Ah, yes, that is for sure. It's a shame that they didn't.
In fact, there's a way for it to work on modern computers, even though most people don't know about it.
A friend of mine is quite a... well, he knows his way around codes and how to alter them...
He told me of some ways to make old software to work on new systems and so far it worked. It worked so well that I'm even able to play games that were meant to the MSX system, one of the first "computers" with only a keyboard, on my Windows 7.
One of those ways is to of course, install the old system in a separate hard drive and creating a "ghost computer", by installing the game on it and then connect it to the original pc. (This is a little harder to do, since you have to use some advanced coding.)
Another way involves importing the game code and change it to accept the new software. (Again, requires a lot of advanced coding)
Yet another way is to use an emulator, (that's what I normally use) these are the same things used to play PS2 games on PC, amongst other platforms. I don't know if there are any emulators for old versions of Windows online, but it's just a question of searching. If there's not one, there's always the possibility of making one or having someone do it.
And the last way that I know is to change each file of the game by one by one method, but this is very time consuming and a small mistake makes everything useless.
So, in the end, never give up of a game that you love simply because of the platform or software version. There are always ways around it.
If I can play games from the first SEGA on my tablet, everything is possible!
