Wait a sec... (Gaming)

by Xenos , Shores of Time, Sunday, May 29, 2016, 15:55 (3193 days ago) @ Cody Miller

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.

This is much less of a concern though with modern games: with modern games you're not even reliant on the bits from the disc, it's just a check to make sure you can download the game from the servers. As far as not running as well as far as hardware, that's a completely different (albeit incredibly interesting) issue.