I have an "Extremely Expensive Gaming Rig"™ too, and it runs my Amiga and C64 clasics just fine (through WinUAE and WinVICE), as well as Crysis/Battlefield/Metro etc, which I enjoy playing also btw.
There's no real technical reason nowadays why one couldn't play old games, even on an extremely fast computer. Having such a PC just enables you to enjoy the new titles in all their graphical glory as well.
This is just a matter of each individual's gaming preferences. It should come as no surprise though that some people on a site called Good Old Games have a preference for 'archaic' (as Ebany called them) or 'Retro'(as I like to call them) games, no matter on which platform.

I don't have a high-end gaming rig, but I always find it fascinating that a 3.x GHz processor actually breaks into sweat when trying to run games like Turrican 2/3 or Apidya that ran at a perfect 50Hz on a 7.14Mhz machine at maximum emulation settings. The hardware sync'ed Amiga custom chips are still quite a bitch to recreate in software.

As for the "just too old" that Ebany talked about I guess that's a matter of personal preference. My pain limit is about CGA graphics - they're really an eye-sore - I even prefer monochrone over that. And I can't stand texture flickering anymore (but I had no problem with Wold3D or Doom in their original glory back in the day).

Other than that "too old" for me most of the time means gameplay wise. I avoid RPGs without automapping since I just don't have the time or patience for manual mapping anymore. I could understand that someone sees Populous as outdated since Populous 2 is superior in every aspect. But there is no real successor to the latter one and so it simply can't "outdate" for me.
I can understand that people don't play HoMM1 anymore since HoMM2+ are all superior. But the old Master of Magic is irreplaceable even today.

After seeing gogs email today about new technology coming to gog.com, I have a hunch this new feature is a gog client and not a new publisher or such coming here. Linux is scheduled for autumn so that can't be it.

Not intentionally, but regardless of how's it's perceived the fact still remains that GoG has the majority of any old games their likely to obtain economically. Additionally the niche for such ancient games as those on an Amiga would only be converted be a tiny group, most of us here would prefer slightly newer material.

That's true; it does take a bit of tinkering in WinUAE settings to get them to run nicely (which is why I also have my 'mega-expanded' A1200 set up and ready to go). I dislike CGA too, but that's because I started my PC gaming career with an XT with VGA graphics (yes, I was spoiled, I know :) The same here; I don't like walkthoughs, but I only play games without automapping if I can find maps for them online (only for reference ofcourse :)

Is that really the case? (not debating your statement btw, merely curious why you would conclude this).
To me it seems that people on GOG are perfectly fine with games from the same era as (later) Amiga games, something I also observed in the Insomnia sale (the speed at which the Sierra titles sold, for instance. All of these were also available on Amiga in the past)

But you're ever so Horny! :-P

(SCNR).

Agreed, was playing that last week. Also Warlords, awesome game.

Some logical deduction, mostly arrogance :)

I guess deep down I know GoG's got all the most accessible old games, the one's left just aren't viable so I accept golden oldies like Hardwar will be out of my grasp. I have a copy of many of my old games but few of the floppy's work any-more. In fact I was just looking at my old SSI Pools of Radiance from 1988 *sigh*
Are there blokes out there who aren't :D

There it is, Pools of Radiance.

500KB max upload, had to crop the sucker right down :/

Ok, now I'm jealous :)

Amiga games with goodies... Instant buy but I fear that the legal issues around games like System Shock or No One Lives Forever are just kiddies compared to the ones linked to having Amiga games on GOG.com.

Right now, gog is putting a lot of "new" games on their site. Programmed by four people in a garage. While I do like that occasionally, it isn't too helpful to advance gog.com. I guess that most people who just wish for "old" stuff on GOG satisfy their modern gaming needs via Steam. Valve gets the money, GOG gets pennies. That platform concept won't fly.

GOG doesn't have a "winning recipe", they have a set of morals and a small fanbase with a brain.
Which means that stagnation is inevitable when growth is desperately needed.

To survive, GOG must naturally get fairly recent multi million dollar productions on their platform DRM free. The problem is: they simply don't. We will e.g. probably not see a product originally released via Uplay or Origin for at least a decade, and the other larger publishers seem to be extreeeeeemely happy with the PC = Steam equation.

GOG recently really tried to make releases more attractive to those larger publishers - with international pricing. That seems to have not worked at all, so they rescinded the idea. The question remains: What (besides the non negotiable DRM) could GOG offer the industry to take renewed interest in the platform?

All my fears and aversions aside, I'd be delighted if tomorrow's press conference provided an answer to the question. However, I'm fairly certain that 'just' a client or auto update functions will mean nothing to those larger publishers. I'm with you at least in the assessment that GOG shouldn't become Steam, and if the announcement tomorrow isn't something entirely unexpected and creative, that is still the direction.

Yet those newer games must come in force, better today than tomorrow. And I do want them here as well.

I actually have an XT legacy system that I use every now and then to play my entire collection of Gold Box games. Be really nice to see them on here though. Instabuy for sure. As for Amiga games, there are a few I would love to see on here as well as some C64 titles. Aliens comes to mind. Great game.