Actually, yes, and it's led to a serious pinball addiction for me. I now have over 600 hours logged in The Pinball Arcade alone (sadly it's not available on GOG). Having now played all the pinball games available on GOG I would recommend the Pro Pinball series the most. They still hold up pretty well despite their age. Of the ones currently on sale, the Pinball Gold Pack is FAR better than Pinball World IMHO. Outside of GOG, I'd recommend The Pinball Arcade and Pinball FX2. Both have a ton of tables available. Personally, I strongly prefer TPA because of the physics.

Thanks for the reply @MWink.

I know the games in the promo are pretty old now, but I wasn't prepared for step up in graphics quality when I had a look at pictures of some of your other recommended games!

I've decided to attempt to have a go on the free Tales of the Arabian Nights table on Pinball Arcade (elsewhere). There's a high chance it won't run on my old machine though! I need to find time to build my new gaming P.C.!

If it runs and I like it, I'll probably come back and buy the Pinball Gold Pack.

Thanks again!

I already own and have played a little Il-2 1946 :) And I remember having played Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 WWII Pacific Theater. All of this two with a gamepad... I don't have a flying stick unfortunately. And I see the limits of the gamepad for this kind of games :P It's fun but... well, far from perfect ! What are the price ranges for a good but as cheap as possible flight stick ? Any recommendations ? If it's not too pricey, may be it can be the time to buy one.
And if not... Well, so, you don't recommend it if I only have a gamepad ? I don't think to be a "hardcore flight-sim player", but I've a lot of curiosity for it. I played Dwarf Fortress for example simply for the curiosity and because the game is fascinating ;)
Thanks a lot for your answer by the way ! :D

No problem! :)

Regarding the gamepad (I'll speak about il-2); you can use it to fly a plane, you can land/ take off although landing is somewhat trickier especially if you plane is damaged and needs so much input from you (you may need fine throttle control simultaneously with fine aileron control in such cases) but generally I guess you'll have a hard time, especially in dogfighting where many times you should perform difficult manoeuvres or fine point your reticule on the target (or slightly in front of it depending the distance between the airplanes). If you're good with the gamepad it might be easier but keep in mind that you must be able to control all control surfaces on the plane (ailerons, elevator, rudder), fine tune the throttle, operate your guns, control the flaps and be able to press some keys on the keyboard too for other stuff. If your gamepad & your skill with it allows you to do all that, that's fine but I'd suggest a flight stick anyway.

As for what I would recommend, hmmm, I don't really have a specific recommendation. I've used Logitech & Thrustmaster sticks but all of them had an expiration date on my hands (I get too passionate when dogfighting!). Nowadays I don't have one since the last one broke (the X axis didn't operate well) but when I'm in the market next time, I'll see if I can get my hands on a Black Widow since it looks sturdy enough, it has a nice, large throttle stick which can be separated so you can control multiengine plane more efficiently and looks heavy too. Also, you don't need to be a hardcore flight simmer (I am not by the way, I just enjoy flight sims in general) to buy a flight stick, as long it is not a very expensive one; it can be used with other types of games too (for example FPS where you get to fly things).

Hope I've been somewhat helpful. :)

Great promo! I've received the "wishlist notification" only today (maybe due to the insomnia sale?), now I have just to decide what to buy. :)

Just got B-17 and Judge Dredd at great prices ◦°˚\(*❛‿❛)/˚°◦

Bought Lords of Magic.
Never played it before, but ever since seeing it on a magazine back in the day I was curious.

But ok, the time to buy things is over. Now onto the new age of actually playing things.

Hey, another Cover Action fan! I can recommend that one, also. (Info on 90s PC version follows) First words of warning though: the graphics are not especially great compared to today - it is a 26 year old game, PC gaming was in its infancy. That said, the palette of colors used had to be workable with the hardware of the time, and that meant everything from CGA 4 color graphics to EGA 16 color graphics all way up to VGA 256 color graphics (or MCGA if you had an IBM). So their color palettes were limited a bit by what looked decent in CGA/EGA graphics. I'm assuming that Judas was probably fortunate enough to have a Commodore A500 or A1200 or something. This is probably one of the games I'd really like to see remade, yet I know it will never happen with the rights lost somewhere between the MicroProse -> Hasbro -> Infogrammes -> Atari -> Take Two -> ??? -> ?Firaxis? buyouts / mergers / take-overs / buy-backs / etc...

