Honestly this is all really just trying to get some traction on the post in the hopes for a response from GOG.

I think thi is appropriate thread to ask.

Is diagonal bug present in this version? The one, where if projectile flies NOT in one of 8 main directions from character - it will NOT hit enemies AT ALL?

Also what bugs cured in this version? I was told there was "Improvements".

No it is a pirate copy of Diablo. They don't have rights to distribute this game like that. Abandonware concept don't exist legally.

Diablo 1 was never available by itself on the Blizzard shop once it was removed from the Diablo 2 Battle Chest.

The moment that happened, it became abandonware, making it, yes, indeed Free.

The term Abandonware, refers to a developer abandonning software in it's entirety. I don't think it's possible to sue someone downloading your abandonware, and to win, unless the other lawyer literally throws the suit in your favor. Get Beelzebub, and this purchase still works as being worth-while, because it's a currently-accessible copy of Diablo 1 you can take the diabdat.mpq from for other mods. Some people do have CDs, or pirated copies, this still gives people access to it without a CD or a pirate copy.

nobody has the "rights" to distribute abandonware.

The thing that makes it abandonware are these simple facts.

1. It's not available for retail purchase from a legal retailer (until now).
2. it no longer receives any support from the developer (true)
3. the fact that alleged pirated copies are easily available via a google search (have been for years) and have not been taken down for copyright purposes (because the developer has abandoned it and doesn't care).

Yes it's free, so when are you idiots going to look past that and get to the fact that high res support is not provided although the description on the store page says it is.

I'm disappointed that you guys didn't read the store text:

"For those wanting something a bit more modern, Blizzard and GOG.COM have collaborated on an updated version of the game tuned for today’s gaming PCs, which includes out-of-the-box Windows 10 compatibility, a host of bug fixes and high-resolution support via aspect ratio-correct upscaling.

What part of "...via aspect ratio-correct upscaling" did you fail to understand? Seems like the store was 100% accurate.

I had to laugh at how people these days don't bother to read anything much of the time...one guy was also disappointed because nothing had been "remastered"...;) Yet, the term "remaster" is found *nowhere* in the GOG store product description--quite the contrary, in fact. People really need to learn how to read...!

To be fair, it wasn't written like this initially (I also came here for the high resolution support btw)

See old version here https://web.archive.org/web/20190307184517/https://www.gog.com/game/diablo

Anyways, good to see they fixed it :)

Just ask for a refund then instead of whinging. They made an error on their store page and have now corrected it.

Sadly, anything that becomes abandonware doesn't automatically become free. The interpretation of laws on this subject may differ from country to country, but in general anything that was "abandoned" is still protected by copyright laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware#Law

Most laws also label the distribution of abandoned software as illegal, even if the author no longer exists.

My personal view on this subject is that if there is no way to purchase the product in question and the author/rights holder has been contacted and replied that there are no plans for it going back on sale (this was the case for Diablo 1), it is okay to download the product from 3rd party sources. In my book, using the archive ISO files was OK until this GOG version came to be. Now that the game is sold again, it is illegal by laws to download the archive ISO files.

About High resolution...
it means that the game renders in your vanilla res if it is selected, the game runs at an scaled 4:3 aspect ratio. But people consider that high resolution means widescreen ingame.

In any case, if the game had been modified with a widescreen tiny character visuals, in the vein of a mediocre amateur mod, I had never had bought it, because I consider it heresy and a piece of garbage.

I'm with you but as it stands now I own physical copies...so kind of annoying.

DiabloPatch is a fine project (I previously played the game using that), but it is changing the game. "Enhancements" like changing inventory size, being able to run or other stuff would be changing the original game content, and that's not really something GOG does. They'd have to call it a "Remaster", "Extended Edition" or whatever. What GOG is about is offering games in their original form - or at least as close to that as possible.

TBF I only really wanted a legal way to own the game that didn't involve having to trust some stranger on Amazon or eBay or having to pirate.

You could argue we're supporting half-assed releases, but you *are* getting the opportunity to purchase the original game, hassle free, and mod at your leisure. Maybe achievement support later down the line (maybe? I don't own many GoG games, I love hunting 'cheevos).

Anyways, i'm about to purchase and just put beelzebub on it and be done with it. i really love what they've done with that mod to modernize the game. I played vanilla, but beelz really makes the game visually appealing and "HD looking".

Hope you can sort your refund situation.

Doubt it's going to happen...is there a place Beezlebubis bing updated.