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Posted January 28, 2014
I need sleep! But that countdown is addictive. Someone wake me up (n it'll take a sledge hammer!) If I sleep through Haegemonia Gold Edition, the rest I can skip on my list.
Posted January 28, 2014
1992-1993 will be awesome, those were the two greatest years in cRPG history
Posted January 28, 2014
People have compared this sale to the insomnia sale in different ways, and it does appear that they took the same idea but modified it based on feedback and analysis of what went right and what went wrong with the Insomnia sale. I have a feeling this sale isn't nearly as big of a money pusher though at least using GOG forum thread postings as a measuring stick. There were like 10 quadrillion posts spread across multiple threads over 3 days on that sale. This one seems much smaller in comparison. :)
Posted January 28, 2014
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mondo84: To help Sinistar when he comes online in the morning (hope he doesn't mind):

1990: Wizardry 6 + 7 - $1.49 (75% off) [1:29]
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skeletonbow: Damn, I nodded off for a while and missed that one. Sure it'll come on sale in the future though so no biggie. Gotta save something for the big summer sale I guess eh? ;)
Why wait? Check your PM. :-)
Posted January 28, 2014
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albireoa: Why wait? Check your PM. :-)
Oh cool, thanks!
Posted January 28, 2014
I like the concept but, this is a bit too soon after Insomnia.

I'd rather see each game up for 5 minute (NOT hours) intervals cycling through the years represented, and the whole run repeated a few times over the day(s) of the sale. See the whole run if you have an hour or so to spend and be done with it.
Posted January 28, 2014
Quite disappointed...

At about 4am my apartment buildings fire alarm went off, only to be confirmed by the fire department that it was a false alarm. By 5am I was fast asleep again, having no interest in SimCity. And then, at around about 6am, Wizardry goes on sale. By the time I wake, it's already moved on to Wing Commander.

+1 to the idea of a cyclic sale, with some kind of "on sale again in X minutes" notification.
Posted January 28, 2014
Looks like this thing is going slower than I thought.
Posted January 28, 2014
Stop buying wing commander damnit xD
Posted January 28, 2014
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Faenrir: Stop buying wing commander damnit xD
Just for that I voted it up.
Posted January 28, 2014
WC 1+2 was up for [1:55]
Posted January 29, 2014
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Ikaris_unbound: I'd rather see each game up for 5 minute (NOT hours) intervals cycling through the years represented, and the whole run repeated a few times over the day(s) of the sale. See the whole run if you have an hour or so to spend and be done with it.
I like that idea. Also, if you've never played Star Control 2, you should all of course buy it as it's the best game ever.
Post edited January 29, 2014 by Tooms
Posted January 29, 2014
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FreddieFiasco: I love GOG, and these sales are nothing but great for consumers. I'm replying to this only because you bounced off of my comment to make your own, and though I respect your right to have an opinion, I have to defend GOG in the face of your overly harsh reactions. It's a couple sales you missed. Get over it. As you saw, I don't like it either, but they also have great traditional sales. Trying something different doesn't make them villains, and thinking it does makes you look far, far more villainous. Carry on the good work, GOG.
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NightDriver: OK. Fair enough. I'll remove your quote from my post so that you're no longer affiliated with my super-villainy. :)

Of course, I don't really see how conveying to GOG my dissatisfaction with sales of this nature makes me a villain. Was my language really "overly harsh"? I'm not so sure. I mean, like most people, I get a little hot under the collar when my time is wasted, but it's not like I hurled a bunch of epithets at them or anything.

But, fine. I'm not looking for an argument. I'll stipulate to your terminology. If wearing the label of villain is the price I have to pay for straightforward honesty, I'm cool with that. I'll consider using milder language in any future expressions of dissatisfaction I direct GOG's way.

BTW, GOG, I will forgive you everything if you bring me all the Goldbox games.

Yeeeeees, including Buck Rogers.
I was actually a tad too harsh in my reply to you, to be honest. However, the whole villain thing wasn't to call you a villain as much as to explain that I felt you were villainizing GOG yet you seemed more like a villain than they did. I didn't mean you're a villain, though :P sorry about that. I guess I just get tired of zealots on the internet getting overly ragey about things that seem rather benign to me.
Posted January 29, 2014
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pimpmonkey2382: Friend just gifted me the wizardry set, going to be awesome to play those again. :D
Wizardy 1 and 7 are my two faves. Have fun!


I think this kind of sale (the Time Machine thing) is pretty neat and a good idea, but it needs some tweaking.

Here it is almost 2am and I simply cannot stay up any longer. I have things to do tomorrow, so that means that I must leave with the Time Machine at 1993. I've also not seen any of the supposed $0.59 games we were promised.

Next time, the initial timer needs to be a lot lower than an hour and a half and maybe each buy should add less time to the clock. Something to ensure that people have more chance to see the entire sale from start to finish.

Or perhaps the timer just reveals the next item on the sale and each thing actually remains on sale for a period of time once the timer runs out. A grace period so we can all get in on the goodies.
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Posted January 29, 2014
Star Control 1+2 was up for [1:49]

*Note - I will be on and off overnight. I probably won't be actively posting every deal's running time, but I will be keeping track. When Sinistar's back I'll post/send him what he needs. So, please do not worry or get anxious if you don't see the updates posted in real time as the deals change over. :)
Post edited January 29, 2014 by mondo84
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