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I'd imagine most (if not all) modern PCs aren't fully compatible with old-school IBM PCs, due to the use of newer technology like Serial ATA, USB, and UEFI over Parallel ATA, PS/2, and the traditional PC BIOS. Plus, 64-bit versions of Windows (as well as Unix-like operating systems) require an emulator like DOSBox to run DOS software.
Edited by GastonRabbit I got a rock for Halloween.So, remove RPG Maker games from IBM PC...
Split IBM PC into whatever came after that, whatever we're using right now with Windows?
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576^I'm pretty sure UsefulNotes.Microsoft Windows is locked, so you'd have to ask a mod to edit it, though UsefulNotes.Steam isn't locked if you were wanting to list newer PC games there (since Steam is pretty much the standard these days). UsefulNotes.UNIX isn't locked as far as I know, so Linux games could still be put on there.
I'd also like to note that the term IBM PC compatible (for computers not made by IBM, but compatible with the same software and hardware) is kind of dated, and I think the term stopped being used no later than the mid-'90s (which was also when Windows 95 was released).
Edit: Wikipedia's IBM PC compatible page says "The term 'IBM PC compatible' is now a historical description only, since IBM has ended its personal computer sales."
Edited by GastonRabbit I got a rock for Halloween.So, games now are more defined by OS supported than hardware it's run on...
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576^ - Isn't that about distribution platforms only? IBM / Windows are umm... Not distribution platforms.
They're... Something else. I don't have a word to group them together.
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Should UsefulNotes.IBM Personal Computer list the games it can play, and don't all VideoGame.RPG Maker games count?
If all RPG Maker games are IBM PC Games, then should RPG Maker games even be indexed in the PC Games super-Index?
If so, then Unity, Unreal and other engines hold games that should be at the narrowest indexes only?
Are any of the console RPG Maker-made games, even available for us to trope??
Edited by Malady