(YOU) have 3 more weeks to download everything you want at gog-games before it goes 404. What games will you download? For now, this is my list:>Settlers 2>SimCity 2k 3k 4>Diablo>Majesty>Stronghold>Ys Chronicles>Populous 3
>Has leftover funds>No legal pressureWhy not pass the torch?
>>12754271Nevermind, I remember now - it's because most links on it are dead anyway.
>>12754258Didn't they already "die" at the beginning of 2024?
>>12754258I will download nothing because gog is good for the industry and I’m not poor
>myrient gone>gog-games dying what the FUCK is going on
>>12754258Most of the links over there are already dead/are dying :(
>>12754853It costs a fuckton to host websites like these, and memory/storage prices are unsustainable thanks to AI.
>>12754851Based.
>>12754853normies don't shut their yaps
I only download ISOs of the original discs and make them work under my own terms.
>>12754258I just want Soldier of Fortune 1 and 2.
>>12754258Wouldn't you rather purchase the games legally at GOG.com instead of pirating them like a hooligan?
>>12755004I want to play Doom 64 and Galactic Battlegrounds whilst boycotting Microsoft and Disney.
>>12755004No, why would I do that?
>>12755006You should boycott pen and paper too, I hear the oligarchs and governments use a lot of that
>>12754258all the anime games. because the localisers are shit and deserve zero dollars.
>>12754891>yapsGOG/polandball was never gonna shut them down. not sure about the EA games there.
>>12755025I don't understand your analogy.
most of the games on this site are garbage anyways, its no wonder they wanna shut it down, specially the porn games that people are uploading to it now. Like right now the only recognizable game there that I actually care about is trials of mana, Metro 2033 is ass, and the rest is i don't even fucking know.
>>12755078Ninja Five-O is a great GBA game.The rest are not /vr/
>>12754851I downloaded a large chunk of the games that have been delisted from GoG, left ones currently being sold alone.
>>12754258I feel like someone will make an alternative within a week of it going down.
>>12754258Huh? I'm not seeing a shutdown announcement on GOG. That's not even the right URL.
>>12755629probably because its a faggot pirate site
>>12755629Sweet innocent child
>>12754258I have about 3 terabytes most of which I'll probably never play.
>>12754853The memory price increases are making sure that only merchant approved streaming sites will have games.You Will own nothing and be drugged to be happy.
>>12754986>make them work under my own termsWhat does that mean, retard? Or you get the no-cd .exe on gamecopyworld or you won't play at all.
>>12754853You didn't hoard your shit.
>>12754986>>12756220With scene clone releases and daemon tools you can get the original DRMed experience.
>>12754853We're on the last breath of the old internet, all western countries are getting all the downsides of china but none of the upsides. If anyone hasn't already gotten their own nas and filled it with the stuff you want and need for the coming decades you're basically a retard.
>>12756338Why don't we just make The Great Firewall Against China?
>>12756338It's kind of interesting how despite living in uniquely dystopic and gay times, at the same time we got to live during (relatively, almost wild west at times) free internet combined with everyone having a hd camera on them. This is stuff that might not happen again before or after this for quite a while.
>>12756338>born just in time to see the birth, the rise, the excitement, the mania, the fear, the apathy, the hope, the despair, and the eventual death of the internetwhat a wild ride it's been
>>12754258It's kind of a blessing to me that it's dying because now I don't have to keep updating my downloads. Shit was getting to be too much. I had scripts and everything. Also i guess I'll have more of a reason to play these games if I actually spent my money on them.
>>12755078This is a literal treasure trove of good games including non-retro games. If you just search for stuff you can find lots of shit.>Every Windows Doom>Quake 1-4>Tomb Raider>Every Toaplan shmup>Y's>Etc.
I’ve got 850GB of ROMs, and it’s going to take me around 15 years to play through them all. I’ve already bought what I wanted on GOG, but is there a delisted game worth paying attention to?
>>12756336>daemon toolsZoomzoom larping as a oldfag. Daemon tools used to come with malware. My PC got infected back in 2008.
Isn't there a torrent of GOG releases anyway? How much total would it take up, tens of TBs?
>>12756653Mine didn't back in 2005.
FUCK FUCK FUCKI LOVED THIS SITE
>>12754851Paying for 20 year old videogames? That's hella cringe.
>GOG doesn't have any good ga-APOLOGIZE
>>12754851Based. Indeed, we are spoiled as PC gamers with services like GoG that goes out of its way to resurrect niche titles and Steam that has leveraged a lot of resources into making gaming accessible on Linux. I know that the money I'm spending on PC digital is at least going to a good cause in part>>12755004Yes GOGchanOf course GOGchan
>>12756825>SteamLmao I literally just downloaded some GOG shit and ran it with Wine. Everything went better than expected. I don't even remember the last time I updated anything.
>>12756639The original version of Soul Reaver 1 comes to mind. It was delisted years ago with plans to bring it back that were forgotten when the remastered version was released. Also I think some of the older versions of the Doom installers were delisted. And Crysis Wars.
>>12756838It's staggering how much simpler, easier on resources and more configurable Lutris and Heroic are than bloated ass Steam. How the fuck do people even put up with it? I'll never know.
