Good old Games, gets a little... Bloody!
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Good old Games, gets a little... Bloody!
I was wondering when this was going to happen.
You will soon be able to buy Blood again. (04/20/2010)
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/one_unit_whole_blood
Thanks for the update leileilol!
I wonder if they actually got the source code and fixed it up or if they will pipe it through DOSBox.
You will soon be able to buy Blood again. (04/20/2010)
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/one_unit_whole_blood
Thanks for the update leileilol!
I wonder if they actually got the source code and fixed it up or if they will pipe it through DOSBox.
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It would be wonderful if they didn't just dosbox it, but:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox
"GOG.com uses DOSBox for some of their releases."
and
http://www.gog.com/en/thanks/
"DOSBox Crew for their DOS emulator which we use with some of our games."
I hate to be a buzzkill, but it's probably dosbox'd. I was always hoping for a Steam release that ran correctly under Windows.
EDIT: Also, I read up on Duke3d from GOG, which was bundled with dosbox, and apparently all of the old dos games from them are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox
"GOG.com uses DOSBox for some of their releases."
and
http://www.gog.com/en/thanks/
"DOSBox Crew for their DOS emulator which we use with some of our games."
I hate to be a buzzkill, but it's probably dosbox'd. I was always hoping for a Steam release that ran correctly under Windows.
EDIT: Also, I read up on Duke3d from GOG, which was bundled with dosbox, and apparently all of the old dos games from them are.
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Well, most are of the opinion they will package it with DOSBox....
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/mon ... ew_release
Guess we wait till Thursday
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/mon ... ew_release
Guess we wait till Thursday
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So, what were you expecting? Most DOS games at Steam are bundled in this way anyway, so why is it bad that GOG is doing the same thing?Fiend:Kamikaze wrote: I hate to be a buzzkill, but it's probably dosbox'd. I was always hoping for a Steam release that ran correctly under Windows.
EDIT: Also, I read up on Duke3d from GOG, which was bundled with dosbox, and apparently all of the old dos games from them are.
As to wondering if they might be able to improve it, it is amazing enough they got the rights to sell it.
And I have no problems with running Blood through Dosbox on my computer at the moment, except for one bug with the Dosbox music which will hopefully be fixed soon.
Still, it is sad Blood is still denied the privileges that even Ken's Labyrinth enjoys...
http://jspenguin.org:81/lab3d_sdl/
Question: Does GOG only sell DOS games? Will Blood II also end up here?
Well, they have Shogo. And apparently Atari just signed a contract with GoG last month., so a lot of older games might show up. They might get the Blood II stuff soon. I guess it would depend on how well things go.
Also, it's not BAD thing that it's piped through DOSBox. It's an improvement over not doing anything at all with it and it does help set questions to rest whether or not Atari still has rights to publish the game.
Also, it's not BAD thing that it's piped through DOSBox. It's an improvement over not doing anything at all with it and it does help set questions to rest whether or not Atari still has rights to publish the game.
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I wonder what this means for the speculation that Warner Brothers now holds the rights? Atari is credited on the Blood page, so maybe they still hold the rights after all...DustyStyx wrote: It's an improvement over not doing anything at all with it and it does help set questions to rest whether or not Atari still has rights to publish the game.
So, in what form do you get the game if you get it from GOG? I know it is a digital download, but how do you receive it? In what form?
But if I wanted to buy Shogo again I know where I would go anyway...
http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?&gameref=46
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I just got it myself.
Runs on DOSBox
Video: Yes
Audio sound track: Yes (tracks ripped to ogg)
Framerate: 20-30fps@1280x1024 (playable)
Test computer specs:
2.33GHz Core Duo (E6550)
4GB RAM
Windows 7 Enterprise (64-Bit)
It looks like the all the DOSBox .conf files are all out in the open within the installation folder so it shouldn't be hard to tell Blood to load a specific map.
This is great =] good work GoG!
Addendum: looks like Cryptic passage is crashing on me. Anyone else having this issue?
Addendum2: It seems that the GoG installer installs Blood without giving the user proper permissions to the installation folder. This prevents Cryptic.exe from renaming the tiles.art files, it probably also prevents users from saving the game.
Just give yourself full control rights to the OUWB installation folder and "problem solved"
Runs on DOSBox
Video: Yes
Audio sound track: Yes (tracks ripped to ogg)
Framerate: 20-30fps@1280x1024 (playable)
Test computer specs:
2.33GHz Core Duo (E6550)
4GB RAM
Windows 7 Enterprise (64-Bit)
It looks like the all the DOSBox .conf files are all out in the open within the installation folder so it shouldn't be hard to tell Blood to load a specific map.
This is great =] good work GoG!
Addendum: looks like Cryptic passage is crashing on me. Anyone else having this issue?
Addendum2: It seems that the GoG installer installs Blood without giving the user proper permissions to the installation folder. This prevents Cryptic.exe from renaming the tiles.art files, it probably also prevents users from saving the game.
Just give yourself full control rights to the OUWB installation folder and "problem solved"
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