First post, by Malik
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Was just browsing the adventure games and saw the system requirements mentioned in grey at the bottom of the description, say, for games like Tex Murphy : Under A Killing Moon, Waxworks,etc.
It mentions Win XP, with 1GHz required.
My question is, has anyone bought old dos based games from this site? And for games like the above, how is it the download file packaged? Do they come with windows executable? Or are the mentioned requirements for playing them under Dosbox? If yes, does it come with Dosbox? Does it come with installation instructions?
The only reason which is keeping me from getting Dos based games from this site, is the missing Original Box; with additional contents, original paper manuals and extras.
It makes no difference downloading these dos based games from this site from downloading from "other" sites. Except for the price. You pay GOG. The money doesn't go to the original creators,designers,musicians and so on. Goes to GOG and part of the commission goes to whatever "big" company is holding the copyright.
Logically, if GOG is not paying commission (or royalty) to bigger publishing companies who are holding the copyrights, then, does that mean that GOG got the copyright to these games? If so, how does GOG differ from other abandonware sites, with the only difference of making money from this?
If GOG is able to attain the copyrights to the games, does that mean that other companies or individuals will be able to get hold of these copyrights too, in a similar way?
Please don't get me wrong. I'm neither for nor against GOG. Just wanted to know more.
In fact, I'm interested in the later windows games like Descent Freespace, Broken Sword 2, (which didn't come with good enough extras in the boxes anyway), from GOG. If a game comes in a dvd case with very little (or no manual) at all, I feel better to get it from GOG with a cheaper price.
But for DOS classics, ebay still remains the best choice for a collector.
I guess I deviated from the main topic... about the system requirements for dos games...any info?
Thanks!