So my old computer crashed years ago, and only about last year did I get myself a new computer. However it originally didn't have a DVD drive, recently I bought myself and External DVD drive and installed a lot of my favorite classic games I still had. And while they installed successfully with no problem they won't actually play. I can get the game to open a 'launch menu', but when I actually try to start the game from there nothing happens. I tried running it in various compatibility modes to no avail.
And I am pretty sure that it's not a graphics card issue because the games I am trying to run are years old (like the F.E.A.R. Platinum Collection for example) and my computer runs newer games through Steam with much higher graphical demands (like the Witcher 2) no problem. It really seems like there is some communication problem between the computer itself and the External DVD, but only when I try launch the game, as it installed fine and also runs fine until you get to the launch menu.