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Old 04-17-2012, 12:39 AM   #4661 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tuna View Post
Fair point for older games, but I was also talking about 360 games and wanting deals for them as well. Also, I don't know much about how PC games work anymore, but don't most old PC games not run properly on new PCs? So Steam would have to port them to work on current operating systems, right? I've tried playing older games before like Doom (via illegal downloading) and couldn't get it to run properly, so I ended up buying it on Steam and it worked fine.
I don't know about Steam as I haven't bought any really old titles there, but if you buy old titles on Good Old Games, they come with a DOSBox emulator (emulates a DOS environment). So there's no porting needed there at least. It would make sense for the Steam guys to do the same.

You can too if you want to download and play old games. It's easy If you need help, I can write you a quick guide.
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