[ficiek]

>I mean, I can literally run a game written for Windows 95 on Windows 11 without major issues

Ok, I think this person hasn't tried to run many old games.

[dend]

It's not ideal, but to be fair, a lot of them (not all) that don't require funky DRM APIs (a-la Grand Theft Auto IV with Games for Windows Live) do work decently. Some might need to have a right-click, run in compatibility mode check done.