Why Don't Old Games Work on New Computers?

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[@thedrummerdude2431]

1998: Our computers aren't powerful enough! 2020: Our computers are too powerful god dammit

[@richardmckeemc4822]

2018: "2 months in your room" March 2020: 2 months in your room..

[@UtkarshSingh-ru5ud]

@@richardmckeemc4822 I see what you did there lad

[@whatsthisnewthing]

You got that wrong 😶😭😶

[@lolol-real8752]

2020 in poor regions: our computers are really slow!

[@robertbuckley7814]

@@richardmckeemc4822 After March 2020 "I never want to spend 2 months in my rooms again...#$%^ that!"

[@Kaiyats]

“You wouldn’t download a car” I would if I was able to lol

[@CdrChaos]

The year, is 1999. And I...am five years old.

[@samcq5088]

I would like to download an Atlantic blue 1998 mustang gt

[@Duck_Norris]

Pirating is not stealing. Stealing = your car is gone. Pirating = your car is still here but somebody made a copy of it.

[@Thrashaero]

I already download space ships wtf not?

[@HSE_VO]

@@Duck_Norris Digital media has different laws and ways of distribution. Just because it's a copy doesn't mean you didn't give the developer the money they ask for their property.

[@scienceface8884]

"Try buying it on Steam!" How do you think I got into this mess in the first place?

[@bikinibottom9809]

Yeah that’s what happened to me with the gta trilogy bundle

[@aladvs]

Postal 2 runs fine on an i7 8700k and 1070 except fire literally gives me 1 or lower fps ;;

[@UnQuacker]

F U C C U U C C U

[@IAm-zo1bo]

@@aladvs one day old valve games will stop working :(

[@aladvs]

@@IAm-zo1bo not really, we've come to a point to where only power will be improved in terms of components, with no real software changes as of recent. it should run after years and years no matter what.

[@watchaccountfordk3385]

"You finally built your gaming pc." Uses a laptop

[@mepo456]

@@shibam_karmakar i thought it was powerful computer, turn out it was potato computer.

[@minh1071]

Lol Daniel's old gaming rig was a laptop and a GtX 1060

[@elvistrumpet]

(or bought)

[@Shiestyy21]

Imagine building a laptop, you must be an EXPERT

[@CoasterMan13Official]

@@minh1071 my desktop can run games pretty good and I once left it on for 3 months and it still works.

[@henryw4535]

Why don’t new games work on old computers?

[@JR-mk6ow]

@@stilactic4667 🤦‍♂️

[@g00gleminus96]

The old computers have virtual lawns that they won't let the young games on.

[@henryw4535]

r/wooooooooooosh

[@KekseTheFox]

Becuse if your computer is not a furry it will work

[@samuele.a7967]

woosh

[@martinrusso409]

Ironically, GTA 3 worked fine on my 64 bit Windows 10 laptop.

[@NeedForSpeed.2004]

Martin Russo NFS Shift (2009) works on Win10 x64 as well. For me at least. Somehow I got it to work

[@dyIanVII]

Not sure why they even put GTA 3 in the thumbnail lol, as long as you cap your FPS to something at or below 60 it's completely playable. There's a few remaining bugs however a single mod fixes AFAIK all of them. Bully however was a total prick, tried for hours to get it to work, tried basically everything and eventually gave up, HDD shit the bed like a year later and I thought I'd redownload it just to try my luck and, somehow, it worked completely fine. Literally zero issues.

[@rodrigofreitas3288]

I'm playing on Win 10 64 bit as well and it's running smooth.

[@OriginalWaybackMate]

Same

[@fiercelypolygons3696]

Downloaded Vice City on a Windows 10 laptop, took some effort, but it managed to work, with some minor resolution and fps imperfections

[@RoundedHalo-ny9pv]

Its 3:00 am I dont need sleep, i need answers

[@lizardking7459]

Same here

[@MariusBoss11458]

It's 1:00 am for me. But my mom said that i should stop sleeping so late. I can agree because last night it was 2 AM when i slept. So it's best if i sleep.

[@luisbravo5452]

@@MariusBoss11458 Yes, sleep more pls

[@angryasfman9077]

For 2 days i havent slept but did do some 10 minute shut eyes

[@tamoghnapal6619]

Also for someone wants to know , older versions of GTA 4 no longer worked in Windows 10 , but when GTA 4 was re released in 2020 after the end of GFWL , it's extremely compatible with new Windows 10 , it even solved the infamous GPU VRAM issue on the game , the only thing bad about the game is that it doesn't support mods anymore..

[@JaggedJack1]

"built the gaming PC of your dreams" - playing on a laptop

[@AverageT-90]

I get it

[@BortaMaga]

relatable

[@user-cy2qs2ru6k]

@Mandalay1945 hahahahha yeah

[@andytoskovic]

CKS1949 so if someone uses the laptop, he doesn't use the mouse? Logic 10/10

[@WIProgress]

@@andytoskovic im on laptop but the setup i have has no space for mouse

[@stackflow343]

"You wouldn't download a car, would you?" I would download a house if I could.

[@jackofshadows8538]

oh pshwar! I downloaded a fancy whacky races car straight thru the monitor and am now printing a close up of Muttley in the front seat! myehhhh!

[@MrPaulCurtis]

Make sure you begin the download outside your own house, or there could be some issues!

[@newstarcadefan]

I would download a house and a car if I wanted to...but...that file would take a while.

