gunsmoke on 18/2/2010 at 23:04
Agreed!!! I just loved Blood to pieces. The recent Avs.P demo reminded me of how good we had it in the good ol' days of demos/shareware. :(
june gloom on 19/2/2010 at 00:34
Unfortunately it's never going to happen, as Monolith does not own the rights to the series. They sold it to GT Interactive, the publisher, in 1998. GT Interactive was bought by Infogrames, and is now known as Atari Incorporated.
gunsmoke on 19/2/2010 at 01:41
Quote Posted by Harvester
Oh by the way, gog.com now also has Interstate 76. That's bound to make some people happy...
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http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/61685) LOL
lost_soul on 19/2/2010 at 09:47
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Unfortunately it's never going to happen, as Monolith does not own the rights to the series. They sold it to GT Interactive, the publisher, in 1998. GT Interactive was bought by Infogrames, and is now known as Atari Incorporated.
Well, they do sell Unreal Gold on gog.com.
I purchased a used copy of Blood 1 a wile back, so that is one sale they passed up on.
EvaUnit02 on 19/2/2010 at 16:55
Except Epic have pretty much always wholly owned the IP rights to Unreal. Sometimes developers, especially unproven small time ones like Monolith was at the time, have to sacrifice their IPs if they want to land a publishing deal. Epic had built up good reputation for themselves back during the golden age of shareware.
It can be a very different story these days for indie developers since digital distribution has opened up a lot more options in the market. You can self-publish via the likes of Steam, Gamersgate, Impulse, etc.
Shadowcat on 21/4/2010 at 04:02
Atari have splashed down on GOG in a big way:
* Outcast - $5.99
* Master of Orion 1 + 2 (bundle) - $5.99
* Master of Magic - $5.99 (coming soon)
* Blood (One Unit Whole) - $5.99 (coming soon)
That's a really awesome set of games to kick off with, and I'm impressed with (a) the consistent application of the lower price point (not all publishers have done this), and (b) the bundle of MOO1+2 (again, some publishers have turned analogous situations into a pair of $10 purchases).
Very nice, IMHO.
I have MOO2 and Outcast, and I'll probably skip MOM (although I gather it's very good), but I'm ecstatic about the Blood announcement. That one was definitely on my wish list.
doctorfrog on 21/4/2010 at 04:52
Blood was seriously the best of the Build engine games, and that includes Duke Nukem. This is a fact, in my opinion.
Also, downloading MoO now. I never played it the first go 'round, and I'm tired of hearing about how awesome it is. Let's see if it lives up to the nostalgiahype. Also, picked up Jagged Alliance 2, and now it's going to go on sale in a week or so I bet.
june gloom on 21/4/2010 at 05:09
Quote Posted by doctorfrog
This is a fact, in my opinion.
TTLG the internet in a nutshell :D
gunsmoke on 21/4/2010 at 21:04
OMGOMGOMG I can play Blood without fucking around endlessly with DOSbox only to find out my CPU isn't quite fast enough to even play the damn thing?!?!?!? SAAAWWWWEEEEEEEEETTTTT
Haven't played Blood in years and years. I miss it. Blood 2 is in my collection, but isn't 1/4 the game that the original is.
Jason Moyer on 22/4/2010 at 00:16
As with every game on GOG, I'd give it a week or two and read the game's forum to make sure there aren't crazy unfixed bugs in the GOG version. I've been burned on a few games that don't really work because I didn't check the forums before buying them.
