Under Storage, select the Disk icon saying "Empty" next to it. Select Windows XP and create a hard drive with enough space (5GB should be more than enough) Open VirtualBox and create a new Virtual Machine Download Gruntz (I have two Gruntz CDs and both are broken, so I can't vouch for whether using a CD instead works) Also download a Windows XP virtual machine ISO
The individual steps I performed (first for just running Gruntz, then for setting up multiplayer) are as follows: I have been using VirtualBox 5 at first which didn't work for me, BUT after doing some research I got VirtualBox 4 which does just fine - perhaps kind of like how Windows 8 and 10 don't work, while 7 did? Anyways, there is some hassle involved, but Gruntz (and from my research I'd assume this goes for most old games too) should function nicely in VirtualBox 4. However, if you do have a hankering to re-experience what it was like to interact with Windows 98, there is a 'How To' Guide to get you started: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9918 multiOS Volunteer Posts: 726 Joined: 14.I feel like we've already gotten a huge amount of posts on this very topic, but I haven't seen a single one on the virtual machine method, and I went through so much hassle getting it to work for myself that I felt it necessary to make this thread. You could, of course, also dual boot Windows 7 with a 'Linux' installation which would then allow Wine to directly access real hardware.
You're interest is solely in trying to run old Windows software (games etc.) not compatible with WindowsXP/Windows 7 and later, then you might have more success with a Linux Virtual Machine with 'Wine' - installed, which would overcome some of the limitations mpack has mentioned you would experience with a Win'98 Virtual Machine, although you might still have problems with more demanding software/games that were programmed to directly access specific computer hardware features.
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