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FuriousGeorge posted:I'd say it's more of a complement to Steam. It fills the void that Steam doesn't cover.  ). But, after buying Myst, Descent 1+2, and The Incredible Machine Mega Pack, I'm starting to love what GOG has to offer that Steam lacks. I just wish I had more money that I wouldn't mind spending so I could take advantage of the awesome sales they have (especially a couple weeks ago when Apogee's library was on sale  ).
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Furret Basket posted:Don't know when it happened but looks like Windows 7 has silently been readded to the Dungeon Keeper 2 page. So I guess that means it's fixed? e: Looks like the problem profile is the same as before. Z-buffer errors with hardware acceleration and the game crashed when I clicked the Review Objectives button. Take it as you will. scamtank fucked around with this message at 11:37 on Sep 19, 2011 |
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Mordaedil posted:GoG.com is steadily growing more and more on me. The only contender to Steam in my eyes. They're not a contender at all, though, since they re-release old games with no DRM whereas Steam is a DRM platform mostly for new games (and their old games releases are almost always broken). But yes, GOG rocks.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:They're not a contender at all, though, since they re-release old games with no DRM whereas Steam is a DRM platform mostly for new games (and their old games releases are almost always broken). Yeah, gently caress Kingpin on Steam. Doesn't have the opening FMV.
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scamtank posted:
Theres a safe mode file in the support forum. That combined with software rendering has resolved most of my crashing issues. I still occasionally crash in my pet dungeons but poo poo I remember the original game doing that too so I can't be certain they're linked.
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scamtank posted:
For the hardware acceleration problem, try manually disabling anti-aliasing for the DKII exe in your graphics card's control centre (nVidia control panel or similar). There are other fixes for getting DKII to work but presumably the GOG version already has those in place.
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Do you guys think there's any chance of Civilization II showing up on GOG? It's possibly my favorite PC game of all time, and as far as I know, only the MGE version runs in W7 x64, which is a shame because the diplomacy is broken in comparison to Classic (2.42) — the AI is always mad at you.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:They're not a contender at all, though, since they re-release old games with no DRM whereas Steam is a DRM platform mostly for new games (and their old games releases are almost always broken). Yeah, GOG is unarguably a niche store, but they fill that niche perfectly. The only weakness they have isn't really their fault - it's that publishers can be dicks and that some licenses are just lost. For a lot of old games, there's GOG.com. For everything else, there's oldgames.sk, who package all their stuff up very akin to GOG, and replace stuff with purchase links the moment GOG start selling it again.
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Dominic White posted:Yeah, GOG is unarguably a niche store, but they fill that niche perfectly. The only weakness they have isn't really their fault - it's that publishers can be dicks and that some licenses are just lost. Dominic, you are a fantastic source of information. That site has most of Microprose's old back catalogue, including Darklands and Gunship 2000 - I sunk HOURS into those as a kid!
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Since this is the place to go for oldgames, does anybody know offhand whether shadow president works in Boxer on OS X?
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Dominic White posted:For a lot of old games, there's GOG.com. For everything else, there's oldgames.sk, who package all their stuff up very akin to GOG, and replace stuff with purchase links the moment GOG start selling it again. Great site, reminds me of the Home of the Underdogs, best site ever.
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Elias_Maluco posted:Great site, reminds me of the Home of the Underdogs, best site ever. Yeah, I'd describe it as the modern successor to HOTU. They put a ton of effort into everything on there, right down to copying GOG's 'pre-packed with DOSBox in a standard windows installer' format.
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Dominic White posted:Yeah, GOG is unarguably a niche store, but they fill that niche perfectly. The only weakness they have isn't really their fault - it's that publishers can be dicks and that some licenses are just lost. Absolutely, and their strength is that they don't compete with Steam, unlike GamersGate, Origin et al.
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Well my Asus Sandy bridge motherboard decided to take a dump 4 months after they sent me a refurb replacement. Sooooo now I have an old-ish laptop. GOG is going to be my pc gamer go-to place until I get my i5 fixed. http://i.imgur.com/XsIUg.png Man I played the HELL out of WC 3/4. I love these games. Im not sure how space shooters hold up now over time, but I have fond, fond memories of Wing Commander. So ahead of their time. strategery fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Sep 19, 2011 |
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Sep 19, 2011 19:53
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andrew smash posted:Since this is the place to go for oldgames, does anybody know offhand whether shadow president works in Boxer on OS X? Boxer is based on DOSBOX, so you can generally just check the DOSBOX compatibility database. (spoiler: it works)
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strategery posted:Well my Asus Sandy bridge motherboard decided to take a dump 4 months after they sent me a refurb replacement. Sooooo now I have an old-ish laptop. GOG is going to be my pc gamer go-to place until I get my i5 fixed.
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strategery posted:http://i.imgur.com/XsIUg.png It's kinda odd though - WC1 feels way ahead of its time, but the gameplay stayed exactly the same for the entire series so WCP felt a little bit stale. I wish Chris Roberts had dared to experiment with his game formula some more.
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Bubbacub posted:It's kinda odd though - WC1 feels way ahead of its time, but the gameplay stayed exactly the same for the entire series so WCP felt a little bit stale. I wish Chris Roberts had dared to experiment with his game formula some more.
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Dominic White posted:Yeah, I'd describe it as the modern successor to HOTU. They put a ton of effort into everything on there, right down to copying GOG's 'pre-packed with DOSBox in a standard windows installer' format.
