How is Windows 10 in terms of compatibility for olders game? Say 2000 entries.

[frostdiamond]

I play a lot of older games from 1995 to 2015 and am concerned if they would continue to run in Win 10 without issues.

[Satoru]

Most games work fine.

The only ones that don’t are ones that use specific SecuRom DRM where the kernel modules used by it no longer exist in Windows 10. But again the number of these is very low

[TurtleShroom]

HA HA HA, you are SCREWED, just like me. Satoru is wrong, OP, SECDRV (Securom) was a HUUUUUGE thing back then.

Almost every video game made before 2008 AD and after 2000 AD is completely bricked if it uses a Driver called SECDRV. Microsoft, in their infinite, paternalistic, smug arrogance, decided that it knew better than us and not only removed SECDRV (which is understandable, it had vulnerabilities), but actively changed the OS to reject running it.

I lost "Sid Meier's Sim Golf" to that sucker. It is perhaps THE number one reason I never gave W10 a go. You are a dead man walking.

People on Github have tried to make it work, and there seems to be a process[www.github.com], but it is long and extremely difficult unless you know how to code in Power Shell commands.

Oh, and it doesn't work for "Windows XI".

You and I are dead men walking.

[Zefar]

In the other topics about Steam not gonna support Win7. People made claims about games not working.

They tried to list games that wouldn't work on Win10 but they where proved wrong every single time.

[TurtleShroom]

Originally posted by Zefar:

In the other topics about Steam not gonna support Win7. People made claims about games not working.

OP is talking about non-Steam games. Games that Valve sells don't have SECDRV.

[Orion Invictus]

I've played DOS games in Windows 10 (using DOSBox, but still). You'll probably be fine.

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

Originally posted by TurtleShroom:

Originally posted by Zefar:

In the other topics about Steam not gonna support Win7. People made claims about games not working.

OP is talking about non-Steam games. Games that Valve sells don't have SECDRV.

well u can use win7 for those nonsteam games

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[Ogami]

Here is a list of all games that used Securom.
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/SecuROM
Its around 500 titles.
Mind you, 95% of those titles are on Steam or other digital distribution sites and will work completely fine on Windows 10/11 since they dont include the Securom DRM which was a disc specific system.
So only the ones from this list you ONLY own on retail disc will run into problems on Windows 10.
if you own them on Steam there will be no problem.

[TurtleShroom]

Originally posted by Ogami:

So only the ones from this list you ONLY own on retail disc will run into problems on Windows 10. If you own them on Steam there will be no problem.

The odds are that he owns the retail discs, like I do.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

MechWarrior 4 runs on 10 and it's from 2000.

[frostdiamond]

Migrating my questions to here:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/3839928078009226972/?tscn=1685746593

[Sexy Salesman]

Originally posted by TurtleShroom:

HA HA HA, you are SCREWED, just like me. Satoru is wrong, OP, SECDRV (Securom) was a HUUUUUGE thing back then.

Almost every video game made before 2008 AD and after 2000 AD is completely bricked if it uses a Driver called SECDRV. Microsoft, in their infinite, paternalistic, smug arrogance, decided that it knew better than us and not only removed SECDRV (which is understandable, it had vulnerabilities), but actively changed the OS to reject running it.

I lost "Sid Meier's Sim Golf" to that sucker. It is perhaps THE number one reason I never gave W10 a go. You are a dead man walking.

People on Github have tried to make it work, and there seems to be a process[www.github.com], but it is long and extremely difficult unless you know how to code in Power Shell commands.

Oh, and it doesn't work for "Windows XI".

You and I are dead men walking.

Have gotten all my games to work with Securom. Starforce however may brick your windows 10