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General discussionRevisit rainy Los Angeles with the return of the classic Blade Runner(275 posts)(275 posts)
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Posted December 17, 2019
The article has been moved to our blog. Read it here.
Post edited December 17, 2019 by emter_pl
Posted December 19, 2019
btw if anyone's interested, on the all-time bestselling list, Blade Runner's almost to page 20, currently at the top of 21 - https://www.gog.com/games?page=21&sort=bestselling

(ScummVM commission link again)
Post edited December 19, 2019 by tfishell
Posted December 19, 2019
Would be nice if I could buy it . GOG won't take PayPal or CC . The payment box is faded out . Ublock.org is turned off & no script blocking .
Posted December 19, 2019
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biscuithound: Would be nice if I could buy it . GOG won't take PayPal or CC . The payment box is faded out . Ublock.org is turned off & no script blocking .
I just bought a game with paypal without a problem.
Posted December 19, 2019
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biscuithound: Would be nice if I could buy it . GOG won't take PayPal or CC . The payment box is faded out . Ublock.org is turned off & no script blocking .
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athineos: I just bought a game with paypal without a problem.
I too just bought Blade Runner with Paypal with zero issues. Also from the USA, as it appears the two of you are as well. I have no idea what your problem might be, @biscuithound. In any case, I hope you get it sorted soon. Best wishes!
Post edited December 19, 2019 by GilesHabibula
Posted December 19, 2019
Well done, GoG, very well done. Time to retire that CD case. ^^
Posted December 19, 2019
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AltMagOnline: Thank you for sharing my guest post with the main voice actor earlier in the thread toxicTom!

For anyone who is interested, Mark Benninghofen (who voiced Ray McCoy in Blade Runner: The Game) actually wrote two guest posts for Alternative Magazine Online - but the second part wasn't published until 7 years later!

https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2010/10/13/feature-article-bladerunning-some-reflections-on-blade-runner-97/

https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2017/10/24/feature-article-bladerunning-some-reflections-on-blade-runner-97-the-final-cut/

I also reviewed Blade Runner for Adventure Classic Gaming many moons ago:

http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/477/

I'm delighted that this classic point-and-click adventure is now readily available again. Have a better one! :)
Thanks for pointing out the second part and adding an update to the first, it was a little confusing reading the first part, as it looked like a teaser for the actual article but there was nothing following below.
Posted December 19, 2019
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Swedrami: From https://www.usgamer.net/articles/how-westwoods-long-lost-blade-runner-adventure-game-landed-on-gog:

Alcon, as it turns out, was happy to help. It had the legal rights for Blade Runner, and entered a publishing agreement with GOG. Though it took a few more years to get everything in order-when asked how GOG and Alcon navigated the licensing issues, Hill says, 'If you knew I would have to retire you'-everything slid into place and GOG turned to the people working on ScummVM, a program for running classic point-and-click adventure games on modern computers, to get Blade Runner running."

"Luckily, one community member had already started the recreation process eight years ago. 'He started by tinkering with the code and digging up unused or cut out content, like dialogue lines or entire story branches,' Hill says. The final team was a group of four people who collaborated to make the game playable on modern operating systems, but even then, you would need the original discs.

Once the legal obstacles cleared, the ScummVM team helped get a version put together that could go live on GOG. ScummVM had already worked for past games like the Monkey Island series, Broken Sword, and Myst. Blade Runner was fully in the ScummVM team's wheelhouse. Though the current build is based on the original box edition with applied fixes-the source code is, as far as anyone can tell, still lost-ScummVM allowed the team to apply fixes and get the game working on Windows 7, 8, and 10, as well as Linux and Mac OS X."
Thanks for copying the whole text, so you can now compare it to the current version after sev contacted them with corrections. The ScummVM developers were contacted by GOG.com after version 2.1.0 was already released and only helped with the packaging, there was no collaboration with getting Blade Runner.. running.

Yesterday they also got 10 game codes from GOG.com, a little redundant but eh? There was no compensation from Alcon AFAIK but that's the same for all publishers that have been re-releasing their games with ScummVM, sadly.
Posted December 19, 2019
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biscuithound: Would be nice if I could buy it . GOG won't take PayPal or CC . The payment box is faded out . Ublock.org is turned off & no script blocking .
Don't know which browser you're using, but ensure that content blocking in your browser settings is turned off for GoG, including cookies. This may very well be what's causing payment options to be greyed out: something in your browser privacy settings is probably what's causing you grief. It goes without saying that if you use PayPal as payment option, you need to do the same with Paypal; probably would be a good idea to first log onto your PayPal account to ensure there are no access issues there as well.
Posted December 19, 2019
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AltMagOnline: Thank you for sharing my guest post with the main voice actor earlier in the thread toxicTom!

For anyone who is interested, Mark Benninghofen (who voiced Ray McCoy in Blade Runner: The Game) actually wrote two guest posts for Alternative Magazine Online - but the second part wasn't published until 7 years later!

https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2010/10/13/feature-article-bladerunning-some-reflections-on-blade-runner-97/

https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2017/10/24/feature-article-bladerunning-some-reflections-on-blade-runner-97-the-final-cut/

I also reviewed Blade Runner for Adventure Classic Gaming many moons ago:

http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/477/

I'm delighted that this classic point-and-click adventure is now readily available again. Have a better one! :)
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Lightkey: Thanks for pointing out the second part and adding an update to the first, it was a little confusing reading the first part, as it looked like a teaser for the actual article but there was nothing following below.
No problem! I always loved the first part and wished Mark had written more, so I was delighted a few years ago when I realised that he HAD - it was especially strange because he never mentioned it at the time! I'm really pleased that this game is now widely available again and Mark's performance will continue to be appreciated.
Post edited December 19, 2019 by AltMagOnline
Posted December 19, 2019
Wow, cool.
Instabuy ofcourse.

Il probably also donate a few bucks to scummvm when im able too.
Post edited December 19, 2019 by Lodium
Posted December 19, 2019
I never even dared to deam.

Thank you so damn much!!!!
Posted December 19, 2019
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chandra: We're so happy to finally release it DRM-free. Enjoy! :D
Any chance of other Westwood games appearing here?
A cryptical hint would suffice, but please, something!
Posted December 19, 2019
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Klumpen0815: Any chance of other Westwood games appearing here?
A cryptical hint would suffice, but please, something!
Given the fact that they succeeded with Blade Runner, we can expect everything. :) So it's now more possible than ever.
Posted December 19, 2019
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tfishell: btw if anyone's interested, on the all-time bestselling list, Blade Runner's almost to page 20, currently at the top of 21 - https://www.gog.com/games?page=21&sort=bestselling

(ScummVM commission link again)
34th on Page 18 of the all time best sellers. Not bad seeing as its held the #1 spot on GOG's main page for over 24 hours now. And only came out a few days ago.

https://www.gog.com/games?page=18&sort=bestselling
Posted December 20, 2019
thanks for getting the game guys... it sucks a bit that you couldn't take 5 mins to test it works on galaxy 2 but I assume you had other things to do and its only a minor repair
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