Updated to mac os x lion and can no longer play some of my favorite games

I updated to mac os x lion and  can no longer play older blizzard games such as starcraft, warcraft 3, and diablo 2... for some reason it is no longer supported is there an update i need to get to play this software?

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but reverting may be benificial
Follow this guide as close as you can, you can't use TimeMachine user on 10.7 to revert to 10.6.
How to revert your Mac to Snow Leopard

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