My backlog is too big for me to care, they'll come to GOG eventually.

sega rally revo is a 2006 game so it uses directcd-open gl i am sure
i do have jed knight lying around i could try and dig those cd's up

midtown madness runs fine in software mode but it doesnt load the game proper in "hardware"mode
but its playable so thats progress

next up are
jedi knight dark forces II
trespasser
street fighter alpha
discworld II
discworld noir
blade runner
and nocturen

stay tuned



jedi knight runs
but 3dfx is stil borked when i enabled 3D accelerator the screen went flippy

the game runs in softweare mode but the gun motions when you move are a bit erratic
doesnt seem to affect game play

Ok, I'm late to the party here and this is an not an appropriate "first post" (new to GOG) for me but the subject matter being discussed REALLY hits home. I must admit to being horribly obsessive about certain things and it wreaks havoc in my gaming career.


Once, you start playing games via different clients and on different platforms you inevitably end up with completionist "issues". Achievements here, trophies there, sequels spanning across multiple machines, et cetera.


Part of me is horribly bothered by this while sometimes I think it is healthy to forcefully realize not everything in life comes perfectly organized in neat sets and packages.


Thing is, we should all just be enjoying our games and not worrying whether or not our libraries and backlogs are "perfect". A truly first world problem I am shamed to admit to and a gross hiccup in my ability to appreciate. But hey at least in a thread such as this we are coming to terms with the ugliness of the matter right....?

moved, as I didnt know another topic had been created.

i thought it was better to create a topic specifically for virtual machines instead of keeping on derailling this one

That's what worked for me. After a few years I find myself caring less and less about that sort of thing, though it still lingers from time to time.

I know what you mean. The strange thoughts that creep up within the psyche to turn a perfectly enjoyable hobby into a chore or negative stress are baffling.

I'm good for the most part but recently, on topic, only owning 1 of the Deponia franchise over yonder on steam got to me. Less on topic but more severe for me is not completing a franchise I own or a game I started. I chose to drop Dark Souls 3 after having played Bloodborne on the PS4 and then Dark Souls 2 immediately after. Too many good RPGs to just keep playing souls forever so I just wasn't feeling it for the time being and some days I really struggle with that decision even though I have a very satisfying array of titles in rotation and on deck.

The key is to obviously be grateful for being a gamer today, with so much at our fingertips in terms of availability and options. And in that sense the matter at hand is nothing short of being a measure of mental/emotional (arguably spiritual) wellbeing. Although it should also be noted that I think way too much about this crap on an analytical and philosophical level it probably doesn't deserve.

Not so much that, but it's the story. I mean most games I don't mind if they're stand alone like Mario, hell even Elder Scrolls and Fallout don't require to play earlier games to enjoy them.

But with certain games, like Myst for example, it's an ongoing story that ties together. Like reading a series of novels, I read book 1 and 2, but 3 and 4 are almost impossible to get... should I skip them and read 5 despite the fact I missed so much context between books?

Agreed. If I'm missing part of a narrative I won't continue/skip. Golly, for that matter, I don't even like missing out on the "nods" and nuances title to title in franchises with little to no narrative continuity.

My time with the Ar Tonelico series ended on this very note. The elbow work one had to commit to in order to complete the narrative gaps in the series (research online necessary, not every installment even got localized) put me off entirely. Despite the last installment looking pretty decent, I'll likely never be enticed in all honesty.

Now, in more recent history it hit me with the Star Ocean franchise. Loved Star Ocean 1-3 (yep, I LIKED 3--LOL). However I never got to 4 and would LOVE to pick up 5 but it just doesn't feel right despite knowing that they are relatively standalone (with writing that wouldn't exactly make sense even if you did play each entry thoroughly).

This is a contemporary problem as far I see it. Games sporting so much content over trilogies and what have you was not nearly as common in the generations of yesteryear. One would need to make gaming their second job to keep up with everything nowadays.

I have the skipping problem at the moment, too but not related to GOG.
I want to play Shadow Hearts urgently but I want to begin right at the start, which would be Koudelka.
But the first 'real' Shadow Heart is 80 euros, and it doesn't get cheaper. That's annoying as hell.