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 |
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