GOG Announces 20+ LucasArts Classics To Release On The Digital Platform

I just bought sam & max... I never got to finish it..

Its a bit expensive for what it is... but meh...

I was extremely worried about LucasArts under Disney (even more than under George Lucas) but this is a pretty good start.

I'd like to see a re-release of The Curse of Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle, oh and obviously Kinect Star Wars. To be honest though, I would like to see them stick to re-releases or maybe re-makes (if they're good), I wouldn't want sequels or new adventures if they're going to be disappointing things aimed at iPad users - I'd rather just see more stuff from new companies like Daedalic or those Kickstarter projects from my article.

Well, nothing really new since they already run fine in ScummVM but I guess it's nice to have a stand alone installer

(@Dr. McCoy) Does the SCUMMVM project get some money from GOG?
Either by donation or a share from each sold copy?

I know GOG is not obligated to do so but wouldn't it be a fair move?
You even advertise GOG on the project page.

I would personally be interested in star wars galactic battlegrounds (with the extensions). I've spent so much time playing this game, it deserves a remake IMO. (IIRC, it's based on the AOE 2 engine, so I guess this would be feasible. I would play it even trough wine or eon.

(@Dr. McCoy) Does the SCUMMVM project get some money from GOG?
Either by donation or a share from each sold copy?

I am not the person doing any of the company relations or whatever you call that. Probably for the better too, since I'm quite inept at that. So take that as a disclaimer; I might be misinformed here.

But from what I am aware, we do not directly get any money from sold games using ScummVM. We do have this usual partnership thing going on, where when you buy games through a click-through from a link found on our website, we get a certain percentage. From what I know, that's all.

I know GOG is not obligated to do so but wouldn't it be a fair move?

Well, my position on that is pretty well known: yes, I do think that would be fair, and I'm saddened that many people don't see it that way.

But for me, far more important is that I'd like to see them advertise that they use ScummVM on the individual game pages, press releases, etc. And that ScummVM is FLOSS released under the terms of the GPLv3.

The other mixed feelings I have about Night Dive Studios aside, I really like that they say on the Steam pages for the games they rerelease, that they use ScummVM and that ScummVM is FLOSS. Ditto with the DotEmu store. GOG on the other hand never do that; and it disappoints me.

Well, my position on that is pretty well known: yes, I do think that would be fair, and I'm saddened that many people don't see it that way.

Agreed.

Do Indy 4 and S&M really use ScummVM? I was pretty sure that with previous ScummVM-compatible games, GOG prefered to stick with DOSBox but I might be wrong.

Do Indy 4 and S&M really use ScummVM?

Yes, they do.

Star Wars: X-Wing series unfortunately won't be available for Linux either

Did anyone try these releases in Wine already?

Star Wars: X-Wing series unfortunately won't be available for Linux either

Did anyone try these releases in Wine already?

As far as I understand, each game includes two versions: the original DOS release that should work on Linux through DOSBox, and the Windows re-release that has not been ported to Linux (thus the packs being Windows only).

Star Wars: X-Wing series unfortunately won't be available for Linux either

Did anyone try these releases in Wine already?

As far as I understand, each game includes two versions: the original DOS release that should work on Linux through DOSBox, and the Windows re-release that has not been ported to Linux (thus the packs being Windows only).

Yep, I was asking about those Windows versions in Wine.

Disappointing :(. I want the original secret of monkey island. And then Lechuck’s revenge.

GOG will release all these games gradually, so we'll have to wait. It's their common practice - they avoid releasing many titles at once.

Also, GoG only supporting Mint 17 and Ubuntu 14.04 is bugging me. And they need to show if the games are native, running under DOSBox, Wine, or ScummVM. I’d rather buy from Steam at this point.

Strange reaction, since it's even more than Steam officially supports (Ubuntu only). I expect GOG will add support for latest Ubuntu release soon as well.

Also, GoG only supporting Mint 17 and Ubuntu 14.04 is bugging me. And they need to show if the games are native, running under DOSBox, Wine, or ScummVM. I’d rather buy from Steam at this point.

Gah, I take it back. Didn't know they were actually going to have no-tarball games on there. Even if it's for a little while only, or permanent, they have no excuse with ScummVM working as well as it does with both games, according to their own Compatibility list.

GOG, wtf?!

Woo hoo, lovely little linux-support icon for the ScummVM titles! Got a couple of classics in my GOG cart right now.

(@Dr. McCoy) Does the SCUMMVM project get some money from GOG?
Either by donation or a share from each sold copy?

I am not the person doing any of the company relations or whatever you call that. Probably for the better too, since I'm quite inept at that. So take that as a disclaimer; I might be misinformed here.

But from what I am aware, we do not directly get any money from sold games using ScummVM. We do have this usual partnership thing going on, where when you buy games through a click-through from a link found on our website, we get a certain percentage. From what I know, that's all.

I know GOG is not obligated to do so but wouldn't it be a fair move?

Well, my position on that is pretty well known: yes, I do think that would be fair, and I'm saddened that many people don't see it that way.

But for me, far more important is that I'd like to see them advertise that they use ScummVM on the individual game pages, press releases, etc. And that ScummVM is FLOSS released under the terms of the GPLv3.

The other mixed feelings I have about Night Dive Studios aside, I really like that they say on the Steam pages for the games they rerelease, that they use ScummVM and that ScummVM is FLOSS. Ditto with the DotEmu store. GOG on the other hand never do that; and it disappoints me.

Thanks for your input, Doc! :)

Well, nothing really new since they already run fine in ScummVM but I guess it's nice to have a stand alone installer

Exactly what I was thinking. They didn't do anything except release two out of many scummvm games that we've had on Linux for a long time. I played Sam and Max in Linux in 2010. So far I'm disappointed with the gog Linux games for the most part. Might as well release frozen bubble too.

What about Grim Fandango?

What about Grim Fandango?

Double Fine is making a re-release. Given their recent track record though, I have no expectations whatsoever.

What about Grim Fandango?

Double Fine is making a re-release. Given their recent track record though, I have no expectations whatsoever.

But I guess the original could come to GOG.