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Neonivek

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Re: Good Old Games
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2012, 11:18:38 pm »
Unfortunately my mother took my spending money... so now I cannot take advantage of the Point and Click sale... LUCKLY I can get EXACTLY one.

Its a shame as there are three items in this sale that are a must have for me... unfortunately Sarcastic girl and 50s Ghost detective is the most attractive choice right now.
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« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2012, 11:27:33 pm »
I have to admit, I was really happy to see the Savage Empire on there for free. It wasn't the best game... but I played it a whole hell of a lot when I was a kid. It had some primitive crafting in it, and dinosaurs. And ancient mayan robots.

Ah, nostalgia.
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« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2012, 07:08:15 am »
Hhhhgggnn

King of Dragon pass

I once torrented it, because its impossible to buy anywhere... but now ~gladly spends the 5 $~
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« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2012, 09:01:02 am »
What is this King of Dragon Pass?  It looks epic. 

Its 6 bucks, not 5.  99 cent marketing scheme.
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« Reply #20 on: September 10, 2012, 09:17:55 am »
Quote from: Zangi on September 10, 2012, 09:01:02 am
What is this King of Dragon Pass?  It looks epic. 

Its 6 bucks, not 5.  99 cent marketing scheme.
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« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2012, 11:51:57 am »
Quote from: sambojin on September 09, 2012, 10:32:15 pm
Just as a question. How does GOG gain selling/reselling rights to a game where the company that developed it, and even sometimes the company that published it and distributed it, went bust?

Is it simply contacting the people that were involved in making it? Those involved in publishing or distributing it? The legacy companies of these things? Is GOG itself a legacy company of sorts? Is it an IP/trademark/copyright concern?

The IP ownership always goes somewhere.  There's always some organization that takes over a dead company, puts it into receivership or liquidation.  (If it's a privately held company, the rights probably revert to the founders/owners or their heirs.)

So yeah, do some detective work and contact the heirs.  They may not even know they hold the rights!

It seems like game IP tends to go to the publisher if the developer folds.  Which is one of the reasons I think that some publishers deliberately arrange for developers to fold every few years.  (Conspiracy theories ᴙ us.)

I just wanna know why I can't legally buy No One Lives Forever 1 or 2 as digital download instead of going to some probably shady Eastern European vendor with ‘backstock’.  (Instead, I did something we're not supposed to mention on this forum.)
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« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2012, 12:10:49 pm »
We've mentioned it plenty here. but in discussion; not literally talking about where x got y from Arr.
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« Reply #23 on: September 10, 2012, 12:32:17 pm »
And if there are no heirs it actually goes to their property.

There are only a few games that fall under that situation.
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« Reply #24 on: September 10, 2012, 12:35:08 pm »
Ohhh star topia is on GoG now I'm so happy, now I just need space colony
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« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2012, 12:34:51 am »
Hit me up some King of Dragon's Pass...

Normal/Hard mode is... really hard.  Constantly getting raided year round.  Casualties of my weaponthanes end up bringing in even more tribes raiding me...
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« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2012, 12:38:20 am »
Quote from: Zangi on September 12, 2012, 12:34:51 am
Hit me up some King of Dragon's Pass...

Normal/Hard mode is... really hard.  Constantly getting raided year round.  Casualties of my weaponthanes end up bringing in even more tribes raiding me...

Yeah well...

This is sort of a game where Hard mode and even Normal mode is for people who played the game and know the secrets.
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« Reply #27 on: September 12, 2012, 03:55:21 am »
Holy cow, I played that game a really long time ago but can't quite remember whether I enjoyed it or not. I've heard wonders about it! I don't supposed there's a demo?

Holy crap! I just browsed GoG since I hadn't done that for a while, and they are adding TONS of games. Nexus The Jupiter Incident is now on there, Syndicate, Theme Hospital, Populous: the Beginning, Silent Storm Gold, Blitzkrieg, and all sorts of stuff!
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« Reply #28 on: September 12, 2012, 09:12:43 pm »
I absolutely love GoG. I have found many great games that I now love that I missed out on when I was younger (no computer). Personally, I like their selection a lot more than Steam. I am currently working on finishing Geneforge 2, after beating 3, 4, and 5.
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« Reply #29 on: September 12, 2012, 10:41:42 pm »
Cool. I was just wondering what happens with it all. I guess the whole IP/copyright/trademark thing is even more relevant to games than it is to books or movies these days (the gaming industry outgrosses and outprofits both and has for a while). I love the idea that there's a game company not only selling the classics, but also in many cases updating a little code (or startup files, or dosbox-ing) old games so that they're easy to run under newer operating systems.

It's my birthday next week, so I know I'll be buying myself at least a few pressies.
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