[Hendricks266]

3dwizard, on Sep 20 2010, 08:06 AM, said:

Did anybody even see how crappy their pc version of Raptor: Call of the Shadows is? They have the WORST music in it ever! Raptor has never sounded so bad in all it's life!

They did that to match all subsequent Windows versions. I agree that Raptor's music sounds much better under Adlib than Windows MIDI. Fortunately, you only have to change one setting in SETUP.EXE.

Other than that, you're obviously being a troll.

[Kathy]

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UPDATE 20.09.2010
First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn't manage to download all their games. Unfortunately we had to close the service due to business and technical reasons.

At the same time we guarantee that every user who bought any game on GOG.com will be able to download all their games with bonus materials, DRM-free and as many times as they need starting this Thursday.

The official statement from GOG.com's management concerning the ongoing events is planned on Wednesday. If you want to receive further information about GOG.com, please send an email to update_media@gog.com if you're a media representative or to update_users@gog.com if you're a user without a GOG account.

http://www.gog.com/

[3dwizard]

Qbix, on Sep 20 2010, 07:46 AM, said:

Weird stuff

What's up man. Nice finding you on this forum too. You really are everywhere, aren't you
I wasn't aware that you are also an eduke32 dev, great to see you are involved there too.

Tetsuo, on Sep 20 2010, 08:17 AM, said:

Arrogant much? Make blatant assumptions much?

1.Yes
2.No

Hendricks266, on Sep 20 2010, 08:29 AM, said:

They did that to match all subsequent Windows versions. I agree that Raptor's music sounds much better under Adlib than Windows MIDI. Fortunately, you only have to change one setting in SETUP.EXE.

Other than that, you're obviously being a troll.

What setup.exe? The gog version doesn't have a setup.exe as far as I know and the music is just a bunch of wav's all put in a folder and if you delete them, you get no more music.
And just because I'm saying what I think Gog is good for isn't a troll comment and I didn't mean to make anybody feel offended or something.
I have all major classic titles from dos times and I just use emus on them or I play them on my dusty classic gaming rig fully prepared to run dos and win 3.1 and 95.

[High Treason]

3dwizard said:

And just because I'm saying what I think Gog is good for isn't a troll comment and I didn't mean to make anybody feel offended or something.

No, but what I am doing is

3dwizard said:

I have all major classic titles from dos times and I just use emus on them or I play them on my dusty classic gaming rig fully prepared to run dos and win 3.1 and 95.

Well, my classic gaming rig is ready to run PC-DOS 4.01J with a custom shell program, I'm willing to bet I have the best DOS rig in this forum! ME FTW!!!

- Yeah, I was bored, and you know what I am like when I am bored... Still, if you like classic games you should like that anyway so I'm not totally off-topic.

[Omni]

Lotan, on Sep 20 2010, 11:47 AM, said:

http://www.gog.com/

A lot of rumors of Steam buying them out.

[WedgeBob]

Now that Gearbox owns the Duke Nukem IP, I hope they'll compile a combination of the older Duke games, and release it as a collection on Steam, then maybe see if they're nice enough to use some of those proceeds towards this. It's an outside chance, but it might work out. Time'll tell on that one.

[Hendricks266]

3dwizard, on Sep 20 2010, 01:48 PM, said:

What setup.exe? The gog version doesn't have a setup.exe as far as I know and the music is just a bunch of wav's all put in a folder and if you delete them, you get no more music.

Perhaps GOG sells the Windows version, in which case you should wait until MusicallyInspired gets the game RC-55'd or embark on a project to record all the MUS files in Adlib to wav.

[Martin]

Fuck Steam. DRM for the lose. There's hardly any choice left but to pirate games on PC, now. It's the only way you can get shot of those fucking DRMs.

[MarkG]

Martin, on Sep 21 2010, 12:47 AM, said:

DRM for the lose.

To be fair, quite a few Steam games don't have DRM; most of the older games I've bought on Steam don't -- after all, they're basically just DOS games running in Dosbox -- and even Fallout 3 doesn't appear to have any.

