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jbeave · 06-17-2009, 03:49 PM

I mean games that were made to run on Win95, 98, etc.

I did a search and the only thing that came up was DOSbox, can that run games?

**larryr** · 06-17-2009, 03:52 PM

dosbox is your best yet, because converting games(or emulating, which is twice as hard) games that were on Win95/98 would be a consiberally hard process. dosbox is the only app that can run anything near win95/98.

jbeave · 06-17-2009, 06:23 PM

Have you or anyone else tried it before I waste my time? Apparently I have to dig up a win95 image to get it to do anything.

**cmbeke** · 06-17-2009, 06:50 PM

would this work? Windows and Linux on the Sony PSP

**kostakis** · 06-18-2009, 12:34 PM

I don't think you'll be able to play a lot of games. The psp is pretty limited on resources. Using an image means no capability of writing data to the "disk", only reading from it. It will probably cause you problems.

If I have time I'll try installing Win 95 on dosbox , since I have some images and bootdisks lying around.

**p0p0** · 06-18-2009, 01:44 PM

Nothing post-DOS can be played in DOSBox. Hence the name "DOS"Box. There was a very basic Windows 95 emulator out way back when homebrew first started up, but it was buggy and slow and the project was dropped.

**kostakis** · 06-18-2009, 01:59 PM

Well, I managed to install Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and play solitaire

EDIT: I'm too lazy, I found a preinstalled image. Turns out Win 95 is good to go after just 5 minutes!

The bad: After 3 mins of fiddling around I get my first BSOD and 2 "The program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down". Not to mention it lags like hell.

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jbeave Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 9 Trader Feedback: 0	Can the PSP emulate older PC games yet? I mean games that were made to run on Win95, 98, etc. I did a search and the only thing that came up was DOSbox, can that run games?

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larryr PSP-UMD-PC-LIVE GREEN! My Mood: Join Date: Jun 2009 Real First Name: Larry Location: Canada, duh Just Played: Too many to say Posts: 347 Trader Feedback: 0	dosbox is your best yet, because converting games(or emulating, which is twice as hard) games that were on Win95/98 would be a consiberally hard process. dosbox is the only app that can run anything near win95/98. __________________ Homebrew Starter Guide - QJ Rules - Dev Corner - PSP - Random Site Generator

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p0p0 Enter Custom Title Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 527 Trader Feedback: 0	Nothing post-DOS can be played in DOSBox. Hence the name "DOS"Box. There was a very basic Windows 95 emulator out way back when homebrew first started up, but it was buggy and slow and the project was dropped. __________________ I've got one line to put a sig. Now how am I gonna fit everyth

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kostakis Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cyprus Posts: 36 Trader Feedback: 0	Well, I managed to install Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and play solitaire EDIT: I'm too lazy, I found a preinstalled image. Turns out Win 95 is good to go after just 5 minutes! The bad: After 3 mins of fiddling around I get my first BSOD and 2 "The program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down". Not to mention it lags like hell. Last edited by kostakis; 06-18-2009 at 02:34 PM..

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jbeave Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 9 Trader Feedback: 0	Have you or anyone else tried it before I waste my time? Apparently I have to dig up a win95 image to get it to do anything.

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cmbeke My Mood: Join Date: Jan 2008 Real First Name: Chris Location: Iowa Just Played: Brave Story: New Traveler Posts: 297 Trader Feedback: 0	would this work? Windows and Linux on the Sony PSP

06-18-2009, 12:34 PM	#5
kostakis Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cyprus Posts: 36 Trader Feedback: 0	I don't think you'll be able to play a lot of games. The psp is pretty limited on resources. Using an image means no capability of writing data to the "disk", only reading from it. It will probably cause you problems. If I have time I'll try installing Win 95 on dosbox , since I have some images and bootdisks lying around.

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Can the PSP emulate older PC games yet?