>>12756850It pisses me off that Valve made a CLI Steam client, but it can't actually launch games...All it can do is install games/updates and uninstall games.
>>12756850Easy, just don't be autistic and things stop being "bloated"
>>12756894>STOP NOTICING THINGS!!!! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR COMPUTER IDLING AT 64 GB OF MEMORY USAGE!
>>12756897>THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR COMPUTER IDLING AT 64 GB OF MEMORY USAGE!this doesn't happen. thanks for proving my point, faggot.
>>12756906>this doesn't happenThat's because Hindus 12 hasn't come out yet.
>>12756858>but it can't actually launch gamesWell of course. Most PC gamers are Windows tards that can't into using a terminal. Using the mv command to rename a file is some hackerman shit to 99.9% of Steam users. Therefore, the CLI Steam Client only exists as a novelty play thing, so that Valve can say:>Woah hey Linux dudes, check this shit out!!!!1!1!>We got da COMMAND-LINE CLIENT cuz we know you Linux dudes are all 1337 h4x0rs!!!!1!!1!!!But in reality, it probably receives virtually zero support from Valve's programmers.Also, it's probably much harder for Valve to collect usage statistics and other telemetry with a client that runs inside a terminal, as opposed to a graphical client that can have more bloatware embedded into it. And Steam collects a fucking lot of data from it's users.
>>12756927>that can't into using a terminalMy issue with the Steam client isn't that it's a GUI; it's that it's an extremely bloated one. If the Steam CLI client exposed simple commands for launching games or even sending messages, someone could quickly write a super lightweight GUI in Qt that uses 40MiB of memory at most.
>>12756823So good you haven't touch it in 2 years...
>>12756639System Shock 2. Nightkike delisted it, the remaster is the only version currently available for purchase.
>mustard gamesMiss me with that shit
>>12754258there's nothing on gog dot com ?
>>12756962He's not talking about GOG, retard.
>SniffSmells like... smells like BROKE in here>SNIFFBROKE NIGGERSTHAT'S THE SMELLTHIS THREAD SMELLS LIKE BROKE NIGGERS.
>>12754258GoG is going offline? Did they go out of business? There's nothing about it on their site.
>>12757043then tell me the real site to check it out einsten
>>12754258Not free. baka..
>>12757101Nah, nothing's happened to GoG. This thread isn't about GoG at all. It's about an unrelated website called gog-games. It's a website that you can download games from for free, specifically games from GoG. Instead of spending $1.50 to buy Hitman Blood Money on GoG, you can download it from gog-games and risk getting a crypto coin miner on your PC.
>>12756338No they're not, stop doompilling.
>>12756338Electricity will be denied to you because AI will need it more. They know about hoarders and have plans how to screw you soon after the normies.
>>12757269>don't have any electricity>can't use the AI "assistant" that is supposed to spoon feed me the latest CIA propagandaCheckmate, government.
>>12757296kek
>>12757151>risk getting a crypto coin miner on your PC
>>12755004fuck no you faggot.
>>12754853>what the FUCK is going onMyrient admins explained it:Storage and memory is so stupidly expensive that it simply costs too much to keep these servers up
>>12757338>picBeen seeing W7 schizos finally install W10 IoT LTSC 2021 in the /g/ windows threadThey aren't happy about it, but they didn't have a choice since using W7 in 2026 sucks unless you refuse to use any new software
>>12757380>W10 IoT LTSC 2021This is highly foolish. Just because Microsoft will support it until 2032 doesn't mean that applications and hardware vendors will.
>>12757386True, but you'll still have better compatibility with newer software than W7
>>12757392I don't really see the point because a desktop user is going to have to abandon IoT LTSC well before 2032 anyway. May as well just switch to Linux + Plasma.
>>12757394>>12757380>>12757338>May as well just switch to Linux + Plasma.At this point if you haven't switched to the penguin, then you're probably so devoted to Windows that you'd let Billy Boy himself finger your gf with one hand while he slaps you with his other hand.
>>12757427>W11 with MS 365 BusinessDoesn't affect me
>>12756858>>12756927Why the hell would you want to launch games from a CLI? As someone who uses the CLI constantly for file management, I can't imagine how annoying it would be to type something like "steam-cli -launch Elder_Scrolls_skyrim" and have it give an error of game not found because I said "skyrim" instead of "Skyrim", or remembering how to spell "Mushihimesama", as opposed to having all my games display there in a list and if I need to search only type 2-4 letters then click the result I need.You aren't compiling a kernel for a microcontroller here, worrying about "bloat" of a GUI client is nonsensical when games can hit 100-200+GB nowadays and the whole point of this client is to launch said games. Just put a shortcut on your desktop if there is a game you play often, it would be faster than typing a CLI command.
>>12757473>Why the hell would you want to launch games from a CLI?I don't, but I WOULD want a lightweight Qt frontend for such a Steam CLI.
