Good Old Games

Post by **Bonus Kun** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:58 pm

I'm surprised nobody made a topic about this already.

CD Projekt has announced its newest project, GOG.com. The site, whose name is an acronym for Good Old Games, is a new games-on-demand platform that allows old fogies (and young fogies) to buy some of the best PC games of all time – many of which just can't be found in stores anymore – and play them on modern hardware, completely free of intrusive DRM. GOG.com is poised to become the center of the classic-games universe with a huge community section including forums, user reviews and ratings, as well as insightful commentary and editorials from some of the industry’s most beloved writers. A closed public beta of the site is scheduled for launch on August 1st and excited old-school gamers can sign up for more info and a chance to enter the beta by visiting GOG.com.

http://gog.com

Post by **Anayo** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:51 pm

Looks intriguing! I'm hoping they'll have Quake 1.

Post by **roushimsx** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:25 pm

I'm looking forward to it, but I already own all of the games in the little teaser pic (and a couple of them I've bought multiple times). All the same, I'll probably wind up buying Operation Flashpoint yet again just to get a copy w/o any copy protection at all. That'd be totally badass for when I travel.

Can't wait to see what else gets released through there. Steam has been kind of slacking on adding older games to the catalog and GameTap (which has most/all of those games already) doesn't exactly work when I travel / don't have a net connection (boo-urns).

Post by **manillaungol** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:25 pm

roushimsx wrote:I'm looking forward to it, but I already own all of the games in the little teaser pic (and a couple of them I've bought multiple times). All the same, I'll probably wind up buying Operation Flashpoint yet again just to get a copy w/o any copy protection at all. That'd be totally badass for when I travel.

Can't wait to see what else gets released through there. Steam has been kind of slacking on adding older games to the catalog and GameTap (which has most/all of those games already) doesn't exactly work when I travel / don't have a net connection (boo-urns).

Is there a way to keep the gametap games or does it all work exclusively through their client? I have some coke point and I was thinking about spending it on a 30 day gametap membership.

Post by **HoboJoe** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:19 pm

I'm pretty sure it only works on their client...otherwise tons of people would drink coke then download crap loads of games in 30 days.

Post by **roushimsx** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:28 pm

manillaungol wrote:Is there a way to keep the gametap games or does it all work exclusively through their client? I have some coke point and I was thinking about spending it on a 30 day gametap membership.

Gotta use the client to decrypt them and you gotta be connected to the net. Normally not a problem for home users, but it can be a drag when moving about. You ought to use those points towards a one month subscription anyway though... while the high quality new material is few and far between right now, there's a massive backlog of goodness in the all-you-can-eat buffet. Should make your month a very busy, productive gaming month.

Hell, even if you don't want to use those points, you can sign up under the monthly plan for $1 and cancel when the month is up.

Post by **Haoie** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:15 am

It'd be easier if it was accessable for all.

But hey.