Launching in September 2008 GOG = Good Old Games DRM-free
A service called GOG which stands for Good Old Games is launching in September and will offer DRM-free licensed games for sale for $5.99 and $9.99. These old school games will run on Windows Vista and XP. No love for Linux or Mac that I’m seeing, but maybe that’s coming too.
They promise more than just Windows ports to old games:
Buying the game is just the beginning. With a purchase of any game at GOG.com you’ll also get some great additional materials for free, including game guides, walkthroughs, wallpapers and more. No joke.
I guess we’ll find out if GOG is a joke in September or if/when one of the VTOR authors is accepted into the GOG beta test. In the meantime, you can play a lot of old games (console and PC) on your PC with the monthly subscription service GameTap.
In 2006 I paid for a subscription to GameTap service. Even went out and bought a PS2-like controller for the PC that worked with the GameTap service. Didn’t really care much for the whole subscription part, but had some fun. You’ve probably seen the GameTap ads everywhere. They claime to have 1,037 games in their library as of this writing with 143 free games. A subscription to GameTap costs $9.95/month or $59.95/year.
August 3rd, 2008 • 
TD Goodliffe • 
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