS emulator, where a single core of the CPU is pretty much all that can be utilized to the max. Big problem for late DOS games especially as far as emulation goes. On such system, it would be preferable to fix whatever issue you have that prevents running whatever you're trying to run natively as was meant to be. Emulating in this case, which is much slower.Ī system that still supports Win9x is likely slow to begin with.
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