[@ImInSpainWithoutTheS]

I would rather download a rock that I live under

[@jackofshadows8538]

stackfl0w SSSSSHHHHHHHH! If you tell people they can download cars and houses they'll all be doing it!! while there's only a few of us doing it it won't get found out. I bit torrented a $7000 alienware gaming laptop a few days ago so..shhhh. stop bragging about it!

[@thebettercookie8656]

0:10 "Spent the last 2 months locked inside your room" *Laughs in 2020*

[@justjoe5373]

Continues to laugh in 2021

[@khalidkhalid5067]

2:55 is it even legal to own a nuclear reactor like that ..

[@LG-cl8ip]

is there any video of that pc?

[@eric1911a1]

"Nostalgia is a helluva drug." you got that right, man. Edit: Seriously, i did not think my comment would get so many thumbs up.. thank you!

[@BornaMisetic]

Your pfp just gave me nostalgia. Thanks!

[@vampirethespiderbatgod9740]

My pfp is also nostalgic

[@firdausrazali4032]

Moaning in nostalgia

[@fennex7575]

Helluva... Since I'm not a primary English speaker i associate this with Helluva boss, which is the first video i saw with that word written there... Lmao

[@eric1911a1]

I totally forgot my comment here existed 🤣

[@sera_kath]

The VM solution is my favorite one. Its really easy and flexible. If a game doesn't run on my Win10, I just boot the Win7 VM. The performance hit caused by the virtualization is no problem, if you play older games on a new machine.

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

doesn't work for All games

[@WyvernApalis]

Game recommend requirements: 480P monitor, 64mb ram, 500mhz single core CPU, 80mb disk space Gets played on a 4k 120hz HDR display with overclocked i9 9900K and dual RTX2080Ti in SLI on 128gb of 4000mhz RAM on an 900P optane SSD

[@dean7589]

@@WyvernApalis SLI IS DEAD

[@realcartoongirl]

@@blakedmc1989RaveHD yor channel so hot i like rope

[@NeedForSpeed.2004]

Sometimes the VM solution doesn’t give u the best experience. I ran NFS Shift on a VM, the audio and graphics were all fucked up

[@EnterJS]

Me : Why Don't Old Games Work on New Computers Emulators : Am i a Joke to You

[@thedaxtinator4147]

I was wondering why no one talked about emulators until I found this comment, thank you sir!

[@Richard-sb9om]

Thank you . Finally a man of culture

[@korytoombs886]

For console games yes, but for Windows 3.1 / Dos games.... Enjoy... Good luck.

[@jacintfodor2372]

@@korytoombs886 they work as well though you have to figure out the clock speed for dos box (can't be too low or too high) but if it's a well known classic you can find the recommended settings.

[@ayan1875]

@@korytoombs886 DOSBox: Am I a joke to you?

[@user-yl4hb8dg9l]

fun fact: Sometimes you can activate your old games via steam using the CD key, so you dont even have to buy it a second time!

[@LiEnby]

So your saying I should try throwing the output of random keygens into steam ?

[@GTAbestplayer123]

@@LiEnbyit doesn’t work lol. Steam will detect those keys as invalid.

[@BaltaBueno]

Why can't I just download more graphics?

[@TJCCBR47]

Well if you have a RX 480 you can download a RX 580 lol

[@saltyegg4204]

nah, why download more graphics card, when you can download gaming pc?

[@alb9022]

Where can I download a gaming PC?

[@UltraHQ]

I didn't found a site where you can download a PC or more gpu but i found these sites: downloadmoreram .com downloadmoreghz .com downloadmorerem .com downloadbandwith .com Now you can have better internet, more ram, more ghz, more rem and play all the cool games you want.

[@bridgetsims9950]

You can't download any more graphics or a gaming PC.... it's always usually just a virus filled scam to steal your data.... If not just a waste of data and storage and probably bloatware that just slows down your pc....

[@devluz]

Windows: sometimes doesn't run old 32 bit software correctly. Everyone cries iOS: Deactivates 32 bit support via an update. Everyone cheers.

[@neoney]

devluz macOS

[@CheapBeer4U2Drink]

Still running 10.2 because of this

[@werwerqweqwe]

CheapBeer4U2Drink Why though? Lol.

[@third-ratedude4234]

Most MacOs users didnt even know what 32/64 bit means

[@r9yish25]

@@third-ratedude4234 this tbh

[@TheBigD.O]

"you wouldn't download a car, right?" well, I would if I could

[@dododareal1218]

stole the comment

[@TheDeadAlewives]

One thing I've noticed is a lot of REALLY old games (like mid to late 90's) will run fine on Windows 10 without having to do anything, but then once you hit the early 2000's (specifically 2000 to about 2004), that's when you start having issues (at least in my experience). I dunno what's up with that.

[@drifter402]

Thats interesting. Anybody know?

[@MarksterC]

I believe devs got really experimental in the 2000s with stuff like directx stuff that no longer exists, new drm stuff, etc

[@bobojenkins5805]

its because the multi core flux capacitors arent compatible with the dilithium crystal docking registries like they were in the 90s

[@obitosenju3768]

90's stuff is so simple our pc power covers most issues but 2000 stuff is more experimental and demanding and different in hardware you would need super computer to run them

[@DemonLordGamingAC0]

From my experience, 90's DOS/Win 95/98 games won't even boot in Windows 10. Most only work on VMs and/or require remasters

[@Mwrp86]

I feel sad Sometimes in future San Andres won't be available in pc Edit: My stupidest comment is my highest liked comment. *SMH*

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

They might remaster the original for PC. Preferably with original graphics, just newer, fresher code. And Hot Coffee.

