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Yeah, I have open Tyrian, it works amazingly well. But owning a game never seems to stop me from getting games on GOG. I consider it a thank you for their services and encourage them to continue posting amazing games hassle free for me.
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Dominic White posted:and voice acting that makes Oblivions seem like an oscar-winning performance, which is saying something. Silence, knave!
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Aug 11, 2010 00:03
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Holy poo poo, Raptor! Awesome game, but how does it compare to the original, Apogee DOS-based version?
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Aug 11, 2010 00:30
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Charles Martel posted:Holy poo poo, Raptor! Awesome game, but how does it compare to the original, Apogee DOS-based version? I'm 99% certain is the original, Apogee DOS-based version. Just with some weird license changing and optional HQ2X scalers or some crap.
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Aug 11, 2010 00:54
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AxeManiac posted:Yeah, I have open Tyrian, it works amazingly well. But owning a game never seems to stop me from getting games on GOG. I consider it a thank you for their services and encourage them to continue posting amazing games hassle free for me. That and I find it's easier to just download the games from GoG (and then throw the install files on a hard drive in case you need them again) than to hunt down the discs and re-install, then make sure everything works right and patch it, etc.
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Aug 11, 2010 03:49
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AxeManiac posted:owning a game never seems to stop me from getting games on GOG. I consider it a thank you for their services and encourage them to continue posting amazing games hassle free for me. I am guilty of doing this with more than one game. Three at least.
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Aug 11, 2010 04:48
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I own three copies of Two Worlds. Still trying to find the rad collectors edition, I'm kicking myself for not picking it up for $10 at a Gamestop before I knew about it.
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Aug 11, 2010 04:50
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doctorfrog posted:I am guilty of doing this with more than one game. Three at least. I've done this with all 3 gabriel knights, duke 3d, ROTT, Commandos 2, Arcanum, and a few more. It's just easy to have digital copies. Plus my physical ones are at home.
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Aug 11, 2010 12:34
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Magnificent Quiver posted:I own three copies of Two Worlds. Fun fact, I went to a gamestop with my cousin and they are selling Two Worlds for 360 for 6.99, but the boxes also had stickers on them that said %50 off. So you can pick up Two Worlds for 3.50 cents.
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Aug 11, 2010 19:43
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Has the AD&D Gold Box ever resurfaced without the need of the emulators and cpu throttling?
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Aug 11, 2010 19:48
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I'm glad I got Enclave in the sale, I vaguely remembered playing the demo of it and its been a lot of fun so far. Looks nice for an Xbox era port too.
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Aug 11, 2010 20:48
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SERPUS posted:Has the AD&D Gold Box ever resurfaced without the need of the emulators and cpu throttling? I can't even begin to sort out the licensing labyrinth GoG would have to navigate to release those things. I'm probably wrong, but I bet those games are at the top of the list of games that will never be re-released ever.
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Aug 11, 2010 21:03
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SERPUS posted:Has the AD&D Gold Box ever resurfaced without the need of the emulators and cpu throttling? It takes a little digging, but you can pick up collections of the Gold Box games on eBay and get them running pretty easily under Dosbox. I'd definitely prefer to see them on GOG, but like Danger Mahoney said, it's not likely to happen.
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Aug 11, 2010 21:20
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Is it just me or do the larger file games have a propensity of corrupting while downloading? In recent days, I've tried to download the files for Two Worlds, both manually and through the GoG downloader, no less than 5 times. Everytime I get a file corrupted message and it tells me to redownload. Two Worlds can't be worth this much work!
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Aug 11, 2010 21:27
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When downloading through the web browser, big files getting corrupted seems to be more the rule than the exception for me. Which is a bit of a pain in the rear end when I've downloaded something like the Lord of the Rings Online client at nearly 10GB or something. Heck, it's annoying enough with smaller files if I'm getting a lousy download speed. Thankfully this isn't that much of an issue for games that use their own downloaders, or Steam for that matter, since they probably verify the integrity of separate pieces throughout the download. But yeah, downloading big files straight through the browser seems to carry a significant risk of corruption, at least in my experience.
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Aug 12, 2010 06:36
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I've never had any trouble with the GOG downloader. Sometimes it crashes on the startup, but I've never had any corrupted files when downloading. Even huge ones like the later Tex Murphy games.
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Aug 12, 2010 06:44
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Danger Mahoney posted:I can't even begin to sort out the licensing labyrinth GoG would have to navigate to release those things. I'm probably wrong, but I bet those games are at the top of the list of games that will never be re-released ever. Looking into it, it seems that things have coalesced to the point where the IP is Atari's and Ubisoft has the code. Unfortunately I don't see them willing to split the opportunity to make shitloads of money.
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synertia posted:I've never had any trouble with the GOG downloader. Sometimes it crashes on the startup, but I've never had any corrupted files when downloading. Even huge ones like the later Tex Murphy games. I used to have problems with the downloader, but after a few updates it all seems to work fine.
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Aug 12, 2010 10:35
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Looks like Raptor: Call of the Shadows is out. I grew up with this game. It's loving amazing.
