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'Good Old Games' shuts down
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article published on 19 September, 2010
Good Old Games, the European gaming company that gives gamers the chance to download old PC games that are very hard to find legally or have been abandoned, has shut down this week, just two years after going live.
The company provided titles from as far back as the early 80's in a downloadable format that was completely DRM-free. The games were also reasonably priced, ranging from $5.99 ... [ read the full article ]
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20. September 2010 @ 14:06 |
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Sad day for gamers across the world......
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20. September 2010 @ 15:00 |
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not really
its going out of beta ;)
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21. September 2010 @ 08:44 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Sad day for gamers across the world......
Sad day, yeah.
I will keep an eye on DotEmu for DRM-free games in the future.
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22. September 2010 @ 01:32 |
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friend of mine picked up the original lemmings (on floppy disk) at a garage sale for $1.If you want old games emulators are probably the way to go.
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22. September 2010 @ 02:58 |
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Originally posted by xboxdvl2:
friend of mine picked up the original lemmings (on floppy disk) at a garage sale for $1.If you want old games emulators are probably the way to go.
GOG sold mostly PC titles.
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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bogwart16
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23. September 2010 @ 06:17 |
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Relaunching at 1pm BST today.
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23. September 2010 @ 09:55 |
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Originally posted by bogwart16:
Relaunching at 1pm BST today.
So NOT finished?
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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bogwart16
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23. September 2010 @ 12:51 |
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Nope, up and running now, there were a few overload problems at first but fine now and shinier than ever.
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23. September 2010 @ 14:08 |
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I will need to check it out. Some old games are GREAT!
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Dardandec
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23. September 2010 @ 15:52 |
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Yes the Good Old Games site is up and running , with a few glitches,a quick refresh sorts it out, Great games on it, WOW, joined up and got 3 free games, will play them later.
Hi, Mez...i've kept it clean this time, lol.
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23. September 2010 @ 15:58 |
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Originally posted by Mez:
I will need to check it out. Some old games are GREAT!
It's great how one can cheerfully run them on netbooks too.
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Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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4. October 2010 @ 09:04 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
Originally posted by Mez:
I will need to check it out. Some old games are GREAT!
It's great how one can cheerfully run them on netbooks too.
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Most 10X year old games will run on them :P
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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