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[–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Some of my favorite PC games come from the Windows XP era. There is something about games from that time that seem to make them particularly difficult to get running these days.

I’ve had the best luck in Linux via WINE/Proton, but it probably varies at lot from game to game.