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'Virtualised' PC games
#259761 - 07/12/11 09:35 PM
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My work Colleague has been banging on about Steam recently so I decided to have a poke around - I found that I could register my retail version of the original Half-life so I dug it out and banged the code in and even though it was the 'Game of the Year' addition with just Half-Life, Steam said it was the Platinum edition and gave me Blue Shift and Opposing Force too - Sweet I also added the Free version of beneath the Steel Sky' to my GOG account so I guess I can just go ahead and bin the disks of those 2 games!
Looking at how much room the rest of my games collection take up it would be nice if I could 'Visualise' more of it without have to pay again for all the on-line versions
If only GOG would allow retail registration, but if I did that what would be chances that the day after I cleared the cupboard GOG would go to the wall and fall off the internet?
So er.. what do you guys think to GOG and Steam? I guess I'm asking anyway - I've forgotten the point of this now...
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Re: 'Virtualised' PC games
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#259799 - 07/13/11 03:28 AM
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Valve/Steam is pretty big now, so Steam should be around for a while. If you have any Starcraft/Warcraft/Diablo games, you can register those on Battle.net and they unlock the downloadable versions in much the same way.
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I use both
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#259813 - 07/13/11 05:10 AM
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I don't keep archives of my Steam downloads - too big - but I do keep my GOG purchases (and all the extra materials) in a safe place. I look forward to No One Lives Forever 1 & 2 appearing on GOG so I can clear those originals off my shelf.
It seems I've stopped buying from GOG simply due to my desire for greater polish. But I still have around two dozen titles from there which need attention.
As for Steam requiring constant online connection, well, I find I simply don't want to use my computer without an active Net link anyway.
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Re: 'Virtualised' PC games
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#259823 - 07/13/11 06:33 AM
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I get a lot of use out of Steam. Manuals have been getting pathetic in recent years, even for console games, so I find myself caring less and less about the box and physical manuals. Hell, I remember when Ultima included a cloth map!
I've picked up a few things from GOG as well. Personally, I like GOG's lack of DRM, but I like Steam's integrated additional features quite a bit too, especially for modern games with online components. I've used Steam's offline mode a few times in the past as well, especially on my previous netbook.
Like you, I wish I could take more of my retail purchases and transfer them to Steam. I've got a boxed copy of the complete Unreal set I'd love to attach to Steam, for instance.
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Try checking the MAME manual at http://docs.mamedev.org
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