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Wolfox: I'd like to see the Kohan series and Independence War (I-War) series around. And the Dungeon Keeper series would be fantastic too.
There are others, of course: Super EF 2000, Total Air War, Strike Commander, Wing Commander series, Privateer series, Tie Fighter/X-Wing Alliance, etc, etc, etc...

I've got Strike Commander on Floppy ;)
A free Privateer derivate is already available. Enjoy: http://priv.solsector.net/
Don't have much to do right now (@ work), so I just decided to cook something up quickly.
So here you have http://www.mediafire.com/?xy2xqzyn3nr]
TES: Arena[/url], configured in Dosbox. Note that I didn't get a chance to test this properly, since my working laptop sucks, so I'm going to streamline it a bit more, and fix it up a little when I get home.
You'll need 7-Zip to extract it.
To start it, just run Dosbox.exe. If something doesn't work properly, then you could probably ask in this thread. If there is a problem, it'll probably have something to do with the output, aspect, core or cycles variables. Inside the folder, there is another folder with the passwords needed to escape the starting dungeon and Bethesda's instruction for how to run it in Dosbox, which might help you.
EDIT:
For some reason, Dosbox doesn't exit when you close the game. So for now you can either press alt+enter to change into a window, and click ctrl+F10 to free the mouse, and click the X in the corner. Or you can just type exit and enter.
Post edited March 12, 2009 by sheepdragon
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Tarzipan: I've got Strike Commander on Floppy ;)
A free Privateer derivate is already available. Enjoy: http://priv.solsector.net/

Strike Commander introduce me to the world of flight simulators. I'll be always grateful. :-D
And though I know there are free Privateer (and Elite) derivatives, the one Privateer game I'd like to see in GOG is actually Privateer 2: The Darkening. I loved it at the time, and it's quite tricky to get it running. If anyone can make it easier, it's GOG. And I'd buy it on the spot.
I was sadly surprised to see that there aren't that many votes for some of my never-completed-yet-on-a-must-do-so-before-dying list, such as:
*Betrayal at Krondor: Terrific semi-open RPG. It probably looks quite pixelated for today's standards, but despite the lack of background music while traveling, it really gives some special 'vibe' with unique atmospheric sounds. The combat style is interesting and different to other titles. As others, I hit that game-breaking bug, so had to drop it before the fix was released. But I would definitively love to give it another go. Even the name feels 'right'. Never tried Betrayal at Antara, though.
*Mechwarrior 2:Mercenaries / Heavy Gear - Later titles never reached the same level than Mercs. Actually, I rather much prefer a proper new installment of either. I did finish MC2:Mercenaries but it deserves another run.
*The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall - I tried the free Arena sometime ago, and the initial dungeon was fun, but after reaching the town, it looked as those games that would take some time to complete, so I postponed it for the future. Daggerfall is even larger (by a great margin), but I like the background story more, so if I have to pour many hours on a game, it better be one that has the King of Worms and Barenziah as central characters...
Would also like to get Redguard and Battlespire.
*Syndicate - "It's in your head", that's enough of a reason. (All Bullfrog titles, actually)
*Drakkan: The Order of Flame - I'm surprised that there weren't more sequels or copycats in the PC at time. The game is really visually rich, and fun to play (despite some restrictions with controllers) and I suspect it has aged well enough.
*ONi - The only game (aside of Bloodlines and Fallout) I have felt the need to complete more than once. They really nailed the control scheme, and the game is truly fun. It's basically "Ghost in the Shell" on the West, and pretty darn good on that.
*All the Westwood Studios games: With "Eye of the Beholder", "Lands of Lore", "Command&Conquer" series, plus "Blade Runner" and "Legend of Kyrandia" in the catalogue, you can't go wrong..
*Alone in the Dark 1&2: The precursor of the survival horror theme. In pseudo 3D, in a time where those techniques were used more in Simulators. Still remember that moment at the beginning of the game, with the window and all... It also has one of my fondest gaming memories when was young: I remember having heard mother calling me for dinner at some point. Later, when I finally managed to exit the mansion with a huge sense of accomplishment, noticed the faint rays of sun percolating in my room.. Completely immersed in the game, never noticed that a full night have came and gone.
*One must Fall - The original, not the horrendous OMF:Battlegrounds.
One of PC's finest Beat'em ups. With Robots and stats. It's OMF.
*Gabriel Knight series. Sierra On-Line obviously has a lot of games (adventures + Star War), but such series never got the mainstream exposition that it deserves.
*Flashback, Fade to Black - semi sequels to "Another World". Flashback is still good looking. (Not sure if it was ever released on XBOX live or Steam, but I don't use those services anyway)
And I never managed to play any of these, but picked my interest nonetheless:
*Wizardry, Ultima and Realms of Arkania series, Veil of Darkness, Dark Seed, Dark sun, Albion.. all RPGs.
We really need more good RPGs here, specially the less known ones.
Post edited March 12, 2009 by Ridye
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Ridye: *Betrayal at Krondor: Terrific semi-open RPG. It probably looks quite pixelated for today's standards, but despite the lack of background music while traveling, it really gives some special 'vibe' with unique atmospheric sounds. The combat style is interesting and different to other titles. As others, I hit that game-breaking bug, so had to drop it before the fix was released. But I would definitively love to give it another go. Even the name feels 'right'. Never tried Betrayal at Antara, though.

