Posted July 27, 2012

Ubivis
New User
Registered: Sep 2010
From Germany

Voltageline
Shit, alright?
Registered: Apr 2012
From United States
Posted July 27, 2012

I'll try to take a few days and picture everything I have over every system I have, that is either cardboard boxed or special in someway. But I'll take pictures of several in one shot, otherwise I wont finish in a week.
Gotta love the floppys :) Thanks for sharing!
Post edited July 27, 2012 by Voltageline

JTD121
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Registered: Mar 2012
From United States
Posted July 27, 2012
This is a good one.....I'll have to go through my collection and pick....a few......:)
Unfortunately I don't have the boxes for quite a few of them....
How old are we talking? pre-2005, pre-2000? Our (subjective) childhoods?
Be prepared to be amazed!
Unfortunately I don't have the boxes for quite a few of them....
How old are we talking? pre-2005, pre-2000? Our (subjective) childhoods?
Be prepared to be amazed!
Post edited July 27, 2012 by JTD121

lowyhong
resident bff
Registered: Dec 2008
From Singapore
Posted July 27, 2012
Post edited July 30, 2012 by lowyhong

Voltageline
Shit, alright?
Registered: Apr 2012
From United States
Posted July 27, 2012
Anything that you feel would be considered a GOG (can be from any year, 2005 or earlier sounds good but if you've got a good one that's more recent, then by all means post it!) that maybe hasn't been played in a while and deserves some love. I'm not picky, you can choose your favorite games from your childhood, games that were popular back in the day, or maybe some relatively unknown games that deserve to be played. I love hearing about the memories that others have of playing games when they were younger (I have quite a few), so if you've got something, feel free to share!

Luisfius
Blaghagh
Registered: Dec 2009
From Mexico
Posted July 27, 2012
No pics available at the moment, but may take some when I get back from the office. I have Realms of the Haunting, Fallout 1 to Tactics, BG1 and... Tormen + Soulbringer. I think that's it.

Gazoinks
Is an AI
Registered: Dec 2011
From United States
Posted July 27, 2012
Sadly, I don't have very many physical GOGs due to being young. The closest for me would probably be a slightly beat up copy of the 5 CD version of Riven. Here's a picture from Amazon. Mine is, of course, not as nice-looking due to being somewhat dog-eared. I always thought the packaging was pretty cool, so I've kept the box. I also have some minor GOGs without the boxes: Age of Empires 1&2, Empire Earth Gold, Myst 1-4, Warlord's Battlecry 3. Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (and also one of theother AoW games, but I don't remember which), Age of Mythology (which I wish GOG would get) and expansion, and probably one or two things I'm forgetting. I also have some Genesis and SNES games, some of which are boxed.

