I'm sorry If I'm in the wrong place......I've been away from computer games for awhile but would like to know If older games that have a format of ...Widows95/ 98/ ME can be played on my computer that is XP? Thanx in advance!

Short answer: sometimes
Long answer: It really depends on the game. Some work perfectly fine with XP, others may not even install. Some might install, but won't run, other might require some specific tweaking to get them running. If you could specify what old Win games you are interested in using on XP, some of us might be able to tell you which ones work, which ones don't and what extra stuff you might need to do to get them working.

as cogadh stated, it depends on the game and how old it is. but any game you buy from this site will work in xp and vista even though they are older.

Thanx, I actualy have bought Descent 1 & 2 from "GOG" and am just waiting on a new joystick that I should receive today. The game in question is a 1998(?) "Star Wars 1 Pod Racer" I alway's enjoyd that section of the game ....or.........If you have any suggestions on something newer I might like Thats simaler feel free to let me know........Thanx

That particular game has had some issues running on XP, but Lucasarts does provide patches and you can tweak the game to work. Details here.

The nice thing would be for LucasArts to allow GOG to put 'Star Wars Episode 1 Pod Racer" up. Then we wouldn't have these kinds of problems. Heck, while they're at it, their other games should be on GOG! Yeah!
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Unfortunately, the odds of that happening are about slim to none. LA protects its IPs too rabidly to allow them for sale without any kind of copy protection. That doesn't mean the GOG guys aren't trying to to get LA, after all, they are probably the most requested publisher on the site already.

LucasArts would probably never do that though, it's a shame as i spent a large part of my childhood playing their games, especially Pod Racer, which i bought last year but couldn't get it work. That patch sounds great, can't wait to get home to try it :D

I've not really heard about any especially draconian DRM shit from lucasarts, in fact from what I've seen they seem to be one of the least complained abut companies. They do have a bee in their bonnet about not letting go of their IPs which is probably why sam & max took so long to be made by someone else but a correctly phrased request highlighting the current income vs projected income of their old titles might just work on them. Someone pirates the CD version of Xwing, big whoop, no money lost. Someone pirates a poential GOG version of Xwing, big whoop, no money lost. Someone BUYS a potential GOG version of Xwing, money in their pocket.

Its not that they use extreme DRM on the games, its just that LA is rabidly paranoid about controlling the intellectual property itself (i.e. the idea behind the game). For example, they barely tolerate the modding community behind their games to the point where they handed down an edict saying you can't port the assets from KotOR 1 to KotOR 2, even if you actually own both games (similar to how FSPort allows you to port Freespace 1 assets into FSO). In its entire history, the only game they have ever allowed out of their direct control is the Sam & Max games and that's only because it wasn't their IP in the first place. I can't see them ever giving over an old Star Wars title like Shadows of the Empire to GOG so that their wizards can work their magic on the code to make it work in XP and Vista. Maybe if they could be thoroughly convinced that it would make them a crapload of cash (which it would) they might do it, but good luck convincing them of that.

Would just like to mention, that as far as I know, you should not, and probably would not! EVER! At ALL! Have ANY! USE! FOR! Windows Millennium. EVARR!
It is the worst operating system I've ever used, and I'm typing this on my work laptop with Vista Business.