The more I see this across all media, the more I keep buying physical media. Right now it's books and vinyl taking over my office. CD's are probably next (I can skip cassettes) and then blu ray.
Yeah storage is the biggest issue. My house is old, like built before acquiring tons of stuff was an American value. So there’s just not a ton of room for everything.
I never played it or ever heard of it, but it looks gorgeous and based on your comments an important cultural phenomenon. I feel the same way about PT, which was pulled by Konami. So many games became extinct, although they were so important. I appreciate what GOG and Limited Run do by bringing back some of the oldies but goodies. Maybe someday we'll get to play Neverhood again (someone managed to get it online at least). Meanwhile, I'm enjoying Armikrog.
I actually checked GOG to see if it was there but no.
Games going extinct is not new but there really needs a way to archive once they are gone. The problem is a lot of times the Publishers still own the games but keep them locked up and won't let any buy it. And it you emulate, they come after you (Nintendo is notorious for this).
Yes, GOG doesn't have everything, alas. But they try to keep older games alive. I absolutely agree. For instance, at one point, Activision held rights to a lot of great classic style point and click games, like Gabriel Knight, but wasn't doing anything. It upset me greatly. So many years wasted when the franchise could have continued. I hope Microsoft will bring back these games as remakes and/or reboots. Yes, we don't want to emulate, but sometimes we resort to it to play our favorite games. They should understand that and restore the games, darn it!
The more I see this across all media, the more I keep buying physical media. Right now it's books and vinyl taking over my office. CD's are probably next (I can skip cassettes) and then blu ray.
I hear ya. Books are my big thing to horde. I’ll just have to get a bigger apartment for my books at some point
Yeah storage is the biggest issue. My house is old, like built before acquiring tons of stuff was an American value. So there’s just not a ton of room for everything.
I never played it or ever heard of it, but it looks gorgeous and based on your comments an important cultural phenomenon. I feel the same way about PT, which was pulled by Konami. So many games became extinct, although they were so important. I appreciate what GOG and Limited Run do by bringing back some of the oldies but goodies. Maybe someday we'll get to play Neverhood again (someone managed to get it online at least). Meanwhile, I'm enjoying Armikrog.
I actually checked GOG to see if it was there but no.
Games going extinct is not new but there really needs a way to archive once they are gone. The problem is a lot of times the Publishers still own the games but keep them locked up and won't let any buy it. And it you emulate, they come after you (Nintendo is notorious for this).
Yes, GOG doesn't have everything, alas. But they try to keep older games alive. I absolutely agree. For instance, at one point, Activision held rights to a lot of great classic style point and click games, like Gabriel Knight, but wasn't doing anything. It upset me greatly. So many years wasted when the franchise could have continued. I hope Microsoft will bring back these games as remakes and/or reboots. Yes, we don't want to emulate, but sometimes we resort to it to play our favorite games. They should understand that and restore the games, darn it!