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Offline Venek

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Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
Hey all!

Was reading through Gamespot a while back and read a press release about old games being available again through a website, including the old Fallout series, Sacrifice, Giants Citizens Kabuto, and, of course, Freespace 2 to name a few. Apparently the company will tweak them so they are playable on XP AND Vista as well as being DRM-free. They intend to sell the games at $6 and $10. Not a bad price for some classics that you get to keep. Seems they'll begin service around September.

Here's the site: http://www.gog.com/en/intro

Of course, I'm wondering if the SCP version will be compatible with the "re-released" version of Freespace 2.

Thought you would all appreciate the heads-up. So much for potentially getting $100 for my copy of Freespace 2.

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
Of course, I'm wondering if the SCP version will be compatible with the "re-released" version of Freespace 2.
I'm not certain, but I'd assume these tweaks concern the game engine. And since playing FSO does not involve the retail engine whatsoever, it shouldn't have any effects. But playing retail retail might be easier on newer OSes.
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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
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Offline Al Tarket

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
I'm not certain, but I'd assume these tweaks concern the game engine. And since playing FSO does not involve the retail engine whatsoever, it shouldn't have any effects. But playing retail retail might be easier on newer OSes.

isnt the fs2o program based off the coding the fs2 game engine used to use? the source code is basically the game engine itself in binary and worded formati would guess.
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
I'm not certain, but I'd assume these tweaks concern the game engine. And since playing FSO does not involve the retail engine whatsoever, it shouldn't have any effects. But playing retail retail might be easier on newer OSes.

isnt the fs2o program based off the coding the fs2 game engine used to use? the source code is basically the game engine itself in binary and worded formati would guess.
The smallest details evade me, but the FSO engine is based on the FS2 engine, of course. When the source code of the FS2 engine was released, people started to modify it to include new features and such. But, the FSO builds are separate from retail. When you play using an FSO build, the original, untouched retail engine (FS2.exe) is not used. And that was my point. Even if this "rerelease" includes a modified version of the original engine, it won't affect those who just play FSO.
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23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:51 < Achillion> yes
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18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

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Offline Nuclear1

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
I'm reserving judgment until I see exactly what old games go up on there.

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
Giants, FS2 and Fallout 1 & 2 rocked but aw FALLOUT TACTICS?!
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Offline Al Tarket

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
thanks for clearing that one up for me lobo, i was confused at one point about your statement.

im looking forward to hopefully buying and playing games like myst, and fallout also. i hope they have more games from back then that where top class, other them homeworld as one to speak off.
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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
Oh yeah, on a side note, when the games are only available on PC, why the hell do they picture an iMac with Leopard near the bottom of the page?
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Offline Al Tarket

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
if your sure they are all for pc then that picture obviously has no baring, however as a side note check their FAQ's and help sections for such a thing.
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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
if your sure they are all for pc then that picture obviously has no baring, however as a side note check their FAQ's and help sections for such a thing.

There are no FAQs or help sections :wtf:
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Offline Al Tarket

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
on that site?!!??...
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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
Nope, just Teaser stuff.
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Offline Al Tarket

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
.. i see :warp:. I hope they will be able to sell their games as far as Jerusalem.
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Offline Venek

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
According to the site, the games will be available via download. Because of the nice little fact that the games will be DRM-free, that means as long as you have receipt (probably a code or something to activate the download), you can download the game as many times as you want and be able to burn it to a CD. So there's no question that anyone anywhere in the world can buy these games. Now will they be available in languages other than English? That, I don't know.

What I find really interesting is how and if they'll make a profit at all. I suppose those licenses aren't too pricey since they're old, but how did they get their hands on a FS2 license?

As for the Mac icon on the bottom of the page, I'm sure they just meant to use a generic image of a computer, not necessarily a Mac (although I confess that it looks like one). These games are apparently strictly XP and Vista compatible only, but who knows, maybe they'll get some Mac licenses for the old games that were ported.

 
Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
According to the site, the games will be available via download. Because of the nice little fact that the games will be DRM-free, that means as long as you have receipt (probably a code or something to activate the download), you can download the game as many times as you want and be able to burn it to a CD. So there's no question that anyone anywhere in the world can buy these games. Now will they be available in languages other than English? That, I don't know.

What I find really interesting is how and if they'll make a profit at all. I suppose those licenses aren't too pricey since they're old, but how did they get their hands on a FS2 license?

As for the Mac icon on the bottom of the page, I'm sure they just meant to use a generic image of a computer, not necessarily a Mac (although I confess that it looks like one). These games are apparently strictly XP and Vista compatible only, but who knows, maybe they'll get some Mac licenses for the old games that were ported.
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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
Obviously they had to approach interplay...

Aside from FS2 I never played any of those games they show the boxes of on that page...

If they want to impress me have Klingon Academy Vista compliant!

The last time any disks were made it was by the company I work for and it was an order for 500 disks between 2002/2003 time frame. Probably for schoolpop.com

Smart move making it all a download, minimal overhead.
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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
Of course, I'm wondering if the SCP version will be compatible with the "re-released" version of Freespace 2.
I'm not certain, but I'd assume these tweaks concern the game engine. And since playing FSO does not involve the retail engine whatsoever, it shouldn't have any effects. But playing retail retail might be easier on newer OSes.

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Re: Retail Freespace 2 will be available again!!!
If they do make any modifications (outside of the executable) I suspect it would be to recompress the movies, voice files, and music from horrible .MVE and .WAV to save space and bandwidth.
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Sacrifice + Giants interest me greatly.
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