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I'm vaguely interested in Rainbow Six, although upon digging around the most info I can find on the multiplayer is that it used to be hosted on Mplayer.com and Zone.com servers. Does this mean it's defunct presently or are direct-IP games still possible?
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I tried out GOG in a fit of nostalgia for the bad old days and found out that DOSBox is far from perfect, even with preset tweaks that Windows runs DOS games like a hamster powers a city block, only good game worth getting is Duke Nukem 3D because you can download a fan-made patch which allows you to play in high resolution.
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May 25, 2009 09:01
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dumont posted:I tried out GOG in a fit of nostalgia for the bad old days and found out that DOSBox is far from perfect, even with preset tweaks that Windows runs DOS games like a hamster powers a city block, only good game worth getting is Duke Nukem 3D because you can download a fan-made patch which allows you to play in high resolution. Maybe you should mention specific games, someone might be able to help you.
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May 25, 2009 09:53
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Cynicide posted:Maybe you should mention specific games, someone might be able to help you. Well for one thing Redneck Rampage ran like absolute crap. I wanted to play this game as I had fond memories of being twelve and having a game where I could run around guzzling whiskey for health, and where farts gave away your position to enemies, but it runs like poo poo and crashes all the time despite the graven-in-stone promise from GOG that it runs like a charm. I mean sure it runs, but it runs like a drunk one legged blind hobo
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May 25, 2009 10:37
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dumont posted:Well for one thing Redneck Rampage ran like absolute crap. I wanted to play this game as I had fond memories of being twelve and having a game where I could run around guzzling whiskey for health, and where farts gave away your position to enemies, but it runs like poo poo and crashes all the time despite the graven-in-stone promise from GOG that it runs like a charm. I mean sure it runs, but it runs like a drunk one legged blind hobo
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May 25, 2009 12:54
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dumont posted:I tried out GOG in a fit of nostalgia for the bad old days and found out that DOSBox is far from perfect, even with preset tweaks that Windows runs DOS games like a hamster powers a city block, only good game worth getting is Duke Nukem 3D because you can download a fan-made patch which allows you to play in high resolution. Every single game I've bought from GOG has run just fine for me with virtually no "tweaking" (I had to change a couple things with Redneck Rampage, but that's because I'm anal). And that's before I upgraded to a Core 2 Duo system. What are your specs? Did you check the GOG forums? Specifically this post?
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May 25, 2009 18:18
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Duke Nukem Pack 25% off this week only!! Maybe 3D Realms has closed it's office, but the King of action games is still alive. Get the best of Duke Nukem and 3D Realms during this week promo on GOG.com! During this week, until Monday, June 1 at 11:59 p.m., you can buy Duke Nukem bundle including Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition and Duke Nukem Manhattan Project with a 25% discount. The whole action packed bundle will cost you just $8.98, this week only! To receive the discount you have to buy both games in one order or click here to receive the discount and all those of you who already have one of the games can grab the other one with a $1.50 discount. Check out the exclusive Duke Nukem trailers on GOG.com's YouTube channel!  Also, last chance today to grab TOCA Race Driver 3 for $4.99 before it gets deleted from the GOG catalogue!
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May 25, 2009 18:20
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Is there any real difference between the GOG release of Fallout Tactics and the original version? Also, wasn't there a bonus mission disk as well - what's the deal with that and GOG? Thanks.
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May 25, 2009 18:35
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BadAstronaut posted:Is there any real difference between the GOG release of Fallout Tactics and the original version? Also, wasn't there a bonus mission disk as well - what's the deal with that and GOG? Thanks. You can get the bonus mission on the GOG version, you just need to download the file with it. I don't think there's any real differences between to two, but I'm more than happy to be corrected. 
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May 25, 2009 18:46
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Well, that Duke offer just got me. Manhattan Project was great fun while Duke 3D is one of the greatest things ever. That game was the first time places looked pretty much like real world in a 3D game let alone an FPS, and the coolness didn't stop there. Also probably the first game I played multiplayer in LAN. edit after playing for about 15 minutes: I'm very surprised by how enjoyable Duke3D is without using any modern enhancements; everything I needed was in the old Setup. I set the controls right for my modern thinking (WASD keys, "inverted" mouse Y-axis), General Midi instead of Soundblaster as the music card (gently caress I love the soundtrack), and the 800x600 maximum resolution is certainly enough with the original textures and sprites. Preconfigured Dosbox is making it all nice and hassle-free for me. I'm loving it. edit 2: Can I disable the vertical autoaiming somewhere? Kinda too easy right now since I'm mouselookin' Zat fucked around with this message at 09:29 on May 26, 2009 |
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May 26, 2009 07:27
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Haegemonia: Gold Edition has been released for $9.99. OPs all updated.
