I've installed WIndows 7 Prof. inside a Virtual Box 4.3.26 Virtual Machine.

Then I Installed a series of GOG Games, like:

- Planescape Torment: exits with an error not finding a suitable video mode
- Heros of Might and Magic: black screen (though music playing)
- Simon the Sorcerer: screen but no sound
- Dungeon Keeper Gold: crashes Windows (BSOD!)
- Wasteland gives me a white window on the Windows Desktop without any further action
- The Patrician also crashes Windows (BSOD)
...

Not a single game works. =(

I've set graphic memory to 128MB and toggled 2D and 3D acceleration on and off. No use.

Is there anyone who had success running some GOG games inside a Windows VM?


Cheers

I haven't tried running any games in a VM, but have you tried using the latest version of VirtualBox? https://www.virtualbox.org

Also, did you install the guest additions? While the VM is running click on "Devices" --> "Insert Guest Additions CD image..." and then install them in the VM (make sure that you have the "Direct3D Support (experimental)" box checked & say no to basic Direct3D support). Also have both 2D & 3D acceleration support enabled.

If you expect to enjoy retro-gaming in a general purpose virtual machine, you'll always gonna have a very bad time :-P

DOSBox, Wine and other gaming-focused emulators are the only choice you have. The "Windows emulator" question is a long, still unanswered one unfortunately...

VirtualBox 5.0? Mhm, ok, I'm looking forward to it.
And yes, I installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions exactly as you said. No success. I was running with wine and dosbox in the past with mixed results. However, every now and then one has some quirks to get around, e.g. Planescape Torment flickering like mad when you move the mouse.

I though to myself, it could be better and convenient using a native Operating System but inside a VM since my day-to-day machine is Linux.

I was surprised to find myself corrected: it is even worse. I usually get things going under wine and/or dosbox within Linux some quite good, some quite bad. But inside the Windows 7 VM there is not a single (!) game running out of 10. Most of the games crash along with Windows running into a BSOD. Huh?