32 bit ? (i have 64 bit)

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qmuddy2
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32 bit ? (i have 64 bit)

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panzer general, unzipped a few old games from archive.org, keep getting a message about 32-bit , 64-bit; have windows 7, 64 bit : can i run these old games ? thanks
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Have you tried Dosbox? From archive.org they are probably dos games, not windows... (And mobygames says Panzer General is a dos game!)

There's a "How to run dosbox" sticky message at the top of the Get Games Working forum, but basically install dosbox .74 (google for a download), tell it where the games are using the "mount c ???" command at the z: prompt after you run dosbox, and run the game using the two commands "c:", and "gamename" to run the game.exe (or .bat or .com)

(edit) Here's a link to that "How to run Dosbox in Windows 7+"
http://dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13511
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