# Finally, GOG **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 31, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199 "2014-01-31T14:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/1 "2014-01-31T14:14:26Z")
I finally signed up for a [GOG.com](http://GOG.com) account yesterday, because clearly I don’t have enough of a video game backlog … actually, truth be told I was looking to see if they had some of the games that I already own, but in a more convenient digital download package so I wouldn’t have to keep track of CDs and whatnot. So I made a big wishlist and one purchase - Master of Magic. Actually wrapped in Dosbox to work on modern PCs. It feels like home. “Old man!” I love that game so much. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/2 "2014-01-31T14:52:32Z")
No one has managed to make a good remake of masters of magic, every single attempt fails in some way. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/3 "2014-01-31T17:46:17Z")
Anyone have any standout recommendations on GOG’s selection? Has GOG ever lost the rights to redistribute a game, endangering one’s past purchases? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/4 "2014-01-31T17:53:38Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Has GOG ever lost the rights to redistribute a game, endangering one’s past purchases? They recently lost the rights to sell the old Fallout games, but people who had already bought copies of it through them can still download the games. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/5 "2014-01-31T18:43:14Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > They recently lost the rights to sell the old Fallout games, but people who had already bought copies of it through them can still download the games. I had hoped that their arrangements with the companies were structured in that way, but couldn’t find an explicit confirmation on the site. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/6 "2014-01-31T23:26:25Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > No one has managed to make a good remake of masters of magic, every single attempt fails in some way. I picked up _Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes_ during the last steam sale, and I think it’s pretty good. It lacks the depth of _Master of Magic_ in several ways, but it’s certainly a worthy high fantasy grand strategy game. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/7 "2014-01-31T23:28:44Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > They recently lost the rights to sell the old Fallout games, but people who had already bought copies of it through them can still download the games. In fact, they went out with a bit of a bang on that note, giving them out for free for a month before the rights went away. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/8 "2014-02-03T16:10:34Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I picked up _Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes_ during the last steam sale, and I think it’s pretty good. It lacks the depth of _Master of Magic_ in several ways, but it’s certainly a worthy high fantasy grand strategy game. I remain puzzled by people who assert that MOM had ‘depth’. It had lots of OPTIONS, but the game was so broken that to say it had ‘depth’ seems to be unfairly generous to it. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/9 "2014-02-04T14:47:13Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I picked up _Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes_ during the last steam sale, and I think it’s pretty good. It lacks the depth of _Master of Magic_ in several ways, but it’s certainly a worthy high fantasy grand strategy game. I do like Fallen Enchantress. Haven’t tried Legendary Heroes yet, but I have it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/10 "2014-02-05T04:29:18Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > I remain puzzled by people who assert that MOM had ‘depth’. It had lots of OPTIONS, but the game was so broken that to say it had ‘depth’ seems to be unfairly generous to it. Fine, _breadth_, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/11 "2014-02-05T13:31:29Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I picked up _Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes_ during the last steam sale, and I think it’s pretty good. It lacks the depth of _Master of Magic_ in several ways, but it’s certainly a worthy high fantasy grand strategy game. Fallen Enchantress is probably the closest thing to a true successor to MOM (that or Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic). ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/12 "2014-02-14T13:54:59Z")
GOG has Dungeon Keeper free through Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/13 "2014-02-14T14:23:16Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > GOG has Dungeon Keeper free through Sunday. Thanks for the heads-up! I actually own DK on disk, but was thinking of buying at GOG anyway just to avoid the hassle of trying to make it run. Guess I have no reason not to snag it now! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/14 "2014-02-14T15:33:32Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > They recently lost the rights to sell the old Fallout games, but people who had already bought copies of it through them can still download the games. Including those who “bought” the game during its “free Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics 100% off fire sale”. I completely missed the subtext that the Fallout catalog was going to become unavailable (under existing retail licenses) because Bethesda was about to defeat Interplay in court. Weird. I’m glad I got those games during the promotion. I loved those games and the entire milieu, and I have no idea how Bethesda would have put them back into the channel. If at all. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/15 "2014-02-17T14:17:58Z")
I also snagged the D&D game bundle this weekend - $20, approximately, for all the D&D license games on the site. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/16 "2014-02-17T17:09:37Z")
I literally spent 100s of hours playing Master of Magic and Master of Orion in the early 90s. Loved those games. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-gog/680199/17 "2014-02-18T01:38:33Z")
The D&D deal seems to come up every couple of months, so don’t trample your grandma to get to it. But be on the lookout for it nonetheless, because it’s great.