[@Lackingx]

That's never true

[@rodolfourive7944]

Mashrur Wahid I hope one day GOG gets it so we can save the game for the future.

[@lonelyvariety]

Mashrur Wahid if that happens a dedicated fan or group of fans is gonna remake it, don’t worry

[@lucasrabelo937]

Modders won't let that happen

[@thatCbean]

3:05 "Linus, how many ethernet connections do you need?" "YES"

[@andreasrs69]

That happens when you install VMware

[@muki_x]

its virtual network adapter (vpn, VMware, oracle vm)

[@requiem165]

Lol

[@DannyBirchTheAnimeLoverGamer]

Been trying to get The Sims 2 to work on Windows 10 and it works.

[@jublywubly]

That's good to know. I'm building a new PC, because my old one is getting cranky. Playing The Sims 2 again is something I'm really looking forward to. (I also have The Sims 3, but I never could work out how to get my character out past their property line or how to build anything.)

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

I'm using my phone to play Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep in PPSSPP, and it's handling the game without any lag!

[@vipul6623]

Let me tell you a secret Windows 7

[@ezpz4646]

The best 👌🏾

[@damgam98]

i had many more compatibility problems with old games on Windows 7 than i have on Windows 10... And Win7 was 32bit... So yea.

[@thevrana]

Windows 7 has both 32 and 64 version,but here is a real secret. GOG.

[@damgam98]

@@thevrana yea i know... but i had 32bit one. Also never bought anything on GOG

[@WizardNumberNext]

Let me tell you 2 secrets Starcraft Jagged Alliance 2 Both won't work properly on Windows 7 no matter what you will do Both will work better then on Win98SE on relatively modern Wine (I mean not older then 10 years) on any Linux box

[@moow950]

Just use a virtual machine running Windows XP or Windows 98

[@bxeagle3932]

no need.... it works without that

[@gamermapper]

Or an emulator, because a VM is an emulator but thst don't just runs game files but also the system.

[@XMANIAFLYYY]

I got 2 ISO files. One of them is Windows XP and the other is Windows 7.

[@TomSFox]

Good luck trying to get 3D-accelerated games to run like that.

[@WizardNumberNext]

@@gamermapper virtual machine is not emulator Emulator emulates some hardware. Virtual Machine does not emulate CPU. It may emulate (but does not have to) graphics card, sound card, network card, but never processor itself. I actually have fully working Virtual Machine, which emulates nothing at all. I have second graphics card for it, no sound card, virtIO network (not emulation), pass-through NVME and pass-through SSD, even keyboard and mouse are physical devices.

[@napynap]

I remember a long time ago trying to get my PC CD Rom of Williams Classics (Defender, Joust, Robotron2084, etc...) running on a modern PC. At the time, I thought no tech issue could stop me, but I was wrong. I tried to brute force my system to make it work, but ended with a hot mess of registry issues. Had to reimage... So glad we have DOSBOX!

[@filly291]

I always wondered about this since I have many old CD with games, and whenever I try to run them, they are so so so incredibly laggy. Seems like I am lucky enough to even run them.

[@rud]

So will it play Crysis will take on a new meaning.

[@Lambullghini]

It will all parts of it

[@bloomingflowers1513]

GHOST don't steal

[@S4SSH4]

I bought crysis 1 on origin, doesn't run on WIN7x64 until contacted tech support and they suggested unofficial patch (crack).

[@jaeesvids]

Alex B So they told you to download a pirated version?

[@Deibid02]

Jaeds Gaming no. Just a 64 bits patch

[@aarongreenfield9038]

Who wouldn't download a car?

[@9wattcat]

YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A HANDBAG

[@dreckman69]

A car doesn't fit in my pc, so I just download more RAM.

[@kingzach74]

Especially since 3D car printers actually exist! Granted they are out of reach of most mere mortals, but they do exist!

[@matthewbaloga5901]

Congratulations! You won a new car! Click this totally not sketchy download button to claim your undefined!

[@matthewbaloga5901]

dreck did u just....

[@DannyBirchTheAnimeLoverGamer]

Not all old games are supported for new PCs.

[@ScampiTheSighted]

I stuck a previously unopened cereal box cd of Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 I got in 2004 in the new PC I built last week, and I was amazed when it ran perfectly

[@farming4g]

This is why I have an old 98 and XP computer stashed away, for those times when I want to go retro-gaming. ...yes... F***ing Windows 98!

[@MegaSmarthead]

Farming 4G I had an old P3@1GHz with 512mb Sdram and a Nvidia 6200 until a few days ago, when it finally quit on life... I used to play all kinds of old games in it. It’s a shame it died, as I no longer have computers with IDE and those games only ran in pre-XP windows versions...

[@notosure2148]

S3 Savage 4 here... And yes it can run Quake~

[@yque8761]

How about windows 7?

[@chaselauderback3266]

Farming 4G yeah,but can it run crysis?

[@xmarkclx]

Why not just use a VM? I game Win 3.1 and XP games there even.

[@PhoenixLive_YT]

sometimes they do , you just miss the old C and DirectX Runtime Libraries.

[@AKFilmsStopmotion]

Usually you need DirectPlay installed for those games to run.