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May 26, 2009 17:52
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Got my stickers in the post today. I'd forgotten all about them but I'm glad GOG hadn't.
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May 27, 2009 11:20
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Zat posted:edit 2: Can I disable the vertical autoaiming somewhere? Kinda too easy right now since I'm mouselookin'
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May 27, 2009 12:12
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Charles Martel posted:Haegemonia: Gold Edition has been released for $9.99. OPs all updated. Purchased. I keep buying games randomly from GOG and not even finishing them. I'm gonna see if I can get this working on my Dell Mini 9.
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May 27, 2009 12:50
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Zat posted:Well, that Duke offer just got me. Manhattan Project was great fun while Duke 3D is one of the greatest things ever. That game was the first time places looked pretty much like real world in a 3D game let alone an FPS, and the coolness didn't stop there. Also probably the first game I played multiplayer in LAN. Just use eduke32. You can run it so it looks and plays almost exactly like the original duke with the bonus of it running a hell of a lot better and having non-gimped mouselook. You can turn autoaiming off too.
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May 27, 2009 13:12
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SwissCM posted:Just use eduke32. You can run it so it looks and plays almost exactly like the original duke with the bonus of it running a hell of a lot better and having non-gimped mouselook. You can turn autoaiming off too. Manhattan project keeps crashing every time I die during the chopper battle. Anyone knows what's going on? EDIT: there is also a crash after winning the fight. The Belgian fucked around with this message at 15:51 on May 27, 2009 |
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May 27, 2009 15:38
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The Belgian posted:Manhattan project keeps crashing every time I die during the chopper battle. Anyone knows what's going on? Interesting, I've had it crash on me as well after losing, but not after winning (which is why I didn't bother looking for a solution).
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May 27, 2009 16:19
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Plavski posted:Got my stickers in the post today. I'd forgotten all about them but I'm glad GOG hadn't. Still waiting on mine, then Chinatown's going to be plastered.
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May 27, 2009 16:40
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The Belgian posted:Manhattan project keeps crashing every time I die during the chopper battle. Anyone knows what's going on? Yeah, this seems to be a pretty widespread problem. I've got it too.
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May 27, 2009 16:44
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FLX posted:Interesting, I've had it crash on me as well after losing, but not after winning (which is why I didn't bother looking for a solution). It was crashing for me after that fight no matter what I did, but running the game in OpenGL mode fixed the problem.
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May 27, 2009 16:44
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Charles Martel posted:Haegemonia: Gold Edition has been released for $9.99. OPs all updated. This runs nicely on my Dell Mini 9 and everything is set to default graphics.
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May 27, 2009 18:45
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For all you Celt lovers out there, the RTS/RPG hybrid Celtic Kings: Rage of War has been released for $5.99. Also coming soon is so-so shooter Iron Storm and the terrible racer MegaRace 3. Yay!
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May 28, 2009 13:34
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Just a heads-up, DOSBox .73 is out and includes a nice list of improvements!DOSBox.com posted:DOSBox 0.73 has been released! Downloading now. 
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May 28, 2009 22:17
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Charles Martel posted:and the terrible racer MegaRace 3. Yay! That's too bad. The screenshots are pretty and I love a good futuristic racer 
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royallthefourth posted:That's too bad. The screenshots are pretty and I love a good futuristic racer Personally, I loved the first two, but didn't like the third one at all. Lance's dialogue goes from enjoyable-yet-cheesy to just lame and annoying. Same goes for the gameplay. It's a shame, really.
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May 28, 2009 23:19
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Charles Martel posted:Just a heads-up, DOSBox .73 is out and includes a nice list of improvements! Here's something I never thought about before: are CD Projekt going to update all their installers so that they'll use the latest version of DOSBox? Or is it sort of a "good enough" thing? Ditto on the few games on Steam that use DOSBox (Commander Keen, etc.).
