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Posted September 20, 2013
It came from the jungle!

Flight of the Amazon Queen, a classic point-and-click adventure that takes you through a story taken straight out of 1940s pulp magazines, full of witty humor and top-notch pixel-art graphics, is available on GOG.com as a FREE download!

My name's Joe King, and this is my story. Unbelievable as it may seem, it is a true story. You might not believe me, that's OK. I don't care much. You wanna know why? That's because when you get to tell someone your story, chances are there won't be any Hollywood stars in it, no mad scientists, now ancient temples lost in the jungle, and no plots of world domination. Sure, your story might be exciting too, maybe even weird at times just like mine, but I'm well damn sure your's won't have a super-scientific dino-ray in it! Well, mine has one. So, grab a cold one and let me tell you the tale of a certain journey. It all began with the girl...

Flight of the Amazon Queen is a point-and-click classic sporting traditional, beautiful pixel-art graphics, funny writing, a grand story based on many prolific pulp fiction clichés, and lots of full-speech in-game dialog. You will instantly fall in love with the story's mood and pacing, and the brilliant puzzles will keep you entertained for many hours. To read a story like that in the 1940, you'd have to pay whole 10¢. Today, as a part of GOG.com 5th birthday celebration, you can play for it absolutely FREE!

Find out what mysteries the jungle holds, foil the plot of an evil genius, present great bravery, let your wit shine, and--finally--get the girl in Flight of the Amazon Queen, available free of charge on GOG.com!
Posted September 20, 2013
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keeveek: Another free "gift" that was free for years anyway. Thanks, I guess.

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BreOl72: Oh yes...please!
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keeveek: I don't get it. Why don't you just download it? It's free anyway. You have to wait until GOG hands it to you on a silver plate or what?
I can give you an answer to that question. Yes, many of the free games on GOG are/were freeware. Many of us are aware of that. Yes, there are many freeware games out there. Go to 3DRealms' site, for example, and they have practically a store full of them.

So why do we want them from GOG? Actually, we rather like the "silver platters" we get these from on GOG. They are set up to work with a click of the mouse, which is convenient both for people who don't know how to use DosBox, and for people who just want to start playing without having to set up their own DosBox configuration or use DosBox every time. Also, GOG gives us extras, even in the "freeware" games. They always try to put a little something extra into it. If that's what you mean by a "silver platter", then, yes, I guess we do like getting games handed to us on "silver platters".
Post edited September 20, 2013 by ZapMcRaygunn
Posted September 20, 2013
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keeveek: I don't get it. Why don't you just download it? It's free anyway. You have to wait until GOG hands it to you on a silver plate or what?
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BreOl72: As a matter of fact, I already own the retail-version and have downloaded the "abandoned" version of DreamWeb.
It's no longer abandoned, Dreamweb is freeware since October 2012.
Posted September 20, 2013
Fantastic! Thanks GOG!
Posted September 20, 2013
Geez!! Thanks folks. Two free games this month. I thought you were being generous the first time, now your just spoiling us. Much appreciated folks. You people truly are the best!
Posted September 20, 2013
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Silverhawk170485: I'll take it when it's on sale. ;-)
I think it is 75% off right now!
Posted September 20, 2013
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ZapMcRaygunn: I can give you an answer to that question. Yes, many of the free games on GOG are/were freeware. Many of us are aware of that. Yes, there are many freeware games out there. Go to 3DRealms' site, for example, and they have practically a store full of them.

So why do we want them from GOG? Actually, we rather like the "silver platters" we get these from on GOG. They are set up to work with a click of the mouse, which is convenient both for people who don't know how to use DosBox, and for people who just want to start playing without having to set up their own DosBox configuration or use DosBox every time. Also, GOG gives us extras, even in the "freeware" games. They always try to put a little something extra into it. If that's what you mean by a "silver platter", then, yes, I guess we do like getting games handed to us on "silver platters".
All good points. These past two freebies have been especially meaningful to me because I had been doing a little "campaigning" to get more good old freeware on here, so seeing these appear and make headlines on Reddit suggests that GOG is still willing to have onto the Good Old part of the site, not try to tuck it under the rug (which I guess is the sensation I'll get every summer, unfortunately).
Posted September 20, 2013
GOG "handing me this game on a silver platter" is the difference between my being vaguely aware that a game of this title exists as freeware, and that I could probably maybe play it if I wanted to fight with DosBox, and my downloading this game and giving it a try. So thank you, GOG, for taking a game you can't make money on and making it accessible to me anyway.
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Posted September 20, 2013
Never heard of this game before, but will gladly check it out sometime.

Full voice talkie featuring the talents of Brad Lavelle, Tom Hill, Bill Hootkins, Enn Reitel, Penelope Keith, Jon Coleman, Debbie Arnold and more!
Who??
Posted September 20, 2013
Thank you, GOG
Posted September 20, 2013
Love it GOG!
Posted September 20, 2013
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CrowTRobo: Never heard of this game before, but will gladly check it out sometime.

Full voice talkie featuring the talents of Brad Lavelle, Tom Hill, Bill Hootkins, Enn Reitel, Penelope Keith, Jon Coleman, Debbie Arnold and more!
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CrowTRobo: Who??
Lt Eckhardt from Batman, and what seems a bunch of others from "across the pond".

"You ain't got no future, Jack!" Instabuy! wait... insta-free?
Posted September 21, 2013
Thanks for another free game GOG! I read about this game in a recent Retro Gamer, so it will be neat to check it out for myself.
Posted September 21, 2013
Thank you for the free game. Even better it's for Windows and Macintosh.
Posted September 21, 2013
*yoink*
Posted September 21, 2013
Having a freeware game here on GoG improves exposure. It gives people more reasons to come here, and it puts a game in more hands. I've already played this one (it was okay at best) but I'm not going to complain that it's here now.
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