The secret is getting bored with it while copying so it turns into something different.
Improve the netcode, put it on steam and it will be fine.
Then think about it this way:
You install the same os, you don't get the same experience.
That's it. Like really simple.
Edit: The underlying hardware has a effect on the behavior of the os. If hardware differs, the experience differs.
Compiling means that you take code then run that code trough a program that checks if the code works like intended. After that it will put out a binary/exe/whatever that you can work with further.
From wiki:
In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language into another language. The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a low-level programming language to create an executable program. There are many different types of compilers which produce output in different useful forms.
It doesn't for everybody. What is so hard to grasp about the fact that your experience isn't a general truth?
Didn't the people left that made the games good?
If you scream into the void, sometimes, the void screams back. How is that surprising?