Wouldn’t they be easier to run since computers are better now?
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The underlying software those games run on has changed dramatically since their release and is likely no longer compatible.
Things like Microsoft’s .Net Runtime have been almost entirely rewritten depending on the age of the game.
And how those libraries interface with your hardware is also very different today. Drivers and even underlying hardware types have changed. So have the CPUs.
Graphics heavy applications, like games, are also significantly more sensitive to these types of changes.
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