# I has a sad-- Old games just don't work.

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 1, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-has-a-sad-old-games-just-dont-work/697169 "2014-09-01T17:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-has-a-sad-old-games-just-dont-work/697169/41 "2014-10-04T15:45:44Z")

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I recently installed VirtualBox with Windows XP, so I can finally play Risk II again without crashes. It’s possible to get a copy of XP from Microsoft for free (extracted from the free “XP Mode” for Windows 7) that’s very easily installed to VirtualBox (it’s actually already on a virtual hard drive). I’m not 100% sure of the legality, though.

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