>>12757473>I can't imagine how annoying it would be to type something like "steam-cli -launch Elder_Scrolls_skyrim" and have it give an error of game not found because I said "skyrim" instead of "Skyrim"Create an alias for each of your games in your .bashrc file (or whatever shell you use).alias skyr="steam-cli --launch Elder_Scrolls_Skyrim"alias oblv="steam-cli --launch Elder_Scrolls_Oblivion"alias fo3="steam-cli --launch Fallout_3"alias fonv="steam-cli --launch Fallout_New_Vegas">and so onProblem solved.
>>12757489This isn't helpful. I want a Steam GUI, but I want it to use as much RAM as the Steam GUI used to use 10 years ago. Less, ideally.
>>12757489As opposed to just creating a goddamn shortcut you can click? You don't even need to remember all your aliases that way.
>>12757296>>12757338>wojaks are now thirdie coded
>>12757473>I can't imagine how annoying it would be to type something like "steam-cli -launch Elder_Scrolls_skyrim" and have it give an error of game not found because I said "skyrim" instead of "Skyrim", or remembering how to spell "Mushihimesama", as opposed to having all my games display there in a list and if I need to search only type 2-4 letters then click the result I need.It's called using an Alias. Hell at this point you could vibe code a launcher script that can list out all your games.
>>12758045>nowthey always have been. i remember during the hack i spent some time on the sharty taking in all the leaks and they had a selfie thread. all the posters were brown.
That site doesn't even host the games
>>12758189all the games they point to are lifted from other sources. rg repacks and fitgirl stuff. them shutting down will only cost it being easy to find in one place.
>>12758135>It's called using an AliasSee>>12757518
>>12757374nigga get a job
>>12758695>frogposter is retardedNot surprisingMyrient cost $6000 per month to runThat's $72,000 a year
>>12758737>Myrient cost $6000 per month to runHow many neetfrogs do you need to afford that with neetbux? Like 10 retards?
>>12756336yes that's the worst experience. that said GOG versions are just the "cleaned up" fan patches they stole from somewhere else. w/o the risk of visiting funky haxorz websites with a million popups and spyware installers.
>>12756653i used a demo version of Daemon tools for years. no problem other that the prog logging itself into memory each time i login. which is a waste of RAM unless i wanna load my HOMM3 Complete ISO every single day. which i don't.so i uninstalled and use PortableWinCDEmu. which loads faster and try to autoload all the time. and i never used the CD burning tools from Daemon anyway. i already had more low-bloat tools i used to use for burning MP3s .
>>12756850every single loonix gamer i knew was a Steamfag though. who kept shitting GOG for not having ALL the games they want in 1 single place. it's only /g/ loonixfags i knew who kept saying they don't play games or do anything fun on their PCs.
>>12758135>vibe codezoomers need to be banned more.
>>12757386That, and the security updates for LTSC builds of windows are vibe coded.
Namefags need to be banned more.
>>12755629gog-games is a piracy site.
>>12755025Retard
>>12757489I have a few qualms with this app:1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them somewhere online to be able to perform presentations, but they still carry a USB drive in case there are connectivity problems. This does not solve the connectivity issue.3. It does not seem very "viral" or income-generating. I know this is premature at this point, but without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?
>>12759510Why you doing samba with extra steps
>>12754258what golden era games are worthy of downloading?
>>12755004Tons of stuff has been delisted from GOG and is either no longer available DRM-free or just plain no longer available anywhere. Sometimes because of rights and sometimes because the company wants to sell you some shitty new edition like they did with BloodRayne, which was replaced by a censored "remaster".
>>12756220Yes, yes (you) are.
>>12757374So... if I don't back up now, I'll run the risk of having to rely on mediocre subscription services for the rest of my life?
>>12761231If you bought the game, you're able to download the installer forever, even after it's delisted. I can confirm with INSIDE (2016).
What I don’t like about these threads saying, “HEY YO, THIS COOL SITE THAT STORES GAMES IS GOING TO DIE, QUICK, DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING YOU CAN!” is that no one shares recommendations or anything valuable. When Myrient shut down, a lot of retards were downloading shovelware or the most popular games instead of grabbing things like the TeknoParrot arcade games curated by Eggman or those 80s schematics that were available.
>>12761376Unironically good post.
>>12756338>China>Upsides>Even onceBruh, its full of Chinese. There isn't a single bit of conclusive evidence that an actual human being has ever even been there.
>>12758045>nowlol
>>12761373Nobody said otherwise, retard. That doesn't help if you DIDN'T buy the game before it was delisted, does it? Publishers don't bother to warn people about these things most of the time.
>>12754851How many of the original devs get paid for these games when you do that?
>>12756338Blackpilled doomers are the biggest cucks in the universe. Yeah, go lay down and die and let them win.
>>12755004Only when they offer a good package to me for a really low price (these are VERY old games), or if they offer me content which wasn't otherwise available.
Is this thread autosaged?
>>12755004Maybe some of them.
>>12754851Paying for downloads is fucking retarded.
>>12754986Based
>>12755004If companies force me to go digital only, im certainly not paying for it.
>>12754258how's torrminator, the site that is mentioning?
>>12757151Wait do crypto miners even exist anymore?
>>12756946Huh I didn't know about that one. Apparently I have it in my library too even though I'm sure i never bought it.
