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If you’re familiar with the phrase “Throwback Thursday” then you know that it is the one day a week many people on social media use to share old pictures from high school, revisit classic movies, and, of course, look back at some of their favorite games from childhood or just games that they haven’t thought about for quite some time.

Together with Throwback Entertainment, we're celebrating this specific Throwback Thursday by adding four classic games into GOG.COM’s extensive library of titles.

Let’s dive in.



TrickStyle
Remember the over-the-top snowboarding games of the late 90s and early 2000s? Want to revisit those memories? TrickStyle takes that same concept, makes them hoverboards, and sets you loose in futuristic locations.

With three continents and 18 levels to choose from, there’s no shortage of places to pull off a variety of tricks, spins, and huge jumps.



Powerslave
First-person shooters more your style? Powerslave, released in 1996, pits players against an alien race in 20 arcade-style levels that progressively get more difficult.

Hunt for keys, search for secret areas and use a variety of weapons to dispatch your foes, You’ll start with a machete, but as you progress, you’ll gain access to pistols, grenades, a flame thrower, and even magical weapons.



Bloodwych
If you are looking for a dark fantasy RPG that pits your thinking against an insane ruler and his mystical forces (oddly specific, by the way), then we have the title for you!

Bloodwych, released way back in 1989, will have you scouring through dungeons, interacting with NPCs and allies alike, and more. You’ll need to use your conversation skills to get the items and information you need, or you can go the brute force route and use a handful of different weapons to gain what you need.



Alien Earth
The final title on the list from Throwback Entertainment, Alien Earth (released in 1998) is an isometric title that tasks you with escaping from a blood sport designed by aliens that have captured earth.

You’ll need to collect items, solve puzzles, talk to friendly NPCs, and use the weapons at your disposal if you want to escape with your body still intact.

We hope you’ll take the time to check out these classic throwback games on this list, now joining GOG.COM.

Plan on checking any of these games out? Let us know down in the comments!
Great to see Powerslave here, remember watching Digital Foundry's video about it.

Might check it out later this year.
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Woolytoes: Got Bloodwych, but there is no manual! :(

@GOG: Why?!? Explain please! Thx!
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Gudadantza: In my game folder the trilingual manual is present. A 13 mb pdf.
Ah I see! Thx for the Info! But is not in the Linux-Package.

Anyhow this should be listed as "Extra" and not in the Game Package!
Post edited November 20, 2020 by Woolytoes
Dungeon Master 1+2 soon?
If somebody wants high resolution spirites and textures for Powerslave, they can be downloaded from here: https://www.moddb.com/games/powerslave/addons.
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jackster79: I still have the original retail release from my undergrad days. Only ever got through the first level before looking at a walkthrough. Of course, now, I have forgotten most of everything but can still recall the gameplay.

If you have played point-n-click adventure games you already know most of the gameplay. That being said, this one is a bit more action-y in that you don't have the luxury of taking forever. Also, you have a life meter that you must watch, as it is possible to take damage and die in this game (unlike more traditional PnC adventure games).

I enjoyed it, and still intend to give it a go and actually finish it sometime.

Naturally that means I will be picking it up here.
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MartiusR: So it's rather adventure game with action elements than action game with adventure elements? I've got to admit, you've intrigued me, because initially I've thought that the "action" part is the main aspect of the game.

How does look like control of character, especially in terms of combat? I had some bad experience with some 90' "action" games with isometric view and very uncomfortable control, so I admit that I'm very curious how does it works in Alien Earth.
My foggy memory is always suspect, but I always considered it to be more adventure game than action game. Mostly because you couldn't rest on your laurels while using a point-n-click-ish control scheme. I don't think the isometric view is that much of a hindrance. However, that being said, it could just as easily be said as you did, that it is an action game with adventure game elements.

Still, since I cannot recall well, I scrounged up the manual and looked at the controls, then decided better to post those and let you read and decide. Verbiage verbatim from the manual (Finn is the main character's name):



Move Finn - cursor keys

Move cursor - mouse

Use weapon or item - left mouse button

Climb (vines, ropes, ladders) - use the minus key (-) or A to climb up, the plus key (+) or Z to climb down.

Attack - move cursor over enemy until you see the cursor become a crosshair, then press the left mouse button to attack with your currently selected weapon.

Examine/Search/Talk/Get - move cursor over person/object and press right mouse button.

To access Items - right-click on Finn, or click on the shield icon located in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

To access Weapons - press the W key or click on the box next to the crosshair icon located in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

Switch between Weapons and Psionics - to switch to Psionics, click on the crosshair icon located in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. The crosshair icon will change to an hourglass icon. To switch back to Weapons, click on the hourglass icon. Pressing 0 (zero) key on the numeric keypad or the Space bar will also toggle between Weapons and Psionics.

To access Psionics - switch to Psionics, then click on the box next to the hourglass icon located in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

To access the Help screen - press H or F1

Automap - press the Tab key

Change between full screen and window mode - press the F4 key


Hope this all helps. It is what is on a single page of the manual about controlling the main character. There are many other pages covering things but that seems like a good summary of the main controls.
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Gudadantza: In my game folder the trilingual manual is present. A 13 mb pdf.
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Woolytoes: Ah I see! Thx for the Info! But is not in the Linux-Package.

Anyhow this should be listed as "Extra" and not in the Game Package!
I know it's not the ideal solution, but you can download the manual on Steam. Here's the link:

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1249410/manuals/Bloodwych_DOS_Manual.pdf?t=1585798549
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jackster79: My foggy memory is always suspect, but I always considered it to be more adventure game than action game. Mostly because you couldn't rest on your laurels while using a point-n-click-ish control scheme. I don't think the isometric view is that much of a hindrance. However, that being said, it could just as easily be said as you did, that it is an action game with adventure game elements.

