(Sorry, I'm pretty sure there's a thread already dedicated to this, but of course I'm not sure what to search to bump. :P)

I noticed a significant portion of reviews here refer to playing and loving the games back when they were originally released (nostalgia is a helluva drug), so it sort of got me wondering: what old games have you discovered on GOG that you really enjoyed? (I'm especially curious about mid-90s (EDIT: naw, let's say pre-2005) and older games, because of course with the graphics of the period, it's interesting to hear from people who were able to look past the pixelation and love the game, even though they weren't "biased" by nostalgia.)

EDIT: changed the date.

Things like the original fallout and planescape torment have been excellent, and it's all because of GOG. I also really liked beneath a steel sky. Despite knowing all about the broken sword series, it was a nice surprise to play that.

Realms of Arkania 3. I had never played it before( despite playing the first 2) and it's really good. I got it as a gift from our german friend with the impossible name.

I like teenagent and adventures of peter pan. they are cool and funny

Few real 90's games, I fear. Most of the ones I missed out on and then got the chance to play for the first time thanks to GOG are from 1999 or the early to mid 2000's, like Gothic, Arx Fatalis, VTM: Redemption, Sanitarium, Syberia, Psychonauts, Beyond Good & Evil, Enclave, Anachronox etc. (The ones in bold print I actually managed to complete.)

Older games I'm thankful GOG gave me the chance to play include Stonekeep, Ultima VII and Ultima Underworld, Might & Magic series and Betrayal at Krondor. But to tell the truth, I haven't advanced far in any of them yet.


- Did I miss a release? :D

Most of the games I have on GOG I at least knew about beforehand. But the Tex Murphy series was an exception and a damn good one at that. Good enough to get me funding Project Fedora. Looking forward to that one.

XIII

What a great FPS, I have the GOG community to thank for giving me that game

My mistake leroux i played it on floppy

Psychonauts, Planescape, HOMM, Divine Divinity, Riven, Arcanum, and Alpha Centauri are all games I'd never played before joining GOG, but I've greatly enjoyed. Some of my game purchases have been fueled by nostalgia, but most of them haven't.

Being a huge adventure gamer and FMV fan, I never heard of Tex Murphy until GOG. (Still hoping they add Temujin to the catalog).

I've only played the first, but it was a bit rough. I think all the hype pushed me through. The only thing I was really turned off by due to its age was the driving. I never once drove anywhere manually. I played the entire game via waypoints (fast travel). According to the manual, I missed some duals, but it wasn't worth trying to navigate that atrocious interface of what I describe as pixelated pixels. (it was only raw shapes to begin with, but then those were extremely pixelated... almost like atari graphics). The interiors were very rough, but much, MUCH more tolerable than outdoors.

But the rest of the game was quite good. I've fired up the second game and decided to take a break. The mouse movement was very sluggish. I have just finished gabriel knight 1 and 2 (gems I discovered in their prime and have nostalgia) so pushing into a 4th OLD adventure was a bit much. I'll complete the series before I play the kickstarter project that I helped fund.

I have a feeling I will play the dos based games once and leave it at that. For me, there is a line between fun and playability. I'm no where near a graphics junky... but I can certainly see where visuals can keep the game alive.

short answer - Tex Murphy was fun and playable. I was tempted to skip it as the later games are really what seem up my ally. But I listened to the feedback and am glad I played it. (It also pains me to start in the middle).

I've bought a couple others that I haven't played yet. Hopefully they will also be enjoyable and finish-able.

Have you ever played Sacrifice? If you haven't , then buy it. Trust me, it'll be the best thing you've ever done in your life.

- Divine Divinity

- Jagged Alliance 2

immensely wonderful games, would never have played them without GoG

I was thinking XIII as well... not sure there are any others (yet) I haven't played before that I have spent significant time with.

I have never played any of the games on GoG other than Castles 2 before... so all of the titles that I've been enjoying here are new to me! ;P I'm just glad that they were put somewhere that I could enjoy them!