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Posted March 21, 2019
We used this year’s spring cleaning to dust off some of the great DOS classics.

Thanks to the partnership and long-time cooperation with the DOSBox Crew, together we’ve managed to enhance with cloud saves feature over 100 classics, with more to come.

Since the introduction of the Universal Cloud Saves to GOG Galaxy, the feature has been added to more and more all-time classics that never offered save syncing and cloud backups. Working closely with DOSBox Crew and adding cloud saves to older games is another step that we take to improve gamers experience with good old games.

Many of these cloud saves enabled DOS classics joined the Spring Sale line up offering savings for such must-haves like Colonization (-75%), Dungeon Keeper Gold (-75%), Heroes of Might and Magic (-75%), Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy 1+2+3 (-75%), Wing Commander III (-75%), classic X-COMs (-75%), and many more.
Posted March 21, 2019
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You've been asking for a list of games that support cloud saves. For all games with cloud saves support you can go to this listing.

As for the current list of DOS games supporting cloud saves, they are:

Albion
Alien Rampage
Alone in the Dark 1+2+3
Al-Quadim: The Genie's Curse
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
Apache Longbow
Battle Chess Special Edition
Battle Isle Platinum
Bio Menace
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Blake Stone: Planet Strike
Blood: One Unit Whole Blood
BloodNet
Caesar
Caesar II
Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet
Cannon Fodder
Cannon Fodder 2
Capitalism Plus
Castles 1+2
Catacombs Pack
Challenge of the Five Realms
Conquest of the New World
Constructor
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crusader: No Remorse
Crusader: No Regret
Crystal Caves
Cyberia
Cyberia 2: Resurrection
Dangerous Dave Pack
D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series
Dungeons & Dragons: Krynn Series
Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft Series
Death Gate
DOOM II + Final DOOM
Dragon Wars
Dragonsphere
Duke Nukem 1+2
Duke Nukem 3D
Dungeon Keeper Gold
Eradicator
F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0
Falcon Collection
Fantasy General
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three
Fragile Allegiance
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Harvester
Hind
Hocus Pocus
Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Gold
Ignition
Ishar Compilation
Jagged Alliance
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
Jazz Jackrabbit Collection
Jill of the Jungle: The Complete Trilogy
Kingdom: The Far Reaches
Knights of the Sky
Litil Divil
Little Big Adventure
Little Big Adventure 2
Lords of the Realm: Royal Edition
Lost Eden
Magic Carpet Plus
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
Master of Magic
Master of Orion 1+2
Megarace 1
Might and Magic 6-pack Limited Edition
Monster Bash
Normality
Patrician 1+2
Personal Nightmare
Pinball World
Pirates! Gold Plus
Police Quest Collection
Police Quest: SWAT 1+2
Populous
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods
Privateer 2: The Darkening
Quest for Glory 1-5
Rayman Forever
Realms of Arkania 2 & 3
Realms of Chaos
Red Baron 1
Return to Zork
Rex Nebular
Rise of the Triad
Robinson's Requiem
Screamer
Secret Agent
Sensible World of Soccer 96/97
Seven Cities of Gold: Commemorative Edition
Sid Meier's Colonization
Sid Meier's Covert Action
SimCity 2000 Special Edition
Softporn Adventure
Space Rogue Classic
Starflight 1 & 2
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
Stargunner
Strike Commander
Subwar 2050 Complete
Syndicate Plus
Syndicate Wars
Terminal Velocity
Terra Nova
Tex Murphy 1 & 2
The Adventures of Willy Beamish
The Dame Was Loaded
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
The Last Express
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
The Ultimate DOOM
Time Commando
Tyrian 2000
Ultima Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
Ultima 1+2+3
Ultima 4+5+6
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar
Ultima 8 Gold Edition
Ultima Underworld 1+2
VR Soccer '96
Wacky Wheels
Waxworks
Wing Commander: Privateer
Wing Commander 1+2
Wing Commander 3 Heart of the Tiger
Wing Commander: Privateer
Wolfenstein 3D + Spear of Destiny
World Rally Fever: Born on the Road
Worlds of Ultima™ : The Savage Empire
Worms United
X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
X-COM: Ufo Defense
Zork Anthology
Zork Nemesis

