Good Old Games is a digital distribution service that carries older PC games. It recently opened its beta to the public, offering up about 50 DRM-free classics. Among the list are critically acclaimed titles like the Fallout series (pictured), and some games that time forgot, like Die By The Sword, which I've sought for just under a decade.
Once you've purchased a game – they're all priced between $6 and $10 – you can download it as many times as you'd like, and install it across any number of PCs. Buying a title will also give you access to downloadable content like manuals, those handy little reference cards that list all of the keys and the occasional batch of wallpapers or game soundtracks.
No need to resurrect that old Pentium 2 – the games have been optimized for play on Windows XP and Vista, and have been patched to the latest available version. The GOG community forums also feature a section for each game, where players have been discussing mods and technical support, should something not work as advertised.
When we last heard from the site, a majority of their titles seemed to be originating from Interplay's catalog. This is still the case, but with games like Giants: Citizen Kabuto and the glorious Redneck Rampage, I'll cope. Hopefully, more publishers will soon see the wisdom in letting the gamers buy games that've been lost to the annals of time – an optimized, playable Daggerfall would strike a merciless killing blow on my social life.
Good Old Games [GOG.com]
