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Is nVidia Support for Older 3D Games Fading?
BrendaEM writes "A thread on Through the Looking Glass depicts the plight of fans of the original Thief Series and System Shock 2, who are asking nVidia fix rendering issues these 3D 16-bit games on their newer video cards and drivers. In the case of the original Thief series, in which the games build tension by their use of light and shadow, the rendering has been badly degraded from that which was originally intended. In another Slashdot article, the author asked the question whether or not video games were art. If one of the greatest video games of all time, with a growing wealth of hundreds of fan produced missions, as well as an entire full-sized expansion, does not play well because legacy support diminishes, then what will happen to lesser 3D video games?"
I set up two desktop PCs in my work area, a relatively modern one, and an old Win98 box. While I did so to help with my troubleshooting (I'm a PC tech), I found that it's pretty convenient to have the old box to play the older games in my software library.