JTD121
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Registered: Mar 2012
From United States
Posted July 30, 2012
Okay, I took individual pictures of a few that are special to me. None of them are available on GOG, and I don't have the boxes for any of them anymore (not even at my moms'!)
Aero Gauge: One of the first 3D racing games I ever played. I bought it at Toys'R'Us back in the day, when I didn't know any better. It looked really awesome on the box, but no demo play of this one (I think it was around the time Ocarina of Time was being all hyped up for a post-E3 launch). I was instantly in love when I flipped it on. It SPOKE 'Jet Morning' Yeah, took me a while to figure it out, but wow, that first time, on the N64 of all places (given the cart limitations) was spine-chilling. Great game, I would still play it today if my N64 would stay on longer than an hour or so. It just randomly resets.
Xtreme-G 2: Another racing game, sure. I wasn't big into RPGs when I was younger, but more actiony games. I don't think I need to say anything other than it's mostly better than the original. Especially the music.
Wing Commander: Prophecy: First WC game I ever played through to the end. Got pretty closed with WC 1-3, but hardware/software issues stopped that trend cold. Never played 4. Also never played with a joystick, which, in retrospect, I have no idea how I did it.
Panzer Dragoon Saga: Seriously. SERIOUSLY. One of the best RPGs I've ever played, and I haven't played too many, honestly. All the praise it gets for the atmosphere and the strategy are well-deserved. I do admit, even playing it a couple years after release (and spending a good chunk of change on it, as well as finding a used, working Saturn at a literal fire sale in '00) the environments seemed a bit sparse, but it totally goes with the story being told. Unfortunately, my Saturn took quite the fall before I moved out of my moms', but it's still with me. I don't have the heart to try to turn it on.
Rush 2049: Ah, Rush. I spent many a night during high school (and even after) playing this game. Always trying to get better times, better scores, unlock everything (which I did once, but the save got corrupted). Competitively played with my friends, and was neck-and-neck with one in the trick stages all the time. I think I can honestly say this is the one game that I have put the most hours into in my entire life. It's that good and engrossing. This is also my second copy of the game. I dunno why I needed to buy it, but the second I knew I had to, I did.
There are more, indeed, but I do not have them. Here are the honorable (but picture-less) mentions
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: First game I ever got, with a Genesis model 2. It was a surprise that Christmas. Came down and was like 'WTF is that giant box!?' I thought it was some massive Optimus Prime Ultra-deluxe toy. Oh no. I was speechless. Had barely heard of Mario, and never anything of Sonic or Sega. This is where my Sega fanboy originated.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer/TXR2: I put these together because they were mostly the same game on the DC, in all honesty. I never played the actual mastered discs, to my dismay. But after watching Initial D back in the day (subbed of course, fuck Tokyopop), this was the game for a similar driving experience. While not totally compatible with what Initial D was, it featured many of the same cars in the show, and you could still drift in and out of traffic (which there was almost none in the show). I'm sure there are licensed games, but they almost never made it to the states, hence, this is probably the closest I'll get to a fun one!
Halo 2: While I do have the case, I no longer have the first disc of the special edition tin version, which is the actual game. I have the bonus disc, but that's it. It just disappeared. Great game, even though I don't really play FPS' much anymore, and haven't finished the series with Halo 3, Reach, ODST etc.
Aero Gauge: One of the first 3D racing games I ever played. I bought it at Toys'R'Us back in the day, when I didn't know any better. It looked really awesome on the box, but no demo play of this one (I think it was around the time Ocarina of Time was being all hyped up for a post-E3 launch). I was instantly in love when I flipped it on. It SPOKE 'Jet Morning' Yeah, took me a while to figure it out, but wow, that first time, on the N64 of all places (given the cart limitations) was spine-chilling. Great game, I would still play it today if my N64 would stay on longer than an hour or so. It just randomly resets.
Xtreme-G 2: Another racing game, sure. I wasn't big into RPGs when I was younger, but more actiony games. I don't think I need to say anything other than it's mostly better than the original. Especially the music.
Wing Commander: Prophecy: First WC game I ever played through to the end. Got pretty closed with WC 1-3, but hardware/software issues stopped that trend cold. Never played 4. Also never played with a joystick, which, in retrospect, I have no idea how I did it.
Panzer Dragoon Saga: Seriously. SERIOUSLY. One of the best RPGs I've ever played, and I haven't played too many, honestly. All the praise it gets for the atmosphere and the strategy are well-deserved. I do admit, even playing it a couple years after release (and spending a good chunk of change on it, as well as finding a used, working Saturn at a literal fire sale in '00) the environments seemed a bit sparse, but it totally goes with the story being told. Unfortunately, my Saturn took quite the fall before I moved out of my moms', but it's still with me. I don't have the heart to try to turn it on.
Rush 2049: Ah, Rush. I spent many a night during high school (and even after) playing this game. Always trying to get better times, better scores, unlock everything (which I did once, but the save got corrupted). Competitively played with my friends, and was neck-and-neck with one in the trick stages all the time. I think I can honestly say this is the one game that I have put the most hours into in my entire life. It's that good and engrossing. This is also my second copy of the game. I dunno why I needed to buy it, but the second I knew I had to, I did.
There are more, indeed, but I do not have them. Here are the honorable (but picture-less) mentions
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: First game I ever got, with a Genesis model 2. It was a surprise that Christmas. Came down and was like 'WTF is that giant box!?' I thought it was some massive Optimus Prime Ultra-deluxe toy. Oh no. I was speechless. Had barely heard of Mario, and never anything of Sonic or Sega. This is where my Sega fanboy originated.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer/TXR2: I put these together because they were mostly the same game on the DC, in all honesty. I never played the actual mastered discs, to my dismay. But after watching Initial D back in the day (subbed of course, fuck Tokyopop), this was the game for a similar driving experience. While not totally compatible with what Initial D was, it featured many of the same cars in the show, and you could still drift in and out of traffic (which there was almost none in the show). I'm sure there are licensed games, but they almost never made it to the states, hence, this is probably the closest I'll get to a fun one!
Halo 2: While I do have the case, I no longer have the first disc of the special edition tin version, which is the actual game. I have the bonus disc, but that's it. It just disappeared. Great game, even though I don't really play FPS' much anymore, and haven't finished the series with Halo 3, Reach, ODST etc.
Post edited July 30, 2012 by JTD121
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Registered: Jul 2011
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Posted July 30, 2012
I just finished packing up all my physical game boxes that I managed to keep (many, many were lost to moving purges :( ). I'd say well over 50% of my GOGs are rebuying games that I already own physically. A great example is The Longest Journey. To install physically its on 6 CDs, plus a patch. To install from GOG, its a double click.
Thief is even better. 2 CDs, + DDfix, + sound patch, + texture patch, + model fix, + some various tweaks. I think now, its just a double click and the texture and sound patch.
I used to use a program from Farstone for VCDs but its buggy and they don't update it, and they don't support near the copy protection they claim. So Getting GOGs is a way to phase out that program. I prefer the physical games, but with over 400 in my collection, I'm needing a way to keep them protected and swap easily pending what I want to play.
Thief is even better. 2 CDs, + DDfix, + sound patch, + texture patch, + model fix, + some various tweaks. I think now, its just a double click and the texture and sound patch.
I used to use a program from Farstone for VCDs but its buggy and they don't update it, and they don't support near the copy protection they claim. So Getting GOGs is a way to phase out that program. I prefer the physical games, but with over 400 in my collection, I'm needing a way to keep them protected and swap easily pending what I want to play.

