I'm curious as to how MOO1's DRM was handled. I lost my instruction book a long time ago and its needed for playing though I did find a ship list online.

I have all three MOO games on disk and I'm more or less trying to figure out if its worth re-buying them. My MOO2 is the windows version which I hear isn't the best version. Plus It would be nice not having to fiddle with CD's. I just tried to get Orion1 running on DosBox but it seems to think the CD isn't in the drive, which means I may have to copy the disk and mount it differently. Its a whole headache

The ship listing is included with the extra stuff. :)

Actually the ship list for MoO1 is not the one you download on GOG but is actually inside the game when you install the game.

well if you still have to enter ship names thats unfortunate but not unexpected. I hear multi-player works better than my version but I don't really like playing other people. So I should probably just use my versions instead of rebuying something I already own.

Multiplayer is only on MoO2 which has no copy protection on this version, only MoO 1.

Oops, I think I transitioned from moo1 to moo2 without signaling up there. I got moo1 running but I may have more trouble with 2 seeing as how its the windows version and I don't have windows. As far as that sort of thing goes DosBox has better odds than wine. If I cant get it going I may go ahead and get it from here. I never played very deep into MOO2 and I hate to say I never will.

You don't have windows? If you are a Mac user then I suggest Boxer, that's what I use.

Most of my PC's are actually running linux. I build them but have a hard time justifying paying a hundred to several hundred dollars for windows. The disparity between their function just isn't as great as the price tag. There is a OEM version but the licensing gets tied to the motherboard which terrifies me. Its the same mental road blocks that keep me from buying PC games unless they come DRM free like from here or if they were born that way like "world of goo." (I've been lost passworded and other weirdnessed out of enough purchases over the years) I do have one decent XP system to fall back on if something doesn't work but my personal system is running two linux distros and no windows.

I've had good luck so far though. Dosbox runs as well on it as it does on anything else and wine has been decent to me. Between the two distros there isn't a game I have purchased from GOG yet that I haven't been able to get working. I'm about to grab two more so my odds may fail me, but as long as I can play somethings I'm OK with the arrangement,

I've changed motherboards and other parts without problems using an OEM version of Windows (okay, it was free from work but it is a valid licence regardless). Personally I don't mind a disc check but anything beyond that I don't bother with either.

Technically (from what I can gather) your not allowed to use the oem version on a new motherboard without getting it OK'ed. Reviews are littered with post recommending you call and tell MS that the MOBO "broke" and had to be replaced with a new one (I think identical boards are OK.) I don't much care for having to lie.

There was also a lot of speculation as to the legality of using such versions for personal use as they are intended for system builders selling systems who are then required to offer service support for the product. MS has appeared at times to admonish the practice, turn a blind eye, and even recommend it. Its a very fuzzy situation and that makes me a bit nervous that when I need it I won't be there. Anything that can be taken away if someone else feels like it makes me nervous. I am almost willing to bite on the 3-pack system upgrade for win7 but that won't get me windows on my personal system and I don't need to upgrade.

As for CD checks they are noninvasive but it is a bit annoying to have to hunt down CDs for every game you want to play. Its much nicer to just click a link and be off to it.

But none of this has anything to do with MOO which is awesome.

Well the topic was about DRM too ;-)

That is true. I just felt the need to randomly gush about MOO. Brings me back to the good ol' days.

I think the DRM resolves itself. Everytime i klicked on one of the ships the first try was always the right one and the "DRM" was gone. And I can't imagine that I remember all the Shipnames back from the 90's because I didn't even look up the handbook

This is the first game I downloaded on GoG..... How do I access the extra stuff?

The manuals and some documentation extras are usually installed when you install the game. You can go gog on the start menu, then click on the game and you will see documents. If not you go to your "my account" page, click on the game and you will see its extras there.