GOG.com opens to the public News
PC News by Robert Purchese
GOG.com (Good Old Games) has entered public beta, offering lots of PC games from yesteryear for download.
There's the Fallout games, for starters, plus Earthworm Jim, Freespace, Gothic and more. And they're all DRM-free, so you can put them on your iPod. [No you can't. - Ed]
They also work on Vista, unlike Vista itself, and are quite reasonably priced: most are around USD 5.99 (GBP 3.80). The poor old pound.
Everything, promises GOG, should be quick and easy, and there's even a "classy" community to become part of. We've heard that before.
Head over to the GOG.com website to find out more, and maybe fill in your PC history a bit while doing so.
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KingOfIceland
24/10/08 @ 08:44
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Actually, you can switch your iPod to a HDD mode and store weird files on it.
But that's not funny so.... yeah |
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HappyChimp
24/10/08 @ 08:49
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Picked up Fallout 2 for ~£3.50 via the beta a while back - site & download process works really well.
Being able to use Paypal and having no DRM is a win - not having the time to actually play Fallout 2 isn't :) |
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TheMoonRat
24/10/08 @ 10:02
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Giants was supposed to be a very funny game, and a couple of old Shiney games look tempting at that price point too. Fantastic idea for a website, hope it succeeds and gets more games on there!
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The problem with this is that it seems to fall into a gap (at least for me).
There are retro games I want to play again, but I already bought them. I can either dig them up, or even if I can't, I'll feel bad about buying them again. Nostalgia plays a big part in retro games, so I'm unlikely to want to buy a game I've never played before. The only games I can see myself considering buying from here are those that maybe a friend owned when I was younger, but I didn't, and I also really liked. That's not very many.
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rhubarbandcustard
24/10/08 @ 11:53
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Stunning value.
Sacrifice, Giants and Messiah to be downloaded tonight. |
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Thunderbolt!
24/10/08 @ 14:21
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LOL, the breasts in Giants are like the ones in God of War, nice but hardly erotic.
I remember Giants as being an enjoyable game but very buggy. I'm not sure it aged very well |
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