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Posted September 27, 2013
Birthday Bullfrog Bonus Bonanza!

GOG.com 5th birthday celebration continues and we have some more gifts for you! This time, it's a nice pack of add-ons to the classic Bullfrog Productions titles in our EA catalog. There's plenty of previously not included content being added as you read this to five prominent Bullfrog games. If you bought them them previously, the updated versions will become available to you shortly. If you don't yet have those memorable classics in your collection, now you have some extra incentive to get them. Let's see what games get the Level-up treatment today, shall we?

Syndicate receives the American Revolt mission pack taking the future corporate executive work to a whole new level of awesome, thus becoming Syndicate Plus. Similarly, the fantasy underworld management game, Dungeon Keeper, becomes Dungeon Keeper Gold, with extra added evil in the form of the Deeper Dungeons expansion. Hidden Worlds have been discovered in the Arabian desert, making Magic Carpet into Magic Carpet Plus. now invites you to the <i>Promised Lands</i> filled with new challenges, and [url=http://www.gog.com/game/populous_the_beginning]Populous: The Beginning has yet some Undiscovered Worlds in store for you.

That's it! Five excellent, content-filled expansions await you in our classic Bullfrog titles. Again, if you bought any of these titles previously, you should now have access to the newly extended version without any additional fee. Have fun!
Posted September 27, 2013
Awesome! Though I really wish Populous 3 would work. It always crashes for me.
Posted September 27, 2013
I already own Syndicate Plus but it´s about damn time that those who never got the chance to buy it get to play American Revolt (if you thought Syndicate was hard wait until you tried the first mission of Amercian Revolt=)). This is awesome news=).
Posted September 27, 2013
IT HAPPENED!
Posted September 27, 2013
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serpantino: Edit: Also does this mean that Dungeon Keeper is no longer the inferior DOS version?
I just checked it, and the GOG version appears to be the DOS version only, for both Dungeon Keeper, and the Deeper Dungeons add-on. So in that sense it is a bit misleading to call this "Dungeon Keeper Gold", as the Windows version is not included. But all the same levels etc. are (meaning, the expansion pack). I don't quite recall if there was anything else extra in the Windows version. A level editor maybe?

But before people cry foul too much:

- I think the Windows version is a real bitch to get to work on modern Windows/PCs. I think I got the Windows version to work only on Windows XP, no success on Windows 7 64bit.

- I actually prefer the DOS version. The Windows versions seems a bit "jumpy" when it moves between screens (like menu screen, loading screen, intro screen) which looks irritating.

Windows version has Direct3D support which makes things look "smoother" (ie. very fuzzy) instead of pixellated in the first-person view, but in the main mode (ie. the overhead view) it doesn't really look that much better. In fact in the first-person view the 3D accelerated mode lacks certain "lens distortion effect" that the software renderer mode has. So the Direct3D mode is a bit of a trade-off.

Since the retail Windows Gold version also includes the plain DOS version (which basically is what GOG has), that is the version I have been playing with the retail version, through DOSBox.

Naturally GOG could have offered the Windows version too on top of it... but I wouldn't be surprised they just couldn't get it work at all on Windows 7 and 8. So maybe they felt it isn't worth it to make a working installer for the Windows version etc. I am personally happy with the DOS version.
Post edited September 27, 2013 by timppu
Posted September 27, 2013
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Davane: I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing certain games become classics once their development cycle is over and their publishers have moved on to newer titles, and all their DLC be given as free content at that point.
You are aware that that's happened quite a few times already? Far Cry 2 was instantly released with all DLC on GOG, Omerta has become an "all in one" package by now and also some games on Steam are only available as GOTY Editions by now including all DLC.
Posted September 27, 2013
Nice, though i'm not sure I can beat American Revolt from what i've heard about it as original Syndicate was hard enough. Oh I did beat Syndicate for the first time recently, but not without resorting to using the same cheap tactics the AI was using, using AI exploits and shouting many obscenities. That only happened on the later levels though, lol.
Posted September 27, 2013
Guess I'll have to go above and beyond my weekend promo plans to make ut for the free stuff!
Posted September 27, 2013
Woah, woah, WOAH! :-D
Posted September 27, 2013
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haydenaurion: Nice, though i'm not sure I can beat American Revolt from what i've heard about it as original Syndicate was hard enough.
I don't recall having much of problems finishing both the base game and American Revolt, maybe over 10 years ago. I was actually a bit surprised as I had heard the legendary warnings that American Revolt being the hardest game ever, or something. Probably they were just exaggerating.

I know I didn't cheat, but I am unsure if I used some "cheap tactics" on some missions. Who knows, and who draws the line what is a cheap tactic and what is not. After all, in e.g. Serious Sam I killed many big monsters by shooting at their pinkie finger or elbow from some safe place. :)
Posted September 27, 2013
5 expansions in 1 day? That's insane!
Posted September 27, 2013
Nice I own all games that got update.
Posted September 27, 2013
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haydenaurion: Nice, though i'm not sure I can beat American Revolt from what i've heard about it as original Syndicate was hard enough.
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timppu: I don't recall having much of problems finishing both the base game and American Revolt, maybe over 10 years ago. I was actually a bit surprised as I had heard the legendary warnings that American Revolt being the hardest game ever, or something. Probably they were just exaggerating.

I know I didn't cheat, but I am unsure if I used some "cheap tactics" on some missions. Who knows, and who draws the line what is a cheap tactic and what is not. After all, in e.g. Serious Sam I killed many big monsters by shooting at their pinkie finger or elbow from some safe place. :)
It was pretty bad for me during those last levels, I had to get cheap. The Atlantic Accelerator, oh god. Of course i've also heard American Revolt starts you off with new agents and good equipment (i.e. you don't carry over your agents and equip from Syndicate), so that will help. Great game though, I wasn't disappointed.
Post edited September 27, 2013 by haydenaurion
Posted September 27, 2013
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timppu: Windows version has Direct3D support which makes things look "smoother" (ie. very fuzzy) instead of pixellated in the first-person view, but in the main mode
I always wonder why anyone would prefer smoothed up barf instead of pixelated glory. I am serious, for me early 3dfx / d3d textures look horribly and I always choose the pixels over the multicolour mess.

For example, this:

http://stiggyblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/sr.jpg

looks 100 times better than this:

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/b8OGpwMj-RY/maxresdefault.jpg
Post edited September 27, 2013 by keeveek
Posted September 27, 2013
YES! YESYESYESYESYES!

Thankyou for getting the Syndicate expansion in there! I need to go upgrade my agents.
Posted September 27, 2013
Well, this is quite a thing to wake up to.
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