Information Slow News Day: GOG.com EA Sale

[Zed]

Tags: GOG; Lands of Lore; Nox; Ultima; Ultima Underworld

The folks over at GOG.com* (formerly Good Old Games**) are having a pretty sweet sale on EA titles.

RPGs on sale:
Ultima 1-9, Ultima Underworld 1-2, Nox and Lands of Lore 1-3. A few of these are sold in bundles.
The sale also includes some really good non-RPGs such as Dungeon Keeper 1-2, Alpha Centauri and Theme Hospital.

The sale will run for three days.

* This is a referral link supporting the RPG Codex, so make sure to use it. Or else.
** Yes, they changed their actual business name to the very descriptive "GOG.com".

 

[Jaesun]

I'll ask here as well. Do Lands of Lore (1 and 2) and the 2 Crusader games use MIDI? Or if you know if any of the games on there use MIDI and possibly specifically written for Roland sound modules (like the MT-32 or Soundcanvas)? I have all the Ultima's and Wing Commander's.

 

[Excidium]

Please give money to EA, I hope they revive your favourite franchise.

 

[l3loodAngel]

Dungeon Keeper 1-2

Could go for one, but 2 was complete garbage...

 

[Infinitron]

Unfortunately it doesn't include the expansion pack for DK1

 

[Mrowak]

In before we have compromised our journalist's integrity and sold ourselves to GOG.

 

[Infinitron]

In before we have compromised our journalist's integrity and sold ourselves to GOG.

Remember this post? http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...force-vs-the-third-reich-60-off-at-gog.75141/

 

[Jaesun]

In before we have compromised our journalist's integrity and sold ourselves to GOG.

We can't hear you over the sounds of crunching Doritos™ and slurping Mountain Dew™.

 

[SCO]

In before we have compromised our journalist's integrity and sold ourselves to GOG.

We can't hear you over the sounds of crunching Doritos™ and slurping Mountain Dew™.

More appropriate to say "can't read you over the diabetes blindness"

 

[Metro]

Please give money to EA, I hope they revive your favourite franchise.

It worked for Ultima!

 

[Aurelius]

Do Lands of Lore (1 and 2) and the 2 Crusader games use MIDI?

Both Lands of Lore 1 and 2 have the option to use MIDI, and LoL1 can make use of the MT-32 (besides general MIDI), although the GoG version uses Sound Blaster as the default. I'm not so sure about LoL2, you can switch between "digital" and "midi" music ingame, but setting specific sound hardware is done via setup, which I can't get to run in the GoG version. I've got no idea about the other games.

Here's a sample for LoL1, Patrick Stewart's voice acting alone is worth it:

http://youtu.be/Bi4C_SfnqOc​

It should also be noted that the GoG version of LoL2 doesn't offer any support for hardware acceleration (which leads to inferior frame rates). LoL1 can also be run via ScummVM, though I haven't tested that with this version.

 

[evdk]

I demand to know what ethical guidelines do the Codex reviewers follow.

 

[Jaesun]

Thanks Aurelius!

 

[Esquilax]

We can't hear you over the sounds of crunching Doritos™ and slurping Mountain Dew™.

:declining: This is bullshit. The only slurping I approve of on the Codex is the slurping of pussy forests.

 

[Jaesun]

D:

 

[evdk]

D:

Quick, inform borderhouseblog of this sexual orientation bias!

 

[Brayko]

Or people that have a higher calling in life than munching on STD's!

 

[mediocrepoet]

I demand to know what ethical guidelines do the Codex reviewers follow.

I demand to know why you expect anyone on the Codex to follow ethical guidelines.

 

[Infinitron]

I demand to know what ethical guidelines do the Codex reviewers follow.

...so they can be immediately discarded.

 

[evdk]

I demand to know what ethical guidelines do the Codex reviewers follow.

I demand to know why you expect anyone on the Codex to follow ethical guidelines.

Because I am drunk, why else?

I demand to know what ethical guidelines do the Codex reviewers follow.

...so they can be immediately discarded.

Along with the offending reviewers.

 

[crafthack]

Do Lands of Lore (1 and 2) and the 2 Crusader games use MIDI?

Both Lands of Lore 1 and 2 have the option to use MIDI, and LoL1 can make use of the MT-32 (besides general MIDI), although the GoG version uses Sound Blaster as the default. I'm not so sure about LoL2, you can switch between "digital" and "midi" music ingame, but setting specific sound hardware is done via setup, which I can't get to run in the GoG version. I've got no idea about the other games.

Here's a sample for LoL1, Patrick Stewart's voice acting alone is worth it:

http://youtu.be/Bi4C_SfnqOc​

It should also be noted that the GoG version of LoL2 doesn't offer any support for hardware acceleration (which leads to inferior frame rates). LoL1 can also be run via ScummVM, though I haven't tested that with this version.

Hey man, do you mind sharing how you got LoL1 working with Roland MT-32 with DOSBox/ScummVM? I've been wondering this for ages since playing Ultima Underworld with MT32 (which is a huge improvement)

 

[Clockwork Knight]

In before we have compromised our journalist's integrity and sold ourselves to GOG.

We can't hear you over the sounds of crunching Doritos™ and slurping Mountain Dew™.

Mtn Dew, grandpa.

 

[Achilles]

EA games on GOG on a 60% off sale you say? Hey wait a minute...

GOG head: Massive discounts "bad for gamers"

"Our average sale tends to be around 40% – 50% off; that's plenty of incentive to pick up a game if you're interested or if you just think you might like to try it because you're not sure about the game, but not some crazy 75% or 85% discount that damages the long-term value of a game."

Steam sales "cheapen intellectual property" says EA Origin boss

We won't be doing that. Obviously they think it's the right thing to do after a certain amount of time. I just think it cheapens your intellectual property.

 

[Angthoron]

Fucking EA, why does it have to own so many good IPs.

 

[IDtenT]

Fucking EA, why does it have to own so many good IPs.

Because it's such a good publisher?