by Andrew on Sat Apr 16, 2022 2:44 pm
I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to Windows 10 last September. To be honest, it was long overdue. I was experiencing some blue screen errors with Windows 7 that had me concerned about hardware issues, but since I upgraded to Windows 10, everything's been running great. A lot of games are performing much better, too. My PC is a few years old now so there are limits to what it can do as far as running the most demanding games, but since I don't really play many of them, it's a moot point for me. In short, I was far too stubborn in holding out and continuing to run Windows 7!
There are some drawbacks if you're a retro gamer, since Windows 10 doesn't support a driver that was used for disc copy protection in the late 90s/early 2000s. There are some workarounds for that, and seeing as how we support retro basketball gaming in this community, we might have to relax a couple of our rules to account for them. Fortunately, I've been able to get every PC version of NBA Live running on Windows 10, either through DOSBox or with a fix. From what I've heard, Windows 11 isn't kind to retro gaming - even games that came out in the early 2010s - so even if my PC could accept an upgrade (which it apparently can't), I'm happy with Windows 10.
I'd definitely recommend upgrading to Windows 10 at least, if you haven't by now. I'll be putting together some resources for getting older NBA Live titles up and running on it, for those who like to go back as I do.