[@asmallboi3559]

Phoenix yo phoenix dang i caught you again!

[@philipcooper8297]

Peasants! I play games in software mode!

[@khomu604]

How are you in like every comment section I'm in?

[@asmallboi3559]

GD Achilles me?

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

Some antique games also have engine reimplementations made by the community. Or you might need to install Linux and play your old game via WINE. The video really should have mentioned those options.

[@bingonamo7520]

Lol, antique? Antiques have to be 100 years old.

[@vogonp4287]

It's funny. My Steam Deck runs plenty of old games that Windows 10/11 doesn't.

[@jrnvnjk]

In the early days 16-bit architecture game delays were written in processor ticks which could result in faster pace. Dosbox for example has command to "Clock" your processor faster/slower to overcome this problem

[@AlexeiVoronin]

Actually, a 64-bit OS can run all 32-bit things without any issues. It's the 16-bit applications that cannot be run. All DOS games are 16-bit... though Windows hasn't had proper DOS support for nearly 20 years now, so the bits aren't really the biggest of your problems. The biggest compatibility issue with older games is actually being written for older graphics cards and older versions of DirectX. Some games rely upon obsolete technologies like DirectDraw or 3dfx Glide, both of which normally require some sort of wrapper nowadays.

[@_clemens_]

For Dos games there is DosBox

[@blackcitadel37]

Not all of the 32bit things. I had problems with mouse input in GTA San Andreas.

[@ethwwn]

Jefferson Sales there’s ways to get around that most of the time just restarting fixed it for me i still play it on my windows 10 64 bit computer all the time

[@Gamesfan34260]

I notice that the DS Emulator DeSmuME uses DirectDraw (Both Hardware and software mode) as well as OpenGL...can you explain why it does that or just bullshittery of people refusing to use newer stuff?

[@zulvan888]

Its only because dos is fat 16 or 32 not ntfs xp was the last windows to run on fat 16 or 32

[@herrreinsch]

goodbye tunnelbear, we will not miss you.

[@DaPumaPro]

herrreinsch something happen?

[@CaptianLukas]

Tunnelbear got purchased by McAfee

[@LeviForWaifu]

passive101 McAfee is known for selling user info to the government,and also has a business model relying on bundling crap ware with their downloads. the latter was the main issue. Linus has a video on it on LTT.

[@meltedcheese1908]

Speaking of tunnelbear, private internet access for all your VPN needs.

[@arathorn867]

passive101 hopefully. But when he contacted then and asked if there would be changes, they didn't reply. I think he said he waited at least 2-3 weeks for a reply before breaking ties.

[@midievalcat7770]

1:04 Um, excuse me?, did he just pronounce N-E-S as NES?

[@TedWilder]

How do you pronounce SNES?

[@midievalcat7770]

Emulation Ted you pronounce it SNES as one syllable

[@pavanpenugonda4924]

0:50 I am in Linus tech tips channel ?! Wait..wtf He has 2nd channel !!!

[@dowskivisionmagicaloracle8593]

Microsoft. We put the backwards in backwards-compatible!

[@KekseTheFox]

Hey Soviet union can you fix your mistake of makeing north korea if you dont ill lanch minuteman 11s at you also

[@andriyselezen9513]

DowskiVision MagicalOracle death to communists

[@NaschAzure]

@@andriyselezen9513 no u

[@Djtinus99NL]

New 01 swodniW :P :P

[@benanderson89]

32/64 but compatability is a non issue. Modern CPUs support both word lengths. If that was the issue then nothing would've worked after the first Athlon 64 in 2004(-ish) and Windows XP 64-bit edition. The reason older games don't work is because the software frameworks they run on are now deprecated. Games for Windows 9x often use the COM framework that was completely removed from Windows, or they'll use a version of DirectX or OpenGL that is so old it is no longer supported via backwards compatability with newer versions of those frameworks. Device drivers are also a non issue. Games don't interface directly with drivers. They communicate with an API. Communicating with the drivers directly would be a laughably stupid way to program a game. It makes me wonder if this entire video wasn't researched via the one Wikipedia article on WoW64. Windows games use APIs. Always have done. It's all software. Not hardware. For example, take the original Roller Coaster Tycoon from 1999. That runs on a Pentium 90MHz. It will also run flawlessly on my Ryzen 7 1700. Why? Because apart from some old C++ bindings that can be easily patched out (and we're in the mid 2000s) the entire game is written in X86 assembler (it speaks directly to the CPU). Runs perfectly fine. When you install it on modern windows systems it also install an old deprecated API called DirectSound. Job done. With regard to multi-core CPUs, that is also incorrect in this video. You write software to take advantage of the extra cores. The extra cores don't automatically break the threading apart (and the threading argument completely falls down dead when you consider semaphores and mutex, regardless of how many cores a program is spread over, the timing will remain intact). Most modern games are programmed to use only 2-cores for game logic, too. Multi CPU systems and multi threading systems have existed since the 90s. They aren't anything new. An old game on a new system will just use one core. Windows 98 games had zero issues on the first Pentium 4 HT CPUs. This video is very poor. If you had said all this BS in my old Software Engineering lectures from University, the lecturerer would've shot you a damn funny look.

[@JonathanGray89]

Yeah I agree, I almost can't believe Linus would get it so wrong.

