Good Old Games offering early beta access

The games featured on the article picture aren't too bad... The service sounds interesting enough to keep an eye out for.

This thing is gonna not only need better games to beat out steam but a good community features as well. Plus, valve games are only limited to steam and their games are among the most popular games played on pc.

I signed up, mainly for the big fat Fallout box arts in the picture. I haven't played a fallout game, but have been wanting to ever since Fallout 3 was trotted out. I realise they're completely different, but I want to play the old ones to be able to appreciate some of the themes in the new game.

Anyway...I will probably buy them, seen as they're not on Steam.

I believe you forgot to mention that if you sign up for the beta, you get a coupon for a "buy one, get one free" deal justin.

Man, it has Fallout 2 and MDK. It doesn't need to get better!

Operation Flashpoint? Colin McRae 2005? Fallout 2?

I mean seriously, sign me up. I'm not a real superfan of these games but give me a chance to try out some of the other stuff.

I've been wanting to give Operation Flashpoint a go for a while now, as I heard it's a 'not quite so super strict America's Army alternative' in terms of the gameplay. The core stuff for AA is just too... tense and boring for me.

$10 for nearly abandonware titles? Heck no. I picked up a set of all the old Fallouts about 7+ years ago and payed maybe $10. I still have my hard copies. Stop ripping people off, GOG

Does anybody remember Sacrifice? Damn me, that was a great game!

If you own a joystick and you love flight combat games, get a copy of freespace2. Then go download all the updates from the Freespace opensource project.

It is god like.

"Damn me"

Your wish is granted.

Steam is a different type of service, but this is better for one reason: No DRM. DRM does nothing but screw the people who actually pay for stuff, since if you want to pirate it, it's cracked in a week anyway. Plus I love old games so I'm already excited about this.

they need to put system shock 2 on there, and make it work well on vista.

Ugh, I'm getting so tired of that fake shiny plastic look that you see everywhere nowadays...

Sacrifice was one of the most unique games of its time. Absolutely loved the story, art style, and the gameplay.

mmm.
This + normal valve games = awesome.

I wonder which version of the games they are releasing (retail vs patched) and if they will be able to be patched or modded. I would assume so, but I've learned never to assume when it comes to some classic games. As they say DRM free, it seems to make sense, but they've also patched some of the games themselves to work with Vista, so that could break the ability to apply official or unofficial patches.

I've become rather disenchanted with GameTap over the versions of some games released. Some games get the unpatched, buggy-as-hell, retail version released, and since it's GameTap, you can't do anything about. Twice I've ended up tracking down a copy of a game and buying it because the version on GameTap was unpatched (Uplink and Fallout).

It makes me question why I'm paying for GameTap if I have to go buy the games to enjoy them anyway. Unfortunately, I'm signed up for a full year.

If they have Majestic, then Im totally in. Jagged Alliance 2 and Disciple 2 would just seal the deal.

You know what would be bitchin'? If they got System Shock 2.

Yeah... I can see it now...

Game companies seem to have finally realised that there is a profit to be made on games for more than 6 months.

its always been daft that I could walk into a shop and buy 30 year old albums, books and movies, but I can't walk into a gamestore and get a game over 3 years old. (or 6 months if its a PC game).

Things like XBLA, the Wii VC and Steam/Gametap seem to have finally shown publishers what 10000s of abandonware sites and emulators should have shown them years ago.

For some games I think $10 is a little high, but if they have a decent range in the $5 pricerange, and they all work without problems then that'll be lots of impulse purchases from me.

Now Playing: Doom2 (Doomsday Engine) and loving it.

those bastards haven't given me a key, anyone else got one?

Funkul - they have Jagged Alliance 2!

I was given access to beta, so I can give some answers to the above questions:

1) the games are all fully patched up with the latest official patch
2) Each game has a sub forum where the first post is a sticky with links to mods, unofficial patches and higher resolution patches, etc. These have been tested by G.O.G. with their version and has seen to be okay.
3) G.O.G. showed me they understand the totality of PC gaming by not only including the well known Good Old Games, like Fallout, but also the great games that went under the radar, like Hostile Waters and Original Soldiers of World War II!
4) The forum is already getting lively with a 5 page 'wish list' thread developing over just 2 days!
5) G.O.G have a link on every single page on their site to give feedback, a sign they really want to create a great community site.
6) The whole idea of DRM free games for low prices is a great one, but to me is also a trust thing. Obviously with no DRM, piracy would be easy, but this company is laying it on the line and just trusting it's customers! Something very few companies do in video gaming! If they are willing to put their faith in me, I am willing to return the favour. I intend being a strong supported of G.O.G. Even though I have all the games in their current catalogue and most of the games being asked for in the wish list thread, due to the fact I have been PC gaming for 20+ years and have avidly collected and kept all my games. Some people have a a room with bookshelves full of books on every wall. I have bookshelves full of games. Side-on they look like hardback books! (the big box versions anyway!)