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11-Jul-2008, 00:21
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Mord's imaginary friend
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Location: PT, EU
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GOG - Cheap, Classic PC games without DRM
Oct 22 2008 EDIT: The store has gone public!
Saw on Teh Shack an interview with the GOG guys (Good Old Games). They're setting up an online store where you can buy and download old classics such as Fallout and Giants: Citizen Kabuto. Quote:
Check out the Official Site and sign up for the beta test.
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11-Jul-2008, 00:44
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S K R Y I N G
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Certainly something I'm interested in. Playing Diablo 2 again has me wanting to revisit even more old games.
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11-Jul-2008, 10:49
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Darlek ******
Join Date: Jun 2004
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thats some large slices of gameing goodness they have
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11-Jul-2008, 18:11
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Red-headed step child
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Ooooooh, I already like the sound of it. I'll be checking that out when I get home tonight.
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11-Jul-2008, 18:20
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Ecce homo
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Looks awesome. I love the titles they chose for their front page too.
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11-Jul-2008, 21:25
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Darlek ******
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which you have of course....
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11-Jul-2008, 22:22
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Ecce homo
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Pretty much. Just proves what excellent taste the guys running this have.
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12-Jul-2008, 02:19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
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This is awesome. Of course I just buy games for the same prices that are on a CD, but these are DRM free. It is a conundrum though to me as I like the physical media, though form what you said you could download them over and over which is a bonus.
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12-Jul-2008, 07:27
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Darlek ******
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have you noticed a couple of things
theyre all titles distributed by interplay and the dudes behind it are cd projeck (of the witcher fame) |
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12-Jul-2008, 21:50
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Ecce homo
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Quote:
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13-Jul-2008, 00:03
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 And I`d still prefer picking up a "Gold Games" Collection over downloadable Stuff... but thats probably just me. |
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13-Jul-2008, 02:37
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Location: Wroclaw, Poland
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CD Projekt, not CD Projeck.
They are publishing 75% of the titles in Poland and have some healthy share in Czech. They partner with pretty much everyone except for Take Two, Ubi, Sony, Nintendo and Eidos. I'd expect GOG's offering to expand with time.
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10-Sep-2008, 23:42
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Well I got my invite to the beta, with a free game from a selection if I purchase something.
I already know my free game (Giants: Citizen Kabuko) but what should I get as my non free game? I'm tempted by Fallout (1 or 2 ?) but I have the feeling it might be a bit old school for me... help me spend my money, B3D!
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11-Sep-2008, 07:41
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Darlek ******
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Giants rocks...
if you like it also pick up armed and dangerous theyve just added hostile waters which also rocks mcrae rally 2005 you can get for free from gametap freespace 2 is one of the greatest games evar... you can also get it free with source code added goodness pps: if your wondering what is freespace2 open well its the open source version of freespace2 but added opengl renderer hardware tnl support high poly models high resolution textures normal mapping specular mapping alpha environment mapping glow mapping new ai specular highlights widescreen support multiple resolutions (retail only supports 3) changeable fov compressed texture (dds) support support for vertex buffer objects text to speech (for campaigns that have no voice acting) support for cockpits and lots more..... did i mention its pretty ?  so that leaves : operation flashpoint sacrifice toca race driver (not sure which version) out of them i'd go for operation flashpoint, its a classic then sacrifice (decent rts type game) then toca |
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11-Sep-2008, 07:56
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chaos dunk
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FS2 is the best space sim, period. I can't imagine anything dethroning it anytime soon, which is kind of sad. I wish there were more space sims like in days of yore, I'd even buy a joystick!
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11-Sep-2008, 19:29
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Darlek ******
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/Davros hugs his x-52 and his logitec force (8-years old and still going strong, cable pull rocks)
well i would argue -war is just as good but not nearly as accessable ps: you do have the enhancements for fs2 ? (see above post) did i mention it also had track-ir support - woot /Davros never misses an opportunity to pimp the mighty I-War http://media.putfile.com/IWar pps: if your a fan of space sims have you tried tachyon-the fringe demo http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d2015.htm pppps: do you fancy Homeplanet gold (homeplanet + playing with fire add on) you can get it here http://www.hard-light.net/forums/ind...c,53029.0.html dont worry he has permission for the developer the only downside - its in russian... Last edited by Davros; 11-Sep-2008 at 19:49. |
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11-Sep-2008, 21:49
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This is fantastic, thanks!
FS2 is great, I also recommend Freelancer. Still plenty of servers up for multiplayer! |
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11-Sep-2008, 22:01
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11-Sep-2008, 22:18
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Darlek ******
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Ink officially loves me
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12-Sep-2008, 01:47
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Senior Member
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I got a beta code by accident. I put my e-mail into their sign up thing a few months ago in an attempt to get more info about it, and I wound up getting a code when I have zero cash to spend at their website.
D'oh! |
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12-Sep-2008, 04:39
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Taiwan
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You think you've got it bad, I.S.T., I got my code when I don't even have a computer (and won't, for another year or two).
I'ma buy Fallout 2 and Freespace 2 now anyways, even though I still have my original discs in a box in the UK. Well worth buying a second time.Hmmm... but I also want Operation: Flashpoint! And I never completed Fallout: Tactics! And I love Shogo: Mobile Armour Division! Arrrrgh! Can't they have a Buy 3 Get 3 Free offer? By the way, if you applied for the beta using a Hotmail account, my beta code from gog.com ended up in my junk folder. |
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12-Sep-2008, 09:58
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12-Sep-2008, 11:34
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Naughty Boy!
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12-Sep-2008, 16:19
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Member
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I wonder if we'll see the same compatability issues with these games that we have in ages past. I remember trying to get MDK working in XP (when it first came out) and I could only get it working in software mode!
Regardless - I'm excited - old games own!  Jack
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12-Sep-2008, 17:44
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Darlek ******
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do they sell shogo ? didnt see it there
ps: you need to enable vsync or the menu dissapears |
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