[@alandjb9022]

ok my take on this follows the VERY FIRST thing to try in windows 7/10 is this TURN ON LEGACY COMPONENTS!!!!!! (in windows control panel/programs and features/turn windows features on or off) this has fixed MANY issues ive had and i also use dxwnd (has many profiles already to go and make your own) to avoid mucking my monitor setup works perfectly with Total Annihilation/imperium galactica 2/star trek bridge commander (just to name 3 i play regularly on my windows 10 machine WITHOUT virtual machines/dual boots crap)

[@captain150]

I agree, Linus' use of the word "emulation" bothered me. WoW64 doesn't do any emulation at all. All it really does is switch the CPU between 64 and 32 bit modes and back again, which isn't much more difficult than a normal context switch. I have to add a question though, why do people (you're not the first I've seen) call it "assembler"? In my background low level code was always called assembly. The assembler was the software that converted assembly to machine code.

[@santiagoavila3717]

Have you ever tried to poop inside your closet while you are watching twd

[@captain150]

What was the software and how old was it? There's a good chance it was 16 bit, which does run in 32 bit windows but not 64 bit, since x86 CPUs in 32 bit mode have virtual 8086 mode and can run 16 bit software. In long mode (64 bit), CPUs don't have virtual 8086 anymore.

[@BerserkBrownie]

Linus is the only one whose segue doesn't feel intrusive or forced. Learn something ad companies. Content and ad similarity is so important

[@alexander1989x]

Actually most old games won't run because of obsolete DRM or 16-bit code. For the first fix, either get the No-CD crack or buy it from GOG. For the second fix there is otvdm, an amazing 16bit conpatibility layer for 64bit windows. nGlide is used to bring 3dfx glide support for old games and Creative Alchemy brings back eax sound. PCGamingWiki is the comunity Linus talks about.

[@ParadoxdesignsOrg]

Does this mean one day Crysis won't run?

[@DarthDoomSlayer64]

paradoxdesigns crisis will get remasted

[@wavsnackssss]

paradoxdesigns It doesn't.

[@shivarampersaud2332]

Since when does crysis run on any machine?

[@STLPLAYB0Y]

Oh Crysis will still work your $3,000 PC will just be to shity to run Ultra

[@eksdee7377]

GangstaBiscuit It's the best to play Crysis on a calculator only noobs use $3000 PC's.

[@GuitairistDaniel]

Super Secret Ancient Gamer Code: Treat your old systems well and don't throw them out when you replace them. I still have my Athlon XP machine.

[@stealth7297]

SSAGC Your text means also Schutzstaffel AuftragsgenehmigungCooperation

[@doremondubber8583]

Bruh same That shit still works fine At least I'm able to open KZbin and watch 1080 videos

[@ryxs.]

i have a gaming PC and a windows XP old laptop too, it still runs like a dream

[@khairulmufid497]

I have XP PC too. Only it use pentium (3 Or 4) and a nice 512 mb ram (run fast because its 32 bit on yay)

[@joseislanio8910]

I have some very old systems that I got when they (along with a lot of trash) were going to be dumped out from the place I work. I managed to get a handful of old systems, from 486 to pentium 4. Currently restoring them, replacing blown caps, retrobriting plastic parts and cleaning the dirt. Two systems are already running, a socket 754 athlon 64, and a formerly pentium 4, now a quad 2 core, after bios update. Running respectively windows xp and vista

[@borisbrian2565]

Now I'm glad I can run NFS most wanted (2005 edition), on my windows 10 laptop

[@andersdamanders3268]

I love how Linus pulls out not one, but two phones out of his pockets

[@Sven_0]

That magikarp image could use some more jpg

[@Cyba_IT_NZ]

Se7en Animator and cowbell

[@hiperalee]

Do I look like I know what a jaypeg is

[@animealpha4795]

I think 8 bits are already too much.

[@zramirez5471]

My favorite one of these is trying to play Warcraft II on anything post-Win95: the game speed is tied to the clock speed so everything goes so fast its impossible to keep up!

[@christopheralthouse6378]

DOSBox, muh dude...DOSBox... I run Windows 10 on my DELL laptop and have DOSBox installed with D-Fend Reloaded as my frontend. Play WarCraft II within DOSBox and no issues whatsoever...hell, it even runs FULLSCREEN as if it really WAS running on an old DOS PC! 😅😂😁

[@amirhb7531]

Wouldn't be a problem for me

[@requiem165]

Every time he mentions bits I can’t help but think about the meme, someone use this video to make Linus say it please 😂

[@creeperthekingcreeper8234]

* *Your favourite games from yesteryear* * Yoink. Hippity hoppiti your phrase is now my properties.

[@doggydude98]

Pls explain why my pc won't go in the kitchen and make me a sandwich

[@Lumpiluk]

All explained in one comic: xkcd.com/149/

[@HeroKillerDeku]

doggydude98 You're mixing pcs up with washing machine, m8.

[@thecmkshow3359]

You forgot to use Sudo.

[@adamm2716]

although you computer may get your rocks off its not actually ur gf

[@connormccloskey2187]

You must have accidentally purchased a male computer. No worries, happens to the best of us.

