Good Old Games beta sign up begins

PC News | Time to get your old school on.

Good Old Games are currently accepting sign-ups for a beta test, due to begin in August.

The site essentially aims to make classic PC games available via digital distribution, with all games being tweaked to work on both Windows XP and Vista and with all DRM removed. Games will cost either US$5.99 or US$9.99, and signing up for the beta should net you at least one freebie.

The service is the brainchild of CD Projeckt, best know as developers of The Witcher. They appear to have large chunks of both Interplay and Codemaster's back catalogues sewn up, with such titles as Fallout 2, MDK and Operation Flashpoint featuring on the front page.

In an interview with Shacknews, CD Projeckt's Tom Ohle also states that they have a keen interest in getting their hands on the LucasArts adventure classics, as well as 'holy grails' like Tie Fighter and X-Wing and pretty much any other PC game that's fondly remembered by the gaming community.

The full website is due to launch in September 2008.

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12 Comments

Deus Sceleris

3 years ago

Signing up. Actually sounds like a good idea, hope it succeeds.

Blacko

3 years ago

Yea, there's lot's of old games I wanted and still want to buy, but I got a majority of them (Grim Fandango and Full Throttle)

Still wouldn't mind buying the Original Monkey Island's, 1st Blood Omen, and 1st Soul Reaver, other then them, there's not much old games I want.

mikezilla2

3 years ago

Deus Sceleris wrote

Signing up. Actually sounds like a good idea, hope it succeeds.

Jaws

3 years ago

Count me in. Brilliant idea!

teknohead

3 years ago

Blacko wrote

Grim Fandango was such a great game, I remember lending mine to someone I worked for at the time and never got it back. What a bastard.

Benza

3 years ago

This is awsome singing up.

samiboi

3 years ago

Bump

Anyone else get this email last night?

Quote

GOG.com - welcome to the home of Good Old Games
Hi! Thanks for signing up to the GOG.com beta!
We just want to give you a quick update about GOG.com and the upcoming closed beta which will give you early access to the GOG.com experience.

The announcement of GOG.com surprised everybody - gaming media, gamers and the competition. But it was your reaction to our initiative that exceeded our wildest expectations. We would like to thank you very much for showing such incredible interest in GOG.com. We were originally planning to launch the closed beta on August 1 for a small set of people, but our plans have changed and we're delaying the beta a bit. We've decided to reward all of you for your great interest in GOG.com and we'll give early access to everyone who signed up!

At this stage we are adding the finishing touches to the site and testing the new payment system to provide you with the best GOG.com experience. During the next few weeks, we will send out access keys, which will allow you to enter GOG.com and get you on your way to gaming like it's 1995

.

Thanks for your support and see you soon on GOG.com!

Cheers,
GOG.com Team

ObsoletE

3 years ago

yup, i got it too.

i'm liking the rewarding people for showing an interest.

Benza

3 years ago

Liking this more and more.

Fetidchimp

3 years ago

yep i got the email, looking forward to this long overdue service

MrAndyPuppy

3 years ago

I got the email and clicked the link only to discover it was an unsubscribe link... *sigh* I've now signed up again and will READ the link next time.

thebigm

3 years ago

MrAndyPuppy wrote

I got the email and clicked the link only to discover it was an unsubscribe link... *sigh* I've now signed up again and will READ the link next time.

I was about to do the same then noticed subscribe in the text around it and cautiously didn't click the link till I read the whole email first.

Great news all round though.

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