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Zenn7 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:44 pm They are giving away the original Master of Magic today.

Got it. Was surprised they are doing a full remake. Also still own my original in box here. Never got into it. Got it because it was a Simtex game like MOO but it was so different I just never dug it.

Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition for ~ 60 more hours from this timestamp.

Terroir is free currently.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/ghost_of_a_tale

Ghost of a Tale free.

Ooh, great stealth game. A little like Thief meets Mouse Guard.

King of Seas is free today.
Was on my Steam wishlist.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/broken_sword_directors_cut

Broken Sword Director's Cut free.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:42 am https://www.gog.com/en/game/broken_sword_directors_cut

Broken Sword Director's Cut free.

I've always thought the Broken Sword adventures never got the praise they deserved. Every single one in the series is amazing, and the best BS game is IMO as good as the best Gabriel Knight game (or VERY close).

Amazingly, they re-released most if not all the early games on iOS many years ago, and they did such a good job, I think it was better than the originals on Windows. Probably one of the best ports I've ever seen, and to be not just playable on a tiny phone, but ENJOYABLE (especially considering the point and click genre)? It blew me away. I'm still impressed and talking about 10 years later.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/greak_memories_of_azur


Greak Memories of Azur is free

appropriately enough for my birthday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/worms_revolution (one of the all time great game franchises, imo)

I decided to re-buy Starfleet Command III on GOG. I had it on CD (got it from Best Buy way back when, don't feel like going through my boxes) and see what mods are out there. I remember writing the guide for it, among other things, and not all of the new games are that interesting to me. Maybe I can go back and play it with mods and whatnot. AND I'm reinstalling SFC1, just for the heck of it.

And I bought Subwar 2050. I know, ancient game. Never played it way back when.

3 was the only SFC I finished multiple times but I wanted to like 2 more. But due to bugs I never could get into it. Still have them all in boxed format on my shelves. Love their boxes.

For fun sub action games you cant go wrong with Aquanox 1 & 2. I hear its predecessor Archimedean Dynasty was good but its too old graphics wise to me. Ive finished both Aquanoxes multiple times. Its Privateer or Wing Commander underwater with a good story.

For a good less known space sim I recommend both Starlancer and Tachyon: The Fringe wholeheartedly.

Kasey Chang wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 1:25 pm I decided to re-buy Starfleet Command III on GOG. I had it on CD (got it from Best Buy way back when, don't feel like going through my boxes) and see what mods are out there. I remember writing the guide for it, among other things, and not all of the new games are that interesting to me. Maybe I can go back and play it with mods and whatnot. AND I'm reinstalling SFC1, just for the heck of it.

And I bought Subwar 2050. I know, ancient game. Never played it way back when.

I was so excited about SFC1 coming out. On the day it was released I called my local Electronics Boutique, but they didn't have it and didn't know when they would get it . So I called the EB in Orlando, an hour away and they did have it . So I snuck out of work, drove the hour and got it and snuck bad. Ah, the days when you actually had to go somewhere to get a game...

In my own personal opinion, Starfleet Command II and SFC: Orion Pirates were the best ones of the series. SFCIII dumbed things down a bit. Some SFCII gameplay I recorded and posted recently over on the Winter thread:

Oh, I agree, but it seems GOG will never be able to sell SFC2, since Taldren/Interplay apparently signed away the rights to it to Dynaverse.net for perpetual maintenance and keeping the servers up. GOG can only ever sell SFC1 and SFC3.

I did write FAQ for all 3 games. AND Orion Pirates.

I tried starting Aquanox 1 and I think I got about 25% in and kind abandoned it there.

Free builder on GOG

https://www.gog.com/en/game/haven_park

Haven't played it, much like my library of 100s of EPIC games, but it's free.

Speaking of GOG, their Lunar New Year Sale is on. You MAY find some older games you forgot about on sale, some games Ubisoft completely forgot about, like Shadowwatch, which is NOMINALLY a Tom Clancy game...

