GOG was as soon as on the forefront of creating retro PC gaming legally out there to the lots, however through the years the shop has targeted an increasing number of on fashionable video games and options to compete with the likes of Steam. Now, the parents working the shop need to return it to its roots: a service targeted on good outdated video games.
“Initially, GOG stood for Good Previous Video games,” the corporate says in a brand new weblog put up. “The thought for the corporate was born from the want to play older video games in a authorized and easy-to-use method. Because the traditional video games maintain a particular place in our coronary heart, we’d wish to dedicate extra consideration to highlighting them. It implies that our objective is for GOG to turn out to be, as soon as once more, one of the best place for the traditional PC video games.”
You may look to the latest launch of The Wheel of Time for an thought of what this implies in sensible phrases. The 1999 adaptation of Robert Jordan’s novel sequence received a mild remaster courtesy of GOG and Nightdive Studios, up to date to run at fashionable resolutions on fashionable computer systems.
Getting licensholders to agree on a contemporary re-release of a forgotten sport isn’t any straightforward job (simply take into consideration No One Lives Eternally), neither is getting these video games working on fashionable machines. GOG’s not slowing down with that work. The corporate is constant to work with builders behind emulators like DOSBox to get customized software program working these video games at their greatest, and partnering with the parents on the Video Recreation Historical past Basis to make sure that issues like guides, manuals, and maps are preserved alongside the video games.
For now, GOG’s including a curated listing of “Good Previous Video games” representing 500 of probably the most important classics PC gaming has to supply.
Previous video games by no means die, nor ought to they.
