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[HaemishM]

Whole shitload of Atari games available 50% off on Gog today

Some highlights include Master of Orion 1&2 $2.99, Master of Magic $2.99, Master of Orion 3 $4.99, Star Control 1+2 $2.99, Star Control 3 $2.99, Darklands $2.99, and others.

[Threash]

Sweet, i have been itching to play master of magic for a long ass time.

[Ingmar]

TA 

[Azazel]

I'll probably pick up the Star Control games out of Nostalgia (I finished 2, back in the day) and then never get around to playing or even installing them. 

[trias_e]

Star Control 2 remains one of my favorite games ever, and I don't even have the nostalgia factor involved, since I first played it only a few years ago.  It's just so damn unique.  Combines great writing and open exploration.  Done incredibly well.  Can't really think of anything else to compare it to.

[HaemishM]

I went ahead and picked up Darklands. Figure I always wanted to play it. Now if I can just find 100 hours to finish the Ultima VII I bought at Christmas.

[disKret]

Some advert for next tuesday update on GoG (they should kill the maker of it) with a little steam nudge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-zCtynCk-S0

[Tebonas]

The second advert is true to the core, though. Fucking regional pricing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRdfYwvGTos&list=UUNeU-ameY0dcKiltExqvhIw&index=1&feature=plcp

[disKret]

Update is online. Looks like its more cosmetics than anything else.
I've never spoted "Too Be Announced" before is it new?

[Severian]

They will have new indie games now, like a Legend of Grimrock preorder, and say GOG just means "GOG" now, forget the Old in with the new.
They also have a new optional downloader which can autopatch your games, sort of a DRM-free Steam Light in the making.

[raydeen]

Got some Activision love going on this weekend.

http://www.gog.com/promo/activision_treasures

Picked up Arcanum and Caesar III. Never played Arcanum but loved C3. More fun on the netbook. :)

[KallDrexx]

i always enjoyed Vampire:TM Redemption when it came out.  I might have to pick that up again for $3

[Ingmar]

They need to get the rest of those Sierra city builders.

[Sjofn]

Emperorrrrrr was my favorite of the Sierra ones, although I rather enjoyed Zeus (and Poseidon!) as well.

[raydeen]

i always enjoyed Vampire:TM Redemption when it came out.  I might have to pick that up again for $3

I was thinking about getting Redemption but I've still got Bloodlines sitting in either my Steam or GOG account that I haven't even touched yet. So many games, so little time.

[Lantyssa]

Redemption had the advantage of being easier to mod and having an RP mode.  I remember making an Ananasi with some text file edits.

[Ard]

I tried playing Redemption recently.  I couldn't even make it to the modern era before the horrible controls and bad mechanics drove me to quitting.  I have a pretty high tolerance for bad and old games, and this one pushed me over the edge.  It did get me to reinstall Bloodlines though.

[Kail]

Yeah, the single player mode and combat mechanics drive me berserk.  It's full of enemies that can just completely destroy you, and every victory felt like I was cheating somehow because a straight up fight meant death.  The final boss has an ability that can one hit kill anyone in the party from full health and he can use it any time he (randomly) feels like it; the only way I beat him was by glitching him to get him stick in a pillar.  I still don't know how you're supposed to win that one.  The multipayer scene was weird as hell when it came out, but now I'm not sure that anyone is playing, so I don't know that I'd recommend it.

[Lucas]

Wing Commander IV now on GoG  

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/wing_commander_4_the_price_of_freedom

A brilliant combination of sci-fi movie and pulse-pounding space fighter sim, Wing Commander IV is a pinnacle of gaming excellence

Even though in the game the price of freedom is eternal vigilance, the price of Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is only $5.99 on GOG.com.

Colonel Christopher Blair, former savior of the Confederation, has hung up his spurs and retired as a farmer on a desert world. While Blair has been enjoying the start of his well-earned retirement, a new menace has surfaced. Tensions between the outer colonies and inner Confed worlds are higher than ever. As the newly-reactivated Colonel Blair, you have to decide how to save the Confederation--or if it should be saved at all.

At the time of its release, it was the largest and most expensive video game made yet with an over-the-roof budget of $12 million. The cast was filled with SF superstars like Mark Hamill as Christopher Blair, John Rhys-Davies as James "Paladin" Taggart, Thomas F. Wilson as Todd "Maniac" Marshall, and Malcolm McDowell as Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn. Once again, this ragged band of heroes has to save the galaxy. The Wing Commander series captured perfectly the feeling of being both a game and a movie, and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is arguably the most cinematic and epic game of the whole series.

The space combat is everything you expect from a WC game. It’s fast, it’s action-packed, and it’s varied, while missions range from tailing enemy ships or sneaking on an enemy base to detaining convoys and simple “kill the bad guy” battles. The music matches the game’s production value and supports the experience well. Overall, Wing Commander IV is a great addition to an excellent franchise, and will deliver a captivating experience for long-time fans and newcomers alike.

