Virtualbox xp games

For Virtual box you will need to install the extensions pack. You can tell your VM to take over the physical dvd , or you can rip the cd into an. You don't have to connect your VM to the network.

Your host machine will only be vulnerable if you aresharing resources and you fire up a program that somehow escapes the virtual sandbox. Not impossible but unlikely. Disk space unfortunately is permanent. WinXP will only let you use 2 cores, but yiou can run multiple VMs at a time. QwerkyPengwen :. You can choose to have this file in whatever folder you like on your host system, but if leaving it default it will usually go into a folder inside the documents folder that was created when you installed the virtual machine software.

The only version of Windows XP that is capable of recognizing and using more than 3GB of RAM is the 64 bit version but that version is crap and you shouldn't use it since Microsoft didn't support it at all with updates and whatnot.

I personally also recommend you use software from VMWare instead of using Virtual Box and that you make sure to install VMWare tools on the the OS you install in the VM so that you get proper generic video drivers and other necessary drivers installed. Otherwise, you will need to connect the VM to the internet in order to download and install these updates and packages in the VM OS.

Or you can choose to set your physical disc drive to be recognized and use by the VM and that should make it show up as a disc drive on XP and you can install the old school way like normal from within XP. Peter Martin Honorable. Oct 9, 2, 2 13, Yes yoy can share folders and drives with host. If you build and test software, you need at least Workstation Pro for testing purposes. Peter Martin :. VM Player is good enough for home use.

You can have more than one virtual machine created. You just can't have more than one loaded at a time. Feb 22, 5, 33, 1, Have you tried Dos box and Dos Shell to play your games?

I run both of those in windows 7 and 10 to play some really old dos games. Firstly, I must say that it was very straightforward, I thought there was going to be a lot more to it than that. All together it took me a little over an hour to download everything and adjust settings like resolutions and what not.

Also I installing the game I wanted went very easy and had no trouble booting it up. However, the only problem is when the game executes, it reverts the screen resolution to exactly or very similar what it was when first installing Windows XP Professional. I was able to solve the problem with the the desktop simply by adjusting the resolution from the Control Panel. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.

Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Internet play works too. Screenshots: Hope the list gets bigger! When you turn it off, however, your cursor disapears. Screenshots: Another game I tested, Sacred , did not work at all -- the installer wouldn't transfer some. Oh well -- the game sucked anyway.

Excellent Sound. Screenshots: I vote for this thread to get "sticky" status by admins. I did not test Battle. Ubuntu Gutsy host, VBox 1. Windows XP. Windows XP Games. Doom 3. DirectX 9. Amstrad CPC. Apple IIe. Atari 8-bit. BBC Micro. Commodore Commodore VIC ZX Spectrum. Atari Nintendo NES.