But there's more: Two recent open source projects highlight yet another major game reservation push, in this case to help classic games run well on modern PCs. This isn't about piracy: In both cases, you have to own the original game. Both are quite interesting.

The first is called openmohaa. This is an "open re-implementation of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault including the Spearhead and Breakthrough expansions with modern features and bugfixes [and] with cross-platform support." This project just hit a major (beta) milestone which its developers say make the game fully implemented on modern PCs. This includes the single-player campaigns provided by the core game and its two expansions, and even the multiplayer experience. And it's not just for Windows. It works on Mac and Linux too. And on Windows 11 on Arm (!).

Interesting stuff. I assume there are more projects like this, so let me know if you're aware of any. And there will be almost certainly others coming in the future as well.