Apparently some threerings products are using jvm arguments that are not valid in more recent java versions.
One notorious instance being the "-XX:+AggressiveOpts" arguments used by getdown to launch Spiral Knights with. This throws an error for recent versions of the JVM.
As per official citation of its removal - https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8150552
Apparently some threerings products are using jvm arguments that are not valid in more recent java versions.
One notorious instance being the "-XX:+AggressiveOpts" arguments used by getdown to launch Spiral Knights with. This throws an error for recent versions of the JVM.
As per official citation of its removal - https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8150552