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Deals so good, you won't want to fall asleep.
You remember back when you used to walk into a store, browse the shelves, pick out a game, and then buy it--all in the actual real world? We don't know about you, but most of us at GOG.com have had our limbs atrophy to small vestigial nubbins since all of our shopping happens online these days. Of course, one thing that sometimes happens in real world stores with real world goods--particularly when they have a good sale--is that they run out of stock. Usually that means that the deal was so good that they couldn't keep up with demand.

Well, in the digital realm, this is usually pretty rare. How do you run out of stock on digital games, short of entropy devouring the universe? Well, we have gotten 101 games that will be on sale on the front page of GOG.com, but the discounts are so high at the moment that we can't just sell an unlimited number of copies of these games: we are only able to sell a few at these discounts--up to 80% off--and once they're gone, they're gone.

So what games will be on sale in our Insomnia promo? Bestselling classics and new games alike. There will also occasionally be some free games in super limited numbers (like, 20 or 30 copies)--if you're fast enough on the trigger finger to pick 'em up, that is. The deal will run from now until we're out of "stock" of games for the sale, and games may show up more than once. So it's time to bathe in a tub of coffee*, dip some espresso**, snort an energy drink***, or do whatever else it takes to stay up so you don't miss out on the best deals on fantastic games on GOG.com since summer.
*This is probably not a good idea
**This is definitely not a good idea
***This is totally safe, though****
****NO IT'S NOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY PERSON
Post edited November 13, 2013 by TheEnigmaticT
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implord66: Quick question, has Sacred Gold already been up for second (or third) time?
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xenxander: I can't even play Sacred Gold.

Bought it off of here, and my Nvidia 550 TI won't run it. :(

I have a worthless piece of code.
Did you install DirectX 9? it really helps when playing older games.
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golea: I guess most of the fun has been taken care off by healt and safety.
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Banichi: This is a fairly interesting post on the subject by a guy who won't work with FOOF.
Fascinating site.
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2013/11/15/the_heirloom_chemistry_set.php
I really enjoyed watching all the "periodic table of videos" videos http://www.periodicvideos.com/
Not to brag, but for those who have their B-day today, Google is celebrating with us ;D
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xenxander: I can't even play Sacred Gold.

Bought it off of here, and my Nvidia 550 TI won't run it. :(

I have a worthless piece of code.
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MysterD: What OS are you running?

You need to run that game in Compatibility Mode for an OS it actually worked on; and turn off any of that Aero crap (check boxes to Desktop Comp & Visual Themes); and run as Admin.

In general - that's stuff I listed is really important for any older games that were released from Win XP and before; especially if you're running Win Vista/7.
If it's Win8, you can't even do this. You either need to dual boot or run a VM. I run XP in a VMWare Player for SC2K and it runs beautifully, but it won't even install on Win8.
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ozzyoscy: I remember when you could rent CONSOLES from Blockbuster. I rented a PS1 a couple of times.

Game can die, but I hope Blockbuster doesn't. They give me unlimited rentals on occasion. A few months ago I rented 26 games for a one-off fee of £10!
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Uzur9: You still have a Blockbuster? Thought they all closed up shop.
no the one i go to while on holiday closed down
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robbknoll: Hows about Donkey Kong Country for the snes at £50 pounds! and that was second hand ha! I cant remember what my folks even paid for the original gameboy, but id wager they wanted to sell one of us after getting it.
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Russonc: On my 2nd PC, I paid $250.00 to add 16 MB of system memory....Less than my crappy watch has now!
Brings back memories of my old Wang computer. Never have I been so good at navigating DOS, my child self would run rings around me now.
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xenxander: I can't even play Sacred Gold.

Bought it off of here, and my Nvidia 550 TI won't run it. :(

I have a worthless piece of code.
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MysterD: What OS are you running?

You need to run that game in Compatibility Mode for an OS it actually worked on; and turn off any of that Aero crap (check boxes to Desktop Comp & Visual Themes); and run as Admin.

In general - that's stuff I listed is really important for any older games that were released from Win XP and before; especially if you're running Win Vista/7.
+1 on this. I've found compatability mode to be infinitely useful for earlier games.
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gscotti: Not to brag, but for those who have their B-day today, Google is celebrating with us ;D
your bday?
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xenxander: I can't even play Sacred Gold.

Bought it off of here, and my Nvidia 550 TI won't run it. :(

I have a worthless piece of code.
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MysterD: What OS are you running?

You need to run that game in Compatibility Mode for an OS it actually worked on; and turn off any of that Aero crap (check boxes to Desktop Comp & Visual Themes); and run as Admin.

In general - that's stuff I listed is really important for any older games that were released from Win XP and before; especially if you're running Win Vista/7.
TRUST ME, I've done EVERYTHING possible and it won't run.

I run it in compatibility mode, with or without all functions in the options.

It WON'T fucking run, with my video card. IF anyone has an Nvidia 550 TI and can get it to run, tell me how. As it stands, I wasted my fucking money with Sacred Gold on GOG. but I don't blame GOG, they didn't know the Nvidia 550 couldn't run the game.
I have The Blackwell Bundle but I've decided I want The Dark Eye: Chains instead and I do not feel like waiting around for it to come up again. Anyone willing to trade?
I see Theme Hospital on that list. Did it already run "the last lap"?
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MysterD: What OS are you running?

You need to run that game in Compatibility Mode for an OS it actually worked on; and turn off any of that Aero crap (check boxes to Desktop Comp & Visual Themes); and run as Admin.

In general - that's stuff I listed is really important for any older games that were released from Win XP and before; especially if you're running Win Vista/7.
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xenxander: TRUST ME, I've done EVERYTHING possible and it won't run.

I run it in compatibility mode, with or without all functions in the options.

It WON'T fucking run, with my video card. IF anyone has an Nvidia 550 TI and can get it to run, tell me how. As it stands, I wasted my fucking money with Sacred Gold on GOG. but I don't blame GOG, they didn't know the Nvidia 550 couldn't run the game.
I've got the same problem, my friend... :/
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gscotti: Not to brag, but for those who have their B-day today, Google is celebrating with us ;D
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Daz12380: your bday?
Yeah. And there was this dude from Germany also celebrating a B-day, but he left to sleep.
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Daz12380: the great thing about the gamecube was that it reached the spoltlight in our home when our ps2 broke (disc drive) and had to be sent off for repairs
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tobias683: Gamecube had Resident Evil. Not the Playstation version, the AWESOME remake version. SUPERB graphics, awesome gameplay (with new twists) and it was just AWESOME. Seriously, Nintendo dropped the ball when it came to the Gamecube overall, but there were a few damn good titles.
Anyone remember ever playing Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem on the cube? Man did that one mess with my mind more than a few times! Shame it never went cross-platform...
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ozzyoscy: I remember when you could rent CONSOLES from Blockbuster. I rented a PS1 a couple of times.

Game can die, but I hope Blockbuster doesn't. They give me unlimited rentals on occasion. A few months ago I rented 26 games for a one-off fee of £10!
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Uzur9: You still have a Blockbuster? Thought they all closed up shop.
Up until a few days ago, they were alive and well. Americans always seem surprised, I'm guess they don't have many in the U.S. any more (and certainly not now).