Is an emulator the only way to play microsoft entertainment package?

There's almost certainly java versions somewhere

>>4137143
You could build a DOS rig and install Win3.11 into it.

AFAIK Win 95 or 98 should be able to install Win3.1 too, IF you installed a full version of DOS beforehand.

Bummer.

>>4137143
Wine runs them pretty well.

AFAIK you can play them on any version of Windows, could even play on Windows 7/8/10 if you have the 32-bit version.

If your Windows is 64 bit (most post-2011 PCs), then your best option is DOSBox + Win 3.1 or WINE.

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>>4137143
Installing WIN3.1 in DOSBox or just using Wine (Wine is more of a wrapper than a emulator) isn't that hard.

But I guess most of the games of the entertainment packages can also be found and played inside the browser in the archive.org's software archive, like i.e.

https://archive.org/details/chips_challenge_ms-dos

>>4137143
a 32-bit version of Windows should still run these
honestly, I just emulate them in dosbox or pcem or whatever

Dosbox + Windows 3.11 For Workgroups.

you really ought to buy the Steam release of Chip's Challenge 1 and 2 though, they're good!

>>4137143
Wine.

>>4137143
No

>>4137143
Just play it on a Atari Lynx