A friend of mine sent a link to this: GOG.com. It’s an online distribution service, focussing on older games – the front page has stuff like Fallout 2 and Sacrifice.
Ever since Steam came along I’ve been hoping for more oldies on online services like this. There’s certainly some demand out there for the classics, and even if it’s not a really huge market, the costs involved should be pretty small. Apparently the guys behind GOG have enthused about one day adding the Lucasarts back catelogue, which I’d especially like to see.
Anyway i’ve signed up for the beta test so if i’m lucky I’ll let you all know.
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Looks like it’s worth a punt. I whacked in my e-mail address for more info but nothing’s popped up in my inbox – did you get anything?
July 19, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
Just an interesting side note – it looks like there’s only a handful of "approved" old titles per company. As if every digital distribution start-up gets the same gift box – Eidos in particular is the worst offender. Anyway, it looks like all of those front page titles (with the exception of Giants, I think) are or will shortly (Fallout) be available on Gametap too.
I like the idea that you effectively have a choice between a generous subscription model and a digital store. I just wish there was a greater variety of classic titles, instead of these same ones that keep popping up.
July 27, 2008 @ 4:22 am
There’s something from PC Zone about this on their website: http://www.computerandvideo…
Apparently they’ve had a chance to ‘monkey around’ with the system although they don’t go into any detail.
July 29, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
Just got an e-mail today from GOG:
"We were originally planning to launch the closed beta on August 1 for a small set of people, but our plans have changed and we’re delaying the beta a bit. We’ve decided to reward all of you for your great interest in GOG.com and we’ll give early access to everyone who signed up!"
Looks like we’ll be able to try it out for ourselves soon…
August 6, 2008 @ 2:38 pm