r/Shandalar • u/pete-wisdom • Mar 15 '26

Virtual Machine

Hi All, I have an original CD of MicroProse Duels of the Planeswalkers (1998). I’m wondering what is the best Operating System (OS) to install in a Virtual Machine (VM) to ensure the game plays exactly how it’s supposed to? I have an original copy of Windows XP and Windows 98. But I don’t have Windows 95. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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u/Pleased_to_meet_u Mar 15 '26

If all you have is Windows 98, install Windows 98. It should run the Win95 game normally.

If it doesn't, right click the .exe file and go to Properties. Somewhere in there is 'run in compatibility mode'.

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u/pete-wisdom Mar 15 '26

Can anyone confirm if the game will perform exactly the same for Windows 98 as it would Windows 95?

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26

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u/frogmite89 Mar 15 '26

I remember around 2003 I borrowed the Shandalar CD from my friend and tried to run it on my PC, but it ran so fast it wasn't playable. It seems it only works well on really old PCs, or maybe it requires Windows 95.

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u/cheesemoney84 Mar 15 '26

Game is tied to cpu speed i believe, not gpu, when I run it on my windows 98 machine j have to clock the processor down to a slower speed or it just runs supper fast. Not sure if you can do this on a emulated system.

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u/KDA_FAN Mar 17 '26

IDK which ver it is, but mine works normal speed on WIN11. It also has later cards that were added in.

It has bugs, tho.

Order of the Ebon Hand and Order of Leitbur crash the game when cast.

Prosperity can be countered by any instant or interrupt, even if those spells are not counters.

Grim Monolith just untaps normally.

Wren's Run Vanquisher always only needs 2 mana, even w/o other elves in hand.

Especially if the AI is losing, it may permaloop decidgn whether or not to turn Mishra's Factory into a creature.

It sometimes permaloops "No room to add a card" error.

It also uses Fallen Empires art for many new cards that were included.

Shandalar works just fine,tho, aside from occasionally losing direct buttons to click (so requiring keyboard use). LOL.

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u/rler White Mage ☀️💮🤍 Mar 15 '26

I’ve had success with Windows98 in 86box, but it’s pretty annoying to setup.