Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20161116194210/@comment-1496755-20161228234615

Incompatibility is a shadow that looms over all of us, oldschool warriors, especially with regard to DirectDraw, which is indeed deprecated as of DirectX 7, which was a long time ago (I was still at high school when this version came along). At least it worked - excellent in XP, with some small workarounds in 7. But beyond that, things get complicated.

Shockwave player is another ancient thing I hadn't heard about in a long time :P

It's a pity compatibility can't be maintained. Makes you appreciate the more robust games even more (Quake is one of them).