Re:Old Games on Faster Computers can be tough (Score 1)

There are other problems with playing old games on newer computers - depending on how they handle timing, you'll find that the Space Invaders zoom down and kick your ass in ways that they just didn't at the original speeds.

Maybe virtualization can give you a way to slow them down?

Meanwhile, Nethack works just fine...

could that be an fps problem? i remember playing populous the begining a few months ago on my laptop and after a few seconds it would just lag like hell. I decided to do some tests and after i found out the fps was sky high i found running in compatibility mode fixed it. also while just looking at an old game for the amiga (Frontier Elite 2) i found this little tool that aparantly slows your computer down to play older games, though i havent tested it yet.. http://www.sharoma.com/frontierverse/programs.htm