Windows 3.x Compatibility List
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Game Compatibility
Game Name | Status | Additional Notes | Windows | Ver. |
4 Play | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. |
3.00a | 0.22 |
Attaxx | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Bang! Bang! | Not Working | Bang! Bang! cannot run on this display! | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Beginner Smart Dots | Playable | Works Perfectly / Long Loading |
3.00a |
0.22 |
Bricks |
Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Briefcase | Playable | Slow but Playable | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Cascade | Playable | Little Slow | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Castle of the Winds |
Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. |
3.00a | 0.21 |
Chip's Challenge |
Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows |
3.00a |
0.21 |
Code Breaker |
Playable | Works Perfectly / Long Loading |
3.00a |
0.22 |
Columns | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Dammit! | Partially Working | Cannot find VBRUN300.dll | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Dominoes | Playable | Little Slow | ||
Drop-It | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows |
3.00a | 0.22 |
Destroyer for Windows | Not Working | Insufficient memory to start the specified application; close one or more Windows applecations and try again. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Fences | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
FreeCell | Playable | Little Slow | 3.00a |
0.22 |
Gelules | Not Working | Cannot find SHELL.DLL / Cannot find MMSYSTEM.DLL / Insufficient memory to start the specified application; close one or more Windows applecations and try again. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Graditor | Playable | Works Perfectly / On Start a Little Slow |
3.00a | 0.22 |
Hang Man | Playable | Works Perfectly | ||
Hex Tetris | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Ishido |
Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Jacks | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a |
0.22 |
Jezzball | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Jewel Master | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Kalah | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Klotz | Playable | Works Perfectly / Game Colors are Little Bad |
3.00a | 0.22 |
Kye |
Playable | Works Perfectly |
3.00a | 0.22 |
Lander | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Life Genesis | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Medieval War |
Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. |
3.00a | 0.21 |
Memory Blocks |
Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a |
0.22 |
Mines | Playable | Little Slow | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Oberon | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Othello | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Pipe Dream | Partially Working | Slow | 3.00a |
0.22 |
Pipe Mania | Playable | Works perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Quadriga | Playable | Little Slow | 3.00a |
0.22 |
Rhapsody | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Shihtao | Partially Working | Cannot find VBRUN300.DLL | 3.00a | 0.22 |
SimCity for Windows | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00 | 0.23 |
Sokoban |
Playable | Sometimes when you Start this Game have you a Unsupported opcode |
3.00a | 0.22 |
Span-It! | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Ski Free | Playable | Little Slow | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Sticks | Playable | Works perfectly | 3.00a |
0.22 |
SqueezePlay | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Tobor | Not Working | Unsupported Opcode! / Debug : debug.log | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Totem | Playable | Works perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Tile | Playable | Works Good / Little Glitches |
3.00a | 0.22 |
The fantastic 4! | Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Wa-Tor |
Not Working | Requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
WMAKE5 | Partially Working(?) | Nothing ... No Error , No Unsupported Opcode , No Start! | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Word Salad | Playable | Works perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Yet Another Tetris | Partially Working | To Small Desktop for This Game / Some Little Glitches | 3.00a |
0.22 |
Application Compatibility
Application Name | Status | Additional Notes | Windows | Ver. |
Adobe Reader 2 | Not Working | This application requires a newer version of Microsoft Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Advanced Task Manager | Not Working | This application requires a newer version of Microsoft Windows. | 3.00a/3.00MM | 0.35 |
Corel Draw! 2.0 | Playable | Works perfectly, just a little slow. | 3.00a | 0.25 |
Idlewild(Screensavers) |
Playable | Works Good |
3.00a | 0.22 |
IrfanView 1.75 |
Not Working | Unsupported port I/0! | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Internet Explorer 1.0 | Not Working | Unsupported port I/0! | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Internet Explorer 2.0 | Not Working | Unsupported port I/0! | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Internet Explorer 3.0 | Not Working | This application requires a newer version of Microsoft Windows. | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Microsoft Excel 2.1 | Partially Working | Runs fine and installs fine. However, when you attempt to save, it creates the file, then gives a "Not a valid name" error within the program and the resulting file ends up being 0KB. Haven't tested charts or macros. | 3.00a | 0.25 |
Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 | Not Working | This application requires a newer version of Microsoft Windows. | 3.00a | 0.30 |
Microsoft Project | Not Working | This application requires a newer version of Microsoft Windows. | 3.00a/3.00MM | 0.35 |
Microsoft Word 1.1 | Playable | Works fine. Fonts don't show up but you can switch. The thesaurus and spelling utility don't start up. No errors. | 3.00a | 0.25 |
Paintbrush 3.0 |
Playable |
Works Perfectly |
3.00MM | 0.34 |
QuickC for Windows | Partially Workng | Works fine except for compiling (Crashes when in compile mode). | 3.00MM | 0.34 |
Visual Basic 1 | ??? |
At the First Launch works Perfectly , at some others Launch a Unsupported Opcode | 3.00MM | 0.35 |
Visual Basic 2 | Not Working | Doesn't Boot | 3.00a/3.00MM | 0.35 |
Visual Basic 3 |
Not Working | This application requires Standard or Enhanced Mode Windows | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Win32s | Not Working(?) | Setup starts but after some seconds Displays a Unsupported Opcode | 3.00MM | 0.31 |
Windows Commander 1.12E | Playable |
Works Perfectly ( Sometimes hangs when the RAM is Full ) |
3.00MM | 0.30 |
Write 3.0 | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Win(RAR) 1.54 | Not Working | Unsupported port I/0! | 3.00a | 0.22 |
Windows Media Player 5.1 | Not Working | Unsupported port I/0! | 3.00a | 0.22 |
WinZip 3.2 | Playable |
Works Perfectly |
3.00MM |
0.30 |
Notepad 3.0 | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
MS-Dos Executive 3.0 | Playable | Works Perfectly | 3.00a | 0.22 |
File Manager 3.0 | Playable | You should do double-click on C:/ folder to open it up | 3.00 | 0.21 |
Tips for editing
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