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May 28, 2009 23:38
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I bet they will just keep the packages as they are. Why fix something that is not broken, and all that. I don't wanna be the guy that tests all GOG games again every time there's a new DOSBox release.
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May 29, 2009 00:45
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ymgve posted:I bet they will just keep the packages as they are. Why fix something that is not broken, and all that. I don't wanna be the guy that tests all GOG games again every time there's a new DOSBox release. Yes, certainly the reoptimization of a minority of titles from an already fairly small library, once a year, is a nightmarish prospect.
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May 29, 2009 00:57
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Silly question, but can the Dosbox games be used on OS X or are they put into one package that can't be seperated? I don't want to have to reboot to play a little Heroes.
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May 29, 2009 01:06
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Yes, certainly the reoptimization of a minority of titles from an already fairly small library, once a year, is a nightmarish prospect. Well, one thing it is, is extra work which may not be necessary if the game is already emulated well. E.g. I've been using ZSNES since it was primarily DOS and only semi-supported in Windows 98, and in that time I've seen it grow from a cool tool with decent compatibility and features, to an emulator that will play nearly everything out there flawlessly... But there are some games that I've been able to play perfectly since the first build I downloaded, ten years ago. My experience as a user wouldn't be much changed going from ZSNES for DOS version 0.whatever to the modern ZSNES on those games, and when time is money I wouldn't want them to waste either. Of course for games where there are known emulation problems, I would hope that they would try repackaging with the new DOSBox to see if it would fix it. Which GOG games have issues like that, by the way?
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Momonari kun posted:Silly question, but can the Dosbox games be used on OS X or are they put into one package that can't be seperated? I don't want to have to reboot to play a little Heroes. Well everything comes as an installer in EXE form, but once extracted they're arranged such that you would theoretically be able to transplant them into an OSX DOSBox installation with minimal difficulty. On the subject of version 0.73, however, it seems to be completely missing its config file.  I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY AUTOEXEC
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If you're on windows, the config file for 0.73 is in C:\documents and settings\yourusername\local settings\application data\dosbox\. There's also a shortcut to it in the start menu, "edit configuration".
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SwissCM posted:Just use eduke32. You can run it so it looks and plays almost exactly like the original duke with the bonus of it running a hell of a lot better and having non-gimped mouselook. You can turn autoaiming off too.
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Got my stickers yesterday, I'll stick some up in public places and take some shots of it. Should be cool.
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dumont posted:I tried out GOG in a fit of nostalgia for the bad old days and found out that DOSBox is far from perfect, even with preset tweaks that Windows runs DOS games like a hamster powers a city block, only good game worth getting is Duke Nukem 3D because you can download a fan-made patch which allows you to play in high resolution. Like all emulators, DOSBOX has an overhead, you'll need a much, much better computer to play than the original game required.
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MegaRace 3 is out for $5.99, TOCA Race Driver 3 has left the building, and the OPs all updated.
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Dudley posted:Like all emulators, DOSBOX has an overhead, you'll need a much, much better computer to play than the original game required. And when you do have a sturdy computer, it's important to remember the control that adjusts how fast DOSBOX's emulated CPU runs. Some games need faster, some need slower, and if you get it all borked then your games will run like poo poo one way or another.
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Charles Martel posted:MegaRace 3 is out for $5.99, TOCA Race Driver 3 has left the building, and the OPs all updated. Which, I'm soooooo glad I decided to pick up TOCA Race Driver 3. I'd grabbed FlatOut and it was fun, but I figured what the hell, who knows I might just like TOCA and for $5 it doesn't hurt to try it out. It's awesome. Now that I've unlocked the first two open wheel series (J-1000 and Formula Ford) I've just been racing those cars over and over. Those little open wheel racers are just so much goddamn fun.
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So I picked up Sacrifice and Giants: Citizen Kabuto in the last few days and I've realised one thing: the GOG downloader is compete poo poo and keeps restarting the downloads, its only really a problem when I'm stuck in my parents house with a bad connection, but they'd really want to sort those kinds of bugs out. Otherwise I love this service and I hope to keep supporting these guys, Jagged Alliance 2 might be my next game, I've been itching for a turn based game recently and theres been no sight of Syndicate  That said though, the X-Com games are on Steam but with the ammount of Steam games I have already, I don't really want to have to rely on them that much.
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