I'm not familiar with those particular games, so the following is just general info on running old Win 95 games.
Sometimes you need to disable visual themes and advanced text services on the compatibility tab.
Sometimes you need to install into the My Documents folder instead of the default location (which is usually a subfolder in Program Files) if you have XP SP2.
Sometimes updating to XP SP2 destroys files that allow compatibility mode to work properly. The patch
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Sometimes you need to turn off unnecessary background programs, including antivirus, screensaver, anti-spyware, anti-adware, and firewall programs both before you install and while playing the game.
If these "Windows 95-based" games are actually DOS games that have been tweaked to run in Windows 95 (for example, if they expect you to configure your sound card during or shortly after the install and ask about IRQ's and such), you'll need something like VDMSound to emulate an old sound card.
DOS-based games probably work better in DOSBox.
Old games may have divide by zero errors if run on modern computers because they were designed for computers that were 1/10 or less the speed of modern computers. Sometimes a PC slowdown program will help with this. Turbo, for example.
Some older games made use of non-standard VESA modes. These may have worked for old video cards, but can cause problems with newer cards. The result is a black screen or corrupted graphics with newer cards.
Sometimes it's easier to run older games using Virtual PC with Windows 95 or 98 installed inside the virtual machine. This helps with games like Amber that simply won't run at all on NT-based operating systems (like Windows XP and 2000).
Often it's easiest just to use your old computer, if you have one.
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