nightcraw1er.488: ... than play cyberpunk for a single minute.

teceem: I'm pretty sure that there's no such thing. You might mean games that are very unpopular and/or have received many bad reviews?

toxicTom: I think reasons for listing bad game would be if they historically significant, or if they part of series. Both GOG already has, be it Mystery of the Druids (so bad it's hilarious), or games like MoO3 or Gothic 4. I wouldn't even mind if something like Big Rigs was listed here. I mean, it's a legend - and "Good Old Games" is long past anyway - why not go all out?

toxicTom: You are beggin for fish? Ok, it's friday already so, catch! <°))))x<

Breja: Honestly I fail to see the distinction.

Canuck_Cat: I politely disagree given the current store functionality.

It's not in the best interests of a private corporation to archive games out of goodwill unless it's profitable to do so. Nor do I trust any for-profit company to do it, since there's a chance they'll always plug the plug on it whenever they want or if they go bankrupt. If there's fan demand for cult classics, exceptions can be made for novelty or pop culture significance like your Daikatana example and Arabian Nights, but it should have a "cult classic" filter that the GOG store is missing.

Abandonware is already being archived and hosted by governmental archive bodies and non-profits like The Internet Archive and other museums. So that's who I'll go to if I want to experience those 'bad' games.

On a side rant, I'd rather the copyright system cut unclaimed abandonware's copyright duration and let it enter the public domain quicker so it's not stuck in legal limbo. This encourages corporations to have clear ownership so fans know who to bug about remasters and remakes. And at the same time, letting more works the public domain becomes an immensely rich source of ideas and culture to draw upon for new IPs (p.24) and by the Center for the Study of the Public Domain. Sequelitis is an issue in the video game industry because it's very risky to create new IPs on newer hardware, which is why licensing, buying IP, and letting indie studios absorb all the risks is so prevalent in this industry.

teceem: Call it semantics then. "universally" means: everybody, everywhere, at all time - no exceptions.

Breja: Yeah, hence the "almost" part.

Grargar: I wouldn't be thrilled if Big Rigs Racing, Fast and Furious Crossroads, Flatout 3, Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust or Postal 3 were released here.

teceem: What's almost?

nightcraw1er.488: I agree, commercial companies are not the one to do archiving. Problem is the non profit ones don’t really do a good job. Archive has a lot of stuff on it, but the curation is rubbish.

I fully agree with copyright issues though. It’s a good example of a totally broken system. “Creators” who essentially rewrap ancient myths, folklore, history, other cultures etc.(in fact most of modern day “creations”) cling onto “ownership” for decades even though they never invented anything. New things are very rare.

Breja: What is it with people on this forum and splitting hairs over semantic minutiae in casual conversations lately? :D

nightcraw1er.488: Awww, even wrong on which day it is...