Lord Ba'al
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I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Aug 29, 2014 17:26:32 GMT
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Post by 13thGeneral on Aug 29, 2014 20:11:17 GMT
Oh dear. I may have to donate some blood plasma...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 20:44:18 GMT
I was directly involved in the development of 3 of those games. Ah, good times. ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
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I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Aug 30, 2014 1:34:30 GMT
Post by Lord Ba'al on Aug 30, 2014 1:34:30 GMT
I was directly involved in the development of 3 of those games. Ah, good times. ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ Which ones? Do tell! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 3:19:40 GMT
Zork GI/N and Interstate 76/82  Now I have a weird urge to go play Full Throttle. Edit: for nostalgia |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
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I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Aug 31, 2014 0:35:36 GMT
Post by Lord Ba'al on Aug 31, 2014 0:35:36 GMT
What did you do on those games?
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Aug 31, 2014 5:18:26 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 5:18:26 GMT
I did QA, with some "undocumented" art design work.  |
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Aug 31, 2014 19:07:13 GMT
Post by 13thGeneral on Aug 31, 2014 19:07:13 GMT
Before buying new digital copies from GoG, I'm testing trying to install and play some of my older PC games in Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode - like Arcanum and Betrayal at Krondor - ... so far I can install most, but haven't got them to run yet. :/
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Aug 31, 2014 20:09:19 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 20:09:19 GMT
Before buying new digital copies from GoG, I'm testing trying to install and play some of my older PC games in Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode - like Arcanum and Betrayal at Krondor - ... so far I can install most, but haven't got them to run yet. :/ Have you tried good ol' DOSbox yet? |
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Aug 31, 2014 22:34:17 GMT
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Post by 13thGeneral on Aug 31, 2014 22:34:17 GMT
Before buying new digital copies from GoG, I'm testing trying to install and play some of my older PC games in Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode - like Arcanum and Betrayal at Krondor - ... so far I can install most, but haven't got them to run yet. :/ Have you tried gold ol' DOSbox yet? No, not yet. I installed 4 games from cd/dvd into virtual windows xp mode, but none would run. I dunno if they need patches or not, but it was getting too times consuming for me to bother. Odd thing is, I read in GoG forums people having issues running the GoG versions on Win7 too. Anyone here tried any? |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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GOG
Aug 31, 2014 23:38:10 GMT
Post by Lord Ba'al on Aug 31, 2014 23:38:10 GMT
Before buying new digital copies from GoG, I'm testing trying to install and play some of my older PC games in Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode - like Arcanum and Betrayal at Krondor - ... so far I can install most, but haven't got them to run yet. :/ That is always the tricky part. But it is possible. I've managed to install some really old pc games on a virtual pc and run them. Usually it works. You have to put in the time to find the proper settings and/or patches though. |
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Sept 1, 2014 9:36:32 GMT
Post by stuhacking on Sept 1, 2014 9:36:32 GMT
Before buying new digital copies from GoG, I'm testing trying to install and play some of my older PC games in Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode - like Arcanum and Betrayal at Krondor - ... so far I can install most, but haven't got them to run yet. :/ Arcanum is basically using a modified Fallout engine right? (At least, it looks that way, and the team were an offshoot of Interplay...) so I hope at some point GOG get round to releasing one of their nicely packaged multiplatform versions. Having Fallout, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment (and many more) packaged up in convenient OS X apps is one reason I love gog so much! |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
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I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Sept 9, 2014 6:42:44 GMT
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Sept 10, 2014 20:19:20 GMT
Post by 13thGeneral on Sept 10, 2014 20:19:20 GMT
Before buying new digital copies from GoG, I'm testing trying to install and play some of my older PC games in Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode - like Arcanum and Betrayal at Krondor - ... so far I can install most, but haven't got them to run yet. :/ That is always the tricky part. But it is possible. I've managed to install some really old pc games on a virtual pc and run them. Usually it works. You have to put in the time to find the proper settings and/or patches though. Yeah, and if this were a few years ago I'd put in more time to figure it out. But, unfortunately I just can't spare the mental capacity or energy, or my time and patience these days. I made a good effort, though, devoting quite a bit of time on it already - but it wasn't meant to be. So I forked over some cash for the digital versions (and managed a couple extra hours at work to justify the expenditure). I would have preferred not to purchase something I aleady own, but feel this was the best option for me; plus it also means supporting GoG and the game originators. |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Sept 10, 2014 21:15:45 GMT
Post by Lord Ba'al on Sept 10, 2014 21:15:45 GMT
I guess it's a bit like buying the bluray of a movie you already own on dvd. Or like buying the dvd of a movie you already had on dvd.  |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
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I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Sept 19, 2014 19:23:04 GMT
Post by Lord Ba'al on Sept 19, 2014 19:23:04 GMT
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Sept 19, 2014 21:29:38 GMT
Post by 13thGeneral on Sept 19, 2014 21:29:38 GMT
Eh, not too into shooters.
Do you ever vote in the Community Wishlist?
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Post by Gmr Leon on Sept 19, 2014 21:46:54 GMT
Mm, some decent/good games in there. The Stalker series is fantastic for an open world, atmospheric FPS with some very light RPGish elements (getting better equipment, think there's hunger too?). Sin Gold from what I've read is a fun first-person run and gun game. Strike Suit Zero is a pretty slick arcadey space shoot'em up with the great switch of being able to transform into a friggin' robot death machine. Luftrausers is an interesting arcadey 2D shoot'em up in aircraft with some rather unique differing loadouts you can choose to fly with. Tower of Guns is a great twitchy first-person run and gun game with an amusing array of absurd stories "explaining" what you're doing in the tower in the first place. Can't speak too much for the other ones. Postal's pretty widely known as the over the top smash/shoot everything with a little of everything simulator. |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Sept 20, 2014 2:01:34 GMT
Post by Lord Ba'al on Sept 20, 2014 2:01:34 GMT
Eh, not too into shooters. Do you ever vote in the Community Wishlist? Not really my genre either. Nope I know nothing about the community wishlist. |
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Sept 27, 2014 7:17:52 GMT
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