Have Operating System (OS) & Games That Will Not Play On Win 7 But Wish They Would? There is a ease free way to get them to play. It will take a few minute of your time to set but it is not hard and there are tutorial with images how to set up.
The requirement will be a copy of the Operating System (OS) that the game run on.....like Win XP.... and of course the game. In additional......you will need VirtualBox.......
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction.
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD.
VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while Oracle ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.
https://www.virtualbox.org/
Below is an image of a 90 day evaluation copy of Win 8 running on Win 7 Pro....using VirtualBox....
If you need more information I will try to help @ no cost (free).....leave a message.