Anyway, there's four distinct modes: Combat, Crypto, Driving, and Wiretapping. The 'level' you select - I believe - corresponds to how much time in game you want to spend in these modes. After character selection, right before the new mission starts, you have to answer a copy protection question. You have three tries, then it drops you back to DOS (or DOSBOX). Obviously doesn't apply to GOG version, but I remember was a bear (and I HAD manual0

Combat - This could've really an FPS makeover. I do know that your skill level determines how quickly you can shoot bad guys (a target fades from light gray to white to indicate your chance to hit). Sadly, yes, you can miss from point blank range. Or maybe I'm just unlucky. When starting, be sure to take armor - you can sustain four hits with armor. Without armor, two hits and you pass out (Everyone uses tranq darts, I guess). If the place is crawling with guards, take that and the Uzi, too. The bowtie camera is also essential. (Okay, so if Maximilian has it in his bowtie, where's Maxine keeping it? I just got a good look at the box art again. D'oh! Never mind.)

Crypto - In this game, they use start using a simple substitution cipher, but finish strong with a Vigenère cipher. Word of warning, though, if the game gives you the first letter, it's not always correct. It is 95% off the time, but just in case the stuff's not making any sense... At the basic level, they give you the spaces between words, at the harder levels, they don't.

Driving - Like Judas said, the driving mechanic is a bit off, but with a little bit of practice (and proper car selection), you'll be able to tail a suspect. Just remember you are driving multiple cars, and you hit the direction you want your car to turn at the intersection with relation to the map!. I don't know how many times I boogered that up. After certain 'chase' segments, you are given the opportunity to install a tracer on the victim's car, which plays identical to wiretapping. I don't know what the difficulty levels do to driving, but I imagine you get spotted sooner and/or have further to go.

Wiretapping - Basically, you have one chip design in your EEPROM (program / re-programmable logic chips) burner. You buffer their design, and burn yours into their chip. The chips immediately next to phone lines are PROMS (programmable once), you cannot change them. At the higher levels, there are more PROMS. In addition to that, the introduce inverters and cross channel logic (circuits that cut bridge phone/alarm clusters)
This is actually quite fun. At the lower levels, once you get the hang of it, it is easy to install a set of 5-6 taps in less than 30 seconds.

TL;DR I like Covert Action - it's a worthy addition to any collection. Pros: Fun, at times can be challenging (and exciting) gameplay. Cons: Graphics dated, not all mechanics have kept up well with gaming trends. Copy protection is a bear (not in GOG version, though)

Hey Judas, have you come across any PC spiritual successors to Covert Action? Especially ones that may not have made it overseas? Thanks!

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Thanks GOG teaM I salute ye !

I finally ended up buying Falcon collection and Covert action (too many people talking about it in so many good ways).

I'll maybe ask in the forum some advices, but I'll go there take a look for sure :) I'm just always a little afraid when buying something in a domain I don't know at all ^^" (and experience of other people is always useful) I have a limited budget, so I can't do mistakes :P
Thanks for the suggestion :)

I finally had to recognize that gamepad isn't enough for some games :P (and I love my old PS2 gamepad). Last time I was frustrated was with Freespace 2 : I bought it, configured it, succeeded in configuring most of keys in it (even if some were missing : not enough keys on the pad XD)(and I must add that it was a nightmare), but precision... isn't enough to really enjoy it. And that's without talking about "fine control" (throttle for example)
What is the pricerange ? Any brand to recommend for beginner with small budget ? (for example between Logitech & Thrustmaster ?) Any other particular advice ?
And yes, it was useful :)

Thanks you two for helping !

I was like "heeeey time to grab some Falcon goodness and stuff".
Then I saw that review.... it literally shrunk my balls into tiny marbles. I thought I was a man, I thought I could do it.
No siree ;(

Just grab Thrustmaster T.Flight Stick X, it's cheap (30 EUR) and quite decent for the price. You can also use it with X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Strike Commander, Wing Commander, Privateer etc.