Microsoft Entertainment Pack On Windows XP and Later
All of the games from Microsoft Entertainment Pack work on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8, however this only applies to the 32-bit versions. The NTVDM allows 16 bit applications to execute in 32 bit versions of windows. In the 64-bit versions of those OS's the 32 bit applications are being ran in a compatibility layer in the kernel, and the 16 bit layer would need rewraped, therefore Microsoft removed the feature.
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