Will Old PC Games work w/ bootcamp?

[johnjeffrey]

Hey there was wondering is old games that came out under Windows 98 such as Rainbow Six, Half-Life 1, etc will work on my Macbook running Bootcamp?

[ckeck]

Hey there was wondering is old games that came out under Windows 98 such as Rainbow Six, Half-Life 1, etc will work on my Macbook running Bootcamp?

They should run just fine

[reh]

Will Old PC Games work w/ bootcamp?
Replace the word "bootcamp" with "Windows XP". If the answer is yes, then it'll work under bootcamp as well.

[slackersonly]

Replace the word "bootcamp" with "Windows XP". If the answer is yes, then it'll work under bootcamp as well.

great point. bootcamp is xp and alot of older games are for older versions of windows (ie. sim golf)

related idea: older windows games (ie. 98 or 2000) may run okay under parallels as they are not graphics hogs, right?

[piltupso]

I am new to the mac world and am interested in if anyone has had problems with any of the online games with boot camp. I noted in an earlier post on this thread it was stated that if the game works in XP on a PC it will work in XP in boot camp but was worried that sounds too good to be true. I am specifically interested in if anyone has any experience with Everquest 2 on a intel mac. Thanks.

[Shadow]

related idea: older windows games (ie. 98 or 2000) may run okay under parallels as they are not graphics hogs, right?
Probably not. Under Parallels, just XP was barley useable, never mind any programs (for me anyway, not sure about anyone else). Parallels emulates a 4K GFX card I think.

[viccles]

Parallels would be better if you had an older windows ie 95 98 and wanted to play really simple type games. Right?

[reh]

I noted in an earlier post on this thread it was stated that if the game works in XP on a PC it will work in XP in boot camp but was worried that sounds too good to be true.

It's just Windows XP. Instead of being installed on a Dell, Gateway, home-built PC, etc... It's on a Mac. Same hardware format, different look.