What system will this game run on I only have the 2 disks in a plastic jacket
and no box so I have no way of knowing what system to run the game on.
All help appreaciated

thank you Bluto

The game was released in 2001. I have played games from disks that were released that long ago on my Windows 10 computer, but there is no way to know unless you just try. If it won't work on Windows 10, then try another system.

Since this is a question of a technical nature, I have moved your post over to Glitches.

Drac gives good advice. I believe I played the game on Windows 98 or Windows ME.

Windows XP.
Possibly 32-bit Vista.

According to Mobygames, other names for this game are:

• "Дорога в Индию" -- Russian spelling
• "Road to India: Zwischen Hölle und Nirvana" -- German title
• "Road to India: Sacrificio alla Dea Kali" -- Italian title
• "Road to India: Entre mystère, rêve et réalité" -- French title
• "Road to India: Entre el infierno y el Nirvana" -- Spanish title
• "Nirvana: The Road to India" -- Budget re-release title
• "Droga do Indii" -- Polish title
• "Doroga v Indiju" -- Russian title
• "Cesta do Indie" -- Czech title

The back of my DVD case says Windows 95/98/Me/2000.
My DVD case looks like this:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/road-to-india-between-hell-and-nirvana/cover-art/gameCoverId,105139/
What runs in Windows 2000 should run in XP.

Anything newer is a cr#p shoot.

The only picture at Moby that says "Nirvana" on the front of the box is
this one
https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/road-to-india-between-hell-and-nirvana/cover-art/gameCoverId,176292/

Who knows what version you have since it didn't even come with a box.

The game is not listed at pcgamingwiki.com under Road to India.
If you look up the name Nirvana at pcgamingwiki.com the listings are for different games,
not this one.

What is the date on your disc? If it is 2001 or 2003 or even as late
as 2010, it probably won't work on Windows 10 because of DRM.

I would not recommend getting a disc version of this game.
Be aware this game is the same game as "Road to India" that was first published in 2001. They just altered the name slightly. If you've played it before, or if you have a 2001 version, don't expect this to be a new and different game, and don't expect it to work on Windows 10. Even if the game itself worked on Windows 10, if there is any DRM on the disc, it may be blocked by Windows 10 or even by Windows 7 or 8 if they've been fully updated to block the same things Windows 10 does.

I doubt anyone can answer your question. They'd need the exact version of the game you have and they'd have had to have played it on your version of Windows, which I think is some version of Windows 10. They'd also have had to run it on the current version of Windows 10 since older versions are different. The major updates for Windows 10 change the whole OS and don't just add updates.

Also, if you buy an "updated" version that claims to run on Windows 10, be aware it uses a different game engine than the original that can't handle puzzles. It was chosen because the same engine had versions for tablets, which made porting simple because they only had to update the game for the new engine and supposedly it would run on any of the OS the game engine was compatible with. The developers of the "updated" version couldn't be bothered to work on getting puzzles functional on the new game engine, so they just skipped them. So the "updated" version is a bowdlerized version that is missing puzzles and locations.

If you want to run this and other old games that were made for Windows 98/ME (but managed to run in 2000 or XP), you should buy a computer that is capable of running them. Not a computer with Windows 10. Not a computer with "the latest" internal hardware. You can't have a computer that "does it all" and plays every game you own. Even if you managed to get Windows 98 installed on a modern computer, chances are this game would not work because the processor was too fast and the video card too new.

As I recall, Bluto at present is playing games on Vista; he rolled back to Vista from Windows 7.

As far as having a computer that does it all, I've found that it's pretty much doable but you have to be very comfortable with emulators. Just to give you an idea, I have the following up and running on my Windows 7 computer (these are just a few of many):

Byzantine
Arthur's Knights
Master of Dimensions
Dust: A Tale of the Wired West
Dragonriders of Pern
Zanzarah
Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh
any DOS game
Black Dahlia
Faust
Noir
Obsidian
Vampire Diaries
Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses

and so forth. Thus far, there isn't anything that I haven't been able to get running on this computer in terms of older games. But I realize that not everyone is willing to spend that much time with emulators to get older games working.

The version I have was published by Microids in 2001 and is called Road to India - Between Hell and Nirvana.

I played it in Win XP and possibly Win 98. I never tried it in any later Windows version.

Same here.

I tried to run this with Windows 10 pro about a year ago. I couldn't get it to work. Even with the compatibility mode.

Did you try it on your Vista?

I can run the Russian disk version of "Road to India" on Windows 7 x64 without any problems.
However, for most such old games you may want to use DgVoodoo utility (that its, its MS-DirectX DLL files).

I'll have to try that, Iurii. DgVoodoo is great!

You can find system requirements for games by looking for pictures of the box at sites like Mobygames or eBay. Check the back of the box. Also North American versions of games tend to put the Requirements on the side of the box, so look for a picture of the side of the box if you there aren't any Requirements on the back. Sometimes game reviews or walkthroughs will list the requirements.

As for "What system will this game run on" is that really your question?
Or is it "What system can I run the game on by just sticking in the disc, installing, and playing -- with no configuration necessary." Technically able people may be able to get it running on modern computers, but the question is "Can Bluto get the game running on his computer" without any fuss?

Your chances of running this game without either using a wrapper like DgVoodoo or running the game on Windows 98/ME/XP inside a Virtual Machine are between slim and none. This game is not one where you can just stick the disc in the drive and have it play without some serious tweaking. Configuration mode alone doesn't seem to do it.

If you want to learn to use wrappers like DgVoodoo, or learn to install and configure Virtual Machines, make a separate post. To get an idea of what is involved, here is a how-to for Virtual PC 2004
http://www.gameboomers.com/Members/virtual_pc_2004_faq.htm
and here is a how-to for Virtual PC 2007
http://www.metzomagic.com/showArticle.php?fileName=/int/help/VirtualPC2007FAQ.html&articleType=Steves+%3Cstrike%3EXP%3C/strike%3E+Legacy+Games+Corner&title=metzomagic.com+Virtual+PC+2007+FAQ

If you are thinking of buying this game and don't have it yet, I'd say to hold off until you're able to use either DgVoodoo or a Virtual Machine. You're not going to be able to just stick the disc in the drive, install it, and play, with or without compatibility mode.