From what I see shinyloot doesn't sells Gothic 1 separately, just in the bundle. Which makes me wonder :)

Hmm, good point. I just realised I don't have the Gothic series, though I would swear I bought them all ages ago on GOG. But clearly not. So I'm going to buy it from SL, and I'll let you know if it runs on Windows 7 after I get it downloaded and installed.

Cool, if it works, tonight I'll buy it :). Also I hope they are completely DRM free.

Omerta is sold at a 87,5% discount right now :). (part of the Pick 5 Games % Save 80%).

All ShinyLoot games are DRM-free, with the only stuff allowed being CD-keys for single player titles and online keys for multiplayer. I had checked with them before about another title (Trainz Classics) which supposedly carried DRM at one point, and their support center did the research and confirmed the DRM had been removed by the publisher a while back and was no longer part of the release. So I feel pretty good about buying from them on this issue.

Seems to work from the couple of minutes I tried it. Two issues, however. First, video cutscenes don't work on my PC, they appear as black (though you can hear the sound). Second, the game doesn't offer the option to scale up to my default resolution (1920x1080), but instead caps out at 1600x900. Probably due to limitations available at the time of release, and it doesn't look bad at that size, so not critical.

If the GOG version is more compatible (such as the cutscenes working), then it might be worth picking that up separate. But $5 is a good price for this bundle to me, even with the issues in the first title.

I found this game very enjoyable and it was not at all what I expected... definitely worth picking up at this pittance.

True.. Thanks, I'll give it a thought :)

Just for general note:
I just recieved info from GMG. They are looking into the issue in July 2014, when GfWL is supposed to end for good. Kinda sucks but well.

http://www.indieroyale.com/bundle/the-back-to-school-2-bundle

Thunder Wolves
Stellar Impact
Divo
100 percent Orange Juice
Apple Jack 1 and 2
Mystery game

Hidden discount?

The Alien Breed games are -80% on Steam right now til 16 Sept.

The full trilogy is £3.39 here, £1.39 for each single game.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7678/

Wouldn't call that 'hidden', the Alien Breed games are part of the currently running weekly sale. It's easy to miss that news post though, they don't promote the weekly sales very prominently.

mm, they have not exactly done a good job promoting hose weeklies... I keep forgetting they exist.

The story seem to keep changing. In the earlier ShinyLoot awareness discussion here, it was said some SL single-player games have online activation during installation (which is clearly DRM).

So far no ShinyLoot game that is strictly single-player and has no online component has triggered my firewall with a connection request. Not to say they don't exist, but anecdotally I haven't run into one yet. Since I only buy single-player, I've only had one SL title request firewall access at all, and that was SpaceChem, which has an online component.

EDIT: From the ShinyLoot About page:

We believe the developers have a right to protect their property in a reasonable manner. We do not believe that the majority of DRM used today do so in a manner that is fair to paying customers. ShinyLoot is committed to providing only games without obtrusive DRM. We do not support games such as those that use Games for Windows Live for single player experiences, SecuROM, TAGES, or always on-line authentication for single player games. The hardest form of DRM you will find on ShinyLoot is a one-time CD-Key validation for single player games and CD-Key checks for accessing online servers. If any game is found to be violating this policy (due to patches, undisclosed details, etc.) they will be removed from ShinyLoot.