Wait a sec... (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, May 29, 2016, 15:54 (3104 days ago) @ Xenos

No, because the bits of the game function the same. The car isn't in the same condition condition.

Do they?

There are tons of games now that do not function they way they were supposed to when they came out due to changing hardware and software.

For example, Harry the Handsome executive was a decent game from Ambrosia SW. It used MIDI for the music, and when Apple updated MIDI instruments in OS 7.6, the game's music suddenly changed. The music changed again in OS 8. The game can't even run anymore unless you have an old computer. You have to emulate it.

Games like Unreal which took advantage of specific chipsets (Voodoo2) won't look the same now. Emulators get tons of stuff wrong and have to tradeoff speed and accuracy.

Some games even behave differently on the PSX versus playing them on the PS2 or PS3.

Many time, the games DO NOT function the same now as the did when they were released. In fact, this is a major area of concern now in the form of digital preservation. As the original experience becomes harder and harder to have, used games get less and less valuable. Hence the need to buy new.