QEMU [0] emulates many systems, including the 32-bit Intel architecture. For retro gaming specifically I can recommend PCem [1], which also emulates a wide range of sound and graphics cards, from IBM MDA to 3dfx Voodoo 2.

[0] https://www.qemu.org/

[1] https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/

For REALLY old games PCEM works but for later games (think generation half life 2+) it becomes very tedious to work with VMs, especially when you have to do GPU Passthrough

Looks like 32-bit user mode (but not kernel mode) is not getting removed, so these games should still work.

Why ?

Cause I like to play old games

no, i am asking why running EMULATOR is issue under x64 ? from technical point of view it has nothing to do with each other.

will ! EMULATOR ! work ? is like asking your car mechanic, why petrol stations sell cheerios. yes it is car related but nothing to do with each other.

your ALREADY EMULATED games can work on apple,qualcomm... CPUs. it is about EMULATOR - PROGRAM - SOFTWARE, not about HARDWARE - CPU architecture.

and i do not know what "retro" games are you playing, pentium type of machine can be emulated on arduino boards...... thats the state of computing in 2023. mind boggling.

Are you high? Anyway I'm talking about 32bit based windows games from 2000 forward

Unless by that you also mean running old OSs (e.g. Windows 95... but you probably can't run that already, in a world with UEFI and no A20) then you're fine: they are removing ring-0 32bit, but not ring-3 32bit.

It seems 32 bit programs would continue to work, it's only 32 bit OS that wouldn't.

I feel like most retro games work fine in a 64 bit OS, but maybe you can chime in if that's true or not?