x-wing on xp?

[gravytrain]

heya all,

i've just seen star wars and really want to play my old x-wing and tie fighter games.
do these older games play on xp or do i need some kinda win95 emulator?

ps loved ep III!

[Youngling]

I'm new here, but this seems to be a very improper place for this question :) . And no, X-Wing and TIE Fighter will not run on Windows XP. Hopefully someone will come along with some way to let you. Probably an emulator. Personally, I just want to buy an ancient Windows 98 system to run all the oldie-but-goodie games out there that I miss so much.

[jlreich]

You can try running the old games in compatibility mode. It sometimes works and sometimes it don't.

After you install the games, right click on the shortcut or .exe file > properties > compatibility tab > tick run in compatibility mode > choose windows 95.

Also sometimes the game makers will put out a patch to allow it to run in XP. Sometimes.... But it's worth a look, you never know. ;)


Youngling, I have had little problems running win98 games in compatibility mode in XP. It won't run them all, but many of them will work just fine.

[kalim]

This is a good dos emulator:

DOSbox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net )

It is open source and still in the beginnings, but it has ran all of my old dos games pretty well.