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 ### Other environments and compilers
 
 Not supported; specifically, MSVC on Windows is not supported due to incompatibility and cost of maintenance.
+
+### Compiling for WinXP
+
+Unfortunately, due to upstream toolchain changes, it has become extremely cumbersome to maintain a consistent compilation environment that can produce binaries for Windows XP. Additionally, the code base has accumulated code over time that do not compile on XP.
+
+While we understand that many arcade cabs are still running Windows XP, it has become a lower priority requirement for spice2x due to additional cost. Please stick to bemanitools or older versions of spicetools.