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Posted January 28, 2014
Let's do the time warp again*!

Welcome to our [url=http://www.gog.com]DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for a fascinating ride to the early days of PC gaming and back again, with 30 excellent titles selected from the years 1983-2013, available up to 90% off (that is for as little as $0.59!). You'll find amazing games in amazing prices featured one by one on GOG.com main page, and before the sale is done you'll be able to complete your very own display of gaming history on a budget below $65 (because this would be the cost to get every single game in the sale). Are you ready?

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There's more than just buying games incredibly cheap to our DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! We're ready to pass its steering wheel (or rather the control console) to YOU. Each game in the sale is offered for a limited time only, and how long we stay in its year is up to you! Each time you see a new game on sale you can vote to either add or subtract 1 second from the timer. Each time you buy a game, you add 3 seconds to the time of it being on sale. We begin with 1983's Zork, bundled with the rest of the Zork Anthology of 6 games in total, for only $1.79. How long will it last on the front page? You'll be the judge. What comes next, as the game of 1984? Let's find out!

Let's take a trip in GOG.com's DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! 30 great games from 1983-2013 will be available up to 90% off, and you get to decide how long each game is on sale. Ready? The technomagical gateway to 1983 opens NOW!

* "Again?", you might ask, "when did they ever do the time warp?". Well, once you embark on a journey through time, all becomes relevant and there's absolutely no guarantee that what you are doing, you are doing for the first time. In fact, that's highly improbable. After all, time isn't linear. It's more like a giant wobbly-bobbly goggy-boggy ball of gaming awesome!
Post edited January 28, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted January 29, 2014
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gamefood: No, Sir, not only. I would say its also a possibility to honour a great game for those who have it already AND/OR
give others more time to buy it.

::snip::
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TheEnigmaticT: Well, that and I didn't want the only "positive" interaction with a game's duration to cost money, since that seems a bit shady to me.
Yes, but it allows me to troll by voting up games that I have no interest in buying, just to force people to wait.
Posted January 29, 2014
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Standa666: Is there any list of games which I missed? or everybody, not just me...

The best years (late 80's) I missed but I don't know what was there.

Some complete list after this action finishes would be nice.
The list so far
Posted January 29, 2014
I really thought I was going to get through this sale without buying anything, and then I wake up to see the Tomb Raiders, which I've been intending to get for some time now. 80% off, hard to beat that. Sorry for my extra 3 seconds, if anybody's anxiously awaiting the next one.
Posted January 29, 2014
I hope both Jack Keane games will be part of this sale! Everyone needs to have this wonderful series.
Posted January 29, 2014
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hedwards: Yes, but it allows me to troll by voting up games that I have no interest in buying, just to force people to wait.
Or is trolling the action of hitting the minus button in order to hasten the end of the whole sale and people to miss deals ?
That's shakespearean-ish !
Posted January 29, 2014
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TheEnigmaticT: Well, that and I didn't want the only "positive" interaction with a game's duration to cost money, since that seems a bit shady to me.
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hedwards: Yes, but it allows me to troll by voting up games that I have no interest in buying, just to force people to wait.
600 troll votes to make you wait 10 minutes... Do you think there's 600 trolls here?
Posted January 29, 2014
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hedwards: Yes, but it allows me to troll by voting up games that I have no interest in buying, just to force people to wait.
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Potzato: Or is trolling the action of hitting the minus button in order to hasten the end of the whole sale and people to miss deals ?
That's shakespearean-ish !
I think it depends on the game. I +1ed SC2K. And I'm going to be doing it again if Keane shows up. Hell,I might even buy a copy just to +4 yous.
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hedwards: Yes, but it allows me to troll by voting up games that I have no interest in buying, just to force people to wait.
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rtcvb32: 600 troll votes to make you wait 10 minutes... Do you think there's 600 trolls here?
That's a stupid question, of course their are 600 trolls here. Then there's the people with poor taste in games that buy copies on discount that they don't need to "gift."
Post edited January 29, 2014 by hedwards
Posted January 29, 2014
I missed only deal I was interested in so far, so If anyone got spare Wing Commander 1+2 and is willing to trade it, I can get you something else of the same price from the promo in exchange for it.
Post edited January 29, 2014 by Vitek
Posted January 29, 2014
I can see Carmageddon lasting quite a bit for that price. Although maybe, being night-time in the west coast will keep it from its full potential.
Posted January 29, 2014
Carma for 1997 huh... So that's when I got my first proper PC. Ah, the times...
Posted January 29, 2014
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Enebias: On GoG, you can always take adavntage of a bundle even if you already own one or more games. There are no changes in the price -just subtract from the total what you already have- and you don't need to buy said games a second time (of course).
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DanyKing: Thanks for the response Enebias! But I'm not sure what your statement implies - assume there are two games A and B. A costs $10 and B costs $20. The bundle is, say, $25. Now if game A is on sale and 50% off, will the bundle price be $20 or still $25?
It should be $20. But usually if one game is on sale the whole bundle is, too, so it would probably be even less! :)
Post edited January 29, 2014 by Enebias
Posted January 29, 2014
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BillyMaysFan59: So is Tomb Raider the next KeaneCity-er, I mean, SimCity 2000? (as in how long it's been up)
I'm quite happy it lasted so long, I just woke up and manage to grab it during the final 5 minutes
Posted January 29, 2014
can I please ask why do some people using the +1s button? :D I mean, when you see the sale, you either buy the game (you want it) or you don't (you don't want it or you have it already)

I can understand it when the sale is almost over (need to buy some time to buy :), but to see +90 s a minute after a new sale appears? why? :D
Posted January 29, 2014
I have to say I really like this sale. Unlike with the Insomnia sale, you can just drop in every now and then and chances are you'll still don't miss the most important games. You might skip a few years but chances are that those weren't that great in the first place.

This allows you to actually be productive while following the sale instead of losing a week of sleep and productivity because you don't want to miss the two minutes the game you really really wanted was on sale.
Posted January 29, 2014
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mudd1: I have to say I really like this sale. Unlike with the Insomnia sale, you can just drop in every now and then and chances are you'll still don't miss the most important games. You might skip a few years but chances are that those weren't that great in the first place.

This allows you to actually be productive while following the sale instead of losing a week of sleep and productivity because you don't want to miss the two minutes the game you really really wanted was on sale.
You're right but i would delete the +1 button ...
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