Quoting: KlaasThe interesting question is if any of those changes break wine compatibility, since they explicitly mention that they only look at things from the Windows perspective.

so long as we can install old versions, its not a big deal

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Quoting: hell0Reading the headline I was expecting gog to have taken over publishing rights for these games or something similar. But given their entirely noncommittal FAQ entry, I will chuck that one in the "marketing intern had a cool idea so we ran with it" bin.

QuoteCan a game be removed from the Program?

We never want a game to be removed from the GOG Preservation Program, and at the time of this writing, we don’t see a reason it should happen.

sigh, in other words, useless

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thinking about it a little bit more, i think they want to avoid regulation...

see governments? we dont need piracy to ensure video game preservation, nor mods to ensure the games still run on modern systems! we as an industry can provide that service!


sure, but if they plan to patch the game everytime it break on newer versions of windows, what they gonna do if their patch isnt compatible with an mod?
and what about people who purchased those games elsewere and will have to purchase again?
or all the games they dont sell?

so... i hope they dont plan to use this as an bullshit argument against regulations that allow "fair use preservation", its an good thing what they are doing lets hope its not for some nefarious reason.

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one of the arguments i aways use in favor of linux is that, we have no guarantee that microsoft will keep backward compatibility forever, but if something run on linux its easier to make it run forever, the system is open if anything break its easier to see what change break it and fix it...

now with this program, i have one less argument to use, at least for the games covered...
still a good thing this is happening, now if only someone could get ride of censorship, region locking and delisting...

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uhm... if i purchase one of those limited editions and break it... the reapair will kill the major difference of it, unless ifix is providing replacement parts for those limited editions... unlikely

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i can understand making an limited edition for transparency, but white? seriously?
anyway, i prefer black since its less distraction from the games thenselves/ less reflective of light.
or glossy like the nintendo ds that had an tranparent plastic on top of an opaque one.

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its just me or the sound is ...broken

like when it got over exposure on mic

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generic trailer, with generic music.
soulless corporate ad.

generic product...
"Revolution"

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honeslty, this shouldnt be opitional but mandatory, so developers cant screw players by removing content they paid for, or doing patches that destroy the game.

i can understand balance patches on multiplayer, but the same game single player being affected, should be optional, if i dont care about becoming pro, i dont care if the damage of my attacks is different on singleplayer vs multiplayer for example.

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Quoting: WYWNintendo have become such scum bags, it's unreal.

enemies of fun

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