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Please get Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries. I wasted many hours on Kali with that killing the gently caress out of scrubby pilots and building my own mechs with the txt editor
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thedaian posted:Wikipedia says that Betrayal isn't actually freeware, though it was released on Sierra's website around 1998 or so. There was a series of three novelizations out of a planned five - one for each game and then one in between (Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor:The Assasins and Krondor:The Tear of the Gods), whereas there was some rights issues with the last two and now there's no point in doing them because later books have already dealt with Sidi/Leso Varan.
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Jan 28, 2010 16:50
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Can Arcanum be played in windowed mode?
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FearOfABlackKnob posted:Please get Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries. I wasted many hours on Kali with that killing the gently caress out of scrubby pilots and building my own mechs with the txt editor This game is going to be so much better with not a x486 and not a 40mb HD. Now to dig up my old college buddies and teach them a lesson.
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The commonly shared version of Betrayal at Krondor is the original disk version which is vastly inferior to the harder-to-acquire-and-run-properly CD version. The CD version has better music, sound effects, and a making-of video with the original author of the books. I have it but can't get it to run properly.
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I'm so glad I can finally replay Gabriel Knight. What can you tell me about... Voodoo?
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GreenNight posted:Can Arcanum be played in windowed mode? open your shortcut, add -windowed right after the "blah/arcanum.exe" outside of the quotes. Works great if you use the high-rez patch, and set the size to something smaller than your desktop. I am using 1280x1024 on a 1600x1200 desktop and it makes for easy guide/manual/fart tabbing. As I'm picking up ME2 soon, I'll probably start off with a gigantic retard 
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OP updated. Also, thank you for posting that interview,Sporadic, or I wouldn't have seen it, especially this bit:quote:Okay, so first, how did you pull this one off? Codemasters, Ubisoft...these were quite big, rather unexpected deals. But Activision are surely the last frontier, really -- the last publisher anyone expected to sign on. They're known for charging more on PC games, using DRM, and going the very corporate approach in general. What happened? How long have you been trying to get this deal going? What was Activision's first response? Did you have to get after them after first proposing the signing? That right there is how games should be digitally distributed. Period. They got loving Activision to sign a DRM-free deal. Just for that, I'm buying Gabriel Knight too; I was going to wait, but I want them to see that I appreciate their business, and everyone should support these guys, even if you already have boxed/pirated copies. The convenience and how hard they work for their customers makes it more than worth it. Give them $12, people. They deserve it.
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Charles Martel posted:They got loving Activision to sign a DRM-free deal. Here's what's worth remembering: GOG do all the support for the games that they sell. Abandonware makes no money for the IP-holders. Reprinting a game is expensive. Distributing in on GOG is literally free for the publisher. The reason Activision got onboard is probably this: selling abandonware through GOG for $6/$10 allows them to re-monetise titles that would otherwise continue to be freely available online, as well as re-criminalise the downloading of said titles as abandonware. They're not doing it because they want to get in our good graces, and they're certainly not doing it because they believe in DRM-free games. They're doing it because they are getting money for free out of this, and legal grounds to assert their control over these old IPs should they ever be challenged. GOG takes the games and fixes it up, GOG distributes the games and pays for the bandwidth and GOG provides all support for the games. The reason GOG managed to get them onboard is more likely than not exactly that: they offered Activision and absolutely golden opportunity in exchange for the minor inconvenience of having the games be distributed DRM-free (when they can probably be found online anyway) and for no more than $10 (again, you can probably find them online for free). Kotick may be an absolute oval office but he is in no way an idiot. Now that Activision has acted on this, I'm sure the other megapublishers will realise that this is literally a win-win situation for them to put themselves in.
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"especially in the case of Sierra titles." Theres the important bit right there.
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Ansob. posted:Here's what's worth remembering: All of what you said bears some truth but the truth is that GoG isn't the only DD service and it isn't anywhere near the largest. No one else could land Activision and that says a lot. I guarantee GoG wasn't the only one trying and I guarantee Activision said no to others. The REAL Holy Grail has got to be all the poo poo EA owns, but I'm not holding my breath on any of that.
