I understand it's human nature to try to look for patterns and identify cause-and-effect - born out of survival instincts before civilization started. However, it's also very likely it's just a random coincidence because I don't believe there's a history of games leaving GOG to become a Zoom exclusive. There's no use trying to find links for pure randomness since it only leads to spiral, conspiratorial thinking.

You might be valid if the delisted games do get listed there shortly, though.

Oh, that was waaaaaaaay back before your time and didn't even concern me personally lol. It was some gog/Zoom behind the scenes drama about (IIRC) Killing Time. Whoever handled Zoom's Twitter at the time had a public hissy fit about it and when concerned goggers asked what this was all about, they were told that it was none of their business. Just struck me as a bonehead move and it left a sour taste in my mouth when I read about it on this forum.

Much more important issues that do concern the here-and-now version of Zoom:
- When are you guys going to overhaul the website? This has been asked before, but I'll reiterate it because holy hell the current website is awful and this should be the top priority. Especially browsing the catalogue and the main page.
- Are you guys ever doing sales?
- Are you guys releasing the Red Candle Games titles (Detention, Devotion) any time soon? If you're going to get yourselves firewall'd, might as well do it while you're still small. ;)

I'm sorry to hear that, i think the Killing Time topic is well known among GOG users, but that's in the past and all i can promise is a little more care and dedication to coms rather than the limited time they had (mostly to not having anyone in the role!)

As for the other points -

Website is being worked on as we speak to make it much nicer to look at and use. The main focus is also to make it a breeze to view games by their release dates, publishers etc just so those looking for that game they kinda remember from 1994 have a easy chance finding it.

Sales are something that is being worked on. The main issue with sales is having the time to work on them and create the line between the relevant parties. With more people on board, those in the know can focus on dealing with the sales and getting them approved and live.


As for Devotion, we did reach out to them as noted in our discord, which was posted here, but that was about it. From a personal perspective, i think they understood that releasing it via their own site would probably make them more money and more control. They wouldn't even need to market it.




I get it, well hopefully we can change the gut feeling in time that's part of the job!


If we had dirt we'd use it to get Future Cop L.A.P.D!

Hello, I have a couple of questions (nothing important).

1. When was the Linux build for Zone Raiders released? I need to fill a gap in PCGamingWiki.
2. Out of curiosity, does the Jordan Freeman Group preserve/own the source code for some of the games they publish?
3. Are there any plans for sales? Edit: Nevermind.

Nice....seems Zoom is moving up in the world. That said, if they do get bigger some day, I hope they don't lose touch with their founding principles/user base as GOG has over the years.

-=-=-=-=-=- If y'all don't trust Zoom, there's a simple solution(which applies to everyone voicing similar things ITT): contact the rights holders of the games Zoom offers and get some answers. :)

Interesting, do they have any exclusive old games GOG/Steam don't?

From what I can recall: Sport Actua games, Zone Raiders, Killing Time it's free there, Knowledge Adventure titles, the classic Duke Nukem games, Softporn Adventure.

Question: Will Zoom ever sell gift codes? I want to buy games for others in such a fashion, but Zoom currently lacks such a feature.

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I know they have the original version of Duke Nukem 3D and also Manhattan Project.

Nice to know. Looking forward to checking out the re-designed webpage.

They are 100% DRM-free offline installers. As long as you have the files backed up, you can't 'lose' the games.

This is simply untrue. When you purhcase a game, it is yours. ALL Zoom-platform titles are DRM-free, offline installers. As you can seem my copy of Alien Trilogy is still in my account, even though the title was delisted. Hope this clears up any confusion.
Gift codes is something we are looking at, along with addtional payment methods to ensure users around the world have as many option open to them. But for now, the main focus is adding titles and web page redesign.
1. Further Linux support is something we (again) looking into. We do want to cover Windows/Mac/Linux as much as we can, but i can't promise you a timeframe for Linux releases. But, be sure that we are working on it.

2. It really depends per game, as with a number of cases similar to this kinda of work. But just to be clear, everything is legal, there's no funny business going on else we would have been closed a long time ago...or Lance Boyle would have opened up a OnlyFans account by now!

That's not my point. There's no knowing if this Zoom platform will even last, and if it does go bankrupt/close shop then you won't be able to re-download your games ever again. With GOG the chances that this place with ever close is pretty low.

Why would you need to re-download the games, if you have backed up your offline installers? For newer games, you have a point regarding updates, but for older games (which form most of what ZP sells), that isn't really an issue.

Another point: the exact same could be said for any new up-and-coming DRM-free store. By that logic, we should never give any new DRM-free store a chance then, because there is a possibility they could close. There was a time when GOG was a small store trying to get off the ground - it grew because people had faith in it and supported it.

With any site, especially a small somewhat non-mainstream one like the ZOOM Platform, you would have to be a fool to not download your purchases immediately. Such sites should only be seen as an additional backup, not your main backup. In fact, you should have at least two local backups, and the store be your third one.

And you should also save web pages or the details from them for each game, though basic blurb can be found at many gaming websites.

Shit happens.