Microsoft's backwards compatibility is insane

Re:Microsoft's backwards compatibility is insane by NullPrefix on Friday August 18, 2023 @11:45AM (#37177250)

XP games don't work on Win7. Doubt they fixed it for Win10 or whatever the current version is.

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Re:Microsoft's backwards compatibility is insane by sumtechguy on Friday August 18, 2023 @12:01PM (#37177568)

That is very hit or miss. Out of the 1200 or so I own I have maybe 20 or so that do not run because the game did something weird with the APIs (or starforce).

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Re:Microsoft's backwards compatibility is insane by alaxapta7 on Friday August 18, 2023 @12:48PM (#37178386)

I don't have nearly as large sample size, but all the games I used to play on XP work fine on W10. And I don't think I've used the compatibility mode, ever.

Actually yes, C&C Red Alert 2 was running slow, but the community came up with patches that make it play nice, including the multiplayer which now works better than it did back in 2000.

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