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glug posted:open your shortcut, add -windowed right after the "blah/arcanum.exe" outside of the quotes. loving awesome. Now I can play it at work 
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I wonder if the older Blizzard titles will appear, like the ones that are not offered on their website to purchase, like Diablo 1, the older Warcraft, or Lost Vikings.
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Overwined posted:All of what you said bears some truth but the truth is that GoG isn't the only DD service and it isn't anywhere near the largest. No one else could land Activision and that says a lot. I guarantee GoG wasn't the only one trying and I guarantee Activision said no to others. Yeah, the way I look at it Activision is the dam wall that they pretty much smashed completely. The dudes at CD Projekt are basically shouting "Hey fuckheads, here's the longest running game publisher in the world and they agreed that we're awesome!" Everyone knows about their hardass policies and Activision didn't survive 30 years by playing stupid. If this isn't a flick-in-the-balls wake up call for EA and other prolific PC publishers to sign on, I don't know what is.
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Ansob. posted:The reason Activision got onboard is probably this: selling abandonware through GOG for $6/$10 allows them to re-monetise titles that would otherwise continue to be freely available online, as well as re-criminalise the downloading of said titles as abandonware. They're not doing it because they want to get in our good graces, and they're certainly not doing it because they believe in DRM-free games. They're doing it because they are getting money for free out of this, and legal grounds to assert their control over these old IPs should they ever be challenged. GOG takes the games and fixes it up, GOG distributes the games and pays for the bandwidth and GOG provides all support for the games. I agree with you, but the point I was trying to make is that GOG not only tried and are continually trying to get all of the classics from seemingly impossible publishers, but they are fighting tooth and nail and not taking "No" as an answer, which is commendable. I know Activision didn't do it for our good graces. I was pointing more to GOG who are going out on a limb for their customers, and they should be supported and gain more fans and support because of it.
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drat, Arcanum for $6?! If you have any interest in RPGs, that's a must buy. I still have my original discs though, just finished a playthrough a few months ago. Though the combat is quite generic, I think the world and the characters make up for it. It's such a shame Troika went tits up, they were really onto something.
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MY FANTASYS.zip posted:I wonder if the older Blizzard titles will appear, like the ones that are not offered on their website to purchase, like Diablo 1, the older Warcraft, or Lost Vikings. Never. Odds are they'll show up when Battle.net 2 gets done in some form.
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MY FANTASYS.zip posted:I wonder if the older Blizzard titles will appear, like the ones that are not offered on their website to purchase, like Diablo 1, the older Warcraft, or Lost Vikings. I think you can get Diablo 1 from the Diablo warchest they sell, I could be wrong though but I swear its on my netbook right now...
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FearOfABlackKnob posted:I think you can get Diablo 1 from the Diablo warchest they sell, I could be wrong though but I swear its on my netbook right now... I can confirm this, it's been sitting idle in that box since I got the set.
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FearOfABlackKnob posted:I think you can get Diablo 1 from the Diablo warchest they sell, I could be wrong though but I swear its on my netbook right now... I do have Diablo 1 through, so I'm not worry about buying it.
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It was surprising enough to see Arcanum up for sale, but at $5.99 it's just ridiculous. I'll throw in with everyone else urging people to buy it. At this price, it's worth it just to explore the unique setting of Victorian era steampunk fantasy. What other game lets you make a retarded, mutton-chopped orc pugilist traveling the land pummeling dandified elves about the face and neck? Granted, the game is a bit buggy and playing in real-time mode is a bit of a chore, but everything else comes together to make a pretty worthy successor to the original Fallouts.
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It's worth 6 dollars just for the soundtrack
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Overwined posted:but the truth is that GoG isn't the only DD service and it isn't anywhere near the largest Thing is, Steam, GamersGate, etc. all expect the publisher to provide support for their games, and have varying levels of quality control. GOG is the only DD service that takes on all support duties. GOG fixes the game so it runs on modern PCs. GOG patches the game. GOG deals with complaints. Unlike releasing old titles on Steam, which would involve some work and hiring a support team, releasing old titles on GOG involves no work whatsoever by the publisher. GOG does everything. This is what's important. In any case, totally agree with this: Charles Martel posted:I was pointing more to GOG who are going out on a limb for their customers, and they should be supported and gain more fans and support because of it.