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Bo-Pepper posted:Is it just me or do the larger file games have a propensity of corrupting while downloading? In recent days, I've tried to download the files for Two Worlds, both manually and through the GoG downloader, no less than 5 times. Everytime I get a file corrupted message and it tells me to redownload. It is, and I've never had a problem. I download everything direct in browser too, no downloader.
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xarph posted:Looking into it, it seems that things have coalesced to the point where the IP is Atari's and Ubisoft has the code. Well that's not that bad! How does this sort of thing work, anyway? Does Gog have a list of games they'd like to re-release, dispatching their suit team to have a meeting with the ip holders to ask for permission? Or do the companies approach them first?
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Danger Mahoney posted:Well that's not that bad! How does this sort of thing work, anyway? Does Gog have a list of games they'd like to re-release, dispatching their suit team to have a meeting with the ip holders to ask for permission? Or do the companies approach them first? Depends and we don't really know. Seems that so far it's mostly been the former.
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Aug 12, 2010 20:23
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Serious Michael posted:I grew up with this game. It's loving amazing. Holy poo poo clicking on that link brought back the memory of playing the shareware edition (I think) back in the day.
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Aug 12, 2010 20:38
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MonkeyforaHead posted:I'm 99% certain is the original, Apogee DOS-based version. Just with some weird license changing and optional HQ2X scalers or some crap. Apparently it's not; it's the Windows version, with issues such as only being able to move at half speed when using keyboard controls and not being able to move to the right edge of the screen with mouse controls. They should just have gotten the DOS-version and shoved it in DOSBox.
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Aug 13, 2010 14:50
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Phantasmagoria 1/2 on sale this week. They always seemed like the sort of games that would be more fun to watch someone else play than to actually play yourself, though.
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Aug 13, 2010 15:04
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hogswallower posted:Phantasmagoria 1/2 on sale this week. They always seemed like the sort of games that would be more fun to watch someone else play than to actually play yourself, though.
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Flashduck posted:Apparently it's not; it's the Windows version, with issues such as only being able to move at half speed when using keyboard controls and not being able to move to the right edge of the screen with mouse controls. What? Is this worth the trade off for higher resolutions? Also, yeah, don't think I could ever play Phantasmagoria, but I'd dig a LP of it. Games like that need to have a "watch me" mode where you just watch the game play itself and it does all the cool stuff.
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Aug 13, 2010 20:39
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AxeManiac posted:What? Is this worth the trade off for higher resolutions? Only have the sequel  http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Phantasmagoria2/
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AxeManiac posted:What? Is this worth the trade off for higher resolutions? It should be perfectly playable using the mouse, but if you're like me and prefer the keyboard, it's not. The higher resolutions don't really mean anything since the sprites are the same size; rendering it at the highest resolution in DOSBox makes it look at least as good, though I guess the GOG version does widescreen.
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GreenNight posted:Only have the sequel A handful of years ago when this game was only found via means of ill-repute, I finally got to play it after enjoying the style of it a lot when my friend picked it up at release. Though we returned it the next day when the desktop password puzzle offered no clues two impatient teenagers could really notice. Anyway, by the end of the game I hated it. At least the first one was silly, while this one's finale just made me cringe.
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SERPUS posted:Has the AD&D Gold Box ever resurfaced without the need of the emulators and cpu throttling? These run just fine under Dosbox. You'll need to find a manual online. forget the site I used but on my previous computer I had pdfs for all the games' books.
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Evil Fluffy posted:These run just fine under Dosbox. You'll need to find a manual online. forget the site I used but on my previous computer I had pdfs for all the games' books.
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Hell yes! For one I didn't buy Phantasmagoria as I was waiting for a sale. 9.99$ was steep for the first one and I wanted to grab the second one once I had the first one. Grabbing both at 30% now! It's pure nostalgia. I regret selling all my old PC games and SNES back in the day to have money for something else.
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Threep posted:Pretty sure mine came with a disc with the manuals, bought them in a collection new from a web store that had a bunch a couple years back. Had everything but, I think, Eye of the Beholder. Maybe I'm thinking of a different collector's set. The 9 old, old games, like Death Knights of Krynn? When I bought it it came with a book that had all the "start game" copy protection in it, but not the "save game" protection. The instruction book .txt files on the CD weren't word for word either apparently, and also didn't line break properly, so it was impossible to know what Word X of Line Y was.
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Aug 14, 2010 06:40
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The Oddworld games have been permanently reduced to $5.99:
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Charles Martel posted:The Oddworld games have been permanently reduced to $5.99: Not bad, but I got those both off steam for like 2.99 total.
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Aug 16, 2010 23:59
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Total Annihilation: Commander Pack (Contains Total Annihilation, The Core Contingency and Battle Tactics) is now on GOG for $5.99.
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GreenNight posted:Only have the sequel A dude did a VLP of Phantasmagoria that was pretty good a couple years back, I guess it wasn't archived. A shame.
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Blodskur posted:Total Annihilation: Commander Pack (Contains Total Annihilation, The Core Contingency and Battle Tactics) is now on GOG for $5.99. Now we're talking!
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It's been a long while, but if I remember correctly, that game supports any resolution right out of the box. Impressive for its time.
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