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If you've been checking out the news on gaming sites around the 'Net, you've very possibly heard that GOG has announced some exciting news about our plan for 2012 and beyond.

In particular, there are three main elements that make up our announced path for the next few years: adding newer games to the catalog, focusing on continuing our impressive growth, and bringing exclusive game releases to GOG.com. There are a few common questions we've seen about this, so before we link you to some of these discussions online, we thought we'd create a quick FAQ for you.

Q: Oh no! GOG.com is never going to sell another classic PC game again and my favorite game never made it here!

A: Don't worry, GOG.com will continue to release classic PC games. We are, however, looking to expand the availability window of games on GOG, so we won't focus only on PC classics anymore.

Q: Isn't your name Good Old Games? It seems kind of silly to sell new games on an old gaming website.

A: We've always been about our core values: DRM-free games, flat prices worldwide, and extra goodies included in our releases. So don't think about us as "Good Old Games"; think of us as "GOG.com", and perhaps you can work your way around that objection. ;)

Q: I see your terrible plot! When you guys start selling games with DRM, I will leave the Internets in disgust and never return.

A: Don't worry: we're devoted to those three core values that we mentioned above, and we know that if we ever abandoned them we'd quickly become just another digital distributor. Our goal is to become the best alternative digital distributor out there: the guys who do it differently, who respect their customers, and who can help change what the industry is doing as a result.


If you have any other pressing questions about our future plans, feel free to ask them in the forum and we'll do our best to answer as many as we can. Keep in mind that we can't always answer questions you ask for a variety of reasons, so apologies in advance if you happen to ask one of those kinds of questions.
Oh we can place our order here? I'd like two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.
If we're going to offer up suggestions, I already know the SNES/PSX games aren't going to show up. Commodore 64 games might be plausible, but I have no idea who would have the rights to those anymore.

Going after games released on the Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and Dreamcast would be quite feasible as such games have appears been reappearing on Steam, XBL and PSN lately. However, not all of us have the PS3 or 360, and many interesting games still aren't available in general. Stuff like Gex, Blazing Dragons, Legacy of Kain (Soul Reaver was even on PC), Time Stalkers, Panzer Dragoon Saga, and Popful Mail.

This is, of course, to say nothing of the other old PC, Amiga, and Apple games like Day of the Tentacle and Woodruff & The Schnibble.
Post edited February 25, 2012 by HiroshiMishima
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papastef: Hi there !

When I was a young kid (not so many years ago :P) I used to play 2 specific games that I still find unique amid all this plethora of games that have been developed ever since.

1. Skool Daze (I even found a decent remake in the web)

Walk through video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6761945081918468643

2. Back to School

Walk through video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2651105510952886158#

I believe they are worth to give 'em a try and not only produce a version for contemporary PCs, but also expand their scenario and create a new masterpiece.

Thank you.
Oh my! I used to play these too on my Spectrum... Damn, getting old...
GOG is by far the best customer service I have ever seen in anything more than a small business. I had a support question, and I got a real reply within a day, and they were very nice.
Sim City 3000 and Civilization 1-3?

I speak only for me of course but i'd flip just flip to be able to play a those again without the hassle of tracking down fresh disks (mine are so worn out now haha)
This site is great! I just hope they last forever.. with pirates and stuff.
I love to see Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire with GOG in the future.
Post edited February 26, 2012 by Silvestris
How did this topic turn into a wishlist thread for games, especially for games that aren't even considered "newer" by gog standards? I mean there are requests for games made in the 1980s and 1990s in this thread.
I know gog very briefly mentioned that bringing gog exclusives was part of their "path for the next few years", and that they will still release old classics. But the main focus is obviously about they will be releasing newer games in 2012.

I clicked this for the first time in months, thinking some newer info was being discussed.
But it's just a ( most likely useless) request thread now
Post edited February 26, 2012 by CaptainGyro
Yes ! The ZX SPECTRUM was something magic ! Not the modern graphics and capabilities, but so many games with brilliant gameplay ...
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CaptainGyro: How did this topic turn into a wishlist thread for games, especially for games that aren't even considered "newer" by gog standards?

I clicked this for the first time in months, thinking some newer info was being discussed.
In the first, I'm kinda curious about that myself. In the second, I know the feeling. However there's not even anything being released this year that I'm remotely interested in owning, and anything released last year I either already have or am not interested in. Except Skyrim, in which case my PC can't run it and I don't wanna get it for Xbox cause I hate those pricy DLC packs and the lack of patching.
Ascendency, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Sam & Max games, X-COM UFO Defense, just some games I'd like to see again )
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Aramis23: This site is great! I just hope they last forever.. with pirates and stuff.
GoG's greatest asset is convenience, many old games require setting up DOSbox/ScummVM, or simply do not work correctly on modern systems, and given the low prices it's a good deal.

I would say that the only thing silly for GoG to to start selling newer stuff that's already on steam, because there's really no point to that.
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airmanbouchard: Ascendency, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Sam & Max games, X-COM UFO Defense, just some games I'd like to see again )
X-Com UFO Defense - that game You can get from Steam.
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Laeinea: Is it possible to get the original Castle wolfenstein? That is a classic that is missing from this site! Shocking! ;)
Still have it. Recently started again. OMG it's so terrible. How could I ever spent more than a minute with it..

But it still belongs here.
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Crosmando: I would say that the only thing silly for GoG to to start selling newer stuff that's already on steam, because there's really no point to that.
Point #1: GoG makes money, which means it sticks around to give us more games (old and new)
Point #2: DRM FREE.

Just sayin'. :-)