"Good Old Games"

Defcon_One · 2011-09-10T16:39:27.000Z

Here’s hoping and praying the last EA game is Alien Crossfire.

peterb · 2011-09-10T18:27:26.000Z

Theodore Rex DX:

EDIT: SS stands for Sensible Softwaree, not Schutzstaffel.

Oh, sure, that’s what they’d like you to think.

Creole_Ned · 2011-09-10T19:17:17.000Z

Defcon One:

Here’s hoping and praying the last EA game is Alien Crossfire.

I don’t think GoG has ever released an expansion on its own.

Otagan · 2011-09-10T19:19:12.000Z

Creole Ned:

I don’t think GoG has ever released an expansion on its own.

There’s a first time for everything.

karnisov · 2011-09-11T17:47:05.000Z

Shellfishguy:

Man I loved Ultima 6. That was one of the first games I bought during my freshman year of college once I was out from under my parents “D&D things are evil” yoke.

i have a soft spot for the ultima 6 midi soundtrack. it did a good job capturing the feel of epicness despite the limitations of the midi format.

BrianRubin · 2011-09-11T18:15:33.000Z

I just spent a bit of time with Nox, and it’s just as much fun as I remember it. :)

RichVR · 2011-09-11T19:58:13.000Z

The only thing I didn’t like about Nox was the degrading of items. So I always ended up with an inventory of partially damaged armor and weapons just in case the one I was using turned red. The I could equip the yellow version of the same thing. It got tedious. But otherwise I loved it.

BrianRubin · 2011-09-11T20:02:21.000Z

I only played as a wizard, so I didn’t run into that too much IIRC.

Equisilus · 2011-09-12T14:09:26.000Z

Brian Rubin:

I just spent a bit of time with Nox, and it’s just as much fun as I remember it. :)

Indeed. I never played Nox on release, but picked it up this past weekend as bit of an impulse buy (coupled with a hankering for some action-RPG Diablo-clone gameplay). I’m only into Chapter 3, playing a warrior, and I’m getting quite a kick out of it. It seems a little fast (i.e. like my system is speeding up animation, particularly attacking), but I’m handling it. It’s good that I can get into the gameplay of this, as I got tired of Arcanum (also a GoG purchase) and I thought that I may be too sensitive to old graphics and interface/controls. We’ll see how it pans out.

Jake_Plane · 2011-09-13T04:58:48.000Z

New release… Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger

GOG.com

New release: Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger

Razgon · 2011-09-13T05:14:54.000Z

Theodore Rex DX:

Does anybody know who owns the rights to Wizkid:The Story of Wizball 2? It was published by Ocean (dead) and developed by Sensible Software (dead). I want to see that up there, as it is a magnificent game.

I remember playing the first Wizball - it had the most awesome music from…Martin Galway I think? Or was it Ron Hubbard?

But yeah, Sensible Software made awesome games - Sensible soccer is still one of my favorite games.

BrianRubin · 2011-09-13T06:01:23.000Z

Jake Plane:

New release… Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger

http://www.gog.com/en/news/new_release_wing_commander_3_heart_of_the_tiger

Wow, this one includes a TON of extras. Surprising. And yay too!

XenoCrash · 2011-09-13T06:44:20.000Z

Best part of the WC3 release:

Jake_Plane · 2011-09-15T04:22:13.000Z

You have been begging for it.
You want it.

IT has finally arrived…

GOG.com

New release: Star Control 3

Oh wait. Sorry. Never mind. It’s Star Control 3

Fugitive · 2011-09-15T08:21:46.000Z

Jake Plane:

Oh wait. Sorry. Never mind. It’s Star Control 3

BrianRubin · 2011-09-15T08:23:05.000Z

Sigh, it was inevitable, but still, sigh.

scharmers · 2011-09-15T11:19:21.000Z

Other than for meeting a release commitment or something: GoG, WTF?

What’s next on our “universally panned games list”? The silver box version of BC3000AD.

Yeah, I said it.

peacedog · 2011-09-15T11:21:29.000Z

The thing I remember most about SC3: somebody tried too hard to make the X-Chaggers squee once you could translate them.

RichVR · 2011-09-15T11:33:29.000Z

Having never played SC3, I’m guessing it was not so good, eh?

BrianRubin · 2011-09-15T11:37:41.000Z

You are correct, sir.