Good Old Games(?)
The website Good Old Games™ launched earlier this week as a public beta. It’s been around for a few months but it’s first now that it’s starting to get some actual Good old Games™ in their store.
The idea is to sell Good old Games™ that are 100% compatible with Windows XP/Vista, that contains NO DRM, at a low price.
It seems like a really good idea and all, but, they really do need some more games on there. So far, it’s full of games were the “goodness” is kinda debatable… Such as:
- “Battle Chess: Special Edition” - A chess game? Yay…
- “Evolva” - I got this game for free with a PCGamer magazine, I don’t have it anymore though since I threw it away. It had a bit of a MDK-feel to it, but the concept was too done and boring already.
- “F/A-18E Super Hornet” - Some random flight-sim. Never heard of it before.
- “I.G.I. 2: Covert Strike” - Another game I acquired for free. I played it a few times… I remember not being able to finish the 4-5th level (something like that) because of a bug that kept comming back regardless of if I reinstalled it/patched it/whatever.
It’s kind of like a bad ripoff off “007 GoldenEye” for N64. I managed to sell it for $3 though.
The only user comment (as of now) on gog.com about this game reads:“Not good. I don’t like this game [...].” -Pajk
- “Kingdom: The Far Reaches” - Wtf? is that santa-claus?
- “Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader” - A quote from the user comments sums up the lack of excitement you should be feeling for this game:
“[..] Lionheart failed to deliver.” -jopo
- “Shattered Steel” - Some old mechadroid-shooter. Lame.
But don’t worry, the store has a few gems and hopefully in the future it’ll be full of them. The gems include such wonders as “Operation Flashpoint” for $10, “Freespace 2” for $6 and “Fallout” for $6.
Anyway, the real story here is that there is an actual webstore out there, selling games, without forcing DRM on your ass. And that, is most definitely : cool.
