Games that work in virtual machines
August 9, 2009 11:38 PM Subscribe
What games have you played on a windows virtual machine?
What games for Windows have you played successfully inside either Parallels or VirtualBox?
I did see this thread on the VirtualBox forums where people talk about what games worked for them. I'd just like to see more.
What games for Windows have you played successfully inside either Parallels or VirtualBox?
I did see this thread on the VirtualBox forums where people talk about what games worked for them. I'd just like to see more.
I've run Thief: The Dark Project and Half-Life in VirtualBox, as neither required hardware acceleration (they can run fine with software rendering on modern PCs). Newer builds have 3D acceleration support, but I haven't tried using it yet.
posted by fearthehat at 12:22 AM on August 10, 2009
posted by fearthehat at 12:22 AM on August 10, 2009
VMWare on a MacBook Pro (intel chip): Unreal Tournament to play, but we had to connect to a non-emulated server to play.
posted by davejay at 1:05 AM on August 10, 2009
posted by davejay at 1:05 AM on August 10, 2009
Well, it's probably not surprising that these worked, but I used to play tons of Sim Tower and Master of Orion 2 in Parallels.
posted by telegraph at 5:00 AM on August 10, 2009
posted by telegraph at 5:00 AM on August 10, 2009
With VirutalBox 3.0 now supporting 3D Acceleration, the list of working games should grow considerably.
posted by blue_beetle at 11:17 AM on August 10, 2009
posted by blue_beetle at 11:17 AM on August 10, 2009
I've played Railroad Tycoon II on XP under VirtualBox under OSX.
posted by pompomtom at 6:52 PM on August 10, 2009
posted by pompomtom at 6:52 PM on August 10, 2009
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posted by mtphoto at 12:17 AM on August 10, 2009