@noumenon it depends on how old! Are you talking Windows 95 old or Does old? Either way, step 1 I suggest is to start from Linux. Step 2 depends on your answer to the above :)
How to play old CD-ROM games on a modern Windows PC
Submitted 12 hours ago by noumenon@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-play-old-cd-rom-games-on-your-modern-windows-pc/
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duckz@mastodon.gamedev.place 12 hours ago
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Its not exactly easy on linux either, unless you are lucky to find a lutris script specifically for the CD install.
at least in my experience.
duckz@mastodon.gamedev.place 12 hours ago
@A_Random_Idiot well for example Alpha Centauri and even Civ 2 were really easy for me. I used wine without any wrappers, I simply set an older Windows compatibility version in winecfg. StarCraft also worked easily though I wasn't able to set it to full screen properly on Wayland and had to re-login into Xorg for it. Let's see if OP provides us with more details
MurrayL@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
The sheer amount of finagling required to get older games working on modern Windows is a big reason why projects like ExoDOS and ExoWin9x are so important for game preservation.
Getting these games to play from their original media is only going to get harder over time; eventually, playing archived/preserved digital versions will be the only way to experience them.