Dude, Torchlight was on GamersGate (GG), not Good Old Games (GOG). Torchlight wasn't old enough to be considered 'old'. King's Bounty was, however. For reference, though, here's how to ID the sites (without URL):
Good Old Games: Dark Grey/Light Grey (depends on preference), http or AIR downloads, parent Co: CD Projekt
GamersGate: Light blue, wide margins (used for advertising), downloader apps, parent Co: used to be Paradox, don't know now
Steam: Black and Goth-angsty-looking, special Win32 program, parent Co: Valve
You do realize that those 64 MB cartridges were 64 MegaBIT not MegaByte, right? That comes out to 8 MB. It also wasn't executing in the cartridge, it was executing in the RAM. Yes, there is a lesser load time ROM vs CD-ROM. As for the RAM, it used Rambus RDRAM - 4 MB shared between the video, audio, and OS, whereas the PSX had discrete allocations of the 2MB of RAM to the various subsystem.
As for 720K needed for Wolfenstein? What are you smoking!? Yes, with QEMM you could get up to 720K or so with a Hercules monochrome graphics adapter. But even Doom could run on an IBM Model 25 (16 MHz 386 SX) with 'just' 520k of free memory and only 1 MB of total memory. Wolfenstein was way lighter than that. Besides that - if you did free up that much memory, QEMM would disable graphics mode. Kind of defeats the purpose. You couldn't just use dos,high to load portions of the DOS kernel high to get 720-740k, you had to use QEMM.
I will concede the point about Windows games. They have a finite shelf life. A shelf life which depends on any number of random Windows and DirectX DLLs. That said, it is just as equally difficult to get a Linux Loki game running these days as well. Even roll your own Linux systems have trouble, e.g. Gentoo and Unreal Tournament (I think it is still kicked out, waiting for a 4.51 patch or something).
Wait, what? Jesus was born in September in Canada? Awesome!
Well, there must be a time zone difference. So is Canada three months ahead or the US nine months ahead?
Ah - finding out the truth must have driven Luke mad. So mad he's willing to hang out with primitive dorky teddy bears. Too bad those bears were supposed to be Wookies...
3. I can cancel my subscription whenever I want AND GET THE REMAINING MONEY BACK! (This is a big YES THEY GOT HOW TO TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS.)
Dude, what newspapers have you been doing business with? From what I understand, all of them have either average-copy-rate or rate-by-period that pings your unearned revenue (since you pay in advance) each publishing day for a daily amount, which is typically computed when you make a payment. In fact, if I understand correctly, for subscribers, the earned revenue is what the newspaper pays taxes on. They may pay taxes on the earned interest, but I'm not sure about that. Unless the amount is under a given threshold (like $3 to $5), they are obligated to return it. Even if it is under that amount, you can donate to NIE (Newspapers in Education) or another subscriber, if you know one. Even then, most states have a 'treasure box' law that requires newspapers to give unclaimed money to the state governments instead of themselves. Most don't have a minimum, so no amount is too small for the government to take.
That said, there are newspapers offering non-refundable promo subscriptions - you gotta read the fine print on those Promo deals.
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That'll happen. Right after Microsoft ports.NET to Linux.
If you don't get it, NWN2 has large bits that use at least.NET 2.0 C++ runtimes. As for why they programmed it in Managed C++ - I have no idea. Ran like a two-legged dog on upper mid-range hardware. Also, the first game I hit the SecuROM install limit on, because I was trying (and failing) to run it in Wine and Crossover. And no, they didn't reset my install limit, so I now have a very pretty disc 1 coaster on my desk.
I haven't ever seen a futuristic movie depiction of someone waiting for a loading screen. No they just send an email, or do a video call as if by magic like no other applications have existed.
Ah, you must have missed Independence Day, then. Then again, he was using a 4-5 year old PowerBook to upload that virus. Pretty sure it had a bronze keyboard so that makes it a Lombard or Pismo.
Obsidian is not Black Isle. Black Isle developed Planescape, Icewind Dale, etc... According to wikipedia, Obsidian was formed after Interplay dissolved Black Isle. The rest went to form Troika.
Isn't Alpha Protocol just a copy of Metal Gear (Solid) and Splinter Cell? That seems to be what the art looks like to me. Where's the originality there?
At least Activision saw fit to release Arcanum here. It's possible they re-released it to see if there's enough interest to develop a sequel. Wouldn't be the first time an old game has been released to get people interested in the sequel. See Star Wolves and King's Bounty for examples.
