Hello GoG

I found some of my old games today and decided to install W98SE via Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 in order to play them.

Games like The Dark Eye and Die by the Sword work great but I'm wondering whether it's possible to emulate glide on this virtual machine.

I tried nGlide but so far the games (Carmageddon with 3dfx patch, Powerslide and Grim Fandango) fail to detect the driver.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

First off: Virtual PC doesn't have any hardware 3D acceleration at all, and I don't think any VM solution so far doess for anything below Windows XP (or possibly 2000). Xen is said to offer GPU passthrough (meaning, the guest system can directly use your real graphics card), but then you'd need a Linux host rather than a Windows one.

Can nGlide even run on software graphics?

From what I know, very few virtual machines have good support for Windows 98se. The best I've tried are Vmware player, and Virtual PC 2007. You could try installing Windows 98se in a special build of DOSBox that supports Glide emulation. It can be a complicated process, but just might be a solution to your problem.

Another solution is to search the Internet for fan-sites and communities for the particular game you are trying to play. Sometimes they release patches and software that can help you get the games running on a modern PC.

If all else fails, you could try building or buying an older PC to specifically play those games. On several websites, I have read about people who think this is the best solution to playing old PC games (although I've never really tried it myself).

Link to DOSBox with Glide support http://ykhwong.x-y.net/
Link to guide on how to install Windows 98se in DOSBox http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=26973

What's the point of running them in 98 if they work flawlessly on XP and later? (at least GOG's versions of Carmageddon and Powerslide). Grim Fandango doesn't use Glide.