Please create a category for gamers that have diabilities. I play turn-based RPG's for that reason. Recently I downloaded Albion, which on first sight appeared to fit this category perfectly. However, this game becomes unplayable quite late in, as it has some pointless dexteriy and coordination test which prevent me from progressing any further. Are disabled people too insignificant fot the gaming industry? If you at GOG could create a list of games that don't require high degrees of dexterity to complete and any other limiting factors, such as this. I for one would be very grateful.
If other disabled gamers are reading this, please comment on what features of games are preventing you from completing games, which by their description, should be playable for you.

NES is brainless and seems to get by on a lot of the games on GOG.

That it an interesting point. Button mashing for example, I can not do due to either tendinitis or nerve damage. I don't know if this will work mind you, but you do make a good point.

I don't know of any games store that made a section specifically for the disabled, though it probably would be a good idea in all seriousness.

Same a bit here, but I still hope to heal someday :\
(so I buy any genre I like, if cheap)

. I think these are made by users, however.

Well he did make it seem like GOG was knowingly had something against the disabled, I don't think they do but no other store that I know of has listings for them. Would be a good idea to be the first store to do so though.

People can create <span class="bold">GOGmixes</span> for that sort of thing. GOG will most likely never have a list of games that people having different disabilities can play well because they won't be able to invest the time to check every game that thoroughly and they won't be willing to guarantee that every individual person will be able to play it.

Here are a few suggestions:

Avernum series is strictly turn based.

Ultima 5 and 6 are also strictly turn based. Ultima 4 is close, with the only exceptions being the moon phases and the wind. (Stay away from Ultima 1 or 2; 1 is strictly turn based until a mandatory real-time space fighting minigame.)

Elminage Gothic is also good. There exist timed segments, but they are extremely rare, and you can make items that give more time than you realistically need. Also, they can be avoided until just before you can enter the final postgame dungeon, at which point auto-battle will get you through the battles in record time just by pressing one button (or key). (To be exact, one dungeon floor is timed, and one dungeon floor has events that pull you into timed battles, but neither is mandatory (until unlocking the final postgame dungeon), and you can make an item that gives you far more than enough time.)

Edit: Another different suggestion, though for a free game not available on this site, is "jill off with one hand". Basically, it's an action game where the only thing you can do is jump. The game is in real time (it's an action game), but there is only one key you need to press; no moving left or right in the game at all.

Whilst I agree it can be annoying, you can watch game footage on Ulube before buying the product, or check out Moby games to see what the mechanics are. My concern is one of where do you stop, there are numerous illnesses, personal preferences, and other such things that could need categorizing. The onus should really be on the person purchasing to decide if its right for them as they have full information, and perhaps that person could create some GOG lists or a wiki for others?

Good suggestion, but then I presume there are different kinds of disabilities which may affect gaming? E.g. a person who can use only one hand has different obstacles than someone who has hard of hearing (hence can't play talkie adventure games without subtitles, or other games that somehow rely on you hearing audio cues and such).

Maybe some tags like whether it is fully playable with a mouse alone, whether audio is needed in order to play, whether good eye-hand coordination and reflexes are needed etc. If someone could come up with simple tags covering most of such things...

There is one problem with this: sometimes a game is mostly accessible, but there is one part that isn't. Ultima 1 is an example, with its mandatory space fight sequence. If the topic creator's post is correct, Albion has a similar issue.

In other words, footage of the game is not enough to show that the game is accessible and beatable by a disabled gamer.

Don't forget color blindness.

One example: Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PlayStation 2). The game is strictly turn-based (if you ignore Dark Cannon, which isn't that great a skill anyway and never something you're required to use), but the geo symbols and panels rely on color. Disgaea 2 addressed this by displaying the color names when you move the cursor to a geo symbol or panel.

As mentioned there are different disabilities and they effect the gamer differently.

As a company GoG are limited on what they can do. But they can give the give the community the tools to help.

GoG mixes and tags are useful tools.

But mostly it has to be a community effort to collate the various information. Maybe a special forum or sticky topic for people to add notes.

Yes, you see you have hit one of the problems. Someone would need to play through every part of every game, and assess if there is any problem on any level for the mechanics therein. Its just not feasible.

Someone made a thread about this in the archives, maybe you should take a look at it :


http://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/physically_disabled_gamer_looking_for_a_new_games_to_enjoy/post1