Setting aside driver issues, compatibility mode and the like, many installation disks from this era use obsolete copy protection software. I could easily have picked up a copy of Mafia on physical media but installing and running the game from such a source is often problematic. One of the major selling points of GOG as a game provider is the way they retrofit old titles to run on current operating systems. So I purchased the game from Good Old Games and installed it via their Galaxy gaming client and installer. I was aware that the original released back in 2002, had a good reputation for its story driven gameplay and that it is still considered both challenging and creative. I have only played the latter two iterations of the game, namely Mafia II released 2010 and Mafia III released 2016. I recently bought Mafia which is the first instalment of a franchise currently owned by 2K Games. Therefore you will often find that there are older titles that still have merit and something to offer. Graphics and game mechanics naturally date, but often the technical limitations that existed at the time made the game developers both innovative and creative. Simply put, I feel there is value and enjoyment to be found in older PC games. So to begin with let’s just bypass the entire “nostalgia versus current” debate. However, for the sake of brevity, I am just going to mention three in this post. This is a big subject with thousands of PC games from over a decade ago that could be referenced.
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