With Windows Vista they are already releasing, and announcing titles that will be made for the OS. For games you have and will be buying prior to the release, are you concerned about compatability issues? Concerned that maybe you will not be able to play all your games once you make the switch?

There is an article at ExtremeTech, Will Vista Run Your Games that is worth a look.

For those already running Vista beta here is a list of what works with the current Vista and patch, and what does not.

What works with the latest patch install
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Gold
American McGee's Alice
4x4 Evolution (Display wrong)
4x4 Evolution 2
Motocross Madness 2 (some rendering terrain error show up)
Quake 2 (must switch OpenGL
Quake 2 Ground Zero (must switch OpenGL)
Quake 2 The Reckoning (must switch OpenGL)
Monopoly Star Wars (Text color a bit off I think cuases by video drivers)
Aliens versus Predator (Rigth side Menu messup)
Pandora's Box
Expert Software Card Game Classics for 95
Microsoft Golf v2
Microsoft Golf v3
Sci-Fi Channel Trivia
Hasbro Risk (Need enable compatibility mode on CD setup)
Atari Missile Command
Hasbro Frogger
Hasbro Centipede
Sierra Ultra Pinball (No sound when playing)
Crystal Key
Monster Truck Madness
Need For Speed - Porsche Unleashed (some rendering terrain error show up)
G-Police (No Joystick)
Descent III (some rendering terrain error)
Descent III Mercenary (some rendering terrain error)
TuneLand
Quake III Arena
Quake III Team Arena
Star Trek Elite Force II
KISS Psycho Circus The Nightmare Child
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield
GT Interactive Driver
Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series
Schizm
Myst I Masterpiece Edition DVD
Myst II Riven DVD
Myst III Exile DVD
DeusEx
Need For Speed High Stakes (Softmode only with no patch and D3D and patch don't work)
Giants
Harley Davidson Race Across America

What doesn't work even with the latest patch install
The C.H.A.O.S. Continuum (Quicktime 2.1.2 16bit can't be install)
Major Stryker (Dos)
Pod (Installer has problem seeing with big harddrive)
Lemmings (Dos)
Zork (Dos)
Full Throttle (Dos)
Links 386 (Dos)
Space Hulk (Dos)
Doom II for Windows 95 (No dplay.dll)
Doom I (Dos)
Hellbender (Installer will not work with compatibility mode)
Treasure Quest with Motion Pixels Aware Player 5.02
Powerslide (Hangs up or crash)
MechWarrior 2 (Dos)
Terminal Velocity (Dos)
Dark Seed (Dos)
Burnout Championship Drag (Dos)
Ultimate Race Pro (Hangs up or crash)
King Queat 5 (Dos)
Who Shot Johnny Rock (Dos)
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (Unable to use DirectShow)
Chessmaster 4000 (No dplay.dll)
Moto Racer 2 (kernell32 error)
Forsaken (Hangs)
Need For Speed II (Hangs)
CyberRace (Dos)
Descent I (Dos)
Descent II (DirectDraw problem)
Ecco
Eye of the Beholder (Dos)
Eye of the Beholder II The Legend of Darkmoon (Dos)
Eye of the Beholder III Assault on Myth Drannor (Dos)
Fighter Wing (Dos)
Fligth Unlimited (Dos)
Leisure Suit Larry Collection two set (CD Test fail) (Dos)
Myst Uru - Complete Chronicles (crash)
Stellar 7 (Dos)
Reel Deal Slots Volume II (Sound init fail)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield (Fail to find the CD)
Thief The Dark Project (init fail)
Realms of the Haunting (Dos)
Shanghai Great Moments (crash)
Cyclones (Dos)
Al Unser Jr (Dos)
Grolies (1996) (Quicktime 2.1.2 16bit can't be install)
Renegade (Dos)
Links LS with Arnold Palmer 3 disk set (Dos)
Star Trek Klingon 3 disk set (no video)
Star Trek Borg 3 disk set (Installer fial need Win95)
Deadly Tide (Nothing happing)
Myst IV Revelation DVD (I think it hang up with the mouse when get to the main menu)
realMyst 3D (crash)
Swamp Buggy Racing (crash)
NASCAR Racing 2 (CD Test fail)
Test Drive 6 (drmclien.dll missing)
Tomb Raider The Angel of Darkness (ver1,0 run but can't see any thing and crash after patching)

Am I concerned - no. Main reason is that I'll keep an older computer that plays the games natively, and have one that is native to vista to go forward with. M$ has been saying for a while that it was going to drop support for legacy programs back X amount of time, if they don't support 16 bit games natively, someone will write/develop an emulator that can handle those 'antiquated' games. Considering the native bloat of vista, using up another 1/2 - 1 gb of memory for an emulator won't be that big of a deal.

Now do I believe that M$ can or will support / address those applications in this version of Windows (per the poll question)? Not really based on their track record. Gamers are a hearty bunch, and there will be clamouring for a way to play older games. Maybe some of our Linux people who work at porting games over will devote some spare brain cycles to make a windows emulator like dosbox that is not just 8-bit compatible, but up to 32-bit compatible.

I voted Yes. It's not so much that i have a ton of money invested in my gaming collection as it is that i really like playing the games/using the programs that i have. I'm flat out not going to switch to Vista until i'm happy with what it supports.

Not really; I can't see myself switching to Vista on my homecomp anytime soon after it is released.

Have to agree with droeblek and Sorrow. I am going to wait a bit before I trade my beloved XP for Vista. Maybe I will test it on my second machine first, but I have a cautious attitude on OS switching.

I know I won't get Vista for a while (read: until I need to), so I'm not really that worried about it for now. However, I would be rather angry if they broke compatibility with any of the newer games that I own.

Id have to upgrade my computer first, Im running XP, but I want to make the move to x64 before Im concered.

Looking at the list of whats not supported- Many of those games I dont play anymore, but hell Im sure someone out there will get them to work.