I refuse to be held responsible for this derail.

I'd like to see them contribute too, but I think nowadays they view themselves more as a store comparable to Steam rather than a place that comes up with complex fixes for games (though obviously they do still have good quality control). For instance there are a few popular games like Populous 3 that are not supported past Windows 7, and GOG is either unable to add (presumably this), or unwilling to invest the time in, Windows 8+ support.

Personally I think the future lies with spiritual successors. Populous 3 might not work in the future, but why not an indie game very much like Populous 3? I think Interstate 76 could use a good spiritual successor now.

just bought a breadbin c64, don't see any problem with what I'll play in the next 10 years XD

Are you suggesting we get a medium and contact the dead just to play games?

http://i.imgur.com/mr6SuUN.gif

It's been going on for a while. Complex workarounds are pretty much all we've got.

For TR1 in widescreen:
http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/109-old-games-widescreen-patch/

For using the gamepad:
http://alternativeto.net/tag/gamepad-keyboard-emulator/

I like Xpadder. Other people like Joy 2 key.

Always scan everything you download. I use virustotal (upload files and get them scanned by 50+ different anti-virus sofware programs).

Why should they? Windows 8 is just terrible, the worst thing for PC (maybe it has some merits on mobile) ever since Vista (which was the worst ever since Me - which was just about as good as having a Maleficent Virus run loose on your hardware).
If possible, they should try to make stuff work on 10, but if not, there really shouldn't be ANY reason for a PC user to run anything but 7.

Because they might get more sales/money if people see it's officially supported on Windows 8.

"Anything that happens, happens.
Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.
It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though."

- Douglas Adams

As I always say, somehow we'll manage, we're still able to run games created over 28 years ago and besides, nothing is forever.

For the way I see it: DOSBox, WinUAE (Amiga), Virtual Machines, Wine on Linux...etc, there are options. ;)

Once ReactOS and Wine get out of the bog, that'll probably help things along on the compatibility front.

if it ever gets out of said bog
react os has been in alpha for 17 years now and even with the indiegogo campaign things havent gone any faster
https://www.reactos.org/
by the time its in beta its 2027

One source suggests the bog is in management.

...well thats nothing new
that is what nearly killed apple and turned copland pink and taligent in to a overlong bloated money sucking never ending disaster