Running Windows 95 games

[Wasd9595]

Hi

I want to play Red Alert 1. It is a game that runs Windows 95. My problem is that i dont know how i can make it run on my mac? I dont want to install Windows. I have installed Winebottler but i get this error:

How can i run Red Alert with out installing Windows?

Thanks for the help!

 

[roadbloc]

Windows 5.1 is windows XP I believe.
Make sure in Winebottler, you tick Windows 95 as the OS version.

 

[Wasd9595]

Now i have installed the game. But when i run RUNGAME.exe i get this error message:

 

[agentphish]

No offense but you are trying to run a piece of windows software from 16 years ago on a modern day computer.

That is a challenge for any computer/operating system these days...let alone a Mac.

Cut your losses and play something a bit more modern perhaps?

 

[cluthz]

VMware/paralells/virtualBox + win95 seems to be the way to go

 

[Hugh]

EA Makes a bundle that has all the C&Cs up 3 (3 is not on it) and all the Red Alerts and they run on Windows XP (I don't know about Windows 7, I only have XP). It's funny playing original C&C in Windows XP!

I don't know if this is still out, but you can try Best Buy or Walmart in their budget software (assuming they still have one) section, or try EA them selves.

Hugh

EDIT: Found it on EA's site, here is the LINK

 

[yayitsezekiel]

VMware/paralells/virtualBox + win95 seems to be the way to go

I second this. Trying to get it to run well in WINE might cause a lot of frustration. This is a lot easier.

 

[roadbloc]

Now i have installed the game. But when i run RUNGAME.exe i get this error message:

It looks like its trying to run a DOS program, which Wine does not support. You could try patching it in through DOSBOX, but to cut the hassle and another potential disappointment, I'd download VirtualBox and get a Windows 95 disc/ISO from somewhere.

Seriously, Wine isn't very good anyway.

 

[MagicBoy]

Red Alert was originally a DOS game which came with a tacked on Windows 95 launcher which allowed it to run more easily from within Windows. It's still essentially running the DOS application behind the scenes however.

EA released a patched up version with a revised launcher for Windows XP a few years back, but the old DOS application is still there behind the scenes.

Parallels/VMware fusion running Windows 95 or the DOSBox application would appear to be your best option.

For reference :
Windows 5.1.x is XP
Windows 5.0.x is 2000
Windows 4.1.x is 98
Windows 4.0.x is 95

 

[Hugh]

Red Alert was originally a DOS game which came with a tacked on Windows 95 launcher which allowed it to run more easily from within Windows. It's still essentially running the DOS application behind the scenes however.

EA released a patched up version with a revised launcher for Windows XP a few years back, but the old DOS application is still there behind the scenes.

Parallels/VMware fusion running Windows 95 or the DOSBox application would appear to be your best option.

For reference :
Windows 5.1.x is XP
Windows 5.0.x is 2000
Windows 4.1.x is 98
Windows 4.0.x is 95

Good luck with that. I've tried and tried to run Windows 95/98 in Parallels and VMware. It's slow for some reason and it's not stable, it crashes a lot.

Hugh

 

[xreliable]

You might give Crossover a try:
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/

Also Virtual Box has been good to me. It's free and very well supported for OSX, Linux etc
http://www.virtualbox.org/

Hi

I want to play Red Alert 1. It is a game that runs Windows 95. My problem is that i dont know how i can make it run on my mac? I dont want to install Windows. I have installed Winebottler but i get this error:

How can i run Red Alert with out installing Windows?

Thanks for the help!

 

[supersteve]

Download playonmac at playonmac.com
Download red alert at redalert1.com
Install red alert using play on mac and boom works great.
There is a YouTube video on how to install it.