[@notnobody1716]

I just like hearing your voice Linus

[@picklerick98]

yes, he has the correct voice for the subjects he covers

[@nr-dx4zz]

Gay

[@maxpayne7768]

Nostalgia hell of a drug , me haven't played any game that released after 2010

[@georgehartigan31]

i too love my old games collection, but i honestly do not think it's just nostalgia....sometimes it's an objective reason. (Good quality) games back in the day were meant for you to have fun , not to drain your wallet with season and year passes (!?), microtransactions and 8 hour, on average, single player campaigns with usually non-existent and/or laughable stories , or "huge" content that is only huge because the same mission type is repeated 200 times....even hardware accelerated sound was incredible compared to today's game sound. The only thing that truly evolved IMHO apart from the graphics (obviously), is that the game engines got immensely better and the gameplay for today's games is "smoother" because it doesn't suffer from hardware limitations...such as more animations and stuff

[@PhirePhlame]

Fun fact: the Windows team has specifically blacklisted the worst of the old draconian DRM schemes, because they view such deep access as an inherent security risk. Pretty sure StarForce is a good example.

[@sebwilkins]

This is why I have a few retro pcs from 95 to vista, it's quite easy to get into building retro machines for those old games.

[@FloppydriveMaestro]

Exactly what I do. Old pcs and old pc parts can be picked up for next to no money.

[@peterkiss1204]

Keeping a gaming device from every era to be able to play the old games is such a console thing... I can play all of my oldschool games from the late 80's, 90's and 2000's on my current PC and never had any unsolvable issue.

[@therappermcjosiah4850]

Really having a few gaming rigs for different needs & even content creation wouldn't be a bad thing. Like having a few rigs like this: A Windows 98SE Machine For DOS Games & Pre 2001 Games, A Windows XP Machine For Games Made From 2001 to 2006, & Then a Windows 10 Machine For Any Games Made After 2007, Heavier Console Emulators, Capture Card Holder, & Media Editing Rig. A good Windows 98SE Machine could have specs like: CPU: Intel Pentium 3 @ 1.0Ghz, Ram: 256MB of SDRam, SSD: 32GB or 64GB SSD with IDE Adapter, Graphics Card: Voodoo 4 or 5, or Nvidia Geforce 2Ti or 3Ti with 32MB or 64MB of VRam. A good Windows XP Machine could have specs like: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13Ghz, Ram: 3GB of DDR2 Ram, SSD: 240GB or 512GB SSD, Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT with 256MB or 512MB of VRam. Then for a decent modern Windows 10 System? Well that's totally up for debate but my opinion probably something like: CPU: Six-Core Processor at 3Ghz or Faster(Any modern Intel Core i5 or 2nd Gen Ryzen R5), Ram: 16GB of DDR4 Ram, SSD: 240GB or 512GB SSD, HDD: 1TB or 2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive, Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB or AMD RX 580 8GB. Just some of my opinion on this topic!!! I think have a few extra gaming rigs would be a pretty good idea.

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

@@therappermcjosiah4850 if only I could get old OSs to work.I always have issues installing them. No network options like Ethernet and WiFi adapters work for me even with drivers, sound doesn't work, and so many other things. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

[@pieblanc]

Pay again for the games you own, bc the anti-piracy stuff is incompatible now. Srsly?

[@WeaponsGG]

fuck that im pirating that bitch if i paid for it once.

[@alterbr33d]

Its ironic when DRM or other comparable things force someone to steal something they own.

[@Brandon-gv5sj]

What?

[@Deranfan]

Downloading a no CD patch normally solves the problem.

[@blackcitadel37]

just download the torrent with a anti-piracy-free version of the game. fixed.

[@thescreemregular5168]

Minecraft: I need a core OS: sure Minecraft: thanks! Also Minecraft: I’ll take only one of them though... OS: it’s fine m8 no problem :3

[@williamhaynes7089]

64 bit systems running 32 is usually not an issue, its a 64bit running a 16bit applications that require Dos box etc.

[@wuznab5109]

Just use an emulator.

[@Hightower2804TP]

no

[@stantorren4400]

why they run

[@bonciutalentadv7599]

Ecs dee

[@alphaginger1549]

WuzNab it wouldn’t save your stuff

[@Viktir]

@@alphaginger1549 Are you sure about that

[@Lowen264]

I've got a cracked version of MechWarrior IV. It's the best one in the series. Especially Vengeance. It works perfect on Windows 10 for me. I play through it every couple years.

[@nood1le]

Yeah at times cracked versions are the best versions. Take gta san Andreas for example

[@MariusBoss11458]

@@nood1le I don't get why people hate cracked games and all that. Some people just can't afford em. Plus some games can be really old.

[@Zahgurym]

4 is good and all, but I always thought 3 looked better. 4 had that cool intro movie though.

[@SarpErsoy]

The solution: Get a 12 year old 32 bit machine for extremely cheap

[@SilencingThunder1]

"you finally built the gaming pc of your dreams and spent the last two months locked in your room playing all the triple a titles" you predicted what life was like march-june 2020 during the lockdown

[@LMacNeill]

G.O.G (Good Old Games) is awesome! When they have sales, you can find games that are 80% or even 90% off. You can get your favorite old games for, quite literally, just a couple of dollars. I've used them a bunch for my most favorite old games. I've only ever had great experiences with them. Highly recommended.

[@KingLich451]

%99.9 of the time, yes. I didn't seen a single game not working, but if the game does not works, the comments make sure will tell you that game won't work. %100 safe

[@nimikina]

Not only comments will tell you this, but if you buy & download anyway they'll give you back your money no problems.

[@irllcd13]

You can get modern games, especially indie games there too. GoG > Steam. Also, GoG and CD Projekt RED are the same company, so that automatically makes it great.

