Easiest way to run original Tetris game on 64-bit Win10?

peking97 · 2023-03-30 17:09:03

As title says...any advice appreciated. It used to run fine on my copy of Win 10 32-bit but I've bought a refurb machine which has the 64 bit version. Any easy way to do this? I don't have NTVDM in "Legacy Components"

30-03-2023 05:09PM

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As title says...any advice appreciated. It used to run fine on my copy of Win 10 32-bit but I've bought a refurb machine which has the 64 bit version.
Any easy way to do this? I don't have NTVDM in "Legacy Components"

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#2 30-03-2023 07:24PM
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try something like DosBox or VirtualBox ?

looks like it was dropped on 64 bit
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/ntvdm-and-16-bit-app-support
To enable NTVDM: DISM /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NTVDM
To disable NTVDM: DISM /online /disable-feature /featurename:NTVDM

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#3 03-04-2023 02:30PM

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NTVDM was dropped in 64-bit versions of Windows. Is this a DOS or 16-bit Windows game? If DOS then DOSBox as suggested above. If Windows you could try winevdm as an alternative. https://github.com/otya128/winevdm. It's a drop-in replacement and works fairly well but doesn't work with DOS stuff, only 16-bit Windows.

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