PC gaming is a real pain

[theRepublic]

Chemical said:

mike_intellivision said:
My problem with computer gaming is that you can't play the old games on the new hardware.

And while I don't mind keeping around old consoles, it was tough having to have a whole bunch of old computers.

So I gave up on PC gaming about the turn of the century.

I don't have as much time as I once did, so I don't mind not getting every game. But I imagine that a good laptop for a couple of grand would be kewl.

Mike from Morgantown

 

I have no idea where did you get an idea that you cant play old games, I have no problem playing games back from early 90s, if by old games you mean like 80s then I have no idea because I never tried to play any games from back then.

This isn't entirely true.  It takes quite a bit a of work to get an old game to work right on a newer computer.  These games just weren't built for the newer operating systems, so you will frequently run into problems.  I would say that the average user has little chance of making it work.

I wanted to play Red Alert, a game originally made for Windows 95, on my Windows XP computer.  I did get it to work ...  for the first 5 missions or so.  Then the game would just crash at the same point over and over again no matter what I did.

It's a major pain in the ass, and I would say you are almost as limited in BC in both PC and console gaming.