Pick up this masterpiece for just $5.99 right now on GOG.com and enjoy a true classic of PC gaming.

A shout-out goes to WC News for all the help they gave the GOG.com team of content-wranglers in getting the extra goodies together that you're enjoying with the release, as well as helping us source a our game master & the DVD videos! They're awesome, and if you're a fan of Wing Commander, you should definitely check them out.

I always loved the introduction of the fourth episode, at least on par with the third one. And the ending was quite good and "different", if you think about it. In general, yeah, the plot lacked the big "alien menace", but in that regard it was similar to what the Ultima Saga did with the gargoyles in Ultima VII after the events of the sixth chapter.

[JWIV]

How about a free copy of the original Fallout?

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout

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Fallout for FREE for everyone for next 48 hours http://j.mp/FallGOG the greatest RPG giveaway of all time!

[Sky]

Killed their servers.

[koro]

Free Fallout is worth grabbing even if you are like me and own it elsewhere if only because it's a practically-guaranteed working copy of the game and the distribution status of the pre-Bethsoft Fallouts will be up in the air once Interplay loses its rights to the back catalogue in 2013.

[HaemishM]

Duly gotten. No idea when I'll play it, or Ultima VII or Darklands that I've gotten recently, but I'll be damned if I'm letting a free classic like that go past.

[Lucas]

Yep, free Fallout is just 

[raydeen]

All the Might and Magics. 50% off. This weekend.

http://www.gog.com/promo/might_magic_universe_2

I didn't get the 'Heroes of' part as that's not my cup of tea but all the original RPG ones for $14 was just too good to pass up. It would seem GOG doesn't want me to ever go outside ever again.

[Sky]

I'm now up to:

Planescape
Thief 2
Ultima 7 Complete (and the free U4)
HoMaM 3&4 (sue me, I liked 4, though 3 is the ultimate version)
Fallout

It's a good start.

[koro]

If only GOG could get the Wizardry series, or at least 6, 7, and 8. It's ridiculously expensive to buy them used if you missed out on them back when they were new.

[Zetor]

Yea, I'd pay some $$$ for Wiz6/Wiz7. I have Wizardry Gold, but it's interestingly a lot clunkier to play than the DOS version... and I never had the opportunity to get 6.

[Threash]

I've been completely engrossed in Master of Magic and Fallout Tactics for weeks now.

[Severian]

Good sale this weekend, 50% off some 32 Interplay titles, $2.99 each.

Including Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Freespace 1 or 2, Descent 1&2 or 3,  Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Jagged Alliance 2, Sacrifice, etc.
I already have four of those from the last go-round.

[Sky]

Sacrifice is a bit janky (didn't care for manawhores...and yes that's a real thing); but the higher-end spells should be required learning for game devs. Shit like volcano and tornado were so off the charts I'm not sure they've been matched yet in any other game. That game spent a TON of time on our LAN, back when LAN parties were a thing.

[Lucas]

50% off Alan Wake (including both DLCs), DRM-free for $ 14.99 'til May 15th at 6.59am EDT .

http://www.gog.com/news/release_alan_wake

[Lucas]

Quest for Glory I - V now on GoG (includes both the original and VGA versions of the first chapter):

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/quest_for_glory

So, you want to be a hero? 

[Tebonas]

Bless their little hearts. I always wanted to play those. 

[Lucas]

Played the first two on the Amiga 

Now we only miss (c'mon already) SSI gold box series (hopefully they'll include Darksun, Ravenloft and Buck Rogers too) and...who knows....Diablo 1 ?  (the rights to it, including Sierra's Hellfire, are a little shady, from what I understand).

A couple weeks ago I sent an e-mail to GOG, asking about the Gold Box series, but unfortunately I only received a generic answer (which, in the case of those games, is probably true, anyway):

Thank you very much for your kind feedback, however I'm afraid that I can't comment on whether or not we'll be releasing certain titles. I can only assure you that we're doing everything possible to get our hands on the best games, both old and new.

Unfortunately the process is very complex and difficult. Not all publishers wish to sell their back catalog, not all can be convinced that "no DRM" is a good idea, and sometimes it's just plain impossible to research who (if anyone) has the rights to a certain title. Getting an old game to work on modern systems often proves to be the easiest task.
Check out this Q/A video, featuring one of my superiors - Marcin Iwinski, for a first-hand view of how it works:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GOGcom#p/u/17/mrk7R5mSgzI

Finally, please stay tuned and check out our news page every week for new release info.

Umm...Maybe with the whole SSI demise, Atari losing the rights and whatnot, the last decision is on Hasbro shoulders?