Is the real reason Walt is on ice is to indefinitely protect Mickey in Steamboat Willie? 95 years after death is a long time when you can never be declared dead.
This has actually already happened with movies. For instance, the movie Caligula had X- and R-rated versions, with the R playing in theaters. Time passed, and the original R version was lost, and a new R version has been created with differs greatly from the original, and from what I have heard, is missing large elements of the plot. How much plot could they have lifted from the p0rn version?? Other lost items are movies that had R-rated theater runs, but were released to home video as NR, in particular horror and fantasy movies. Most have been lost to hungry VCRs, and cannot be recovered.
Uhm, hate to break it to you, but Fedora uses PulseAudio also. I used F12 for over 3 months, and never once got sound working with PulseAudio. I gave up and installed OSS4 - worked like a champ - so long as I ran the ossxmix app in the background to control the volume. Otherwise, it was set at 200% by default. So Fedora is no panacea, either.
Yes. I installed Master of Orion 2 to a wine directory, then used DOSBox to make it work on Linux. Sound is wonky, I'm sure that's due to PolypAudio (oops, PulseAudio) rather than DOSBox.
A word of warning: GOG's CC billing server is in Cyprus, and your Credit/Debit card may get hit for converting US Dollars to US Dollars. The reasoning is that the bank is foreign, so there needs to be a surcharge. VISA, Mastercard and Discover are charging a 0.8 to 1.5% International Transaction Fees. Most banks are tacking and additional 1.0 to 3.5% extra to that fee, Bank of America and JP Chase are two of the highest offenders. Don't get me started on the $5 foreign ATM fees from those guys, also. Credit Unions, as of March 1st, 2010 have also started passing the VISA/MC fees directly on to their users. Sadly, PayPal is probably the way to go for US users. For those wondering, US Territories are considered foreign countries, so this list includes Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
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The CD audio (apparently) doesn't work with the Impulse version. GoG somehow fixed that.
Dude, Torchlight was on GamersGate (GG), not Good Old Games (GOG). Torchlight wasn't old enough to be considered 'old'. King's Bounty was, however. For reference, though, here's how to ID the sites (without URL):
For the nay-sayers, GfWL is already at 3.0. Just proof that 3.0 doesn't fix everything at MS.
Your copy from Chinatown does not count.
You do realize that those 64 MB cartridges were 64 MegaBIT not MegaByte, right? That comes out to 8 MB. It also wasn't executing in the cartridge, it was executing in the RAM. Yes, there is a lesser load time ROM vs CD-ROM. As for the RAM, it used Rambus RDRAM - 4 MB shared between the video, audio, and OS, whereas the PSX had discrete allocations of the 2MB of RAM to the various subsystem. As for 720K needed for Wolfenstein? What are you smoking!? Yes, with QEMM you could get up to 720K or so with a Hercules monochrome graphics adapter. But even Doom could run on an IBM Model 25 (16 MHz 386 SX) with 'just' 520k of free memory and only 1 MB of total memory. Wolfenstein was way lighter than that. Besides that - if you did free up that much memory, QEMM would disable graphics mode. Kind of defeats the purpose. You couldn't just use dos,high to load portions of the DOS kernel high to get 720-740k, you had to use QEMM. I will concede the point about Windows games. They have a finite shelf life. A shelf life which depends on any number of random Windows and DirectX DLLs. That said, it is just as equally difficult to get a Linux Loki game running these days as well. Even roll your own Linux systems have trouble, e.g. Gentoo and Unreal Tournament (I think it is still kicked out, waiting for a 4.51 patch or something).
THAT WAS ME! Over 10 years ago, on IRC. I can't tell you how much I love that that quote still pops up every now and then on the interwebz.
Dude, I wouldn't be bragging about trying to get your song back!
Wait, what? Jesus was born in September in Canada? Awesome!
Well, there must be a time zone difference. So is Canada three months ahead or the US nine months ahead?
Ah - finding out the truth must have driven Luke mad. So mad he's willing to hang out with primitive dorky teddy bears. Too bad those bears were supposed to be Wookies...
3. I can cancel my subscription whenever I want AND GET THE REMAINING MONEY BACK! (This is a big YES THEY GOT HOW TO TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS.)
