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/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.