EDIT: will be updating the list as more games are being added
Post edited March 22, 2019 by Thiev
Posted March 22, 2019
We are aware of the missing DLLs issue and are working for some hotfix before weekend.
For now, please use verify / repair as needed.
Posted March 22, 2019
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Thiev: We are aware of the missing DLLs issue and are working for some hotfix before weekend.
For now, please use verify / repair as needed.
Will the fixed versions have different version numbers? Else it will be impossible to tell apart from the unfixed ones.
Posted March 22, 2019
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blotunga: Will the fixed versions have different version numbers? Else it will be impossible to tell apart from the unfixed ones.
Issue is not with games, but with the client. Hopefully rebuilds won't be necessary.
Posted March 22, 2019
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Thiev: Issue is not with games, but with the client. Hopefully rebuilds won't be necessary.
Ok, so downloaded offline installers should be ok?
Posted March 22, 2019
That explains why a bunch of older games I have got updated.
Posted March 22, 2019
So it looks like you got DOSBox to add a `mount -t overlay` command, which will redirect all written data to the cloud save directory. Neat! Hopefully this will be propagated to the more advanced Dosbox builds as well. Good job guys!
Posted March 22, 2019
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FulVal: DOSBox 0.74-2.1 is a new version that i can't find in DOSBox official site...
the .1 is to make it easier for GOG to recognize it and in general to recognize it.
Code wise, it is 0.74-2 + suggested linux fix from our homepage + overlay code.
It's not an official release at this point.

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Bluddy: So it looks like you got DOSBox to add a `mount -t overlay` command, which will redirect all written data to the cloud save directory. Neat! Hopefully this will be propagated to the more advanced Dosbox builds as well. Good job guys!
It's a bit more complicated than that ;) but lets not delve too deep into the details.

The code will be included into the main line and will be part of the next "big" release or maybe earlier, so any build based around the main line code will get it.
Posted March 22, 2019
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Qbix: It's a bit more complicated than that ;) but lets not delve too deep into the details.

The code will be included into the main line and will be part of the next "big" release or maybe earlier, so any build based around the main line code will get it.
I'm actually interested in the details. I couldn't find documentation for `-t overlay` so I assumed it just redirects all writes to the overlay mount, while reading first from the overlay mount and if not found, in the regular mount.

Personally I love (DOSBox-ECE since it has enhanced joystick support (great for flight sims and HOTAS), Fluidsynth built in for awesome General MIDI, and MT-32 emulation. Have you guys considered using it or integrating the relevant patches? Fluidsynth in particular would greatly enhance user experience for those games that have general midi support. You could include a free soundfont. MT-32 emulation would be nice too if you could make a deal with Roland to include the roms. And the joystick fixes are essential for your flight sims.

Oh man, since I have your attention, what's up with all the old games on Steam that aren't here? I don't want to buy them on Steam, I want them on GOG! 1942 The Pacific Air War, F-14, Silent Hunter 3. Gunship...
Posted March 22, 2019
The weat... ehem gaming forecast for the next decennium: Overcast.
Posted March 22, 2019
Nice work Qbix and GOG!

If anyone is still using my Game Backup Monitor app, I just want to point out you may have issues continuing to use it for GOG DOSBox games.
Post edited March 22, 2019 by MikeMaximus
Posted March 22, 2019
Yesterday 3 games where updated. Heroes of might and magic 2, zork I and populous. All three games uses the DOS-Box to work. After this, all three games doesnt launch anymore. I used the un-update feature and the old version of the game was installed, but the game still wont start.
The i installed my local backup of one of the affected games (Zork I) and this installation works fine.
Seems to me that the DOS-Box was killed on this 3 Games. The rest of the games i.E. Diablo works fine in the DOS-Box, but this game didnt get an (killer)update.

Please GOG, repair this,
Pentalon

----------------- UPDATE -------------------------
Problem was solved.
Thanks GOG
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Post edited March 22, 2019 by Penthalon
Posted March 22, 2019
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blotunga: Will the fixed versions have different version numbers? Else it will be impossible to tell apart from the unfixed ones.
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Thiev: Issue is not with games, but with the client. Hopefully rebuilds won't be necessary.
fyi... Wizardry 6 download link (under the my games section) leads to a 404 page
Posted March 22, 2019
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JudasIscariot: That's right, this is a Galaxy-only feature.
Thank God the offline installers not infected with this feature .
Posted March 22, 2019
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squid_80: The game files aren't modified, just the new dosbox build is configured to put any new/modified files in the cloud_saves directory.
Can I easily revert that setting in dosbox.conf, so that the GOG dosbox and the vanilla one behave the same?
Posted March 22, 2019
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squid_80: The game files aren't modified, just the new dosbox build is configured to put any new/modified files in the cloud_saves directory.
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eiii: Can I easily revert that setting in dosbox.conf, so that the GOG dosbox and the vanilla one behave the same?
yes, just remove the mount command that has the -t overlay at the end.
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