Posted September 23, 2020
I must confess, I am a bit divided on this issue.
On the one hand, I'm not personally sure I would buy such games. I already have so many games to play on GOG as it is, that older games would likely always take the next place and be postponed forever.
But on the other hand, there are so many genuine classics that have appeared on consoles over the decades... games that are almost universally praised and fondly remembered, and can be said to have truly stood the test of time; games that have shaped the subsequent history of gaming, or that simply were, and are, fun to play. I'd like to experience them, finally (the only console I've ever owned being the old Atari 2600/VGS), and having them on GOG would be very nice in that regard.
Then, there are Commodore 64 and Amiga games. Some of them I'd like to revisit, to settle some old scores, if nothing else... others I'd like to try for the first time.
And we didn't even touch on the matter of arcade games...
Be that as it may, I agree with some of the above users that:
1) they should preferably come in large collections, dirt cheap, at least the 8-bit and 16-bit titles. For newer games, they could be sold separately or in smaller bundles (a single series, for example), but they should be quite cheap as well.
2) I'd like to buy just the ROMs and use them on emulators (but this could go against GOG philosophy of providing fully working games "out of the box", with no additional software or tweaking required).
3) the hurdles are mainly legal/financial, not technical.
4) it's not happening anytime soon.
On the one hand, I'm not personally sure I would buy such games. I already have so many games to play on GOG as it is, that older games would likely always take the next place and be postponed forever.
But on the other hand, there are so many genuine classics that have appeared on consoles over the decades... games that are almost universally praised and fondly remembered, and can be said to have truly stood the test of time; games that have shaped the subsequent history of gaming, or that simply were, and are, fun to play. I'd like to experience them, finally (the only console I've ever owned being the old Atari 2600/VGS), and having them on GOG would be very nice in that regard.
Then, there are Commodore 64 and Amiga games. Some of them I'd like to revisit, to settle some old scores, if nothing else... others I'd like to try for the first time.
And we didn't even touch on the matter of arcade games...
Be that as it may, I agree with some of the above users that:
1) they should preferably come in large collections, dirt cheap, at least the 8-bit and 16-bit titles. For newer games, they could be sold separately or in smaller bundles (a single series, for example), but they should be quite cheap as well.
2) I'd like to buy just the ROMs and use them on emulators (but this could go against GOG philosophy of providing fully working games "out of the box", with no additional software or tweaking required).
3) the hurdles are mainly legal/financial, not technical.
4) it's not happening anytime soon.