Hi Dark, Oh, I know. It is a serious pain when older games won't run on newer Windows releases. I know Windows 7 professional has an XP compatibility mode, but I really don't know how well that works with any of the games you mentioned below. However, compatibility modes only go so far. That's why I still have an XP machine around for things like MS Flight Simulator as I know FS 2002 and 2004 will not run on Windows 7 at all. You need FS X to run it on Windows 7 which seriously does suck raw eggs in my opinion. However, as someone who does try to stay up to date for development reasons I really don't know what the alternative here is. Microsoft has decided to break compatibility with XP over the last couple of years and have began introducing a load of new technologies to Windows Vista and Windows 7 that might technically be better in the long run, but are causing a lot of compatibility issues and problems for those not yet ready to adopt the latest and greatest technologies offered by Microsoft. Games are unfortunately one of the first things that get left behind as DirectX is undergoing a massive change in core development libraries, Visual Basic 6 is now considered ancient history, and we have newer things like .Net and XNA to replace them. Large corperations and even individual game developers like Jim Kitchen get left in the dust with those kind of changes, because it is simply impractical to tell developer x he/she needs to rewrite or update a huge portion of their software to now be compatible with the latest Windows release. It is not a very nice situation that's for sure, and one reason I begin developing for the new os when it comes out so I can be more or less compatible with the current software version and hope to make it possible to play on older systems too.
Cheers! On 7/7/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > I personally don't have anything against upgrading accept that various > things I currently have, such as older games will no longer be supported, > which will be a pain. > > Look at all the topics about how to play cpmsp;e stu;e games like fallthru, > eamon delux, world of legends or drone, and when everyone has upgraded to > windows 7 these games will be unpleayable which will be extremely sad, > unless someone brings out some sort of compatibility fix. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
