DxWnd
sourceforge.net
Download DxWnd for free. Window hooker to run fullscreen programs in window and much more... Windows hooker - intercepts system calls to make Win32 programs run in a window, to enhance application compatibility, to enhance video modes, to stretch timing and emulate CD disk data and audio tracks. It is typically very useful to run old Windows games.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/58318406

Extremely useful for games that only run in full screen. There are many tweaks you can apply to them, such as hooking XInput or mapping a X360 controller to specific keys, force screen size and several other things

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
    4·
    4 days ago

    Wine on Linux/Mac (and possibly Windows with WSL) can do it too. Pretty useful when a game misbehaves with alt-tabbing (looking at you, A Vampyre Story)

      • Auster@thebrainbin.org
        2·
        3 days ago

        What, have you never done something that would make your psychiatrist consider you a lost cause? Never had the joys of running some obscure disc you have on Win3.1 on DOSBox-X on Windows Vista on Virtual Box on Linux Mint? Nor have you played some SNES game on a SNES Station on the PS2 mode of a PS3 with a system mod that doesn’t allow homebrews? Or even open 5 different virtual machines at once in a 10 y.o. and partially damaged laptop running on a mechanical hard drive with the heavy Ubuntu? 😬