GOG on the verge to release SMAC

[Lützow]

GOG negotiated a deal with EA. For now they released Ultima Underworld, so I suppose we'll see the rest of the series as well and SMAC is already announced.

http://www.gog.com/en/news/gog_com_s_catalog_gets_huge_with_addition_of_classic_ea_titles

[ilovestrategy]

Omg, the Ultima series released would be a dream come true! I use dosbox but I would love to have a windows 7 version.

[hgilmer3]

SWEET! Privateer. I love that game and still boot it up on dosbox but man oh man, this will be something I really want.

Edit: I just bought it and loaded it up. It loaded it into dosbox. I'm not sure that was what I was wanting.

[Jevhaddah]

GoG use Dosbox to make older games run on modern Os's. I still have the origianl disks for a lot of my old DOS games and set them up to run using DOSbox.

For those I don't have GoG is agreat way to get hold of them again [:D]

Cheers

Jev

[hgilmer3]

ORIGINAL: Jevhaddah

GoG use Dosbox to make older games run on modern Os's. I still have the origianl disks for a lot of my old DOS games and set them up to run using DOSbox.

For those I don't have GoG is agreat way to get hold of them again [:D]

Cheers

Jev

I understand that, but it says compatible with Windows 7. This is actually the 1st game that I have bought from them that I had to use dosbox on. I already had the game to play on dosbox.

[Fallschirmjager]

I purchased the X-Com series through Steam and it loads a custom version of Dos Box when I want to play the games. This is probably the easiest and maybe the only way to get some of these old games to play on modern systems. Does anyone know if there is a league way to purchase the old classic Waste Land?

[Perturabo]

Wasteland is getting very rare lately, even on eBay. About year ago, there would be 2-3 copies on eBay almost constantly. Now one is lucky when there's just one...

ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager

I purchased the X-Com series through Steam

Thanks for showing the current i.p. owners that the X-Com name is worth raping.

[hgilmer3]

It actually is done pretty well for Privateer. The speech pack is included, but I don't see Righteous Fire. But all in all, worth $5.95.

[promethean]

Wasteland is actually included in a few anthology packs, including this 10 Year Anthology, with multiple copies available through Amazon resellers: http://www.amazon.com/Interplays-Year-A ... B000K5782S

Also in this collection, albeit more expensive: http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-RPG-Arch ... B00001QEPC

[Perturabo]

What's the point of buying a collection, though? It doesn't have the original box and the original manual.

[promethean]

Original Box, no. But it does have the manuals for each game in the collection.

Otherwise, the point is to have the game and play it, though I of course understand that won't work for you if you're looking for an original copy as a collectible. Looks like there are some other decent classics in each collection too. Still, it's a shame there's no digital download-- I'd like the developers (or at least the current I.P. holders, if they're not the same) to get compensated for the purchase, and possibly see the brand revived if there were enough interested people.

[Greybriar]

ORIGINAL: hgilmer3

It actually is done pretty well for Privateer. The speech pack is included, but I don't see Righteous Fire. But all in all, worth $5.95.

According to Dundradal in this thread at the GOG Wing Commander Privateer forum:

ORIGINAL: Dundradal

No it's not the speech pack version.

It's the CD version without RF included. This means it has speech throughout. The speech pack only added it to the intro and during combat.

Not a big deal according to him though.

[Perturabo]

ORIGINAL: promethean

Still, it's a shame there's no digital download-- I'd like the developers (or at least the current I.P. holders, if they're not the same) to get compensated for the purchase, and possibly see the brand revived if there were enough interested people.

Note how there wasn't a single new Fallout or Planescape:Torment like made by the i.p. holders despite all those people are that are buying these games.
Brand getting revived? What's the point? We're talking about computer games here - brand is nothing - gameplay and design is everything.
Brand getting revived doesn't mean another game like Wasteland. It means a Wasteland FPS and tons of marketing guys and journalists writing about how Wasteland is a horrible game and about how it wasn't FPS only because there wasn't technology to make FPS games back then.

Buying these games is basically a waste of money. It doesn't bring anything good as these people will never make games like they used to. They sold out.
It's better to save these money for games that are actually being worked on now by people who chose to continue making games for us, not for the lowest common denominator.

ORIGINAL: promethean

Otherwise, the point is to have the game and play it,

You can find it on any abandonware site.

[Fallschirmjager]

ORIGINAL: Perturabo



I purchased the X-Com series through Steam

Thanks for showing the current i.p. owners that the X-Com name is worth raping.
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Okay...yeah...I will umm...pass that along
*backs away slowly*

[Lützow]

It's done. SMAC has been released today. No Xfire though.

[Terminus]

And at a whopping $6, it's an obvious purchase.

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Perturabo

Wasteland is getting very rare lately, even on eBay. About year ago, there would be 2-3 copies on eBay almost constantly. Now one is lucky when there's just one...

ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager

I purchased the X-Com series through Steam

Thanks for showing the current i.p. owners that the X-Com name is worth raping.

Twat.

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Perturabo

ORIGINAL: promethean

Still, it's a shame there's no digital download-- I'd like the developers (or at least the current I.P. holders, if they're not the same) to get compensated for the purchase, and possibly see the brand revived if there were enough interested people.

Note how there wasn't a single new Fallout or Planescape:Torment like made by the i.p. holders despite all those people are that are buying these games.
Brand getting revived? What's the point? We're talking about computer games here - brand is nothing - gameplay and design is everything.
Brand getting revived doesn't mean another game like Wasteland. It means a Wasteland FPS and tons of marketing guys and journalists writing about how Wasteland is a horrible game and about how it wasn't FPS only because there wasn't technology to make FPS games back then.

Buying these games is basically a waste of money. It doesn't bring anything good as these people will never make games like they used to. They sold out.
It's better to save these money for games that are actually being worked on now by people who chose to continue making games for us, not for the lowest common denominator.

ORIGINAL: promethean

Otherwise, the point is to have the game and play it,

You can find it on any abandonware site.

"Brand is nothing"? Wow. [8|]

[Phatguy]

All this nostalgia makes me want to fire up Darklands

[ilovestrategy]

Reminds me of trying out Daggerfall again. I had forgotten how much I loved that game.