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Good Old Games offers DRM-free downloadable titles

By Justin Mann

On July 10, 2008, 9:14 PM

If you've been a gamer for a decade or longer, you probably have a list of games you cherished from earlier eras of PC gaming that you still may fire up now and then, or at least wish you could. Often these games can be hard to come across (legally) or even outright abandonware. Couple that with the fact that nobody wants to pay $30+ for a game that is 10 years old, and it can be tricky getting to actually play old titles.

A European company wants to change that, and provide a stable environment for people to access and download old games. It is called “Good Old Games”, and the company aims to provide PC titles from the 80s and 90s in a downloadable format that they claim will be completely DRM free, almost as good as having a perfect ISO of your own. They claim their service will sell games from $5.99 to $9.99 a pop, and once purchased will let you download them at will whenever you want from wherever you want.

An attractive option in a world with so many online services that are coupled with heavy DRM restrictions. This is an interesting concept, to say the least, and I hope that projects like this find themselves to be sustainable – because it will prove to the gaming industry that people not only do not want DRM, but will be happy to pay for entertainment without it.

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  1. July 11, 2008 2:42 AM
    nirkon said:
    I'm guessing this would be great news for some.I'm not old enough to have most of these games considered my "old" ones...I have played an old game that I liked, but not when it was released!the old ones that I liked are Golden Axe, Golden Sun 1 & 2, Golde..(jk),and Monkey Island 4... not that old but they are my favorite oldies
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  2. July 11, 2008 3:12 AM
    Julio said:
    I'm thinking in terms of buying great old games to run in older PCs that don't have the graphics or CPU power. Think of the downloadable Wii classics but on your PC, it might work, we will see.
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  3. July 11, 2008 2:29 PM
    mailpup said:
    Still, the site says all games are Vista and XP compatible so just about anyone can try out old games without much expense.
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  4. July 13, 2008 12:37 PM
    seanp789 said:
    I wonder if these games come pre patched or if you will have to hunt down a 10 yr file download?
    Reply

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