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duckfarts posted:Holy poo poo. I love you so much it burns when I pee. I love id to death for getting me into PC gaming, but their pre-Wolf3D games (excluding Commander Keen) are just...ugh. I can see how they might have been cool back in the day, but I can't play them. Even Wolfenstein barely holds up with no automap. Edit: I just found out that Abandonia has SimTower for download. Game owns. Edit 2: It's the original installation files and the setup won't run under 64-bit Windows. FUUUUU Edit 3: Installing it in XP Mode and dragging the game files over to Windows 7 doesn't work either since the game has a 16-bit exe. Lame. No wonder GoG is hiring people to reverse engineer this poo poo. Charles Martel fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Sep 20, 2011 |
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duckfarts posted:Holy poo poo. I love you so much it burns when I pee.
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I've been silently debating for a while how kosher it would be by Games rules to start a thread for sharing the really old and rare crap. I've got copies of Gizmos & Gadgets (Windows 3.1/9x CD version), Reader Rabbit 3, Word/Number/Super Munchers, Logic Quest 3D, Big Science Comics, Mario Teaches Typing 1, Orly's Draw-a-Story, Stay Tooned!, Kid's Typing, Math Blaster (pre- Blaster's Universe reskin), Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games, the interactive Living Books version of Green Eggs & Ham... My major hangups are that I don't have permission (or PMs), it'd be a really niche topic, and perhaps so much so that nobody else would have anything to contribute. I dunno. 
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quakster posted:Keep in mind that the site is technically piracy so don't tattoo the URL on the forehead of your firstborn or anything. Eh, I got it okayed with the mods to link that site here a while back. It basically falls under the same header as HOTU did back in the day - it's technically outside the bounds of law, but it exists solely because the law doesn't offer any other distribution options.
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Dominic White posted:Eh, I got it okayed with the mods to link that site here a while back. It basically falls under the same header as HOTU did back in the day - it's technically outside the bounds of law, but it exists solely because the law doesn't offer any other distribution options. Also, if the games listed are for sale on gog or dotemu, they link to the sale page and don't offer a free download. It's as legit as abandonware gets.
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Sankis posted:Also it's in Slovakia so the site itself is probably not going anywhere anytime soon Well, Slovakia is a member of the European Union, so it actually might. At least if the IP lobbyists get their way.
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Smol posted:Well, Slovakia is a member of the European Union, so it actually might. At least if the IP lobbyists get their way. If those scumbag cocksuckers (IP lawyers that is) offer an ultimatum that ends up with older games back on the market, it might be worth it. Even if dirtbag publishers wind up making a penny off of the game, we can but hope that GOG gets the licenses and continues their reverse engineering magic as we move beyond DOS Box into early DirectX titles.
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ArmA: Cold War Assault is now up on GOG for $5.99. This replaces Operation Flashpoint from before.
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Blodskur posted:ArmA: Cold War Assault is now up on GOG for $5.99. This replaces Operation Flashpoint from before. OpFlash is finally back home. One way or another, anyway.
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Blodskur posted:ArmA: Cold War Assault is now up on GOG for $5.99. This replaces Operation Flashpoint from before.  GOG Support posted:Multiplayer issue: multiplayer mode is available after registering your unique CD-key for the game. 
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Apparently it lacks the Red Hammer expansion, is that something I should care about?
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Mq posted:Apparently it lacks the Red Hammer expansion, is that something I should care about? It's a nice expansion pack but it's more the lack of Resistance that annoy me.
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It was also recently added to Steam (€3.99/$5.99). Looks like it includes Resistance but not Red Hammer.
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I don't know if this is the case for anyone else, but in my non-gog.com version the physics is a bit messed up from what I remember back years ago when I played the original(ie. Tank gunners don't correct for shell drop anymore so it's impossible to hit anything.)
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A little LTTP but has anyone picked up NoX off GoG yet? I want to give it a shot but afraid it doesn't hold up well like the Diablo and BG games do? Remember my friends LANing the poo poo out of NoX back in the day, but I was a consolenoob and didn't want to play it.
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jt1080 posted:A little LTTP but has anyone picked up NoX off GoG yet? I want to give it a shot but afraid it doesn't hold up well like the Diablo and BG games do? Remember my friends LANing the poo poo out of NoX back in the day, but I was a consolenoob and didn't want to play it.
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Is this the right place to ask for help actually playing Ultima 4? I snooped around a Lets Play just to get a feel of what I should be doing, and tried to recruit Iolo the Jester in Britain, since I'm playing a bard and want to go for compassion first. And he flat out refused saying he can't help me. Is it something I said?
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Dr. Gene Dango MD posted:Is it something I said? In Ultima 4, eventually, you have to form an 8-men party, with each member representing a Virtue. However, the Avatar is counted as one of the 8. As such you cannot recruit a companion that represents the same Virtue (i.e: class) as the Avatar does. You'll just have to do without Iolo.  This restriction is not present, however, in later games. Edit: if you check Nakar's excellent Let's Play, in Ultima 4 the Avatar is a druid, and as such Jaana is not recruited in the party. radintorov fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Sep 20, 2011 |
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radintorov posted:Nah, it's just that you are a Bard. It's funny you say that, I don't think you NEED an 8-man party. I did it on my two play throughs, but I would expect it would be better to maybe go with 4-6?
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