Signed
the completionist in me will not buy these packages as they are
also would love qfg, and pretty much everything else sierra published

Signed.

It'd be really good to have both versions. The remakes could make more people interested in the series and they still could play the originals.

Definitely signed if this is still going on.

One of the reasons I bought Broken Sword HERE and not on Steam was specifically BECAUSE GOG tends to include both versions when they are available. I definitely prefer that.

Back when I owned the King's Quest Collection in the 90's, it included every version of the King's Quest games that had been available. Which was a great deal at 15 bucks or so. I think I've paid more than that for these collections. I'd like to think we should be able to choose.

I'd love to have a complete collection of these old classics in original and remade form. E.g. I recently bought the Monkey Island SE release for Mac, it is fantastic to be able to switch back and forth between old and "remastered" versions of the game.

I learned English playing Larry with a dictionary by my side, part of me wants to relive that but also have the point and click option that is so popular these days.

Oh good to see that there's a thread dedicated to this! As I said before, I was told by GOG that it's the publishers who decide which games GOG gets so it's probably best that our concerns be redirected toward Activision or whoever owns the rights to Sierra's titles these days.

But in any case, signed, and all that.

You have a point, Cannard, about directing our concerns towards the rights holders, but since we're just consumers people like Activision are less than likely to pay any attention to us. The people at GOG might be in a better position to ask about it, since they're the ones who would be making the necessary talks even if Activision, or whoever else, was interested.

Signed. Activision needs to send all versions of these games to the distributors in the first place. Avoid this whole confusion.

Add me to the list as well. I don't know why, but I get pretty anal when it comes to playing the original before the remake. Maybe it's because I like to see how far things have come.

Agreed! I must add I ddn't see this coming when I bought them, and was quite disappointed when I fired up PQ1 :(

I got the first pack recently and was saddened to only see the AGI version of KQ1 included. I would also like to get the SCI remake. Also, getting both the AGI and SCI version of KQ4 would also be awesome.

Well it seems were slowly seeing them offering both the original and remakes since both Larry and Quest for Glory have both versions of their 1st games and they just added the AGI version of Police Quest 1(got to give them credit they do keep at it) so we should see at least the VGA version of Space Quest 1 and the SCI version of King's Quest 1 sometime soon. I wouldn't hold my breath on the AGI version of KQ 4 and the EGA version of KQ 5 since there way too rare so GOG being able to obtaining a legit copy of them will be very unlikely due to low production numbers and high costs of copies when they do surface not to mention their is no guarantee that the disks for them will be any good anyway.

I can't see there being any reason to include the EGA version of KQ5. It's essentially the same thing as the VGA version of KQ5 floppy, with a different video driver included (plus graphics that were reduced in color). Otherwise the interface is exactly the same, and its based on the same engine.

Early on when Sierra startd working with sci many games were released in a ega and a vga version. Later games included the files for both ega and vga in the same resource file.

Now, it would be ncie to have the VGA KQ5 floppy for several reasons, one for the hearing impaired or for those who do not like the voice acting in the CD-Rom version. 2, it has a completely different ingame text, and different interface. Some may like to see the four different (and random) Magic Spell copy protection puzzles. There are also some full sized animated character portraits that only appear in the VGA version for some characters, that are very cool to see.

Transcripts;
http://kingsquest.wikia.com/wiki/KQ5_transcript

http://kingsquest.wikia.com/wiki/KQ5CD_transcript

It's different than say the KQ4 AGI whereas the artwork in that game was built from scratch, and was original (the SCI remake was actually redrawn from scratch based on the original). With completely original sprites, and a bunch of extra easter eggs, and animated bits (squirrels and a few extra birds). Both use completely different engines, both have different ingame text, some puzzle solution differences (due to the way the timer in the game acted).

I have contacted Himalaya Studios through kickstarter to ask whether they would consider offering King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (SCI Remake). Here is what has been going on for this title:

Question 1:

"Why don't you consider to contact GOG.com to put King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown remake released there as well (bundled with the current King's Quest titles to reach a wider audience)?

By doing that, in time you can also release Mage's Initiation and the rest of the games on GOG.com as well.

I would appreciate if you share with me what you think.

Best"

Reply 1:

"Hi,

Because Activision owns the rights to King's Quest and we signed a non-commercial license agreement with them, we unfortunately can't put our remakes on GOG or other distributors. Even if we could, they've been available for free all these years and don't think it would be fair to suddenly start charging when we haven't actually changed the games.

However, we definitely want to get Mage's Initiation onto GOG and think that could definitely be in the cards in the near future!

Rachel"

Question 2:

"Hello,

Thank you for your prompt reply. However, many of the Activision titles already contain both the originals and remakes. They never actually sell the remakes, but just offer the remakes as a bonus for those who buy the original ones.

For example, Police Quest has both the original and remakes together: http://www.gog.com/forum/police_quest_series/police_quest_14_updated_orginal_ega_pq1_added

Also there is a high demand for King's Quest remakes: http://www.gog.com/forum/kings_quest_series/originals_and_remakes_petition/page1

So I am pretty sure if you contacted GOG.com, they would add King's Quest remakes as bonus freebies to the original ones (no legal problems). I am reading the forums closely, so trust me, King's Quest remakes keep being mentioned every now and then.

What do you think?

Best,"

Reply 2:

"Hi ,

Yep, I see where you're going-- and we actually almost HAD a deal like the one you're thinking of-- but Activision's lawyers didn't see it that way, unfortunately! The remakes you're referencing for Police Quest are also official ones that were done by Sierra back in the 90's; all stuff Activision owns the rights to.

Even if we included them as freebies, someone is still paying to get the other games-- see what I mean? Activision just provided more legalese than a small indie team can bear, haha.

We'd like to work out something with Activision in the future but for now the remakes will have to stay at $0, and we really want to focus on Mage's Initiation which is 100% all our own. :)

Rachel"

"Dear Rachel,

Thanks again for your reply :)"

Yes,Activision owns the rights to KQ1 SCI, not Himalaya/AGDI.

my above post, by the way, is about the VGA remakes, not the SCI.