Can all windows games run on older operating system?

[Valronn]

I decided to dig out my laptop which hasnt been turned if for over 5 years and was wondering will i be able to run game downloads on win xp?

Also are there other apps/program i would need to download? Sorry for very noob questions but iv only ever played these games on my android.

 

[scrumbles]

It depends on the game engine.
HTML: maybe. Try Firefox ESR or Google Chrome 49 (latest version running on XP)
Ren'py: yes.
RPG Maker 2000/2003/XP/VX/VX Ace: yes
RPG Maker MV / Visual Novel Maker / Tyranobuilder: only the oldest games, I fear. Those engines are based on Chromium, which stopped working on XP since v50.
Unity, Java: ???

Good luck. Depending on the specs of your laptop, I'd install either Windows 7 or a Linux distro.

 

[Valronn]

My laptop has the requirements for win 10 tho to buy 10 home its like £119 lol. Was wondering if i downloaded onto phone and transfered via sd card would work as i understand it internet isnt an option ? I was thinking the old OP might not be able to play the games i wanna play which dont work on android like unity games

 

[scrumbles]

My laptop has the requirements for win 10 tho to buy 10 home its like £119 lol.

Alternatively you could buy an OEM license. It costs much less and there are plenty of resellers on ebay.
It's slightly different from a retail license though: here's a

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about their differences.

Was wondering if i downloaded onto phone and transfered via sd card would work as i understand it internet isnt an option ?

I guess so. Or, if you have a USB cable, you could connect your phone to your laptop as if it were an external storage: no need to physically remove the SD card.
You could even use your smartphone as a modem and download the games directly on your computer.
If your laptop has Bluetooth built in, I think you don't even need the USB cable.

Btw, if you choose to buy Win 10, you can download the official disc image (the .iso file) from

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. Then you must burn a DVD or create a bootable Flash drive and finally install the OS.

 

[rawry776]

I've ran into VNs you can only play on XP like "[MAIKA] Choukou Sentai Justice Blade II". For people like me who run windows 10 you need a virtual machine for XP to run it.

Some of those older games might not be worth the hassle for windows 10 users.