[@21N42Photo]

I wish I would have know about them earlier 😭

[@stevenenciso5023]

Just used them to get an on sale copy of Fallout 3 goty that runs on more than 4gb of RAM and multiple cores out of the box XD saved me so much hair pulling haha

[@alandjb9022]

ok the VERY FIRST thing to try in windows 7/10 is this TURN ON LEGACY COMPONENTS!!!!!! (in windows control panel/programs and features/turn windows features on or off) this has fixed MANY issues ive had and i also use dxwnd (has many profiles already to go and make your own) to avoid mucking my monitor setup works perfectly with Total Annihilation/imperium galactica 2/star trek bridge commander (just to name 3 i play regularly on my windows 10 machine WITHOUT virtual machines/dual boots crap)

[@MrZAMFIRION]

Fabulous !

[@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress]

Reminds me. LEGO Racers, which came out in 1998, runs like a dream on almost ANY modern system I throw at it, and even seems to work with XInput controllers like the Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers OUT OF THE BOX.

[@eternalreality3260]

I've used GOG to avoid this most of the time.

[@eternalreality3260]

You clearly misread the comment. Try again.

[@eternalreality3260]

Helios77711 You're still not getting it. The comment says GOG. There's not a D. It's a G. Fucking inbred.

[@eternalreality3260]

"Too dense to waste time on." And despite that you still keep replying. Also, the funny thing is. Even if I was doing anything illegal you or the government wouldn't know about it. I have certain 'protections' against that. I can't tell if you're acting stupid on purpose or if you're actually as incompetent as you're making yourself out to be. Although, I have to say, I'm leaning towards the first guess at this point.

[@Thebossstage1]

I don't want to have to buy a game I already own again.

[@eternalreality3260]

The Boss Stage1 I didn't want to either. But I was just stating it's an option. This guy helios here is a bit too dimwitted to understand that though.

[@DanielBlaney]

32 bit programs run just fine on 64 bit windows. The issue your descibing only applies to 16bit executables on 64 bit systems. Some very old games have 16bit installers even when the program itself may be 32bit. 16 bit executables only work on 32 bit windows.

[@juho-petrusnieminen8621]

32bit stuff not working is usually related to axed or otherwise modified functionalities of shared DLLs, like DirectX

[@MinecrafterPictures]

Linus: 16bit doesn't work on 64bit NTVDM64 and other similar programs: Allow to introduce ourselves

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

I still have multiple old desktops I use for older stuff. It's still fun to play around with them to this day.

[@kellyc7c]

It's actually amazing how many really old Windows games still work out of the box

[@SolidRaiden2655]

Hitman 2 silent assasin

[@VegarotFusion]

I have XP 32-bit installed on my second hard drive. I just boot it up when I want to go old school.

[@TheoreticalHub]

I updated my direct X and all the oldie games started working : )

[@Garbimba1900]

I saw Linus and went "how did Linus get so young??", then I realized this is ONLY from 2018

[@saieelprabhu2581]

Of course I'll download a car 4 of them

[@enfernoo]

downloadmorecar.com

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

3D printers make it possible.

[@SaltyCuntno1]

ahhh dont think saieel wants a tiny plastic model

[@markchristiansantiago8620]

ｙｏｕ　ｗｏｕｌｄｎ＇ｔ　ｄｏｗｎｌｏａｄ　ａ　ｃａｒ

[@jeyanthiprabhu1338]

Wut username

[@ethanwittenberg6172]

this guy looks a lot like Linus from Linus tech tips, anyone else see this??

[@estusflask982]

it's his evil twin

[@kemy5368]

Check your glasses ! this is clearly a doppelgänger.

[@VascovanZeller]

No resemblance whatsoever, are you sure?

[@pokemon3742]

This is his smarter but clumsier doppelgänger.

[@sGTI94]

Ethan Wittenberg look for sandals...

[@glenandashwin860]

"Don't get a beige box running windows me" so I get a beige box running windows 98se

[@kpriyanshu2003]

I have no issues running a game built in 2003, that's 17 yrs ago, just 1 yr less as he mentioned

[@eduardorpg64]

Also, you could find patches made by fans. I couldn't run Thief Gold properly (cutscenes didn't show up),which I had bought on Steam. I found a fan-made patch, and not only did the cutscenes star playing, but they also improved the enemies' AI and increase the resolution of the environments. Gaming communities are a resourceful bunch indeed.

[@brilliantradience]

I miss my PS2, didn't have to do chores in those games

[@aosabi]

PCSX2 Runs games great with very nice upscaling

[@muradsemrin7772]

if you search you can find one for $5 .

[@NunYahbisnas]

Have fun configuring it to get acceptable performance and accurate emulation, its still more of a chore than clicking that green power square

[@MultiMarvelGeek]

brilliantradience , any 6th gen console is relatively cheap compared to PCs. Skip buying a new part and get a console of the best and last purely awesome generation.

[@marcy12222]

brilliantradience ahhh no update era... I miss it

[@thesuddensilent7349]

pandemonium! which is made in 1998 for windows 95 it works when played directly from disc, even in 64-bit Windows 11 without any problem, even the hz options appear directly and you can set the 144hz setting and the game even recognizes the correct screen resolution as well. this is a hell of a great product, this disc was once included with a game magazine and is genuine, not pirated or modified in any way. then you open the folders on the disc and start looking into the matter, you notice that for a strange reason the whole game is run on an emulator instead of running natively, because strangely enough the game doesn't necessarily have to be installed at all or it can also be installed if the user wants to, but it has to be done from inside the disc by pressing a certain file separately.

