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Posted March 25, 2016
Keep an eye out for these localized game versions that just hit our catalog.



Throughout the years, many of the games that are part of GOG.com have seen localized releases and we ventured to collect many of them with the help of our dedicated community and a thorough search through our master archives. Today, 21 games featuring some of these elusive releases enter our wonderful, digitized catalog.

Learning a foreign language is no easy task, although games have been known to expedite the process. And hunting down localized versions comes with its own challenges but we are not ones to give up easily. Besides, we were not alone in this noble quest. Many of the localized versions on this list come from our personal collections, others we acquired through persistent eBay hunting, but a good number of them were submitted by members of our wonderful multilingual community, that humbled us with their generosity. Let’s take a moment to offer these people a resounding high-five and a warm "thank you" for making this Community Language Pack possible with their contributions.

Without further ado, let's take a look at the extensive list of localized versions, debuting today on GOG.com:



<span class="bold">Afterlife</span>: French, Italian, Spanish
Thanks MIK0 for the Italian version
<span class="bold">The 11th Hour</span>: German
Thanks MarkoH01
<span class="bold">Beneath a Steel Sky</span>: Italian, German, Spanish
Thanks ScummVM.org
<span class="bold">Gothic</span>: Polish, Czech
From our archives
<span class="bold">In Cold Blood</span>: German
Thanks MarkoH01
<span class="bold">Indiana Jones® and the Emperor's Tomb</span>: Italian
Thanks evrit
<span class="bold">Lands of Lore 3</span>: German
Thanks Pixelion
<span class="bold">Lure of the Temptress</span>: Italian, German, Spanish
Thanks Toelupe for the Italian version, ScummVM.org for German & Spanish
<span class="bold">Master of Orion 2</span>: Italian, Spanish
From our archives
<span class="bold">Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi</span>: French
Thanks MaxFulvus
<span class="bold">Realms of the Haunting</span>: Italian, Spanish
From our archives
<span class="bold">SHOGO: Mobile Armor Division</span>: French
Thanks Lukin86
<span class="bold">Silver</span>: French, German
Thanks Pixelion for the German version
<span class="bold">Simon the Sorcerer 3D</span>: German
Thanks MarkoH01
<span class="bold">Star Wars™: Rogue Squadron 3D</span>: French
Thanks Lukin86
<span class="bold">Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive</span>: German
Thanks MarkoH01
<span class="bold">The Feeble Files</span>: Italian, Spanish
From our archives
<span class="bold">Wing Commander 3™ Heart of the Tiger™</span>: German
Thanks alexander090165
<span class="bold">World in Conflict: Complete Edition</span>: French, Italian, German, Spanish
Thanks Lukin86
<span class="bold">Wing Commander™ 5 Prophecy Gold Edition</span>: German
Thanks alexander090165
<span class="bold">Lords of the Realm: Royal Edition</span>: German
Thanks alexander090165

Correction: The French version of Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi was submitted by MaxFulvus. Telika supplied the French manual. We apologize for this error.

A huge thanks to all these people and the team at ScummVM.org for their numerous donations — both physical and digital. Good job, you guys. We may speak different languages, live in different parts of the world, or even enjoy different genres. But we are all gamers, and that's a word that sounds awesome in every language, n'est-ce pas?


Note: These language versions will be getting gradually rolled out today, so don't fret if you don't see your language version right away.
Posted March 26, 2016
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Slartibartfas: Got a very stupid question to the whole topic. I always thought that certain languages weren't aviable becouse of legal issues. I never thought that gog maybe don't have the files. I would love to help you with some games from you catalouge were the german versions are missing.

Maybe you can pm me and we can talk about everthing. Would really like to help gog as much as I can.

Edit: I added you JudasIscaroit. Hope we find a way to add some more games in german ;)
Added you back :) Feel free to message me anytime :)
Posted March 26, 2016
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Kirben: I'm really getting tired of the complete lack of care by GOG.

I have tried contacting GOG (as ScummVM developer) several times about the major sound problems with Lure of the Temptress, due to using ScummVM, rather than DOSBox. Specifically the sound under ScummVM is broken (Adlib) and incomplete (Roland MT-32), which makes the Black Smith in particular difficult to find. But the new languages for Lure of the Temptress are still using ScummVM!

Also while on the subject of translations, why is the Pajama Sam series still lacking all non-English versions, compared to Steam? I expect GOG are losing many sales, due to the continued lack of any non-English versions.
Could you PM me the technical info about the ScummVM versions that you say are broken?

Also, please note that I am not sure what we can really do about the issue with Roland MT-32 since that technology is licensed and copyrighted and we cannot include it in our builds. Of course, I could be reading your post wrong and you might be talking about something else related to Roland MT-32.
Posted March 26, 2016
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JudasIscariot: Nice try but it won't work....not that we don't want it, no, but the last patch for the game (which is needed if you even want to think about using the Circle of Eight mod) simply overrides any language and changes it to English from what our tech who specializes in making old games work tells me.
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Gydion: Might be a different skill set, but...
I may be a bit thick here (it's kinda late here in Poland...) but I see nothing, at first glance, about additional language support and Temple+
Posted March 26, 2016
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JudasIscariot: Could you PM me the technical info about the ScummVM versions that you say are broken?

