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    Default Good Old Games has gone into beta

    http://www.gog.com

    And the gender selection for the account creation screen amuses me.



    The current list of games are...
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    Colin McRae Rally 2005
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    Conquest of the New World
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    Descent + Descent 2
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    Descent 3 + Expansion
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    Die by the Sword + Expansion
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    Earthworm Jim 3D
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    Evolva
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    F/A-18E Super Hornet
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    Fallout
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    Fallout 2
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    Fallout Tactics
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    Freespace + Expansion
    829 MB

    Freespace 2
    1.6 GB

    Giants: Citizen Kabuto
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    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
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    M.A.X. + M.A.X. 2
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    MDK
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    MDK 2
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    Messiah
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    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
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    Toca Race Driver 3
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    Thank Kek, had my access key sent to me today, I didnt know since I read this thread.




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    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)
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    Why do prices always have to be in dollars

    Selection is still rather meagre at the moment. Hopefully they'll get some decent ones out before the promotion ends.
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    I was sort of looking forward to this. I prefer hard copies, though.
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    Ooh! They have the original Descent! Will have to check that out, methinks.
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    Default Re: Good Old Games has gone into beta

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by TinCow View Post
    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.
    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.
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    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.
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    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.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by TevashSzat View Post
    I must heavily recommend Freespace I + II and its expansion for any fan of space games.
    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.

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    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.

    What I also find great and admirable is that they put actual work into those games and made them XP and Vista compatible.
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    No Masters of Orion II. Yet, anyways.


    But overall, I REALLY like their concept.
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    Only when the entire One Unit Whole Blood pack for Blood appears on this list, I'll be interested.

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    Quote Originally Posted by makaikhaan View Post
    No Masters of Orion II. Yet, anyways.


    But overall, I REALLY like their concept.
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    What are the payment methods available ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by doc_bean View Post
    What are the payment methods available ?
    VISA and MasterCard, or that's all it showed me, fortunately my bank provides me a free one of the latter.


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    Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
    What, you lost your disk? For shame.
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    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.

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    those really are good old games.

    if it had interstate '76, outlaws and myth, it would be called "great old games".
    now i'm here, and history is vindicated.

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    I have found love!


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

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


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