seikilos
<().()>
Registered: Oct 2010
From Germany
Posted July 30, 2012
This is only a part of my collection. Some older, some younger:
Some of them allready on GoG, some may come to GoG, some may never appear here
(like Berania, a german gem of an rpg made in the dying age of home computers).
Like others I have rebought games here that I allready own. In most cases it was due to non working copy protection (It's great when a game would run flawless on your system if there wouldn't be the incompatible copy protection!), extras, convenience (no disk swapping, no fiddling around with the system to get a game to work...).
Some of them allready on GoG, some may come to GoG, some may never appear here
(like Berania, a german gem of an rpg made in the dying age of home computers).
Like others I have rebought games here that I allready own. In most cases it was due to non working copy protection (It's great when a game would run flawless on your system if there wouldn't be the incompatible copy protection!), extras, convenience (no disk swapping, no fiddling around with the system to get a game to work...).
Post edited July 30, 2012 by seikilos

seikilos
<().()>
Registered: Oct 2010
From Germany
Posted July 30, 2012
A few boxes from games allready on GOG.com
Eidt: seems like either I am too stupid to attach multiple images to a post or the forum doesn't like my attached images. :-(
Eidt: seems like either I am too stupid to attach multiple images to a post or the forum doesn't like my attached images. :-(
Post edited July 30, 2012 by seikilos

_ChaosFox_
Zero fox given.
Registered: Nov 2008
From Germany

Titanium
The iron-y
Registered: Nov 2008
From Slovenia
Posted July 31, 2012

The games on the shelf on the far left are actually PS1, PS2, PS3 and PSP games. The rest are all PC.
Is that a Skyrim bag? [/completelymissesthepoint]

_ChaosFox_
Zero fox given.
Registered: Nov 2008
From Germany
Posted July 31, 2012
Tis indeed. There's another one hanging up on the beam above the picture. We had them handed out to us (one each for my girlfriend and me) when we spent an hour in line to see the Skyrim presentation at last year's gamescom and almost had our eardrums blasted out.
Edit: It's Rage on the other side of the bag, but nobody gave a shit about that. Everyone saw it as a "Skyrim bag with Rage advertising".
Edit: It's Rage on the other side of the bag, but nobody gave a shit about that. Everyone saw it as a "Skyrim bag with Rage advertising".
Post edited July 31, 2012 by jamyskis

_ChaosFox_
Zero fox given.
Registered: Nov 2008
From Germany
Posted August 01, 2012
Just thought I add these as I've just dragged this out of storage to see if it still works:
http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o549/jamyskis/IMAG0016-1.jpg
http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o549/jamyskis/IMAG0017-1.jpg
http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o549/jamyskis/IMAG0018-1.jpg
The last pic is very ironic. The console is from Britain, but never made its way over here to Germany. Mama, aaaaah'm home!
http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o549/jamyskis/IMAG0016-1.jpg
http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o549/jamyskis/IMAG0017-1.jpg
http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o549/jamyskis/IMAG0018-1.jpg
The last pic is very ironic. The console is from Britain, but never made its way over here to Germany. Mama, aaaaah'm home!
Post edited August 01, 2012 by jamyskis