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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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johnnygoging: That isn't why Gianna Sisters goes quickly. It goes quickly because I don't think it has been that discounted before.

Privateer is old. And that's part of what is causing it to be slow. In addition, Privateer, is sort of a big style game. And that hurts it a bit when later big games are even bigger. It's still selling pretty darn quickly.
Most of the fast sellers were old titles, though. I think Giana Sisters was just an exception, simply because it was quite limited and heavily reduced in relation to previous sales of that game.
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BelowTheBelt: I know that uses up any luck I accumulated over the past 7 years, but that's ok. I saved about $6, lol.
I LOL'd
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SpiderFighter: Nice! Hopefully, the sale will pick up speed, but the way Privateer has stalled, it's not looking great.
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techknight1337: I'm glad it stalled. I missed it once already. I'm glad I got a chance to pick it up this time.
You know, it's kinda funny that a spaceflight sim game would STALL given how it takes place out of atmosphere.
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groze: You know, mostly because before DVDs there were CD-ROMs which, not surprisingly, had the size of a CD.
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zarquon: He probably means floppy disks. 1.44 mb .Remember those?
Oh yeah. I used those to carry around my Diablo 2 Characters. :D
Never had them for PC games, tough. I had no PC when they were in use. Only Game Boys and my trustworthy SNES.
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Suloyapla: Gogbots, Roll out and transform!
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gogbot: :)

I blinked again. A bit longer than the last time. Updated the list. Didn't miss too much though. Thanks to all my co-pilots who have been doing the same. :thumbs:
And thanks for showing me I picked another good time to catch a 6-hr nap... In an odd, twisted way, I was kind of hoping this sale would be over when I woke up!
Does anyone know if Assassins Creed has gone past its "Last Chance" yet?
I've been monitoring the sale hoping to get this game but I've not seen it come up yet.

Thanks!
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CorranHorn: Why are some games that only where on disks the size of a CD?
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Cardian: Which ones are you talking about? Some games had floppy releases and were later rereleased with voice over or other additions.
I´ve seen some, yes that was what I thought as well but I googled them and couldn´t find anyone released with that size. Even the ones where they added the voices didn´t fill up the whole CD.
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SpiderFighter: Nice! Hopefully, the sale will pick up speed, but the way Privateer has stalled, it's not looking great.
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techknight1337: I'm glad it stalled. I missed it once already. I'm glad I got a chance to pick it up this time.
Nice catch...congrats!! The only one on my list I've managed to pick up was Aquanox. I grabbed Startopia too, just because it looked interesting.

What sets Privateer apart from the rest of the franchise? I have 3 and 4...I assumed it was just another WC game, but with earlier graphics?
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rmuchall: Does anyone know if Assassins Creed has gone past its "Last Chance" yet?
I've been monitoring the sale hoping to get this game but I've not seen it come up yet.

Thanks!
Still to come.
Haven't purchased anything yet. Until when is this?

Anyway, congratulations to those of you who've successfully received free copies.
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johnnygoging: That isn't why Gianna Sisters goes quickly. It goes quickly because I don't think it has been that discounted before.

Privateer is old. And that's part of what is causing it to be slow. In addition, Privateer, is sort of a big style game. And that hurts it a bit when later big games are even bigger. It's still selling pretty darn quickly.
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Cardian: Most of the fast sellers were old titles, though. I think Giana Sisters was just an exception, simply because it was quite limited and heavily reduced in relation to previous sales of that game.
Privateer is older though. But yeah you have a point. There have been some older games that surprised me a bit with how they still sold in this round.
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techknight1337: I'm glad it stalled. I missed it once already. I'm glad I got a chance to pick it up this time.
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Suloyapla: You know, it's kinda funny that a spaceflight sim game would STALL given how it takes place out of atmosphere.
Well it's sci fantasy, where inertia doesn't have to exist, yet sound can travel through a vacuum!
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groze: You know, mostly because before DVDs there were CD-ROMs which, not surprisingly, had the size of a CD.
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zarquon: He probably means floppy disks. 1.44 mb .Remember those?
I didn't get he was talking about floppies, thanks for the heads-up!

Well, games in floppy disks that had the size of a CD-ROM mostly used the same system CD games the size of a DVD used: multiple disks. A huge amount of floppy disks, often, might I add.
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groze: You know, mostly because before DVDs there were CD-ROMs which, not surprisingly, had the size of a CD.
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zarquon: He probably means floppy disks. 1.44 mb .Remember those?
Yes, that´s correct, I miss the time when you had to swap those, Space Quest IV on the Amiga was so much more fun doing this....NOT=)!.
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techknight1337: I'm glad it stalled. I missed it once already. I'm glad I got a chance to pick it up this time.
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Suloyapla: You know, it's kinda funny that a spaceflight sim game would STALL given how it takes place out of atmosphere.
Being a fan of the worst sort of humor, the lowly pun, +1 for you, good Sir and/or Madam. :)