Hi Dallas, That's definitely a good point you raised. Most of this community is very slow to change, and right now even though Windows 8 is the new OS most people are still using XP. With Windows 8 having almost 10 years of support left any real compatibility issues are still way down the road yet.
Since I upgrade much more often than the community as a whole I will obviously be effected before most. However, for a lot of the users worrying over compatibility right now really isn't an issue. As you say in 10 years I would think there will be more games to play and perhaps much better to concern ourselves with than these games. Plus with BGT if someone had the sounds and music it would not be a huge deal to create something like Troopenum. Troopenum Classic and Troopenum II are all pretty easy games to program. Just give me the sounds and I probably could do it relatively quickly. Cheers! On 4/18/13, Dallas O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote: > just a note to shaun and others about the programs maybe or maybe not > supported in times to come. firstly, windows 7 has at least another 7 > years of life left, and windows 8 has just over 9 and a half years > left, before they are removed from the computing world, as xp will be > next year. so, in that alone, these games are supported for at least > another 10 years, basicly speaking. and not to be funny, but by then, > i would hope we have had some new games come along, to move us on from > older games. even as 32 bit programs, that does not mean they won't be > usable, any time soon. most of the programs we use today, are still 32 > bit. so that won't be a problem. > obviously, the newer versions of windows to come, may or may not have > support. but to be completely honest, most people are still dragging > their heals, and using xp. so i very much dout that more modern > versions of windows will have caught on with most of this community, > within that time frame. > there, are, of course, some of us, like myself, that actually end up > using newer versions of operating systems, long before they even hit > the mainstream user base. so of course, we are concerned about that > side of things. but for most of the users, that won't be a problem. > anyways, still thinking about if i should buy it myself, or wait till > somebody uploads it or something. not sure which way to go. lol. > Dallas > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
