# Old, old copy of Diablo 2. Installable?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 25, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546 "2011-02-25T05:51:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546/1 "2011-02-25T05:51:19Z")

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So, I’ve just gone through my old things, and found an ancient Diablo 2 set of CD’s. It says it’s for Windows 2000 / 98 / 95 / NT. Is this still going to be playable on my machine, and will it be, well… Safe to install on a (much) later OS?

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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546/2 "2011-02-25T05:55:03Z")

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Yeah. You can even plug your cd-key into Blizzard’s store to get a handy digital distribution installer that’ll save you from having to deal with all of the CDs. If you run the game, it’ll probably mess up your desktop colours until you exit, but worthwise no worries.

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**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546/3 "2011-02-25T05:56:17Z")

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And never mind… Just answered my own question. Having the old authentication codes, I can download the game directly from Blizzard.

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**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546/4 "2011-02-25T05:57:43Z")

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…Or what Palooka just said. 🙂

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546/5 "2011-02-25T16:50:46Z")

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I got mine to run under Vista. I think I had to set the executable to run it in “xp compatibility” mode, and as an administrator.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546/6 "2011-02-27T13:06:33Z")

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Alright - I just downloaded my digital copy as well. Who wants to organize a game?

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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-old-copy-of-diablo-2-installable/572546/7 "2011-03-09T21:31:28Z")

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With the extra ‘old’ in your thread title, I’d have figured your version of the game came on wood blocks.