Also, please note that I am not sure what we can really do about the issue with Roland MT-32 since that technology is licensed and copyrighted and we cannot include it in our builds. Of course, I could be reading your post wrong and you might be talking about something else related to Roland MT-32.
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Kirben: I tried contacting you in the past via PM, but you could only suggest submitting another support request, which ended up ignored again. So I will expand in public this time:

Simply compare the start of the game play in Lure of the Temptress under ScummVM (any version), to the video below of the Adlib sound in the original game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8qZvcJADNE&feature=youtu.be&t=3m43s

You will notice ScummVM sounds nothing like the original games at all. The Adlib support in ScummVM is incomplete, and there is no support for Roland MT-32 sound at all under ScummVM.

Lure of the Temptress sounds amazing when using a Roland LAPC-1, for people lucky enough to own one. But the GOG version is limited to ScummVM, so it isn't possible to even enable Roland LAPC-1/MT-32 manually. Check the video below to see what I mean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CngUi4K2BPc
Forgive me if I sound dumb here and please don't take this question the wrong way but what would you like for us to do to ensure the ScummVm versions we have on offer here are up to your satisfaction as a ScummVM developer?
Posted March 27, 2016
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twoflowers76: the store page only lists german text for wing commander 3. has the german dub not beeen implementet yet or why is the dub missing. I still have the original german boxes of WC3 and WC4 with all cds and full german audio. Where can i supply them to gog, if needed?
It's fixed on the page now, I didn't flag the "voice" part, my apologies :)
Posted March 28, 2016
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eiii: Very much appreciated, especially as the German language has gotten the most additions. Thanks and +1 to everyone who has helped to find these translations and thanks to GOG for integrating them. Good work!

Please keep up the efforts, there are still a lot of games with missing language packs.
Getting German anything added is easy :)

1. We have a very active German speaking community here on GOG

2. In case no one in the German speaking community has the game or we want to surprise everyone by releasing a German version alongside the English on, German versions grow on trees on ebay.de :P
Post edited March 28, 2016 by JudasIscariot
Posted March 29, 2016
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JudasIscariot: Getting German anything added is easy :)

1. We have a very active German speaking community here on GOG

2. In case no one in the German speaking community has the game or we want to surprise everyone by releasing a German version alongside the English on, German versions grow on trees on ebay.de :P
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eiii: I also have a good collection of German games on disk, just in case ... :)
But after reading you already have gotten about 150 localizations from MarkoH01 I assume the problems with other German versions are mostly on the legal side.

Does it help to add votes for games to convince the right people or to set priorities? I would have a few, like the Spellforce games, Memoria or Two Worlds. And I'm quite sure when I think about it more will come to my mind. ;)

If you have a bit of time with all the current game releases may I point you to this question. I like the game, but my system only passes the minimum system requirements listed at the home page of the game, but not those listed on GOGs game card. So I just hope someone has copied the wrong section of system requirements to the game card.
As for the "150 localizations" yes, I confirm MarkoH01 has most definitely offer around that much but he loaned us a small portion of those translated games due to the fact that some of the translations he has graciously offered we cannot simply carry.
Posted March 29, 2016
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JudasIscariot: As for the "150 localizations" yes, I confirm MarkoH01 has most definitely offer around that much
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eiii: Ooops, bad wording in my post, should have been "offered by MarkoH01". It was meant that way. :)
I know :) I was making sure that I credited MarkoH01 properly on my part :)
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JudasIscariot: As for the "150 localizations" yes, I confirm MarkoH01 has most definitely offer around that much but he loaned us a small portion of those translated games due to the fact that some of the translations he has graciously offered we cannot simply carry.
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Klumpen0815: I still have a lot of German versions in mint condition left too after our last exchange.

If you ever plan on releasing
Technomage
Fallout 3 - Goty
Secret Files 1+2
Knights of Honor
Oblivion - Goty
Blur
Defense Grid Gold
Homeworld 2
Freelancer
MechWarrior 4 + Vengeance / Black Knight
MechWarrior: Mercenaries
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth
I of the Dragon
Jagged Alliance 2
Gorky 17
Prince of Persia 3D
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Jericho
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2
Discworld 2
Mafia
Final Fantasy 7
Blade Runner
Zoo Tycoon
Submarine Titans
Worms Armageddon (multi language)
Tom Clancy's Raonbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Rome
Halo
Command & Conquer - Renegade
Zax: The Alien Hunter
Archangel
RIM - Battle Planets
WarWind
WarWind 2
Civilisation II
etc...

I also still have the German versions of some of the already Gogged titles like
Phantasmagoria
Soul Reaver 1+2
Blood Omen 2
LoK: Defiance
Red Faction
Runaway
Septerra Core
Thief 1,2,3
Splinter Cell
Evolva
The Void
Nox
Tales of Monkey Island
etc...
but I guess I already offered all of those last time.
I am seriously considering a "Please take a number..." script or something :P I am swamped (in a good way, of course) with just about every language under the sun atm :P
Post edited March 29, 2016 by JudasIscariot
Posted March 31, 2016
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JudasIscariot: I am seriously considering a "Please take a number..." script or something :P I am swamped (in a good way, of course) with just about every language under the sun atm :P
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gamefood: Get ready to get even more! :D
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