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Seconding Strife, this game is an underdog classic and it should finally get some recognition it deserves. Would love to see the rest of Epic's back catalogue from the "MegaGames" era. Jazz Jackrabbit 1 & 2, Zone 66, Epic Pinball. Also, whatever still wasn't re-released from Apogee's early releases: Crystal Caves (ideally bundled with Secret Agent, as those are very similar games), Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure and Monster Bash. And finally, on the "not gonna happen" side: earliest games by id, when they were making games for Softdisk: Slordax, Shadow Knights, Rescue Rover, and probably the most important one, Hovertank 3D, *the* first iteration of 3D engine by Carmack.
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I actually have boxed copy of Harvester, picked at thrift some months ago. I found inside (among the 4CD slipcase and manual) a CGW coverdisk, ironically. In manual they boast that you can kill every NPC in this game, with various weapons. Quality entertainment!
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The new release is Sudeki. I vaguely remember it advertised, but never read a single review. Did anyone here played it? Is it as terrible as it looks?
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Apr 25, 2014 17:41
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Thankfully, the battle.net account is not necessary and The Lost Vikings seems to be the full, uncut game, same as Blackthorne.
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May 2, 2014 18:22
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The short demo version was decent, it somehow reminds me Jets n' Guns. For two bucks I'd say go for it.
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May 13, 2014 09:47
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I have already gifted some good ol' Apogee platformers to my friends, now what is something from the new stuff worth my time? Valdis Story looks neat, did anyone here played Volgarr?
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Aug 15, 2014 20:57
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Thanks for the reccomendation, by the look of LP (which is really neat), it's going more in the vein of Legendary Axe from TurboGraphx-16. Bought it already  Also seconding Shovel Knight, sadly it's not included in the promo. And speaking of hard platformers, holy crap is Realms of Chaos brutal. Too bad it looks for the most time quite boring and bosses are terribly designed, otherwise it would be Apogee's hidden gem.
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Aug 16, 2014 16:18
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Duke 1 & 2 for 1,99$ is a really good deal. The first one is classic Apogee platformer perfected: lots of exploring, shooting, and collecting myriads of bonus items. The boss battles suck, tho. The second one is kind of mixed bag, on the one hand it's more colorful, has great soundtrack and overall has more stuff, on the other it's much harder and the controls are janky. Still an excellent pure DOS platformer.
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Aug 16, 2014 20:03
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Commander Keenan posted:Including Nitemare 3-D in the Hugo pack would've been great. Came here to post this. There's no viable explanation for dropping Nitemare from this pack.
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Aug 19, 2014 16:30
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This is so sad. Not only now GOG becomes a weird hybrid of Netflix for documentaries about "gamer culture" and retailer of olden goldies, also Nordic pulls some really good titles that were staples in their offer. I mean, come on, Gothic 2, Painkiller, Full Spectrum Warrior and Freedom Force are drat good games, and the rest of Nordic's catalog also had some fans. This is a really bad day for GOG users of old 
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Aug 27, 2014 21:27
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I've never played Wacky Wheels, so I quickly hacked together shareware version with DOSBox SVN to check it. If anyone is interested, here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dzu2xvtkg3nikz/wwheels.zip?dl=0
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Aug 29, 2014 01:01
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I need a honest opinion about Quest for Glory games, did they really aged badly and are obtuse as some people are saying or are the only savagable pieces from Sierra's adventure catalog?
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Aug 29, 2014 22:44
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Oh, I forgot about the VGA remake, shame on me. Gonna check it and then decide what next. Thanks for your recommendations.
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Aug 29, 2014 23:17
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A random assortment of shooters is this weekend's promo. Reccomending Slave Zero, it's quite fun straightforward third-person shooter with robots, if you liked mecha missions from Shogo, this will be right down your alley. Alien Shooter games are pretty dumb but fun, if short (main campaign from the first one took me like an hour and half).
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Sep 19, 2014 12:20
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So, we're going to see a new publisher in 4 days or so? Any hints were dropped?
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Oct 24, 2014 10:33
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But what's the point in it, if they have the original files? It doesn't have any sense
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Oct 27, 2014 13:53
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I too hope for Outlaws, and for pete's sake, let it be with soundtrack. Fragment of this tune played at the end of demo, and goddamn it wakes so much memories I want to weep.
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Oct 30, 2014 21:47
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I love LBA, but the sequel was so much better and more refined. LBA2 was the first game I bought with my money, and it was expensive as all hell for my 10yo self. Never regretted it, though. And what about promised sequel, Didier Chanfray? 
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Nov 9, 2014 18:51
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I'm clicking the tickets only for Witcher's OST, too. The music in the first game was excellent, and hopefully the sequel was also good in that regard.
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Nov 14, 2014 17:45
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Because some people seem to be interested in the movie, have another code: 7A6FA396139A850BG
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Nov 25, 2014 15:05
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It's kinda unituitive, but DOSBox has it's own keymapper utility, so you can rebind the keys (remember to use alt + right/left arrow for strafing). For disabling the vertical mouse movement, grab the little program described here and just apply it to the Blake Stone's conf file.
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Nov 28, 2014 21:21
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SelenicMartian posted:Not GOG, but Amiga Forever is having a 72-hour cyborg monday sale or something http://www.amigaforever.com/special/cybermonday-e/ Wow thanks for heads up on this!
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Nov 30, 2014 22:05
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Freedom Planet is now on GOG.com, with -50% promo for a week. I've played the demo, like, year and a half ago, but it was pretty fun and it nailed the feeling of 16-bit platformer. There's some truth in statement that it's an overblown Sonic fangame, but it's much, much better than it has any right to be. And apparently one of the unlockable characters turns the game into Gunstar Heroes like shootfest, so that's good. Also, Pixel Piracy, but I don't know anything about this game, and the reviews I've found are quite sour.
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It totally had and that was the main reason. Also, whatever you buy, don't get Chaser. It's really bad.
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