DRM-Free Classic Games Store Opens To Public

arcticstoat writes "With all the controversy surrounding DRM in games at the moment, one games store has decided to buck the trend, proudly proclaiming that all its games are DRM-free. First announced back in July, Good Old Games is now in the public beta stage, which means that anyone can now access the site's archive of classic PC games, and you can do what you want with your game when you've bought it, too. 'You won't find any intrusive copy protection in our games; we hate draconian DRM schemes just as much as you do,' says the site. 'Once you download a game, you can install it on any PC and re-download it whenever you want, as many times as you need, and you can play it without an internet connection.'" In related news, Stardock, the company responsible for the Gamer's Bill of Rights, is apparently working on a new copy-protection solution that will be friendlier to consumers than current schemes.

Comments

Re:No DRM?

[Ash-Fox]

Let's divide people into three groups: those who buy, those who make the pirated (DRM-free) version, and those who pirate.

There are plenty of games on TPB which have DRM, they just use those CDROM emulators to trick TAGES, Starforce etc.

Don't believe me? Just search for "x3: Terran Conflict" on TBP (I actually own a legal copy in you check my games list).

Those who pirate never see the DRM in the first place.

Sure they do, I just proved it to you.

Those who make the pirated version will have an easier time; this benefits the pirates ever so slightly, but DRM is often defeated faster than you can say Yo-Ho, so the benefit is ever so slight.

What? Mounting a cd image? Err.. If it still has the DRM, I don't see how.

Re:NO mention of their use of dosbox on their site

[larry bagina]

douchebag much?