nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 15 hours agoGOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.x.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1422arrow-down1external-linkGOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.x.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·9 hours agoLuckily there are some friendly people with eye patches and peglegs on the internet backing them up for you.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 hours ago“It’s not piracy, it’s federated backups!”
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoGood luck finding a semi obscure 15 year old game on the high seas.
minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoYou might be surprised. Plenty of sites backing up whatever they can. Try archive.org and various abandonware sites.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoOr, I might not be surprised at all. You might find Borderlands for the next 20 years, but what about the games that only sold like 40k copies to begin with?
minus-squaremed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI found a copy of 1995’s ‘Desktop Toys’ on archive.org, and ran it on linux with wine literally yesterday. Windows 11 has an incompatability with 32 bit progams apparently. I see your point, but I think we’re in better shape than you estimate. That said, we could always be in bettar shape, and as more is created, the less complete archives can be.
minus-squarer4venw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoWill they also help during a zombie apocalypse? Asking for a friend…
Luckily there are some friendly people with eye patches and peglegs on the internet backing them up for you.
“It’s not piracy, it’s federated backups!”
Good luck finding a semi obscure 15 year old game on the high seas.
You might be surprised. Plenty of sites backing up whatever they can. Try archive.org and various abandonware sites.
Or, I might not be surprised at all. You might find Borderlands for the next 20 years, but what about the games that only sold like 40k copies to begin with?
I found a copy of 1995’s ‘Desktop Toys’ on archive.org, and ran it on linux with wine literally yesterday.
Windows 11 has an incompatability with 32 bit progams apparently.
I see your point, but I think we’re in better shape than you estimate.
That said, we could always be in bettar shape, and as more is created, the less complete archives can be.
Will they also help during a zombie apocalypse? Asking for a friend…