Dude, what newspapers have you been doing business with? From what I understand, all of them have either average-copy-rate or rate-by-period that pings your unearned revenue (since you pay in advance) each publishing day for a daily amount, which is typically computed when you make a payment. In fact, if I understand correctly, for subscribers, the earned revenue is what the newspaper pays taxes on. They may pay taxes on the earned interest, but I'm not sure about that. Unless the amount is under a given threshold (like $3 to $5), they are obligated to return it. Even if it is under that amount, you can donate to NIE (Newspapers in Education) or another subscriber, if you know one. Even then, most states have a 'treasure box' law that requires newspapers to give unclaimed money to the state governments instead of themselves. Most don't have a minimum, so no amount is too small for the government to take.
That said, there are newspapers offering non-refundable promo subscriptions - you gotta read the fine print on those Promo deals.
That'll happen. Right after Microsoft ports .NET to Linux.
.NET 2.0 C++ runtimes. As for why they programmed it in Managed C++ - I have no idea. Ran like a two-legged dog on upper mid-range hardware.
If you don't get it, NWN2 has large bits that use at least
Also, the first game I hit the SecuROM install limit on, because I was trying (and failing) to run it in Wine and Crossover. And no, they didn't reset my install limit, so I now have a very pretty disc 1 coaster on my desk.
All I see is hunter2
Got it. No C++ on the Internet. Someone might see my privates.
I haven't ever seen a futuristic movie depiction of someone waiting for a loading screen. No they just send an email, or do a video call as if by magic like no other applications have existed.
Ah, you must have missed Independence Day, then. Then again, he was using a 4-5 year old PowerBook to upload that virus. Pretty sure it had a bronze keyboard so that makes it a Lombard or Pismo.
Obsidian is not Black Isle. Black Isle developed Planescape, Icewind Dale, etc... According to wikipedia, Obsidian was formed after Interplay dissolved Black Isle. The rest went to form Troika.
Isn't Alpha Protocol just a copy of Metal Gear (Solid) and Splinter Cell? That seems to be what the art looks like to me. Where's the originality there?
At least Activision saw fit to release Arcanum here. It's possible they re-released it to see if there's enough interest to develop a sequel. Wouldn't be the first time an old game has been released to get people interested in the sequel. See Star Wolves and King's Bounty for examples.
I dunno. Most cultures frown on Grand Theft Boat.
Windows 7 has barfed on my RAID twice.
What in the world are you feeding your RAID?
What can they do if they find it?
I dunno. Download it? Maybe they want to make sure your porn is on the up-and-up?
So... Do you have to wait while they view it all? Some people in the SEC may have to wait there for a few months.
Is the real reason Walt is on ice is to indefinitely protect Mickey in Steamboat Willie? 95 years after death is a long time when you can never be declared dead.
Insert Python jokes here.
This has actually already happened with movies. For instance, the movie Caligula had X- and R-rated versions, with the R playing in theaters. Time passed, and the original R version was lost, and a new R version has been created with differs greatly from the original, and from what I have heard, is missing large elements of the plot. How much plot could they have lifted from the p0rn version?? Other lost items are movies that had R-rated theater runs, but were released to home video as NR, in particular horror and fantasy movies. Most have been lost to hungry VCRs, and cannot be recovered.
Darn. Edits must only be for LowIDs.
Uhm, hate to break it to you, but Fedora uses PulseAudio also. I used F12 for over 3 months, and never once got sound working with PulseAudio. I gave up and installed OSS4 - worked like a champ - so long as I ran the ossxmix app in the background to control the volume. Otherwise, it was set at 200% by default. So Fedora is no panacea, either.
I hear the next version of Fedora uses F13. You'll have to have an Apple keyboard for that one!
A word of warning: GOG's CC billing server is in Cyprus, and your Credit/Debit card may get hit for converting US Dollars to US Dollars. The reasoning is that the bank is foreign, so there needs to be a surcharge. VISA, Mastercard and Discover are charging a 0.8 to 1.5% International Transaction Fees. Most banks are tacking and additional 1.0 to 3.5% extra to that fee, Bank of America and JP Chase are two of the highest offenders. Don't get me started on the $5 foreign ATM fees from those guys, also. Credit Unions, as of March 1st, 2010 have also started passing the VISA/MC fees directly on to their users. Sadly, PayPal is probably the way to go for US users. For those wondering, US Territories are considered foreign countries, so this list includes Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
There's another company called GamersGate that has this. In fact, I believe all of the game download stores are selling this (save one...)