I just checked and not all versions archived.

For instance, let's take deus ex. Here we can see it supported XP (2016)
https://web.archive.org/web/20160411155337/ht … om/game/deus_ex

But the archived versions only go back as far as 2019

10: Version 1.112fm(Revision 1.6.1.0) - 2021-03-03T14:42:23+0000 (Gen 2) (Build id: 54183086456810330)
21: Version 1.112fm(Revision 1.6.0.0) - 2020-11-17T16:01:24+0000 (Gen 2) (Build id: 53875944507521917)
32: Version 1.112fm(Revision 1.5.0.0) - 2020-01-09T12:23:02+0000 (Gen 2) (Build id: 52968090535826348)
43: Version 1.112fm (Revision 1.4.0.2) nGlide fix - 2019-11-21T08:06:44+0000 (Gen 2) (Build id: 52825525431736346)
54: Version 1.112fm(Revision 1.4.0.2) - 2019-01-15T10:36:55+0000 (Gen 2) (Build id: 51927099871058007

Getting downloads for the older versions will require some lobbying.

I think they should at least offer the original disk images. That wouldn't be hard for them.

First I thought buying on GOG was the only alternative for online-retro.gaming.
But gog tend to have the same issues as Apple-MAS, Steam and other online-services.
You have to have to upgrade the machine you are playing with. For me as a retro-gamer a NO-GO!
I tend to play OLD-GAMES on OLD-MACHINES. Because you can never rely on the infos they post on their pages, I stoped buying their stuff.
I went back to original CD/DVD with No-CD/DVD.

dr.zeissler wrote on 2025-08-20, 09:35:

First I thought buying on GOG was the only alternative for online-retro.gaming. But gog tend to have the same issues as Apple-MA […]
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First I thought buying on GOG was the only alternative for online-retro.gaming.
But gog tend to have the same issues as Apple-MAS, Steam and other online-services.
You have to have to upgrade the machine you are playing with. For me as a retro-gamer a NO-GO!
I tend to play OLD-GAMES on OLD-MACHINES. Because you can never rely on the infos they post on their pages, I stoped buying their stuff.
I went back to original CD/DVD with No-CD/DVD.

It's just a matter of expectations. GOG was never about preserving old games for old systems. It was about preserving old games on new systems.

Yes that is true, but they should keep those installers/games that were sold/promoted as winXP kompatible.