This is a really good one. I hit the missing rope bug at the end too back then but a trainer fixed that. Just went looking for the original in my closet. It's on 7 3,5" disks. Wonder if they are still readable, heh.
Other games that catched my eye in the closet that I didn't notice mentioned so far are Incubation, Might & Magic series (have 7,8 and 9 but would like to try older ones too) and Ultima: Underworld.
Indiana Jones pops up whenever I read the topic, so yeah, Fate of Atlantis would be awesome. In fact, I'll have to buy Indiana Jones Wii just because it includes it. At least I hope it does...
Post edited March 12, 2009 by TheCheese33
The one game that I'd really like to see on GOG would be King of Dragon Pass. I have a CD which I ordered from their company about 6 years ago and I've been finishing it a few times every year ever since.
Heh, if GOG starts selling it, I'll even buy it again and give it to someone as a gift. And as Zeewolf mentioned, the developers are still around and are active so it shouldn't be too hard getting the game.
Post edited March 13, 2009 by Denisius
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Denisius: The one game that I'd really like to see on GOG would be King of Dragon Pass. I have a CD which I ordered from their company about 6 years ago and I've been finishing it a few times every year ever since.
Heh, if GOG starts selling it, I'll even buy it again and give it to someone as a gift. And as Zeewolf mentioned, the developers are still around and are active so it shouldn't be too hard getting the game.

I've always wanted to play that game, but they don't offer digital distribution. =(
G-Darius!
I would also love to see Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries. One of the best Mech games out there imho.
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JudasIscariot: I would also love to see Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries. One of the best Mech games out there imho.

Yeah I know I'd buy at least one mechwarrior game. I'd love to play with with my X45, always thought a stick & throttle would be ideal for it
There's a game I really wanted to play when it came out, but didn't have the money at the time: Deadlock. Any chance of that one?
Also, some kind of classic space trading game (not Elite though, I've got the BBC Micro for that)
Daggerfall would be great, haven't been able to play that one decently for over a decade.
More point and click adventures please. There's new ones but a lot of them don't have the feel of the older ones.
I Have no Mouth and I must scream
Sanitarium
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Serrated Scalpel
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Rose Tattoo
Innocent until Caught
Guilty
Hell:A Cyberpunk Thriller
Cold Zero:No Mercy would be a nice addition to JoWood's already sizeable catalog here on GOG.......
Hell was good? I remember I got that free on a magazine cover disk, I couldn't even work out how to leave the first room... That was a long time ago and I was very new to PC games.