How is Win8 compatible with old games?

Although the current type of computer and hardware, the game update speed is very fast, but many people still like to play some nostalgic old games, but because the software and hardware update speed is too fast, especially the system leads to many old games are not compatible, so What do we need to do? There are several ways to do this:

1. Modify compatibility

First you need to find the lock of the game in the directory, then right click on the icon to run the game. Find the compatibility option in the Attributes tab, select Compatible XP mode, and then quit running the game again.

2, use the software tools

Download the virtual machine, virtual into windows95/98 and other systems to run.

Download the emulator and turn the game platform into a software running on the Windows platform.

3, DX compatibility issues

Download DX9, DX9 is the version of the XP system version, a large number of classic game works in this period, most of the games you choose nostalgic in this Produced in the age. After installing all the compatible files of DX9, it may solve many problems.

4, game flower screen & color abnormalities

The phenomenon of flower screen is more common in Windows 7/8 operating system, mainly because Windows 7/8 system is not compatible with DirectDraw of these games. In this case, you can usually solve the compatibility problem with the windows version by modifying the parameters of the game itself, such as changing the color of the game from 8bit to 16bit; the other is to generate a registry key through the DirectDraw Compatibility Tool. Go to Windows and make it support DirectDraw compatibility for this game. It can make your Windows more acceptable to the game you want to play, of course, it is not a panacea, and it is not suitable for every game.