Heh, it's practically guaranteed with every old release these days. If it isn't "this isn't the original", then people complain that it *IS* the original and not the remake, or that it is the original AND the remake, but not the other remake (such as the case with X-Wing for example).

Honestly, every game company could release their game here and include all 7 remakes of it ever made, include the source code along with all of the compilers to rebuild it and then people would just complain that it was too big of a download and so many versions of the same game aren't necessary, while other people would complain that it takes up too many places on their GOG bookshelf now if it was "unbundled".

In then end, people just complain to hear themselves complain and are never happy with anything in life. A company trying to please every single person is fighting a losing battle. If they're smart they just do what makes the most money and makes enough people pretty thrilled and put in ear plugs. :)

Update: Even if they managed to please all of those, someone would complain that it isn't the Mac version or the Linux version, or that the Linux version uses DOSBox and isn't native or that South African language support is missing so it sucks. Someone else would complain that the manual is scanned and the game obviously pirated and GOG is selling warez.

Yes, but the store has been told these same things 100s of times. I think they get the picture.

This is so true.

Doesn't mean the store couldn't use a collective reminder at the appropriate times to help bring it to the front of their minds. MI2 remake was released here, but not the original, so imo it's the appropriate time to remind GOG people want the original MI 1 & 2, especially since MI 1 & 2 Enhanced have already been on Steam for some time. I'm not saying sales would increase dramatically but it would show GOG still cares about providing comprehensive releases of good old games (and MI 1 does have over 500 votes).

Anyway, I disagree with darthspudius that this is "complaining and moan[ing]", but I've learned it's generally not worth arguing in threads especially if the argument ends up derailing the thread.

I'm curious, though: during the recent "Yay, EA" promo, many people were asking for more EA games; is that also complaining and moaning or a different context? http://www.gog.com/forum/general/weekend_promo_yay_ea_16e0b

Imagine a store which has a set of dedicated customers. But some of the customers, every time they come in, ask "when are you getting this" and "why don't you have that". After a while the store owner will most likely just start letting it go in one ear and out the other, killing the effectiveness of the customers' requests.

I can't say, didn't read that thread. The never-happy syndrome that tends to permeate the forum has reduced my reading considerably over the past year or so. Please note though that this is a general statement about my thoughts on the forum and is directed at the forum as a whole, not to you or any other poster. I think the community here is way better than other places, just sometimes that aspect annoys me (as well as others), so I read less.

A'ight, a'ight. Well I think there's plenty of happiness in http://www.gog.com/forum/general/more_classics_from_lucasfilm_now_on_gogcom_0509e, far more than never-happy syndrome. :) But you are of course welcome to your opinion.

And yet I own over 2/3rds of GOG's catalog including MI:SE despite complaining about the original MI1 CD-ROM release being missing.

It's less a case of "I want this instead" and more a case of "I want this too"

I want these too/two:

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/the_secret_of_monkey_island_original
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/monkey_island_2_lechucks_revenge_original

The problems you describe in the later post match the problems the SE had. I believe the transitions are no longer missing, but they're not musically in time like they should be so they're more like crossfades. I believe this affects both versions of the soundtrack (the reorchestrated version and the 'original' version that plays when you have classic graphics).

Absolutely agree with you on Monkey Island and Loom but what are the untouched versions of The Dig and Sam & Max like? I haven't played The Dig as yet and I while I've played Sam & Max I don't know about any differences between versions other then talkie vs non talkie I assume?

I think he meant to say that Loom, Sam & Max and The Dig are here in "untouched" versions. (Which is wrong in the case of Loom).

You must ask Steam (Valve) for a free GOG key. They obviously owe it to you.

Pretty sure Walt owes me, not Gabe.

But Walt is already dead, while Gabe still lives, sort of.

Depends on your definition of untouched. I'm guessing the PC CD-ROM Talkie version Loom counts for him because it was originally released over 22 years ago.

I know, but us fat white people need to stick together.