GOG are doing another sweet giveaway of some classics for the next two days so don't miss out if you love RPGs. Consider this your quick tip of the day!
The Eye of the Beholder Trilogy with 1991's Eye of the Beholder and Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon plus the 1993 title Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor. If you just want to run on over and grab it, find the page for all three here. The giveaway ends 19th June, 5 PM UTC.
Also now on is a big Dungeons & Dragons themed sale on GOG with some true classics including:
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition - 50% off
- Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition - 50% off
- Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition - 50% off
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition - 75% off
- Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition - 50% off
- + more and some DLC too
While we have you here, what's your all time favourite PC RPG? Let us know in the comments.
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It has been ported in 2018 to C64, amazing work (don't know if it is finished)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnletG9UC-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWrACmFRGw
...i'm pretty sure that if they would port it "as is" to a modern platform, it would require about 1000x the processing power and 1000x the ram.
Welcome to 2020!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnletG9UC-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWrACmFRGw
...i'm pretty sure that if they would port it "as is" to a modern platform, it would require about 1000x the processing power and 1000x the ram.
Welcome to 2020!
Last edited by kokoko3k on 18 June 2020 at 11:44 am UTC
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Projectile Vomit Jun 18, 2020
This brings back some memories! :o
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Mohandevir Jun 18, 2020
Talking about GoG... It seems, but I'm not sure what to make of that, that one of the threads requesting a Linux port of the GoG Galaxy client just got changed to "In progress"... What does that could mean?
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_the_gog_galaxy_client_for_linux
This has been "in progress" for years.
Sad... I had no way of knowing. Didn't followed this thread that often... Someone pointed out it just changed, but it seems it was false.
You being a GoG "veteran" I have no doubt that you know better than many.
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I'm fully committed to buying games on GoG ... but only through a Linux Galaxy client. Until then, this brings my GoG library to 30 titles ... all free. Thanks GoG!
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Yeah... Talking about old hardware... Did I mentionned that I have played The Bard's Tale and Wizardry on an Apple IIE, with the green monochrome screen?
Anybody on a VIC-20?
Couple questions here :
1.Where do you people FIND that stuff ?!
2.How can you afford that stuff ?
Excellent question! In my case I "exploited" my older brother who bought that computer for his programmation courses. He's 13 years older than me so...
What programming course is he taking that he needs an Apple 2 ? Really curios now.
Did you miss this was decades ago?
Which leads me to another question:
Might it be possible that Linux especially appeals to (us) old farts?
If those devices still work after all that time i am more than impresse they still work.
I suspected some people boguht them out of nostalgia/collection status.
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If those devices still work after all that time i am more than impresse they still work.
I suspected some people boguht them out of nostalgia/collection status.
Both happens of course. My Sony MSX-1 from '84 was all fine when I tried last time. (It was so modern that it already had SCART while my TV was so outdated that it still had SCART, so I didn't even have a connection problem :-D ). Impressive indeed!
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Mohandevir Jun 18, 2020
Yeah... Talking about old hardware... Did I mentionned that I have played The Bard's Tale and Wizardry on an Apple IIE, with the green monochrome screen?
Anybody on a VIC-20?
Couple questions here :
1.Where do you people FIND that stuff ?!
2.How can you afford that stuff ?
Excellent question! In my case I "exploited" my older brother who bought that computer for his programmation courses. He's 13 years older than me so...
What programming course is he taking that he needs an Apple 2 ? Really curios now.
Did you miss this was decades ago?
Which leads me to another question:
Might it be possible that Linux especially appeals to (us) old farts?
If those devices still work after all that time i am more than impresse they still work.
I suspected some people boguht them out of nostalgia/collection status.
Funny thing... My brother kept the Apple IIe... Last time he checked (3 or 4 years ago), it was still working. It's his master piece in what he calls his "Museum of Horrors".
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Projectile Vomit Jun 18, 2020
My dad's first computer was commandeered by me at age 13 (Franklin Ace 1200 Apple II compatible). I mean, I let him borrow it for work and whatnot, but it became mine.
My first game was Wizardry: Proving Grounds (which, in my opinion, sparked the wick of future RPGs).
I will always have a special place in my heart for these old RPGs.
And yes, it would be nice to have GoG Galaxy native on Linux, but I am quite happy with the direction of Lutris.
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My first game was Wizardry: Proving Grounds (which, in my opinion, sparked the wick of future RPGs).
I will always have a special place in my heart for these old RPGs.
And yes, it would be nice to have GoG Galaxy native on Linux, but I am quite happy with the direction of Lutris.
Last edited by Projectile Vomit on 18 June 2020 at 5:16 pm UTC
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Talking about GoG... It seems, but I'm not sure what to make of that, that one of the threads requesting a Linux port of the GoG Galaxy client just got changed to "In progress"... What does that could mean?I always doubt they'll do this anytime soon. There is no business reason for that. I'm Linux-only user and I think it'd be great to get Galaxy for Linux, but let's face the fact that Steam made a huge progress here, with their one-click SteamPlay. 2 years ago Galaxy for Steam would be nice replacement. Today Steam client is something more for Linux users, it gives you access to almost full library, no matter Win/Mac/Linux official support. I doubt company like GOG would be ever able to deliver this kind of solution for us...
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_the_gog_galaxy_client_for_linux
GOG should really be contributing to Proton at least. Long term, you're not going to be able to keep these old Win32 games running natively in Windows 10 forever. It's really going bite them in the ass one day if they don't.
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Arehandoro Jun 18, 2020
I've been meaning to play the Enhanced versions of Baldur's Gate for a while but keep getting the libssl issue and really don't have time for it. Love GOG but lately have been dissapointed with their lack of proper dedication. I don't care if they don't release a client, but at least their builds should work without workarounds.
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My first PC was my mom's (She used it for work). It was an NEC V20 8MHz 640k. I think we got it in 1986, I had to learn to read to use it :-D
I did actually play a pirated copy of eye of the beholder on it, but was too young to really get into it.
I still struggled to spell words in Space Quest (English was not my first language).
The screen was orange.
I did actually play a pirated copy of eye of the beholder on it, but was too young to really get into it.
I still struggled to spell words in Space Quest (English was not my first language).
The screen was orange.
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Yeah... Talking about old hardware... Did I mentionned that I have played The Bard's Tale and Wizardry on an Apple IIE, with the green monochrome screen?
Anybody on a VIC-20?
Couple questions here :
1.Where do you people FIND that stuff ?!
2.How can you afford that stuff ?
Excellent question! In my case I "exploited" my older brother who bought that computer for his programmation courses. He's 13 years older than me so...
What programming course is he taking that he needs an Apple 2 ? Really curios now.
Did you miss this was decades ago?
Which leads me to another question:
Might it be possible that Linux especially appeals to (us) old farts?
I dont think so. I met a lot of old people in college and work that talk about all PCs that they used back in the times, and only a few use linux this days. I believe that a lot of then still have the ideia that linux its really complicated like those days
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I dont think so. I met a lot of old people in college and work that talk about all PCs that they used back in the times, and only a few use linux this days. I believe that a lot of then still have the ideia that linux its really complicated like those days
This doesn't suprise me. I just fear that among younger people, the result would be even (way) worse...
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