pbldcttr on 29/1/2010 at 23:20
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
They're listed as the publisher on Steam, so that might open them up to a GOG release.
Edit: Or not. Stupid Wikipedia.
While I'm thinking about Activision-owned properties, it would be kinda nice if they put the first 2 Soldier of Fortune games up there.
i loved the 1st solder of fortune, at least up to the point before it got all sci-fi. i would definetly get it if its released on gog.
one question though, but how does gog run DOS games? do they make some weird port to run them in windows or they made a dosbox like thing for them to work?
edit - never mind, just did a search and it seems they used dosbox for a lot of DOS games. i was hoping for something different. wanted to get descent1 & 2, but i'll just look for my copies and run them in dosbox instead :)
Tonamel on 29/1/2010 at 23:23
Yeah, I think my entire first play through I did with mouse+keyboard. Works fine, but the controls never felt RIGHT until I tried keyboard only.
It may not work for you, but it definitely worked for me.
edit: pbldcttr, it's not a DOSBox-like-thing. It's DOSBox. Specialy tweaked to behave as best as possible with each game, I think.
Jason Moyer on 29/1/2010 at 23:29
Quote Posted by pbldcttr
edit - never mind, just did a search and it seems they used dosbox for a lot of DOS games. i was hoping for something different. wanted to get descent1 & 2, but i'll just look for my copies and run them in dosbox instead :)
I dunno why you'd run Descent 1/2 in DOSbox when there are really good windows-native sourceports. I bought them from GOG, installed them to a temp directory, and copied the data files into my RebirthXX folders.
Shadowcat on 30/1/2010 at 00:08
What Jason said. If you have the CDs, you won't even need to to install the standard game -- you can get the files you need direct from the CD, with any decent archive tool. I can recommend the (
http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/) port, but there are others as well.
pbldcttr on 30/1/2010 at 00:14
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
What Jason said. Grab one of the fine Descent source ports (I've been using (
http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/)), read the installation instructions, and you're away. If you have the CDs, you won't even need to to install the standard game -- you can get the files you need direct from the CD, with any decent archive tool.
oh man, i had no idea this stuff existed :) thanks guys, will try them as soon as i get my box with old games :D
Jason Moyer on 30/1/2010 at 00:18
Quote Posted by pbldcttr
oh man, i had no idea this stuff existed :) thanks guys, will try them as soon as i get my box with old games :D
In addition to DXX-Rebirth, there's also D2X-XL which apparently has a more advanced renderer than Rebirth, and also supports the Descent 1 campaign/missions, but I haven't played with it. If you just want a similar look/feel to the originals with higher resolution/better input+network support than Rebirth is the way to go.
(
http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html)
pbldcttr on 30/1/2010 at 06:17
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
In addition to DXX-Rebirth, there's also D2X-XL which apparently has a more advanced renderer than Rebirth, and also supports the Descent 1 campaign/missions, but I haven't played with it. If you just want a similar look/feel to the originals with higher resolution/better input+network support than Rebirth is the way to go.
(
http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html)
thanks man, will try both :)
Fafhrd on 30/1/2010 at 06:30
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Homeworld series
THQ bought Homeworld in (
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=169611&page=1&pp=15) 2006. Whether or not they got distribution rights for the original games with it is in question, but if a different company owns the trademark I think Activision would be unlikely to let the old games be sold since they'd probably have to give THQ a cut, and would potentially be advertising for a THQ produced Homeworld 3.
gunsmoke on 30/1/2010 at 16:17
Quote Posted by ZergMasterBaiter
Dungeon Lords looks really interesting actually. So is it all patched up now and playable?.
Check out the amount of changes they have made. OH, and just buy the COLLECTOR'S EDITION if possible. It is already fully patched and has some extras. It is v 1.5, and you can only patch the normal version to 1.4. Don't ask me why...
(
http://www.dreamcatchergames.com/dci/support/pc/patches/dl.php) Dungeon Lords changelogs
