For many years the IBM PC was evolving alongside a large number of home computers (ZX Spectrum, C64, BBC Micro, Amiga, MSX, Atari ST and many others) before eventually becoming the dominant platform. During this time publishers either released titles on one or several platforms with widely varying features and quality. Nevertheless, even during that time some timeless classics and some really wonderful, good old games were released. I often wondered why GOG never really felt obliged to try to bring these games into their catalog as well (regardless if they had a release on the IBM PC or not). The cut happens probably around 1990. Unlike the libraries for consoles like the NES, nobody really seems to feel responsible for these pre nineties home computer classics. And while I am aware that there are myriads of ways to get these titles going on real hardware, emulation or mini systems, I still think that a platform offering these titles for less technic affine people is a good thing. Not everyone wants to figure out how to get BeepEM running to take a look at Elite. In recent years GOG has pushed a lot for modern content, but so have many other platforms. I wish they would be a bit more ambitious with their back catalog. Please list your personal favorite home computer classics that you would like to see added to their catalog (I am aware that some titles are unavailable due to legal reasons – but that is true for much more recent titles as well). Here are some of the most obvious ones:

- Lemmings, Lotus Turbo Challange (AMIGA)
- Prince of Persia (Apple 2, IBM PC)
- Elite (BBC Micro)
- Sokoban (NEC PC-8001)
- Dungeon Master (Atari ST)
- Impossible Mission (C64)
- Knight Lore (ZX Spectrum)
- Aleste (MSX)

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leileilol wrote on 2026-01-29, 00:08:

no.

Nothing wrong with using AI for the purpose they used it for.

Matchstick wrote on 2026-01-29, 03:56:

leileilol wrote on 2026-01-29, 00:08:

no.

Nothing wrong with using AI for the purpose they used it for.

Well, when there are artists out there who are great at their craft and would probably like a job, not to mention GOG could easily commission an artist or have one of their own artists make something...it sucks. But I suppose this discussion is more for the recent AI thread.

Either way, it doesn't really make sense anyways. Why a retro console? It's like they spent 1 second on something that millions of users see.

Just a heads up, the GOG owner is doing a Reddit AMA tomorrow. Relevant video.

So if people want to ask him something directly, that's probably the best way to do it.

When people calculate how much money they've spent on games purchased on GOG, they'll realize they could have bought real vintage hardware with that money and played the games cheaper, or even for free. You buy emulation, you get emulation, it's all fair. So there's nothing to complain about.

Non-alcoholic beer, a rubber woman, GOG.

Patches.. people who are making money are not interested in any patches.

This is my main gripe with GoG as well and kind of goes against true "game preservation". Worst yet is as soon as a game gets on GoG, the original images are forcefully removed from archive.org and abandonware sites.

This is a very "us" problem as most people just want to play the game again, but it makes it harder and harder to get an unmodified versions to play on real hardware. There are also cases like with the re-releases of Dungeon Siege that completely strip out multiplayer LAN functionality, which in my opinion was the major selling point for the game to begin with.