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HunchBluntley: Ah, I see it. I knew I was just stupid! =D I think I just glossed over those 'cause it looks like a button for the search engine. Did they always look like that, or was that a somewhat recent change?
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mrkgnao: Never changed.
I am all the more moronic, then!
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RogueXanter: I'm still hoping that the 50th anniversary of Star Trek mean we will get more Trek games (Getting all of them would be incredible)
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rampancy: I really wouldn't hold my breath. A lot of people were expecting either more Star Wars games or a big Star Wars sale on GOG with the release of Force Awakens, and neither of those things happened.
Well there aren't many Star Wars games not already on GOG that I know of so I wasn't expecting that. But there are tons of Star Trek games GOG hasn't released yet.
Wow. Looks like this discussion got a lot of activity while I was gone.

Thanks to everyone who responded. See what 2016 brings us in the way of classic games.
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mrkgnao: Actually, how it's pronounced is a matter of contention. IIRC, I've heard twitch streams in which the presenters pronounced it "gog" (as in "log", "cog", etc.).

I think we old uns have been affected by TET's pronunciation, in his mortal "This Week on G-O-G" series.
You're absolutely right in suggesting that it fluctuates and, ultimately, doesn't really matter. Plenty of online news sites and people still think of GOG as "Good Old Games" anyway.

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rampancy: I really wouldn't hold my breath. A lot of people were expecting either more Star Wars games or a big Star Wars sale on GOG with the release of Force Awakens, and neither of those things happened.
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RogueXanter: Well there aren't many Star Wars games not already on GOG that I know of so I wasn't expecting that. But there are tons of Star Trek games GOG hasn't released yet.
EDIT: Eh, I didn't have anything new to say w/ what I edited out. I'll just share

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Star_Trek_games#Computer

It might not need to be said to you, but my advice, if you're the type of person to get "emotional" about GOG releases: coming from somebody who's been here a while, be really careful not to get your hopes up (at least too high), because if you're emotionally invested then you could be perpetually crushed when the game you want to see here never gets released.

But do take a few minutes to vote for games you want to see here (if you haven't already) - https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games
Post edited February 16, 2016 by tfishell
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tfishell: I, and I believe Sinistar, got contact info for Doug Bell and Wayne (and passed it on to GOG), but nothing ever turned out from that, either. (Same with OMF2097) I never really considered the "personal" side of this, though. Sometimes best to let sleeping games lie I guess, or whatever the phrase is.
That was a few years ago. 2013? That was exactly the time when Mr Holder stopped to communicate with anybody. I think IAmSinistar contacted Mr Bell and got the info there that the DM right are with Mr Holder.
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apehater: if it's not much work for you, then i'd be very interested in the same statistics but divided into

games originally released before 1995 | games originally released between 1995-2005 | games originally released after 2005 in 2008 on gog, 2009 on gog, 2010 on gog, ... 2015 on gog
I do provide the excel file for anyone looking to check other statistics, feel free to grab it and check the numbers.

I did try to run them, but something seems to be wrong with the results I get, so I'll skip it for now until I can dedicate the proper time to it. Or if someone else decides to run the numbers.

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mrkgnao: Could you please offer the numbers for 2016 to date (i.e. just the last 6 weeks)?
Excel file, Winter Stats tab, 2016 line. It is missing the last couple of releases, thus why I didn't post it. 22 Releases, 8 Day 1, 1 Pre-2K, 3 10+ years old with the current numbers.
Post edited February 16, 2016 by JMich
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toxicTom: And that's the thing about a lot of older games. There are personal stories behind them, human drama. It's not always easily to even get a hold of the people in charge, and often there are multiple parties involved.
This fact tends to slip the mind of a lot of people. There are plenty of older games that will simply never be re-sold due to certain circumstances, a lot of the time it's personal circumstances.
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mrkgnao: Could you please offer the numbers for 2016 to date (i.e. just the last 6 weeks)?
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JMich: Excel file, Winter Stats tab, 2016 line. It is missing the last couple of releases, thus why I didn't post it. 22 Releases, 8 Day 1, 1 Pre-2K, 3 10+ years old with the current numbers.
Thanks. I see you don't record InDev games.
Post edited February 16, 2016 by mrkgnao
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mrkgnao: Thanks. I see you don't record InDev games.
Not yet, I treat them like pre-orders, so not counting them as "Releases" just yet.
I will eventually add two more columns, "InDev introduced in year" and "InDev released in year", one for new InDev games and one for the games that reach version 1.0 and are released.
Ive never really liked GOGs definition of a "classic".Just because a game is OLD doesnt meas its any good at any stage......
Post edited February 16, 2016 by Niggles
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johnnygoging: Les maisons des avocats sont faictes de la teste dee folz.
Que?

Fu-fu fi-fi bijou mustard...
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snowkatt: and its only monday
Some of the meanest words ever uttered. Just reading those words made me wince.

Frankly, everything is 'classic', or at least will be one day. Just stare at your watch and be patient for a few moments. Another batch of classic games should be arriving soon. After all, we are now in a world where gamers yearn to go back to the 'simpler' days of the PS3 and 360. I wish someone would slow this roller coaster down a bit. Time progression speed is not optimal.
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Darvond: Dos is easy because you can just slap in DOSbox. Windows isn't so easy. Mac and Linux are another tale entirely.
And don`t forget Amiga, which is a much higher level of complicated. Many good old games were first released on Amiga, for example Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, Bloodwych, The Bards Tale trilogy and so on.
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Maxvorstadt: And don`t forget Amiga, which is a much higher level of complicated. Many good old games were first released on Amiga, for example Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, Bloodwych, The Bards Tale trilogy and so on.
Many games in the late 80's and early 90's have found their definitive version on Amiga, because of 32 colors (instead of EGA 16 because VGA became wide spread) and the superior sound.

Amiga can be emulated rather easily and perfectly, except for a few stubborn games with extensive hardware-hacking. I find getting a game to run smoothly in (Win)UAE a lot more painless than configuring DOSBox.
The problem is not the emulation, it's the copyright on the Kickstart ROMS.
Post edited February 16, 2016 by toxicTom
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Maxvorstadt: And don`t forget Amiga, which is a much higher level of complicated. Many good old games were first released on Amiga, for example Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, Bloodwych, The Bards Tale trilogy and so on.
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toxicTom: Many games in the late 80's and early 90's have found their definitive version on Amiga, because of 32 colors (instead of EGA 16 because VGA became wide spread) and the superior sound.

Amiga can be emulated rather easily and perfectly, except for a few stubborn games with extensive hardware-hacking. I find getting a game to run smoothly in (Win)UAE a lot more painless than configuring DOSBox.
The problem is not the emulation, it's the copyright on the Kickstart ROMS.
Yep, this fecking thing with the ROMs. I still don`t get it why those are not free. You can easily download WinUAE, but for the ROMs they want a shitload of money, compared to what it`s really worth.
Luckily I own the Amiga Classix Gold Box, which contains WinUAE including the ROMs, but it doesn`t contain the games I really want.