over 300 000 views

And there's also this, 450 000 views

Short version: it's a man whose only special ability is to speak with a British accent - which isn't all that special if you think about it.

Well, good coherence and a good voice can get you a long way if you know how to apply the two.

To be fair, I doubt it is solely TB's credit. I think the outrage over the new Dungeon Keeper in general and the frequent mentions of the originals being on GOG from the people that have been making videos and writing articles that contributes to the sales spike we are seeing now. Of course, as already mentioned, there wouldn't have been a sales spike if it weren't for the fact that the DK games are excellent games with a unique premise that hold up surprisingly well to this very day.

The thing that pleasantly surprised me is the fact that people are buying the games at full price. Not that the price of $5.99 is in any way unreasonable for such classics, but in this age of rapid discounts and frequent sales, people tend to shun even such a price tag with a disheartening frequency. So it's very nice to see people just buying the games even at their current price and not just going "they look awesome, but I'll wait for a sale".

The first purchases I made on GOG were also at regular price. I mean, I registered to get a few specific games. I had no idea how common promos are and I certainly didn't know that I'd stay around for so long that it would make sense to wait until a certain game goes on sale. I think it's the same for all the people who just signed up on GOG because they wanted to grab DK.

I'm also victim of it. All these videos made me want to replay DK. So, question, before I waste my time :

Do old retail DK CDs still work on win7 ?

Indeed. While I generally don't give a fig what he actually thinks in most impressions he does on games, I find his gameplay videos a lot more informationally useful than pretty much any LP. It certainly doesn't hurt that his voice/commentary is also not grating (or seemingly plain dumb) as a lot of other YT 'personalities'.
No kidding. I'm kind of feeling the same effect.

Yes. At least the DOS versions do. I vaguely recalling the D3D version also working, but with some audio problems in the briefings.

Beh. Can't even install it. Well, I suppose I just ditched a frightening timesinker bullet there...

I believe the installer is 16-bit, and so can't be executed on a 64-bit system. The game itself is 32-bit though.

Personally I've never managed to get the D3D versions to work on Win7x64.

Then run it through DOSBox, including the installer.

Isn't that a bit redundant?

A while ago, I found out about the guy from somewhere on these forums. I also found out he made a 2 hour long video to explain why Deus Ex is the best game ever made.

I can't dislike that.


BTW, I never actually played DK. I've played 2 a lot, but only dibbled with the first a little bit. I'll have to get to it when I find some time.

I find it funny that when EA screws up like with Dungeon Keeper mobile and Sim City before it, they still end up making some money from so many people buying the good versions on GOG.