Good Old Games goes to open beta - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 24th Oct 2008, 10:07

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10...to-open-beta/1

Good Old Games, the digital download service for classic PC games has finally reached open beta stage and is ready for business.

steveo_mcg · 24th Oct 2008, 10:27

Is this like steam in that you can download the game again (with out paying) if you nuke your machine?

CardJoe · 24th Oct 2008, 10:29

Yep.

steveo_mcg · 24th Oct 2008, 10:33

Cool, once I finish kotor i'll have something else to play.

Baz · 24th Oct 2008, 11:43

some absolute classics here. Hostile waters, Giants and Freespace 2 are all in my all time top ten favourite games list - just a shame I already own them or I'd be signing up quick snap!

UncertainGod · 24th Oct 2008, 13:00

The site does have some good games but they need to work hard to expand there collection if they want to stay afloat long.

Teq · 24th Oct 2008, 13:07

I hope to see some Lucas Arts classics (that no longer work properly with Win32/64) feature

Redbeaver · 24th Oct 2008, 14:36

MDK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Redbeaver · 24th Oct 2008, 14:49

oh.. wow... Freespace 2... the best space-sim action game ever made in the history of the earth............. how could i miss that.

Tris · 24th Oct 2008, 15:10

its a great concept, but i think they are gonna get stuck in catch22 - they need more games to bring in the customers, but they need more customers to convince companies to let them sell their games.
Still, i will probably buy a few of the games they have, just because i think its great to see companies actually trying to adapt a new business model thats more in keeping with available technology.

Agent_M · 24th Oct 2008, 15:35

if only they had planescape torment, been trying to play through it but the crashes from magic spells are really annoying.

docodine · 25th Oct 2008, 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redbeaver

MDK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+500

Yemerich · 25th Oct 2008, 22:10

And Fallout made the front page...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent_M

if only they had planescape torment, been trying to play through it but the crashes from magic spells are really annoying.

Agreed!

Teq · 26th Oct 2008, 09:41

Planescape is second on the wishlist - so you never know...

Sparrowhawk · 27th Oct 2008, 04:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teq

I hope to see some Lucas Arts classics (that no longer work properly with Win32/64) feature

Yeah. I was royally pissed when DirectX 7 broke Force Commander... and LucasArts never fixed it. They just literally buried that game.

24th Oct 2008, 10:07	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,940	Good Old Games goes to open beta http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10...to-open-beta/1 Good Old Games, the digital download service for classic PC games has finally reached open beta stage and is ready for business. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

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steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,975	Is this like steam in that you can download the game again (with out paying) if you nuke your machine? __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

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CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,940	Yep. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

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steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,975	Cool, once I finish kotor i'll have something else to play. __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

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Baz Benchmarketeer bit-tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ruislip Posts: 584	some absolute classics here. Hostile waters, Giants and Freespace 2 are all in my all time top ten favourite games list - just a shame I already own them or I'd be signing up quick snap!

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Teq 69 Dude!! Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 69	I hope to see some Lucas Arts classics (that no longer work properly with Win32/64) feature

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24th Oct 2008, 14:49	#9
Redbeaver Hypermodder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario, CANADA Posts: 718	oh.. wow... Freespace 2... the best space-sim action game ever made in the history of the earth............. how could i miss that. __________________ Monita DFI NF4 Expert - X2 3800+ 2.925Ghz - 2x1Gb OCZ Gold XTC DDR500 - 2x eVGA 7900GT SLI - 2x80Gb Seagate 7200.9 [RAID-0 4k] - Enermax Liberty 500 - Vista Ultimate x86 - Silverstone Kublai [Modded] Keisha DFI BloodIron P35 - Q6600 3.6Ghz - 4x1Gb OCZ Gold XTC2 DDR2-800 - eVGA 8800GTS 640MB - 2x80Gb Seagate 7200.9 [RAID-0 4k] - OCZ GameXstream 700 - Vista Ultimate x86 - Silverstone TJ-06 [Modded] www.pecelayam.com

24th Oct 2008, 15:10	#10
Tris Multimodder Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 108	its a great concept, but i think they are gonna get stuck in catch22 - they need more games to bring in the customers, but they need more customers to convince companies to let them sell their games. Still, i will probably buy a few of the games they have, just because i think its great to see companies actually trying to adapt a new business model thats more in keeping with available technology.

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Agent_M Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: bristol Posts: 442	if only they had planescape torment, been trying to play through it but the crashes from magic spells are really annoying.

26th Oct 2008, 09:41	#14
Teq 69 Dude!! Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 69	Planescape is second on the wishlist - so you never know...