But I'd still rather be able to buy everything DRM-free from GOG than buy from Steam.

[Kathy]

I don't get the big deal about Steam's drm. You just need to activate it one time online and that's it...

[Martin]

Any DRM at all is bad. That's why I don't use iTunes, I usually either pirate MP3s or buy them from Play.com. If I pay money for something, I want to not have my fair use rights infringed. If I buy a salt shaker, I don't expect to be told that I may only use it on one designated dinner plate. I know DRMs on Steam aren't usually this bad, but they're still DRMs. It feels like they're punishing people for actually buying stuff, meanwhile people who pirate said content can use it in any way they like. This picture explains what I mean. It's about music, but you could substitute it for games.

[Lunick]

Um didnt itunes get rid of drm on their music?

[Striker]

Tetsuo, on Sep 20 2010, 01:17 PM, said:

Arrogant much? Make blatant assumptions much?

He's a twat(An elitist one at that), so what do you expect?

I built myself a dedicated DOS Gaming machine, but it's also just nice to be able to get a digital download that can run on modern machines without any extra work. Especially good if one of my lesser PC-Experienced friends wants a copy of an old game they used to enjoy, but don't have the knowledge to go through the hassle of installation, configuration, and learning the workings of the DOS Prompt.

[3dwizard]

Hendricks266, on Sep 20 2010, 06:12 PM, said:

Perhaps GOG sells the Windows version, in which case you should wait until MusicallyInspired gets the game RC-55'd or embark on a project to record all the MUS files in Adlib to wav.

But that's the thing, don't you see? Why bother so much when I can use my lovely dos version inside dosbox and this way I get both proper music and if I really want, I can add what image filter I want out of an entire selection of cool filters!
Using DosBox with a nice frontend is so much better than gog imo but that's just me.

[MusicallyInspired]

Hendricks266, on Sep 20 2010, 08:12 PM, said:

Perhaps GOG sells the Windows version, in which case you should wait until MusicallyInspired gets the game RC-55'd or embark on a project to record all the MUS files in Adlib to wav.

This is on my to-do list, incidentally.

[Iggy]

Gog.com updated with a YouTube link = http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BDRvuKjissQ

This is really starting to look like a bad PR stunt.

[Kathy]

It should have been a RickRoll.

[Stabs]

So was GOG selling baulders gate cause some of those comments are all jizzed in the pants about a milisecond flashing of the baulders gate logo

System Shock 2 could only make this stunt forgivable...

[Inspector Lagomorf]

Omni, on Sep 20 2010, 03:21 PM, said:

A lot of rumors of Steam buying them out.

Rather an interesting corporate maneuver, though it comes off as swatting a fly with a Buick.

[Kathy]

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/22/gog-not-...-with-new-site/

[Iggy]

So it's a hoax meant to be a commercial basically;
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2010/0...re-was-a-hoax/1

[Kathy]

http://www.gog.com/
http://www.youtube.c...?v=ATNd4qbNTf8

That's fucked up right there...

[Kathy]

Why the hell this thread still isn't merged with the other one? "General gaming" subforum is the better place for this topic.

[Skulldog]

Good Old Combs, is the new name.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

I would laugh my ass off if Steam just decided to buy them out anyway in a corporate hostile takeover.

[MusicallyInspired]

So no DRM and no buy-out. This is good.

[Omni]

DanM, on Sep 22 2010, 04:30 AM, said:

So was GOG selling baulders gate cause some of those comments are all jizzed in the pants about a milisecond flashing of the baulders gate logo

System Shock 2 could only make this stunt forgivable...

They are adding BG1 and its expansion tomorrow.

Edit: Weeeee topic merge!

[Yatta]

Merged our two GoG threads.

[High Treason]

Well, one good thing came out of this publicity stunt;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=220655502386 Screw the GoG version, I have the real thing!

[Iggy]

The new site came up. Only to come down just as hard for "scheduled maintenance".