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Posted October 17, 2014
Run, live to fly, fly to live. Aces high.

Wings!™ Remastered, a high definition take on the Amiga WWI aviation classic, with a barrage of daunting Dogfights, is coming in hot to GOG.com. At 15% off, that's only $12.74* for the entire first week!

Wings!, the classic flight-combat action game from the Amiga generation is back! Wings!™ Remastered brings you back to an experience full of blasting action, drama, and emotions. The 2014 release includes over 230 missions fully reproduced in stunning HD graphics, with high-quality sound effects and a masterful soundtrack re-scored with real instruments. Get your Sopwith Camel started and dive deep into this amazing story of a WWI combat pilot's life experience.

Relive the horrors and glories of burning skies with Wings!™ Remastered, right here on GOG.com for just $12.74. The discount offer lasts until Friday, October 24, at 12:59PM GMT.

*12.74 is the discounted price for this title in the US. Other prices will apply in different countries. If you end up paying more than than the US price, we will reimburse the difference from our own pocket, giving it back to you in store credit (this is what we call the "Fair Price Package").
Posted October 17, 2014
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Kaffeine: Man, too bad there isn't a Linux version...
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Daliz: Exactly. I just looked at the Kickstarter and seems the Linux stretch goal wasn't reached.
Hello!

Some users have reported being able to run the PC version under Linux just fine (we guess under some kind of shell?).
Also, the Linux version was never intended to be developed by us - we WILL however hand the PC version to any skillfull team willing to do the port!
Posted October 17, 2014
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Daliz: Exactly. I just looked at the Kickstarter and seems the Linux stretch goal wasn't reached.
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Cinemaware: Hello!

Some users have reported being able to run the PC version under Linux just fine (we guess under some kind of shell?).
Also, the Linux version was never intended to be developed by us - we WILL however hand the PC version to any skillfull team willing to do the port!
Oh, okay. Thanks for the update. That must be Wine.
I'll keep my fingers crossed then about a native port :)
Posted October 17, 2014
Screw you Cinemaware, more than a 25% increase in price just because I live in the UK?
Posted October 17, 2014
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SirPrimalform: Screw you Cinemaware, more than a 25% increase in price just because I live in the UK?
Ain't regional pricing grand?
12,69 euros for me, with the -15% applied (making it 16,20 dollars).
Post edited October 17, 2014 by sunshinecorp
Posted October 17, 2014
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SirPrimalform: Screw you Cinemaware, more than a 25% increase in price just because I live in the UK?
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sunshinecorp: Ain't regional pricing grand?
12,69 euros for me, with the -15% applied (making it 16,20 dollars).
12.69 euro for for me as well.
seams its 14.99 euro withouth fair price package deal
i organally said i was going to wait to buy it because im more or less broke.
But decided to buy it now annyway.
Post edited October 17, 2014 by Lodium
Posted October 17, 2014
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sunshinecorp: Ain't regional pricing grand?
12,69 euros for me, with the -15% applied (making it 16,20 dollars).
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Lodium: 12.69 for me.
i organally said i was going to wait to buy it because im more or less broke.
But decided to buy it now annyway.
I'm just sticking to my resolution of not buying regionally priced games here. Not having any money at the moment is an added bonus. :D
Posted October 17, 2014
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SirPrimalform: Screw you Cinemaware, more than a 25% increase in price just because I live in the UK?
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sunshinecorp: Ain't regional pricing grand?
12,69 euros for me, with the -15% applied (making it 16,20 dollars).
It's $17.69 for me even with the discount. =(

And yeah, I object to that kind of price hike on principle. It's very nice of GOG to give store credit, but it hardly makes me forgive them for allowing this kind of bollocks.
Post edited October 17, 2014 by SirPrimalform
Posted October 17, 2014
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sunshinecorp: Ain't regional pricing grand?
12,69 euros for me, with the -15% applied (making it 16,20 dollars).
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SirPrimalform: It's $17.69 for me even with the discount. =(
It sucks...
Posted October 17, 2014
I'm way more interested in the Amiga version.
By the time of its release maybe there will be a good bundle deal with the Remastered and i'll pick up both.In a perfect world the Remastered would have already included the Amiga version today and then i would have picked them up instantly for certain.
Posted October 17, 2014
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sunshinecorp: Ain't regional pricing grand?
12,69 euros for me, with the -15% applied (making it 16,20 dollars).
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SirPrimalform: It's $17.69 for me even with the discount. =(

And yeah, I object to that kind of price hike on principle. It's very nice of GOG to give store credit, but it hardly makes me forgive them for allowing this kind of bollocks.
Better than being like steam and not offer anything but i agree that regional prices sucks and almost never works as intended.
Havent seen a single store doing regional pricing as it shoud be.
Posted October 17, 2014
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yyahoo: According the the Steam listing:

Minimum:
OS: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7, Windows 8
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD 3000, dedicated Nvidia or AMD graphics card with DirectX 9.0c hardware support
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Hard Drive: 1 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible
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IronArcturus: Thanks for the info! Does it also work with an Xbox 360 controller?
Yes. My Xbox 360 controller works perfectly.
Posted October 17, 2014
Looks very cool. A bit pricey, but cool
Posted October 17, 2014
Looking very nice. I'll wait a little for a few more impressions on this updated version before I bite the bullet.
Posted October 17, 2014
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Cinemaware: Of course, when helping crowdfund a project we hope a fan is doing more than just "purchasing a product" - that is not the intent or spirit of crowdfunding. It's all about helping realize a dream and bring a project to market that can then reach many, many more people - which then in turns helps more Cinemaware projects materialize.
This is true, and I am happy to have helped Wings! to reborn.

But then there is also the fact that there are some backer expectations, many of which are based on "de-facto" procedures these days.

I don't think anyone is upset about the game or about backing the game, but from what I have seen on different forums, Wings! backers are more or less disappointed for not having any way to redeem the game on existing game stores. You have said that only DRM-free version was promised, and also delivered, but the common procedure is to offer keys to some digital store.

I have personally backed 54 successful Kickstarter projects (and Broken Age twice, outside of Kickstarter), and of these games Wings! is so far the only one that doesn't offer any keys to Steam/GOG/Humble.

And as most backers are paying more than what the average store price is, it seems kind of crazy that they have the most inconvenient way of getting the game.

It may seem like a minor thing from your point of view, as the game is the same anyways, but from the backer point of view it's different. For instance, I would have to have 54 different username/passwords combinations and 54 different URLs to get all my backed games. Whereas the alternative is to have only a few services (Steam/GOG/Humble) where I could redeem the games and have in the same shelf with other games.

I hope this will help to understand why many backers are so badly wanting to get the keys.
Posted October 17, 2014
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yyahoo: I always assumed that the distributor (GOG or in other cases, Steam) provided the keys to the property owner without charge.
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donsanderson: Thanks, guess that makes sense since GOG wouldn't have to pay for those copies. Seems the big thanks for this should go to GOG though.
Just to follow up on this line of thought (while simultaneously being totally lazy and not attempting to dig out the thread), GOG has confirmed that they provide keys to devs with no questions asked. I believe it was Judas and I believe it was sometime in the last few months. His statement was something along the lines of: it would be silly of us to charge a developer for something that is theirs.

EDIT: Thanks GOG & Cinemaware for the release! I look forward to picking it up...
Post edited October 17, 2014 by budejovice
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