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CD Projekt, known most recently for The Witcher, has announced the coming launch of a new DRM-free classic games store named Good Old Games. They plan to have a variety of goodies such as Fallout, Freespace, and Jagged Alliance available at their opening in September, and are planning to update them all for compatibility with current hardware and XP/Vista.

I think this is great news for gamers. Like a certain other online store (wink wink), there won't be any obnoxious DRM, and customers will be able to download as often as they need. If things go well for GOG, the days of nasty DRM and limited downloads may well be numbered. Between new games on Impulse and old games on GOG, we may well soon see a day where nearly any PC game you want to play is available at your fingertips--legally and with no strings attached!


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on Jul 10, 2008
All the Black Isle games would be win. That includes Planescape: Torment.
on Jul 10, 2008
Almost had a breakdown in my pants. Hope they have lots of good games.

@Kippling: GameTap has BG2 if you're in the US.

I'm fine with them selling "free" games if they do good tech support for 'em.
on Jul 11, 2008
That includes Planescape: Torment.


No kidding. I've never been able to play it because I'd only heard how great it was in the past couple years when it's been going for astronomical amounts on the various auction sites.

Strange too, considering I have all my original BG, and BG2 discs and knew about Icewind Dale, etc. I guess when Torment was new, it just didn't generate much buzz in my neck of the woods.

Plus, I'll be really happy to buy Fallout 1 and 2 as while I own Tactics, it was a little disappointing in some respects and I never owned either of the originals. Just played them for a few hours tops at a friend's house.

This is wonderful news. Cheap, great games.
on Jul 11, 2008
Planescape was the best game made by Black Isle. It was strange, silly, but I loved the idea.
on Jul 11, 2008
It was definitely strange.. and I guess the flying skull was the silly comic relief

But yeah, it was a fantastic game. No other game really has explored the strange part of D&D lore as much as it did. Plus you had a kick-ass Githzerai as a sidekick!
on Jul 12, 2008
Looking at the top of their page, I already OWN most of those games. Was just thinking of installed "Sacrifice" again yesterday.

Curious about the legality of this. Codemasters don't strike me as the type to let DRM free copies of their games sell. (This is, after all, one of the last remaining companies to use Starforce.)
on Jul 22, 2008
That actually sounds really cool..However, it's a little strange that they would sell Freespace, considering the game is open source now and you can basically download it legally and for free. I imagine a good portion of the people who'd be using the service would know, but they should! And they've wisely put Fallout 2 as the first box on the image


Well, when I downloaded it, I didn't get any cinematics, and the sounds we're gone, but this was a Freespace 2 download, so...

I also hoping, (Immensially, Sp?) For a couple more titles coming out...
-Mechwarrior 2
-Warcraft 2
-Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Just for Nostalgia...)
on Jul 22, 2008
-Warcraft 2


I'd expect if anything that that Blizzard will put up BnE on their own store.
on Jul 22, 2008
Warcraft2 is still sold in shops (at least here) in Bundle with Diablo and Starcraft+Broodwar so if you really want it you have to leave your room
on Jul 22, 2008
No kidding. I've never been able to play it because I'd only heard how great it was in the past couple years when it's been going for astronomical amounts on the various auction sites.


Tell me about it... or better yet, don't, I know all about it already!
on Jul 23, 2008
There's a bunch of games there that I'll buy even though I already own them - a few bucks to not have to drive to my storage locker and dig through my boxes for antique PC games, and then fiddle with DOSBox to get them to work, is cheap at the price.
on Jul 23, 2008
The best thing about this on their webpage......


Sacrifice is one of the games displayed.

Hey Stardock, how about getting the rights to that gem and giving us a proper sequel?
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