Good Old Games goes to open beta

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 24th October 2008
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Good Old Games goes to open beta

Good Old Games offers users the chance to buy all manner of PC classics from Fallout to Sacred.

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

The Good Old Games service is similar to Valve's Steam platform in many regards in that it allows users to download and play old PC games on modern systems for a fraction of the usual prices. The service, which is backed by Polish developer CD Projekt, has won the adoration of many fans too for being completely free of DRM. Once you buy a game from Good Old Games, you own it forever and it's yours to take responsibility for.

Plus, all games fit into one of two price bands: $5.99 or $9.99!

Even better, Good Old Games has added yet more publishers to the cause and bulked out the selection of games on offer. While Fallout, MDK, Hostile Waters and Sacrifice are still the most visible games on the site, teaming with Strategy First and Pluto 13 has allowed CD Projekt to add Jagged Alliance, Disciples Gold and Sacred Gold to the list of available games.

“We’re elated to welcome these new companies to the GOG.com catalogue. It’s a great demonstration of their commitment to gamers, and we’re sure that our extremely devoted community will welcome Strategy First with open arms, and will have a great time revisiting the immersive world of Gothic as the Open Beta begins,” said Adam Oldakowski, Managing Director of GOG.com.

“The success of the Early Access Beta showed us that there is huge demand for DRM-free classic PC games, and it helped us to prepare the site for the public launch. We are endlessly grateful to the users for their support and assistance.”

If you want to take a look at the catalogue and maybe download a title or two then we can certainly recommend it. With Fallout 3 about ready for release, there's never been a better time to revisit the first games in the series in a DRM-free, Vista-compatible form, so head over to Good Old Games and let us know what you think in the forums.
Quote steveo_mcg 24th October 2008, 10:27
Is this like steam in that you can download the game again (with out paying) if you nuke your machine?
Quote CardJoe 24th October 2008, 10:29
Yep.
Quote steveo_mcg 24th October 2008, 10:33
Cool, once I finish kotor i'll have something else to play.
Quote Baz 24th October 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!
Quote UncertainGod 24th October 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.
Quote Teq 24th October 2008, 13:07
I hope to see some Lucas Arts classics (that no longer work properly with Win32/64) feature :)
Quote Redbeaver 24th October 2008, 14:36
MDK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Quote Redbeaver 24th October 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.
Quote Tris 24th October 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.
Quote Agent_M 24th October 2008, 15:35
if only they had planescape torment, been trying to play through it but the crashes from magic spells are really annoying.
Quote docodine 25th October 2008, 07:45
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Originally Posted by Redbeaver
MDK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

+500
Quote Yemerich 25th October 2008, 22:10
And Fallout made the front page...
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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!
Quote Teq 26th October 2008, 09:41
Planescape is second on the wishlist - so you never know...
Quote Sparrowhawk 27th October 2008, 04:42
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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.
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