Thanks go to my good friend Robert for pointing this out to me. A new website is starting up which will be offering a large selection of classic PC games for super low prices. The games will even be playable in Windows XP and Vista, and heres the best part...they'll be DRM free!!!
The website in question is gog.com, which stands for Good Old Games. Right now the site is in beta, so it isn't fully operational just yet. But I did a little digging and found a press release for the game on Kotaku.
Warsaw, Poland – July 10, 2008. CD Projekt, best known in the Western world for its award-winning PC RPG, The Witcher, is proud to unveil its invention of time travel. The company sent several representatives to the past and they’ve returned with some amazing findings. Quick to capitalize on the incredible treasures of history, the company is pleased to reveal its newest project, GOG.com. The site, whose name is an acronym for Good Old Games, is a new games-on-demand platform that allows old fogies (and young fogies) to buy some of the best PC games of all time – many of which just can't be found in stores anymore – and play them on modern hardware, completely free of intrusive DRM.
The site makes it tremendously easy for gamers to buy, download and install some of their all-time favorite PC games. The games will be sold for $5.99 or $9.99, are guaranteed to work on Windows Vista and Windows XP systems and are available to download as many times as needed. This is very nice, yes? The DRM-free games, low prices, the site’s ease-of-use and the community are some of the main features that make Good Old Games something more than just another digital distribution outlet.
But what about the game selection? What games will be available on the site? Well, a full list hasn't been released yet, but the press release states that Codemasters and Interplay have already signed up to have their games available on the site.
What I'd really want here is for Lucasarts to sign up with them. I'd kill for a DRM free downloadable version of X-Wing or TIE Fighter that will play on XP and Vista. Or Full Throttle or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. If you're out there Mr. Lucas (and of course you are because you're a huge Geek-tastic fan), please sign up with gog.com. Your fans will love you for it and may even forgive you for that whole Ziro the Hutt thing.
Ok, we won't go that far. But still, it would be a kickass thing for you to do.
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