[@CJ_lulz]

Thumbnail: GTA 3 on a modern computer Me:*inserts GTA 3 DVD on the drive and starts playing without any problems* Whoever who makes Linus' thumbnails (or even Linus himself): Am I a joke to you?

[@planarian1772]

So if i have a 32 bit Windows and i install it 2 times it would be 64 bit?

[@JohnCena-hu3jq]

Ha ha ha

[@Lackingx]

Yes

[@wolf1438]

This reminds me when i try to play steam version of Fallout 3. There was warning game not compatible with Windows 10. The only issue was you have to install good oldie games for windows live, because for unknown reason to me, bethesda decided to let games for windows manage all settings and dependencies of their game.

[@jamestor6700]

crysis is the same

[@abyssstrider2547]

Peter Špalek Go to //Https:www.gog.com and buy a game from there, it's compatible with new systems

[@dennisanderson8663]

Tip: use the PCGamingWiki website to determine if an older game has any DRM like StarForce. It will save you a lot of headaches in case you install one and then get stuck in a Windows reboot loop due to the OS not being able to load the dll file.

[@markusTegelane]

CPU affinity actually helped me avoid an old game from crashing constantly. I had to only enable the second CPU core for that process tough, first core caused issues.

[@6Twisted]

The last part is bullshit. Half of the old games sold through Steam/Origin ect still don't run properly on a modern OS.

[@blackcitadel37]

that's developer's fault. if that old ass shit is for sale on steam it should be able to run on any computer (given that even a budget smartphone would meet the recommended requirements from those games these days)

[@Stratelier]

Yeah, the video misspoke on that last part -- he was probably thinking about getting an updated *build* of the game, not just a re-released version of the same old code.

[@Skyfire-dy4yw]

6Twisted Turns out Battlefront 2 2005’s Steam edition required a microphone to be plugged in to work on some Windows 10 computers (including mine), otherwise it would crash every time you attempted to load a stage. Why it was like this is something possibly nobody can answer.

[@Spacio4321]

@@Skyfire-dy4yw I think something similar happens with COD 2. I always wondered why.

[@xiaochicash]

5:42 Challenge accepted

[@thepatriotsfan7127]

Older games: Doesn't work on newer computers PCem, DosBox, and 86box: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@carviryzen288]

2:57 "your fancy new quad core multithreaded cpu" We have come a long way, thank god cpu's have evolved

[@MysticalApple]

Have we really though?

[@amigang]

They did’nt cover wine! Linux with wine run old windows games better than windows!

[@computethis7128]

amigang not thought of that. But I run Linux in virtual machines at the moment anyways and I've got virtual machines of the actual windows operating systems so I run the old games directly off their original operating systems they were designed for.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

How good is wine with Glide wrapping?

[@solarstrike33]

Wine's support isn't 100% though.

[@PinkasBrown44]

Just don´t throw your older PC´s in the dumpster. Problems solved. PS: No, faulty/damaged components can be replaced, so don´t you throw me those excuses.

[@taz874]

probably the easiest solution. i took my cousins old windows 98 computer that he was going to throw away just for some old retro gaming

[@295Phoenix]

Or go to Good Old Games. Problem Solved.

[@Cacowninja]

Pinkas People want to play all their games on one pc so your solution doesn't work.

[@persona83]

Sure, if you have enough space in your house/living room.

[@merdanchee]

When you have good machine, but cant even write "hello world" program

[@fastertrackcreative]

So that's what GOG means, "Good Old Games".

[@SharpAtomica]

Maybe.. just maybe it didn’t work because of how he picked it up? LIKE CMON... your a tech channel and he touched the bottom of the disk, disgraceful

[@philipcooper8297]

Damnation! No emulation, no salvation!

[@wavsnackssss]

Philip Cooper lol no kid would ever get that joke other than me.

[@ridvanberisha7336]

AND THEN GOG ARIVED

[@personator]

u n e x p e c t e d s a b a t o n

[@Liberteen666]

And remember, respect is everything!

[@DJ-ov2it]

Ayy what a reference.

[@mosu95]

1. Get a copy of windows XP 2. Get OracleVM / VM Workstation 3. Install XP in a VM and do what you want with it. You can also look for console versions of your games and run them in emulators.

[@Horizon-main]

Techquickie: They are 32 bit games. Me with my 4 year old 32 bit laptop: Are you sure about that?

[@FaSMaN]

Nothing wrong with keeping a old beige box around for the old games, especially if it has a CRT , old games just look better on a CRT as designers made them with thin scanlines in mind. PS PCemu is also a great a solution , it will flawlessly emulate a old Pentuim 1 133-200mhz with a Voodoo 1 if you have a fast enough CPU.

[@MrMateczkoYT]

86box is a better version of PCem.

[@abyssstrider2547]

HPZeta I know, For example age of empires 1 looks *way* better on CTR than on modern monitors

[@ESFAndy011]

Would PCemu work for those old games that run ridiculously fast on modern PCs? As in, play them at their proper speed? Or 86box for that matter?

[@MrMateczkoYT]

Yes, you can choose hardware from a list in those programs, they are emulators, not virtual machines.

[@ESFAndy011]

Okay... that's pretty fucking awesome. Baldies, here I come!