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Of course, the other advantage to GoG is that they give you stand-alone installs. There's that added bit of security in knowing you can backup your downloads and you're guaranteed to have the game forever, as opposed to Steam where you have to rely on Valve's software and the promise that "one day" they'll hand over the install files.
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Dog Toggle Switch posted:It was surprising enough to see Arcanum up for sale, but at $5.99 it's just ridiculous. The only reason I'm not buying it even at 5$ is that if I'm paying money for it, I want someone else to deal with all the mods and patches and stuff, and I think the gog version does not have any patches? I'm not sure myself
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So I wonder when GOG gets rid of the "Beta" text in the top-left banner... You'd think they're 1.0 by now.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:With Activision on board, I hope like crazy this means some Interplay games.  and, on the other side of the spectrum, that Star Trek 25th Anniversary game.
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Swamp Zero posted:The only reason I'm not buying it even at 5$ is that if I'm paying money for it, I want someone else to deal with all the mods and patches and stuff, and I think the gog version does not have any patches? I'm not sure myself The games are always patched to the latest official version, as well as running on modern versions of Windows, and the forums are usually helpful in pointing you to useful unofficial stuff.
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Swamp Zero posted:The only reason I'm not buying it even at 5$ is that if I'm paying money for it, I want someone else to deal with all the mods and patches and stuff, and I think the gog version does not have any patches? I'm not sure myself
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:That would open up the possibility for some great RPGs, but most of all I'd love to see the Carmageddon Max Pack and Carmageddon II I wouldn't mind trying I-82 again (and obviously I-76 + Nitro Pack).
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:With Activision on board, I hope like crazy this means some Interplay games. Aren't there a couple Interplay games on there already? I know Stonekeep was Interplay.
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Charlie Mopps posted:The games are, as far as i know, always patched with the latest official patch. Dont know why you expect them to deal with mods though. That's sweet I didn't know they have a rule about it.
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Vidmaster posted:Aren't there a couple Interplay games on there already? I know Stonekeep was Interplay. Redneck Rampage, Fallout, etc are Interplay. I meant "some more", as Interplay was the first company signed on by GOG. I thought Activision owned some of Interplays IPs?
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Man, with Activision on GoG it's like the possibility to play so many great titles from my younger years will finally come true.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Redneck Rampage, Fallout, etc are Interplay. More would definitely be good, agreed. Just wasn't sure if you were aware that there were already a few on there
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Swamp Zero posted:The only reason I'm not buying it even at 5$ is that if I'm paying money for it, I want someone else to deal with all the mods and patches and stuff, and I think the gog version does not have any patches? I'm not sure myself Do you need the link to three simple downloads?
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Interview roundup.CD Projekt's co-founder Marcin Iwinski posted:Activision is the biggest publisher participating in GoG.com and has a huge array of older games it can offer. First, can you give us and idea of what titles we can expect to show up in the weeks and months to come? Will we see titles like Pitfall, Interstate 76, Dark Reign, Soldier of Fortune..maybe even the first Call of Duty game? Will we see any other older games from Activision's merger with Vivendi Games? Looks like you Interstate 76 fans may get your wish after all. http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/01/28/interview-cd-projekts-co-founder-talks-gog-com-the-witcher-2/ --------------- 20 Activision games in the first wave. quote:How many games in total did GOG.com acquire in the Activision deal? http://www.gamezebo.com/features/interviews/gogs-marcin-iwinski-activision-deal-why-drm-still-sucks ========= Also new publisher coming in March! quote:In March, we plan to announce another big publisher thanks to whom GOG will get HUUUGE hits. By the way, it's not the only surprise we have planned for March. http://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,95338,7498776,GOG_zlowil_Activision.html It has to be either Lucasarts or EA. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Jan 29, 2010 |
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. There will be both games from Activision and Vivendi – that's a big advantage of the merger that I was talking about earlier. Many great titles coming to GOG.com, so check us out through January at least a couple of times.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I wouldn't mind trying I-82 again (and obviously I-76 + Nitro Pack).
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