Old Old Games

I've got this old CD full of games (one of those 100-in-1 Shareware game deals) from back in like... 1992. Dr. Games. Anyway, there's a couple of games on this CD that I love to play, but whenever I try to run it on my computer, it freezes everything.

I've tried running XP's Program Compatibility Wizard, but I'm mostly clueless as to how to get that to work. Every time I try new settings (256 colors, window settings, etc.), it still freezes.

Anyone have any bright ideas?

Run them in a virtual machine/PC emulator with Windows 95 or older installed in it :D There's also stuff like DosBox and Abandon Loader they emulate the DOS layer under Windows, but I found them slightly unstable myself. You're gonna find it hard to play such old things under WinXP :p