Still, since I cannot recall well, I scrounged up the manual and looked at the controls, then decided better to post those and let you read and decide. Verbiage verbatim from the manual (Finn is the main character's name):

Move Finn - cursor keys

Move cursor - mouse

Use weapon or item - left mouse button

Climb (vines, ropes, ladders) - use the minus key (-) or A to climb up, the plus key (+) or Z to climb down.

Attack - move cursor over enemy until you see the cursor become a crosshair, then press the left mouse button to attack with your currently selected weapon.

Examine/Search/Talk/Get - move cursor over person/object and press right mouse button.

To access Items - right-click on Finn, or click on the shield icon located in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

To access Weapons - press the W key or click on the box next to the crosshair icon located in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.


Hope this all helps. It is what is on a single page of the manual about controlling the main character. There are many other pages covering things but that seems like a good summary of the main controls.
Thanks jackster, that sounds quite intuitive and not too "clunky". I think I'll give it a try.
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MartiusR: Thanks jackster, that sounds quite intuitive and not too "clunky". I think I'll give it a try.
You're welcome, and good luck. I hope you are pleasantly surprised by your experience.
Exhumed... yes! Thank you so much! Ever since I first tried it out a few years ago I instantly fell in love with it. I just thought it was a shame that I hadn't come across it back when I used to play all those old FPS games as a kid, such as: Marathon 2: Durandal; Chasm: The Rift; Rise of the Triad; and so on. But still, at least I did come across it eventually, and now I can get to finally own and play it (and who knows one of these days even beat it for the first time ever)!
Also, glad to see TrickStyle here. Again, I guess. I didn't even know that there was a PC version of it ahah!
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adambiser: Powerslave! Yes!

Now to get Chasm: The Rift and Cybermage. :)
Chasm: The Rift. Yes, please!
Post edited November 20, 2020 by Waganari
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https://twitter.com/ThrowbackCorp/status/1329889365447897091

Finally some news. I'm looking forward to this. Let's hope this one will include both versions (PC and Saturn/PS1).
Post edited November 20, 2020 by Berzerk2002
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Berzerk2002: https://twitter.com/ThrowbackCorp/status/1329889365447897091

Finally some news. I'm looking forward to this. Let's hope this one will include both versions (PC and Saturn/PS1).
Aye, that makes two of us. Good news!
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Glaucos: I know it's not the ideal solution, but you can download the manual on Steam. Here's the link:

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1249410/manuals/Bloodwych_DOS_Manual.pdf?t=1585798549
Nice! A real PDF! Even better then the "scanned" one which is included in the Windows-Package. Thx! :)
Scrap it, here are the news:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ThrowbackCorp/status/1329889365447897091
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Crosmando: Whatever happened to that Powerslave port by the same guy who did the Doom 64 port?
The unofficial PSX port to PC with enhanced graphics was cancelled and removed soon after its finishing stage, it's called Powerslave EX and you can find it somewhere on the net (like I did), I believe it even got 2 patches before the shut down. It's really good.

The reason was the threat of legal actions because of IP. The author Samuel Villarreal then got a job at Nightdive Studios where they've released Turok 1-2 games, Blood re-release on KEX Engine (with Atari) and then *abysmal* Doom 64 for Bethesda (the original port was MUCH better).

I've been waiting for Powerslave EX by Nighdive since Turok 1 but...
https://powerslaveex.wordpress.com

Therefore I suggest everyone to buy old DOS Powerslave game right now because there might be issues with IP rights at Throwback and you may always play it properly using brilliant source port GDX:
http://m210.duke4.net/index.php/downloads/download/8-java/53-buildgdx
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Post edited November 21, 2020 by Cadaver747
Great to see Exhumed/Powerslave added. Awesome.
I was trying to use either those texture packs or source port for Powerslave, but by some reason none of them works on my computer (don't know if I'm doing something wrong or GOG version doesn't cooperate with them)..

Gdx source port is always throwing me some error, but can't say that I understand what's the issue here:

InitScreen error[NumberFormatException]: java.base/java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(Unknown Source)
java.base/java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
java.base/java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Menus.PSMenuUserContent$1.compare(PSMenuUserContent.java:60)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Menus.PSMenuUserContent$1.compare(PSMenuUserContent.java:1)
java.base/java.util.TimSort.countRunAndMakeAscending(Unknown Source)
java.base/java.util.TimSort.sort(Unknown Source)
java.base/java.util.Arrays.sort(Unknown Source)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Menus.PSMenuUserContent.getEpisode(PSMenuUserContent.java:160)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Menus.PSMenuUserContent$2.handleFile(PSMenuUserContent.java:103)
ru.m210projects.Build.Pattern.MenuItems.MenuFileBrowser.changeDir(MenuFileBrowser.java:198)
ru.m210projects.Build.Pattern.MenuItems.MenuFileBrowser.<init>(MenuFileBrowser.java:145)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Menus.PSMenuUserContent$2.<init>(PSMenuUserContent.java:73)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Menus.PSMenuUserContent.<init>(PSMenuUserContent.java:73)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Menus.NewGame.<init>(NewGame.java:72)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Menus.MainMenu.<init>(MainMenu.java:35)
ru.m210projects.Powerslave.Main.init(Main.java:194)
ru.m210projects.Build.Pattern.ScreenAdapters.InitScreen$5.run(InitScreen.java:209)
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Post edited November 22, 2020 by MartiusR