Playing anything via virtualbox is... rough. If it's a DOS game, try dosbox or something similar. If you really need DX... whatever win98 used... then setting up a very specific Wine instance is the way to go.
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I want to download all games I played in the late 80s and early 90s.
Dosbox is great with dos games. But I prefer win98 for the nostalgia.
If you're serious about the nostalgia, then your best bet is to find a 32-bit processor and build a dedicated win98 system. ISOs are available everywhere, most with updates and a disabled registration system. You might even try a 2k or XP system. Win2K was my gaming system of choice for many years, thanks to its backward-compatibility.
I prefer to run it on a virtual machine or emulator as I don’t have a space for dedicated machine.
Hmm... well, VMWare used to make a virtual desktop app that was far superior in the way it handled DirectX apps, but I don't know if they still have/support that.
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