"Good Old Games"

awdougherty · 2011-10-13T05:42:57.000Z

Awesome. This was one of the games I hoped to see on gog the instant I heard about the site. My cash is incoming.

Ben_Sones · 2011-10-13T06:16:28.000Z

Darkland is, like, the poster child for a “good old game.” Well done, GOG! :)

Nithrakis · 2011-10-13T06:18:41.000Z

Oh wow, one of my all time favourite games (darklands) and pretty much the sole reason I’ve kept a stand alone installation of Dosbox around.

TimJames · 2011-10-13T06:26:56.000Z

Darklands is in my backlog. If anyone else wants to play it, then maybe we should start a thread to discuss.

marxeil · 2011-10-13T06:27:59.000Z

Angrycoder:

Relentless: Twinsen’s Adventure, aka Little Big Adventure, is this week’s release.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/little_big_adventure

I loved this game way back when, but much like crusader, the controls were just wonky. I wonder if it holds up at all.

Yeah, I remember struggling with the controls. Especially with the platforming and throwing your ball and running away from enemies.

But the premise and atmosphere were great.

Jason_McMaster · 2011-10-13T06:50:43.000Z

MMMMMM DARKLANDS!

BrianRubin · 2011-10-13T07:56:21.000Z

OMG FUCKING DARKLANDS!! WITH THE SOUNDTRACK!! buys

Today is a good day. :)

Pharaoh · 2011-10-13T08:07:03.000Z

Wow. Darklands. Never thought I’d see the day.

Lands of Lore and I’m set.

BrianRubin · 2011-10-13T08:17:35.000Z

I heard the Lands of Lore games were good, but never played 'em. Weren’t they Westwood properties?

Pharaoh · 2011-10-13T08:20:35.000Z

Ya, I believe so. I know the first was, not sure about the sequels.

Think classic Gold Box dungeon crawlers with more production value and some interesting mechanics. I still have nightmares about the green skull making the poison mist to kill the slug.

Part 2 and 3 are still fun, but don’t quite capture the same magic IMO.

BrianRubin · 2011-10-13T08:27:53.000Z

Well, if they’re Westwood properties, we sadly night not see 'em for a while, but who knows, since we ARE getting EA games…

Papageno · 2011-10-13T08:49:19.000Z

Wow, those Darklands graphics are pretty rough. I guess at that time I was spoiled by the Mac’s minimum of 640x480. Of course, we also got relatively few of the AAA games, so…

Otagan · 2011-10-13T08:51:58.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Well, if they’re Westwood properties, we sadly night not see 'em for a while, but who knows, since we ARE getting EA games…

We did get Nox, so that counts for something.

BrianRubin · 2011-10-13T09:41:35.000Z

Oh durh, yeah, forgot about Nox, so I’m likely wrong, and hopefully we’ll see more Westwood releases in the future. :)

Robert_Sharp · 2011-10-13T13:26:40.000Z

I tried playing Darklands a couple of years ago, when I got a copy (I mean legit disk, not a true copy) from Bobjustbob. I found it unplayable. Between the graphics and the UI, I just couldn’t do it. Note that I never played back in the day, so it may be different for those who did.

Mark_Asher · 2011-10-13T14:49:58.000Z

Robert Sharp:

I tried playing Darklands a couple of years ago, when I got a copy (I mean legit disk, not a true copy) from Bobjustbob. I found it unplayable. Between the graphics and the UI, I just couldn’t do it. Note that I never played back in the day, so it may be different for those who did.

Never played it back in the day also and looking at the fugly screenshots convinces me I’d have a hard time playing too.

Robert_Sharp · 2011-10-13T15:23:22.000Z

I’ve always wanted to play B-17. But none of the screens show you doing any actual bombing. There IS bombing in the game, right? And do you get to see what you blew up?

BrianRubin · 2011-10-13T15:56:18.000Z

Darklands does take a bit of getting used to…I’ve still yet to get used to it, but OMG the depth in the game makes it worth it.

And yes, there’s bombing in B-17.

scharmers · 2011-10-13T16:32:02.000Z

Robert Sharp:

I’ve always wanted to play B-17. But none of the screens show you doing any actual bombing. There IS bombing in the game, right? And do you get to see what you blew up?

You will become quite proficient in using the Norden Bombsight.

TheWombat · 2011-10-13T17:04:34.000Z

So I got Darklands, largely from nostalgia, as I loved it way back when. It works, but the little graphic setup utility doesn’t. I submitted a support email about it; when I run it, it won’t let me save any configs as it says the game isn’t installed. Weird.