Running older (retro games) on newer computers

[Goldengirl]

I've had a lot of issues since I got back into games because I like the older games best. Some have worked find on my PC, bought it 2018 (gaming pc) and others won't even load for me. I've looked for help, but I think the best thing I've found (possibly) is this article. I hope it might help others as I see many posts that showing others having the same issues:

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-run-old-games-on-your-modern-pc

[steven1mac]

GOG is better for older games, but it is always nice to have sources that help problem solving.

[Goldengirl]

I don't think my fave games are really that old, but tech changes so quickly. I'm having trouble with 2 games so far, the Xing, and the Meridian 157, both are just within about 5-6 years? What do you think about the changes suggested in the article I linked? Have you run into this with a PC? Mine is running win 10 21H2 but neither game will load past the Logo screen, goes to black, then Meridian won't load at all?

[Black bird Cereen]

Possibly look into mods or custom patches for these games in their corresponding communities. Older titles like this generally have some fan made fixes at least

[Goldengirl]

Originally posted by Emusrath:

Possibly look into mods or custom patches for these games in their corresponding communities. Older titles like this generally have some fan made fixes at least

Thanks so much, I didn't know about "mods" or "patches", I appreciate the info very much!