This further expands the catalog of games that the platform can run, and there’s nothing better than being able to play classic titles from the past.

One might wonder, with such a vast selection of great games, why play a bad one? Let’s look at it from the other side. What could be more appealing than something we’ve never heard of before? It might be bad, but it has a brilliant idea. Or maybe it doesn’t have a single good idea, but it’s so ridiculous that we can’t stop laughing at it. It could be completely hopeless, with its only merit being that the next round of our favorite roguelike game looks much better by comparison.

These are the games that ScummVM, a tool that allows old games to run seamlessly on modern machines, excels at supporting. Initially, ScummVM focused primarily on adventure games, but over the years, it has expanded its scope to make all kinds of old PC games playable on various platforms, including modern Windows and Mac computers and the Nintendo Wii. Some classic games on GOG run on ScummVM, and we look forward to new releases that provide compatibility with old engines and games we’ve never heard of. On March 28, ScummVM added support for eight games, including Mad Dog McCree, by incorporating two new (old) engines.

In addition to Mad Dog McCree, there’s also Crime Patrol and Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars. Both are ’90s FMV shooters that leave us wondering how many of the amateur actors on screen are snorting cocaine, despite the anti-drug theme. Perhaps the real gem is Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness, which helps us understand why point-and-click adventure games weren’t popular around the year 2000. Without bad adventure games, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate the good ones.

Helpfully, ScummVM maintains a wiki page listing where to buy or otherwise obtain most of the supported games, as well as a fairly detailed FAQ on how the whole thing works.

Source: PCGamer, ScummVM, ScummVM