Interestingly, even some Windows 95 applications require 16 bit support. For instance The Neverhood. Linux had a regression when it stopped working at tome point (which is now fixed):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.softpedia.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;Linux-Kernel-3-14-Breaks-Wine-for-16-bit-Windows-Applications-447273.shtml" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.softpedia.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;Linux-Kernel-3-14-Breaks-Wine...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bugs.winehq.org&#x2F;show_bug.cgi?id=36664" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bugs.winehq.org&#x2F;show_bug.cgi?id=36664</a><p>Not that it matters much anyway, since The Neverhood works in ScummVM now. But in practice Wine now better supports such application than any recent Windows itself.