Non-Functionality

Ya'll may think that I've disappeared or given up, but I assure that is so not the case.

I've just got a job at Macy's and run into a slew of games that haven't worked. I was recently informed of the magic of "compatibility mode" but it's only been somewhat successful in staving off the effects of time on my gameplaying.

The ranks of the non-functioning include:

System Shock 2 - will run in compatibility mode but usually crashes a couple minutes in. I am disappointed, I've played all of the Thief series and think that Looking Glass Studios is/was a genius of game makers. Usually wildly imaginative and a great provider of seductively-immersive alternate realities. Also, this game was highly recommended to me by other game snobs for its novel-like quantities of text.

Metal Gear Solid 2 - I guess I never will get to complete the mission that began oh so many years ago on the eve of the gamecube release when I stayed up all night playing MGS2 at my friend's birthday sleepover. This game won't even open up, compatibility mode be damned

Battlefield 2 - No CD key, no love.

Prey - Same deal. This is what happens when you give some literally a game disc and not the box that came with it. Alas.

Did I mention already Sim Tower and Tomb Raider? Those also, but I'm looking into Dos Box, a dos simulator that will let me run the games. Maybe even on my new macintosh. That'd be nice.

And I'm installing Dungeon Siege, just for shits n' giggles, on the off chance that this game from 2001 will succeed where those from 2004 failed.

'Ere we go...