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Posted January 11, 2017
Out of all of the classic doom games that can be brought on steam or gog, Which one has the latest bug fixes or updates? I heard the steam verisons are bugged. So Should i buy the rest of the games on gog?
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Posted January 11, 2017
GOG sells a patched version of Final Doom.

You should look at this post.
Posted January 11, 2017
Steam version use DOSBox 0.71 (or 0.72), GoG version use DOSBox 0.74 and all files are patched.
Post edited January 11, 2017 by FulVal
Posted January 12, 2017
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FulVal: Steam version use DOSBox 0.71 (or 0.72), GoG version use DOSBox 0.74 and all files are patched.
So in the topic of this, Would i be better off buying old dos games in gog and not in steam? Since steam seems to put outdated dos games and are not patch them in order to work in new os systems. ? .
Posted January 12, 2017
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mk47at: GOG sells a patched version of Final Doom.

You should look at this post.
So in the topic of this, Would i be better off buying old dos games in gog and not in steam? Since steam seems to put outdated dos games and are not patch them in order to work in new os systems. ? .
Posted January 12, 2017
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mrcarlos12345man: So in the topic of this, Would i be better off buying old dos games in gog and not in steam? Since steam seems to put outdated dos games and are not patch them in order to work in new os systems. ? .
The answer is in the post that you've quoted:
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mk47at: GOG sells a patched version of Final Doom.
The only difference compared to Steam is that GOG sells a version of Final Doom that has less bugs (and uses a newer DOSBox version, which is irrelevant, because Chocolate Doom exists).

You should use a source port, so you are basically just buying the wad files. If you want a source port that is true to the original version, you should use Chocolate Doom. If you want a modernized version that uses a software renderer use DOOM Retro and if you want to have all options, an OpenGL renderer and compatibility to most mods use GZDoom.
Posted January 12, 2017
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mrcarlos12345man: So in the topic of this, Would i be better off buying old dos games in gog and not in steam? Since steam seems to put outdated dos games and are not patch them in order to work in new os systems. ? .
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mk47at: The answer is in the post that you've quoted:
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mk47at: GOG sells a patched version of Final Doom.
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mk47at: The only difference compared to Steam is that GOG sells a version of Final Doom that has less bugs (and uses a newer DOSBox version, which is irrelevant, because Chocolate Doom exists).

You should use a source port, so you are basically just buying the wad files. If you want a source port that is true to the original version, you should use Chocolate Doom. If you want a modernized version that uses a software renderer use DOOM Retro and if you want to have all options, an OpenGL renderer and compatibility to most mods use GZDoom.
Awesome thanks :D
Posted January 12, 2017
In general I'd say it is much safer to buy older games on GOG. That is what they specialise in, they seem to go to greater lengths to make the games work well on modern systems, and usually you're getting nice extras that you might not be able to easily get otherwise, like for example manuals. They are also definitely DRM-free, although that usually applies to older games on Steam as well, even if you have to download them through the client.
Post edited January 13, 2017 by Syrion
Posted January 12, 2017
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Syrion: In general I'd say it is much safer to buy older games on GOG. That is what they specialise in, they seem to go to greater lengths to make the games work well on modern systems, and usually you're getting nice extras that you might not be able to easily get otherwise, like for example manuals. They are also definitely DRM-free, although they usually applies to older games on Steam as well, even if you have to download them through the client.
Thanks for the message, now i know :D
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