"Good Old Games"

walTer · 2009-09-18T14:07:26.000Z

Has anyone had any problems buying…I just added a new CC to my paypal account and it won’t take it…so I tried just paying with the cc on the site with no luck.

-I know the card is good (I even called to check) but I noticed that there was a blur on the GOG error page about some cards not accepting “overseas payment”. Is that where the billing is? I admit to not using this card before today so maybe that is it- I just never had a problem before.

Rward · 2009-09-21T09:45:58.000Z

My card works fine from overseas…

FoRmaT · 2009-09-21T10:03:22.000Z

Paul_cze:

Yeah I know memory is supercheap today, but still, why should I have running a client when it is not necesarry…nah.Personal preference.

Steam is STILL crap, regardless of how cheap memory is.

I click on the Steam icon and it can take up to a minute for the damn client to start!

FoRmaT · 2009-09-21T10:06:59.000Z

walTer:

Has anyone had any problems buying…I just added a new CC to my paypal account and it won’t take it…so I tried just paying with the cc on the site with no luck.

-I know the card is good (I even called to check) but I noticed that there was a blur on the GOG error page about some cards not accepting “overseas payment”. Is that where the billing is? I admit to not using this card before today so maybe that is it- I just never had a problem before.

Hmmm, I remember that during the time I lived on the Canaries, I went to mainland Spain and used my card there, and a day later or so someone from the card company called me and asked me if it was really me who was using the card, as I was using it so far away from my residence.

And I could pay overseas with Visa (Electron), while Maestro wasn’t working.

Cubit · 2009-09-21T12:06:39.000Z

FoRmaT:

Steam is STILL crap, regardless of how cheap memory is.

I click on the Steam icon and it can take up to a minute for the damn client to start!

That is your computer more than steam. It starts up in a few seconds for me.

Paul_cze · 2009-09-21T12:32:08.000Z

Twenty seconds for me, exactly, from clicking the steam icon to having it completely loaded.
That is when it’s not updating.
But see? twenty seconds of additional loading that is unnecesarry.

Spect · 2009-09-23T06:19:30.000Z

Strategy First’s complete catalogue for $50! Hell yes!

http://www.gog.com/en/page/strategy_first_promo

I own most of these titles, but having them all in one place to download at will makes this worth it for me. Plus, no DRM.

Tyjenks · 2009-09-23T06:25:33.000Z

Man, Strategy First used to be one of those I would purchase almost every title.

I think 1C:Ino-Co is replacing them nicely, however.

BrianRubin · 2009-09-23T08:40:48.000Z

Tyjenks:

Man, Strategy First used to be one of those I would purchase almost every title.

I think 1C:Ino-Co is replacing them nicely, however.

Agreed on both counts.

Quitch · 2009-09-23T12:08:05.000Z

Paul_cze:

Twenty seconds for me, exactly, from clicking the steam icon to having it completely loaded.

Which is all the more reason to have it load on startup.

And sleep your machine rather than shutdown. Now we have S3 sleep, shutting down is pretty pointless.

Paul_cze · 2009-09-23T12:43:09.000Z

Quitch:

Which is all the more reason to have it load on startup.

And sleep your machine rather than shutdown. Now we have S3 sleep, shutting down is pretty pointless.

I don’t want to have it running all the time.I am old-fashioned this way, always keeping as few processes running as possible, dedicating all the cpu and memory to the stuff I run at the time.I will probably keep my system super clean and clutter free even when I have hundred-core with terabyte of memory.

Quitch · 2009-09-23T12:47:58.000Z

Yes, because’s nothings more useful than memory which holds nothing.

Your methodology is based on 90s computing.

Andrew · 2009-09-23T13:02:30.000Z

Paul_cze:

I don’t want to have it running all the time.I am old-fashioned this way, always keeping as few processes running as possible, dedicating all the cpu and memory to the stuff I run at the time.I will probably keep my system super clean and clutter free even when I have hundred-core with terabyte of memory.

When you a program is just sitting around and not really doing anything, the operating system will copy its memory to disk, thus freeing up memory for other uses.

Paul_cze · 2009-09-23T14:25:46.000Z

Quitch:

Yes, because’s nothings more useful than memory which holds nothing.

Your methodology is based on 90s computing.

I completely agree, I said I was old-school in this regard =)

Tyjenks · 2009-09-23T14:32:32.000Z

Can you guys take this outside (the GoG thread)?

Cubit · 2009-09-24T06:09:36.000Z

Realms of Arkania is now on GOG.

http://www.gog.com/en/search/realms_of_arkania

peacedog · 2009-09-24T06:14:08.000Z

Yay, now I can bump my party to max level by fighting that one encounter right outside of the starting town a couple of times again!

Fugitive · 2009-09-24T06:35:01.000Z

I had Shadows Over Riva back when it came out, but never made it very far due to repeated dying before getting too far. Now I can get them all and put them on my ever-growing “game series I’d love to go through from the start if I had infinite free time” list…

Rock8man · 2009-09-24T06:36:54.000Z

I’ve never heard of Realms of Arkania. What’s the Qt3 hivemind say about it?

Tyjenks · 2009-09-24T06:37:36.000Z

Cubit:

Realms of Arkania is now on GOG.

http://www.gog.com/en/search/realms_of_arkania

Wow, I really do not remember those games. I was fairly certain I was at least familiar with every PC RPG ever made. Maybe my memory is just going.

Advice on their gooey, creamy center or lack thereof?

EDIT: HA! Rockateman beat me to it.