> > 7 Pro included a free Windows XP Pro license and install to be used on VirtualPC > > (included in the download). There's tutorials that let you use that XP install on > > VMWare. > > > > Unfortunately, Microsoft removed the feature from Windows 8. :\ > > I used to prefer Virtual PC, but Oracle VirtualBox is a good choice too. It supports > snapshots, VHD format (reads Virtual PC images), hardware acceleration and it's an > excellent choice if you have a Virtualization Technology capable CPU. > > I own a Windows 7 x64, i5-2300 CPU with a cheap ATI Videocard. If I can run things > like American McGee Alice, Age of Mythology, Command and Conquer Red Alert and The > Curse of Monkey Island under an XP Virtual Machine. I think any emulator will without > problems. Probably not under full screen mode.
Alice works perfectly on Windows 7 (you only need to tweak the resolution); Mythology and Red Alert should work fine too. I -think- Escape from Monkey Island is just slightly too old (and 16-bit) to work on 7 64-bits.
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