Most viable way to get Windows 2000/XP/Vista software running is to run the operating system in a hardware-assisted virtual machine at the moment.
We have already listed many of the most popular video game ports and recreations at the respective page. However, for most games this'll usually be done by force through reverse engineering. For some titles, this is done by the developer themselves to show other developers the viability of such a project.
Many games are considered enough of a cult classic that the source code is made publicly available for study and use as a base for ports to newer platforms. Game Engine Recreations and Source Ports More information is available at the respective page. This is common for games that were designed for 3Dfx Glide cards and also you can use these in virtual machines for increasing 'Virtual GPU Adapter' compatibility. Sometimes, all that may be missing in order to get an old game running is a DLL wrapper for the graphics API.