Interstellar Space Genesis is less than $8. Looks great.

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/in ... enesis-pc/


The DLCs are less than $3 each.

They even gave me a 25% off voucher for Stalker 2...which if I had the money is a no brainer.

From the trailer it's got a serious MOO vibe.

I got it on Steam last year with the first DLC. Steam says I played 20.7 hours.

Very much a MOO vibe, I was on a kick check out MOO style games. I remember liking this one adequately.

Had an interesting discovery mechanic where you were constantly searching to get higher levels of explored for sectors of space to find various bonuses on planets and such. Think there were 4 or 6 levels (so you had to research a sector 4-6 times to find everything in it).

Don't remember significant details beyond that (I played last April, ran out of time/desire for MOO games for a while and moved on to something else in the limited game time I had).

The Alien Breed Trilogy is free for the next ~ 48 hours.

Jolor wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 11:23 am The Alien Breed Trilogy is free for the next ~ 48 hours.

Danke

I personally find that game kinda boring, but YMMV.

Kasey Chang wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 2:37 pm I personally find that game kinda boring, but YMMV.

the original one on the Amiga (from 1991) was _really_ boring

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Breed_(video_game)

Spring sale is going on. I missed a giveaway earlier but there is a deck builder free right now "Slay The Spire like"

https://www.gog.com/en/game/neurodeck_p ... eckbuilder

I picked up Empire Rise of the Middle Kingdom while I was there as I was feeling an itch for a different classic City Builder coming on in the near future and I didn't want to replay any of my existing ones.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/deep_sky_derelicts

Deep Sky Derelicts is free.

Pretty fun game if you get the right team together. And there are a TON of interactions. I found a strategy where you give three guys the same class, and use the stealth strike mechanic. It's pretty neat, but not a game I feel I need to replay more than once.

Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun on GOG free right now

https://www.gog.com/en/game/fiendish_fr ... _top_o_fun

(i know these 80's-era MS-DOS games go under the radar here, but this is one i kinda wanted back in 1989 when it came out - but i never got.)

free on GOG right now - from the creators of Fairway Solitaire, Regency Solitaire and Shadowhand: https://www.gog.com/en/game/ancient_enemy

They just did like a week's free game every day last week. I missed most of them and the ones I got were likely shovelware. There was one that looked interesting (Sunblaze?) and of course I missed that one.

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:24 pm free on GOG right now - from the creators of Fairway Solitaire, Regency Solitaire and Shadowhand: https://www.gog.com/en/game/ancient_enemy

In.
I have gotten so much gameplay out of Shadowhand it's not even funny.

stimpy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:42 pm

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:24 pm free on GOG right now - from the creators of Fairway Solitaire, Regency Solitaire and Shadowhand: https://www.gog.com/en/game/ancient_enemy

In.
I have gotten so much gameplay out of Shadowhand it's not even funny.

like Shadowhand, imo one should play on hardest difficulty if one actually wants a challenge

I actually did a review on Ancient Enemy. It's not bad for a card game, but it's basically solitaire.

Betrayer currently free, definitely looks worth checking out (developed by 'alumni' from Monolith - wonder if it's the original F.E.A.R. group?)

https://www.gog.com/en/game/betrayer

I enjoyed it. I liked the mechanics. They felt different. In a good way.

GOG are doing their sale season giveaways. Today is Kings Bounty:The Legend. Yesterday was King of Hero II, but it's a bit late for that.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:02 pmYesterday was King of Hero II

i tried looking for that, but was initially confused to find there is no such thing as "King of Hero II'

(SPOILER: it's actually "Hero of the Kingdom II")

Sorry I should have copy and pasted. I started by pasting a link but the link just gog.com

Copy and paste this time. Ghost Master is currently free.

New giveaway: Requiem: Avenging Angel

That brings back memories.