Good Old Games has gone into beta

http://www.gog.com

And the gender selection for the account creation screen amuses me.
http://www.robotparty.us/gogpirate.jpg


The current list of games are...
(and yes, DRM free)

1nsane
474.3 MB

Colin McRae Rally 2005
2.9 GB

Conquest of the New World
75.5 MB

Descent + Descent 2
546.8 MB

Descent 3 + Expansion
797.5 MB

Die by the Sword + Expansion
482.2 MB

Earthworm Jim 3D
136.3 MB

Evolva
443.8 MB

F/A-18E Super Hornet
281.1 MB

Fallout
505.4 MB

Fallout 2
579.6 MB

Fallout Tactics
1.6 GB

Freespace + Expansion
829 MB

Freespace 2
1.6 GB

Giants: Citizen Kabuto
787.7 MB

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
522.5 MB

Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus
669 MB

Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business
407.8 MB

Kingpin: Life of Crime
337.1 MB

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader
699.4 MB

M.A.X. + M.A.X. 2
613.4 MB

MDK
74 MB

MDK 2
219.4 MB

Messiah
408.5 MB

Operation Flashpoint GOTY
732.6 MB

Original War
978.3 MB

Perimeter
1.3 GB

Redneck Rampage Collection
337.6 MB

Sacrifice
562.6 MB

Shattered Steel
474.9 MB

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
248.5 MB

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
1.4 GB

Stonekeep
425.4 MB

Toca Race Driver 3
5.3 GB

Thank Kek, had my access key sent to me today, I didnt know since I read this thread.

I must heavily recommend Freespace I + II and its expansion for any fan of space games.

Even though it is VERY old, the game has aged beautifully and has a great deal of content that will last anyone for a while. I can confidently say that it is still probably the best space shooter game out there today (that is not in a sandbox space like game)

Why do prices always have to be in dollars :no:

Selection is still rather meagre at the moment. Hopefully they'll get some decent ones out before the promotion ends.

I was sort of looking forward to this. I prefer hard copies, though.

Ooh! They have the original Descent! Will have to check that out, methinks. :yes:

I'm most interested in hearing how well the games have been adapted to run on modern OSs and much higher-spec machines than at the time of original release. I look forward to reading reports on this.

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I'm most interested in hearing how well the games have been adapted to run on modern OSs and much higher-spec machines than at the time of original release. I look forward to reading reports on this.

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As am I, actually. I'd be especially interested if they ever got the rights to sell Star Trek TNG: Birth of the Federation. Even to this day, that game suffers from a memory leak that causes turns to take forever to process, even on high-end computers.

Not really planning on buying any of these games right away, but I'll keep an eye on them as their library expands.

I definitely appreciate what they are trying to do. :2thumbsup:

I bought myself Fallout Tactics, and used the coupon to get Fallout for free. I already have Fallout, but not having to deal with hard copies is awesome. Plus they give me the soundtracks to both games in MP3 format.

Classic games by digital download, updated to work on modern operating systems, DRM-free and cheap? Yes please.

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I must heavily recommend Freespace I + II and its expansion for any fan of space games.

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And if you do get them, have a look around at Hard Light Productions - it's the main hub of the Freespace community and the home of the Source Code Project, the project for improvement of the Freespace 2 engine based on the original source code, released by the developer.

I got my key yesterday, had been waiting for it, bought myself Jagged Alliance 2 Unfinished Business and used the coupon for Fallout Tactics to have a look at that Fallout stuff as well. :2thumbsup:

What I also find great and admirable is that they put actual work into those games and made them XP and Vista compatible.

:furious3: No Masters of Orion II. Yet, anyways.


But overall, I REALLY like their concept.

Only when the entire One Unit Whole Blood pack for Blood appears on this list, I'll be interested.

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:furious3: No Masters of Orion II. Yet, anyways.


But overall, I REALLY like their concept.

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What, you lost your disk? For shame. :no:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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What are the payment methods available ?

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What are the payment methods available ?

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VISA and MasterCard, or that's all it showed me, fortunately my bank provides me a free one of the latter. :2thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by drone

What, you lost your disk? For shame. :no:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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:shame:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

yes

If any of you haven't played Sacrifice, and I suspect you didn't because you aren't praising it into high heavens, I urge you to give this work of love a try, and a work of love it is, it's a creative explosion. Only Thief:The Dark Project (owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww THIEF GAWD) has me dripping with more fanboyism. Tough as nails, brilliant beyond believe.

those really are good old games.

if it had interstate '76, outlaws and myth, it would be called "great old games".

I have found love!

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3. You buy it, you keep it.

Don't let your DRMs turn into nightmares (clever, eh?). You won't find any intrusive copy protection in our games; we hate draconian DRM schemes just as much as you do, so at GOG.com you don't just buy the game, you actually own it. Once you download a game, you can install it on any PC and even re-download it whenever you want, as many times as you need, and you can play it without an internet connection.

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this is what i want from 21st century games distributers.

I just saw they added PayPal to the payment methods and they will get IGI 2. :2thumbsup: