Maybe - getting DOS games to run on weird PC clones back in the day was really only an activity fit for masochists - or ten year old boys that reaaaally wanted

Maybe - getting DOS games to run on weird PC clones back in the day was really only an activity fit for masochists - or ten year old boys that reaaaally wanted to shoot some demons or play Warcraft... The other thing is, if gaming is the gateway drug, for a lot of people the next step is modding, level design, botting, etc. The more black-boxy games are, the harder that is.