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Posted October 01, 2010
It's called an option. Having options. Like, more than one possible way to do something. The option to have GOGs downloader may not be the best available, but so what? Options are like the exact opposite of DRM.
Posted October 01, 2010
The award of most ridiculous non spam thread of the year goes to this one.

I mean seriously now. They're all Windows games or Windows versions. Are they supposed to go in and heavily modify source code so that they run on non-windows platforms or so they don't require directX?

The only thing I could see as valid is that it's xp/vista/7 only without support for Win95/98 which many games were made for. Then again, who's still using 95/98 as a main os? And if you are, you most probably have the original install discs and the games therefore run perfectly.

No no, there's no drm here.
Post edited October 01, 2010 by Kabuto
Posted October 01, 2010
No.

I would say more, but anyone with a halfway logical mind can surely figure out the justification behind my response.
Posted October 01, 2010
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Kabuto: The award of most ridiculous non spam thread of the year goes to this one.

I mean seriously now. They're all Windows games or Windows versions. Are they supposed to go in and heavily modify source code so that they run on non-windows platforms or so they don't require directX?

The only thing I could see as valid is that it's xp/vista/7 only without support for Win95/98 which many games were made for. Then again, who's still using 95/98 as a main os? And if you are, you most probably have the original install discs and the games therefore run perfectly.

No no, there's no drm here.
They're not though: that's the thing. A lot of the games run in dos but you need to run the proprietary extractor to open them up. Shrug, I guess I'm wrong.
Posted October 01, 2010
You need the internet to download the games, therefore THE INTERNET IS THE DRM. Z0MGAWD.

Really? :P
Posted October 01, 2010
Hilarity ensues.

I LOVE GOG! Thanks for the good morning lollage... Totally made my day XD
Posted October 01, 2010
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nondeplumage: ZOMG and the publishers that put their games in boxes were DRM for people without hands! :-O

And televisions are DRM for the blind!

And keyboard-screen interaction is DRM for people without hand-eye coordination!

It's a conspiracy!
I love you so much.
Posted October 01, 2010
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yap: They're not though: that's the thing. A lot of the games run in dos but you need to run the proprietary extractor to open them up. Shrug, I guess I'm wrong.
No offense :), but code yourself one if you don't like using proprietary software. ;)
Posted October 01, 2010
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Kabuto: The award of most ridiculous non spam thread of the year goes to this one.

I mean seriously now. They're all Windows games or Windows versions. Are they supposed to go in and heavily modify source code so that they run on non-windows platforms or so they don't require directX?

The only thing I could see as valid is that it's xp/vista/7 only without support for Win95/98 which many games were made for. Then again, who's still using 95/98 as a main os? And if you are, you most probably have the original install discs and the games therefore run perfectly.

No no, there's no drm here.
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yap: They're not though: that's the thing. A lot of the games run in dos but you need to run the proprietary extractor to open them up. Shrug, I guess I'm wrong.
Is it that much of a hassle to install the game then copy the installed folder to a hard drive containing a dos partition or to a windows 95/98 machine? You could easily use a cd-rw for your old real dos box. You have to be reasonable here as to what drm is. This is not.
Post edited October 01, 2010 by Kabuto
Posted October 01, 2010
Just for some laughs... Here are some pictures of DRM
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Posted October 01, 2010
This had me in stitches.
Posted October 01, 2010
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Vagabond: I love you so much.
This is the start of a beautiful bromance. :D
Posted October 01, 2010
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Virama: Just for some laughs... Here are some pictures of DRM
The last image is pure truth.
Posted October 01, 2010
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Kabuto: The award of most ridiculous non spam thread of the year goes to this one.

I mean seriously now. They're all Windows games or Windows versions. Are they supposed to go in and heavily modify source code so that they run on non-windows platforms or so they don't require directX?

The only thing I could see as valid is that it's xp/vista/7 only without support for Win95/98 which many games were made for. Then again, who's still using 95/98 as a main os? And if you are, you most probably have the original install discs and the games therefore run perfectly.

No no, there's no drm here.
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yap: They're not though: that's the thing. A lot of the games run in dos but you need to run the proprietary extractor to open them up. Shrug, I guess I'm wrong.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

"Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0 and 2009)."

PWNED
Posted October 01, 2010
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Vagabond: I love you so much.
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nondeplumage: This is the start of a beautiful bromance. :D
Let me just take off my pants...
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