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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
Looks like I missed most of the 90s while I slept through the night, but luckily nothing popped up that I seriously regret missing out on! I'll have to keep a discrete eye on the sale throughout work today... :D
Posted January 29, 2014
A couple more press mentions for the sale:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/29/gogs-time-machine-sale-lets-you-control-time-itself/
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/01/29/gogs-time-machine-sale-lets-the-seconds-tick-down-and-then-back-up-again/
Posted January 29, 2014
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amarokster: Looks like I missed most of the 90s while I slept through the night,
Well I am afraid you've been sleeping for a long time in your cryogenic chamber, its 2014 now. :P
Posted January 29, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: It's been a long time since I read about that and don't quite remember where nor do I have the source handy, otherwise I'd have already linked to it. I could try to find it, if I managed to make some time for it, but can't make any promises.
I would be very interested in the source if you can find it, since I highly doubt it that was the wording. I could believe Beth saying "No plans atm", but outright saying "No renewal" is something I find hard to believe.
Either way, thank you.
Posted January 29, 2014
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LeDrewxcore: I'm sure Bethesda and GOG will get a deal again sometime
There's no "again"... They never had a deal. The deal was between GOG and the guys who owned Fallout (Interplay) before they sold it to Bethesda. Go, ask Bethesda for a GOG release. All you'll get is "It'll be back on Steam soon" (I'm not kidding!)
Post edited January 29, 2014 by real.geizterfahr
Posted January 29, 2014
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amarokster: Looks like I missed most of the 90s while I slept through the night
Yeah I know the feeling... wait you were talking about this sale? Oh.
Posted January 29, 2014
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amarokster: Looks like I missed most of the 90s while I slept through the night
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ChrisSD: Yeah I know the feeling... wait you were talking about this sale? Oh.
Got the 90s OK, it's the 70s that are kinda' fuzzy. ;-)
Posted January 29, 2014
please, do you someone know if rayman is playable good with keyboard????

i think about to buy to girlfriend who likes such games but i have read reviews that questioned it
Post edited January 29, 2014 by flanner
Posted January 29, 2014
Does Rayman Forever have some kind of save function, e.g, can you select to play the levels you've already reached before or do you have to beat the game in one go?
Posted January 29, 2014
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Leroux: Does Rayman Forever have some kind of save function, e.g, can you select to play the levels you've already reached before
As I recall, you can replay older levels, and you may need to do that once you get new powers to collect all the collectables. I may be recalling it wrong though.
Posted January 29, 2014
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Leroux: Does Rayman Forever have some kind of save function, e.g, can you select to play the levels you've already reached before or do you have to beat the game in one go?
You can save the game at certain points. There is a save hat that appears in the world map between levels.
Posted January 29, 2014
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flanner: please, do you someone know if rayman is playable good with keyboard????

i think about to buy to girlfriend who likes such games but i have read reviews that questioned it
It is, I always played it with the keyboard.

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Leroux: Does Rayman Forever have some kind of save function, e.g, can you select to play the levels you've already reached before or do you have to beat the game in one go?
No, you can go back and play previously beaten levels too. In fact, to beat the game you will actually need to revisit previous levels once you have gained more powers, to access previously unreachable areas.
Posted January 29, 2014
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Mr.Spatula: Google the ur-quan masters.

It's Star Control 2 ported to modern OSes and renamed (because they had the source code but not the right to use the name) and released as freeware.
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Vercinger:
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geminidomino: Star Control was kind of like "Battle chess in space" or "Archon in space" - basic point capture where you played out the space battle for contested spots.

SC2 was a completely different game. It was exploration in a huge galaxy, with the same combat. It is almost more of a spiritual successor to Starflight than to Star Control, and is easily one of my favorite PC games of all time.

Star Control 2 was open sourced and renamed "The Ur-Quan Masters" by Toys for Bob (Accolade owned the name, they owned the code). It's been ported to just about anything it can be ported to by now (Even the GP2X, I seem to remember) and is well worth giving a try.
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Vercinger: Awesome, thanks for filling me in on that.
Personally i think the original PC edition of SC2 is almost a distinct experience by now, and SC1 (which is quite different and not a cult favorite) is an interesting game as well (light strategy, most fun with a friend), so if you play and enjoy UQM, don't be afraid to pick up Star Control 1+2 on G O G.
Posted January 29, 2014
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amarokster: Looks like I missed most of the 90s while I slept through the night,
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stg83: Well I am afraid you've been sleeping for a long time in your cryogenic chamber, its 2014 now. :P
Welcome to the FUTURE amarokster! :) How was your ride on the 'time machine'?
Post edited January 29, 2014 by gamefood
Posted January 29, 2014
1998, such a grand year for pc gaming. I have so many fond memories.
Post edited January 29, 2014 by Lionel212008
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