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DVDBack23 @ Sep 20, 2010 03:45 | 12 comments

Good Old Games, the European gaming company that gives gamers the chance to download old PC games that are very hard to find legally or have been abandoned, has shut down this week, just two years after going live.

The company provided titles from as far back as the early 80's in a downloadable format that was completely DRM-free. The games were also reasonably priced, ranging from $5.99 to $9.99 per title.

Additionally, once you had purchased the title, you could download it whenever you wanted, all the times you wanted.

A statement on the site now says: "We have recently had to give serious thought to whether we could really keep GOG.com the way it is. We've debated on it for quite some time and, unfortunately, we've decided that GOG.com simply cannot remain in its current form."

While the service is now closed, the owners seem to leave some optimism for the future of the company.

Reads the end of the statement: "This doesn't mean the idea behind GOG.com is gone forever. We're closing down the service and putting this era behind us as new challenges await."

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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Sep 20, 2010 18:06)

Sad day for gamers across the world......

Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy!
Ah modern gaming its like modern film only the watering down of fiction and characters is replaced with shallow and watered down mechanics, gimmicks and shiny-er "people".
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Comment by: shaffaaf (Sep 20, 2010 19:00)

not really

its going out of beta ;)

Comment by: MaxGrimes (Sep 21, 2010 12:44)

Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Sad day for gamers across the world......

Sad day, yeah.

I will keep an eye on DotEmu for DRM-free games in the future.

Comment by: xboxdvl2 (Sep 22, 2010 05:32)

friend of mine picked up the original lemmings (on floppy disk) at a garage sale for $1.If you want old games emulators are probably the way to go.

PS2 with 12 games.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Sep 22, 2010 06:58)

Originally posted by xboxdvl2:
friend of mine picked up the original lemmings (on floppy disk) at a garage sale for $1.If you want old games emulators are probably the way to go.

GOG sold mostly PC titles.

Comment by: bogwart16 (Sep 23, 2010 10:17)

Relaunching at 1pm BST today.

Comment by: Jemborg (Sep 23, 2010 13:55)

Originally posted by bogwart16:
Relaunching at 1pm BST today.

So NOT finished?

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

Comment by: bogwart16 (Sep 23, 2010 16:51)

Nope, up and running now, there were a few overload problems at first but fine now and shinier than ever.

Comment by: Mez (Sep 23, 2010 18:08)

I will need to check it out. Some old games are GREAT!

Comment by: Dardandec (Sep 23, 2010 19:52)

Yes the Good Old Games site is up and running , with a few glitches,a quick refresh sorts it out, Great games on it, WOW, joined up and got 3 free games, will play them later.
Hi, Mez...i've kept it clean this time, lol.

Comment by: Jemborg (Sep 23, 2010 19:58)

Originally posted by Mez:
I will need to check it out. Some old games are GREAT!

It's great how one can cheerfully run them on netbooks too.

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Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Oct 04, 2010 13:04)

Originally posted by Jemborg:

Originally posted by Mez:
I will need to check it out. Some old games are GREAT!
It's great how one can cheerfully run them on netbooks too.

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Most 10X year old games will run on them :P