To Ceri:

I've managed to get back to my main email i.e. whiterabbit-uk@hotmail.co.uk, so use that to email me. but also as a back up send the same message to Whiterabbit-moonrising@hotmail.co.uk as I think someone is trying to hack my shorter email.

For the past several weeks if I try to access it in the afternoon, it nearly always says I've tried my password too many times and locks me out, even though I haven't been trying to log in. My password is nearly 80 Alphanumeric numbers & special characters, so whoever's been trying for a couple of months thankfully hasn't gained access. I think it's because of my Steam account, which has a lot of unredeemed games in my inventory that could be stolen if they gained access. I used to have thousands of pounds worth, but over the last year have managed to sell quite a few, but there's still a lot left that I'm sure scammers are trying to steal.

I also keep changing my password, in the hope that whoever it is, will give up.

:)

To Ceri:

I've been locked out of the above email after accepting the use a pin instead of my password. The following day I tried to access my email but couldn't remember the 7 number pin. However, I can access my other email Whiterabbit-moonrising@hotmail.co.uk via a second computer. I think the pin is just tied to the computer I was using at the time. email me on the Whiterabbit-moonrising email

;)

Stephens email: Whiterabbit-uk@hotmail.co.uk

Just revisited this page as I've been reinstalling a lot of my old arcade games. Sadly a lot of the links I posted over the last 18 years are no longer accessible and all of the images of game play have disappeared. Some I posted on Photobucket using a free account. Several years ago, Photobucket decided to reduce the number of images you could upload for free. I'd created several Photobucket accounts as I was always posting images over on the giveaway site and here in the forums. When they reduced the number of images you could upload for free, they locked all my accounts and said if I wanted to see them again, I would have to pay a monthly fee.

I may over time update this post as I think it's an important resource.

Finally, you mat find many of these games over on MyAbandonware HERE

Action Ball

Great News, one of my all time favorite 3D breakouts Action Ball is finally being released on steam sometime in March this year. The developer released the sequel Actionball 2 back in 2020 and in one of the discussions posted a comment saying that if 100 community members liked the comment, he would release the firs tone. Well, it never got to 100 I think it stands at 64 votes), but he's still releasing it, Yeah!

Chak's Temple

Also, available free is another excellent and unusual breakout called Chak's Temple. The developer made this freeware over a decade ago, yet I still see it being sold on some of the shareware sites. I know it was made freeware because I was in touch with the developer at the time.

I've checked several download sites, but most of the files I downloaded were suspect with up to 20 malware hits. The only site I downloaded a copy that was totally free from malware hits was from My Real Games HERE; I checked it against Virus Total and it was given a clean bill of health. You can see the result of the scan HERE

I've not yet had the pleasure of downloading and installing any games from My Real Games; so cannot say what sort of system they use; suffice it to say that all the free game sites I know of that stock games permanantly or for extended periods all have an advert based giveaway so that they can pay the developers for allowing them to give them away.

It was originally given away HERE way back in April 2007, where it received a positive 88% from 269 votes with 64 comments.

I've started to update some of the comments, adding new links and later images of the games I've mentioned. So far I'm still working on the first comment, which has a lot of different games mentioned. Some of the links are broken, so I will be searching for suitable working links. I've also started to add links to security scans for the games I've links to downloads.

Just an update and trying to consolidate any threads that contain breakout related information.

The link to download custom made levels within the game Ricochet Infinity was closed down a few years ago. It was possible back then to add thousands of fan made levels directly from in game.

Thankfully I found a site created by fans of the game that has managed to save most of the best level sets; and are available to download and manually add to your installed version of the game.

You can find the thread called Ricochet infinity downloadable Level Sets - STILL AVAILABLE as of Nov 2019 HERE

It seems the game is no longer available via Amazon, but you can get it from one of the decent abandonware sites. I've linked to those in the thread above. i.e. HERE

Last year Steam released Action Ball 2 a decade plus old breakout on Steam. I posted a review of the game because it is one of the best 3D breakouts I've ever played and is still among my top ten breakout games I've ever played. If the comments section of the review I've posted updated links to several (originally commercial but now free) breakouts that are definitely worth checking out.

You can find the review HERE

Whiterabbit I am so sorry that you've had to go through all of this. Of course if you hadn't, we might not have had your wonderful presence on this forum.

Thanks for the update WR. I also have been looking at old threads. It's like a time capsule of sorts. Seeing all the old posts from many no longer with us. Surprised these forums have lasted this long and hopefully will continue.

In a more altruistic vein, there’s Hope that someday what happened to you won't happen to so many other people…

What happened to you was in great part a result of incompetence, worsened by institutional favoritism towards wealthy corporations, investors, and individuals. Worldwide, populations are starting to vent their frustrations. NOT taking Anything away from the Black Lives Matter & related protests, the underlying issues are anything but new. Very many feel that it’s finally taken hold because of all these other frustrations that have been building, that people have finally taken a good look and the majority [~60% according to polls] said, ya know, they’re right.

People have been increasingly dissatisfied with healthcare industries that are less culpable for misdeeds than the average auto repair shop. In many countries, bumbling missteps during this pandemic have only amplified our concerns, bringing them front and center. In the US there’s been a litany of mistakes, but just one, the prominent campaign to Not Wear masks, born out of fear that hospitals wouldn’t have enough – and not publicly countered anywhere by any medical authorities or experts – is particularly tragic. Published studies say wearing a mask reduces spread by up to 85%, and while non-medical face coverings are not as effective, if you estimate a 50% reduction, that would have meant saving over 60,000 lives just in the US! [I’m staying away from the political aspects -- people in the middle, not the extremes, are upset and worried about this stuff regardless their political leanings.]

Our legal systems are in as bad if not worse shape. It was decades ago that TV shows became popular, teaching us that it was the quality, the ability of the lawyer that determined the outcome in any court case. And that of course means lots of money to hire these legal masterminds. In the US at least, stories about bad &/or biased judges have been popular for well over a century, e.g. hanging judges in the wild west. In the US it’s gotten to the point that the political parties advertise that if they’re in office, they’ll appoint judges biased to their perspectives. Which is all to say that the vast majority of people truly believe that money talks when it comes to justice, as seen by the insurance company tying your case up for years – as seen by the lack of justice when it comes to the poorest communities and people of color in the US. There’s really no excuse for either.

Life has changed for all of us – the pandemic made sure of that. And the popular sentiment revealed by the protests makes clear that we won’t blindly accept a return to the exact same pre-pandemic normal. That doesn’t mean drastic changes overnight, no matter how much some people say that’s the only way forward. But it does mean change – how much change is yet to be determined, in part by if a vaccine to the virus works, which is uncertain… there’s zero scientific evidence that we can become immune, & if so, for how long.

I was looking through some of my old private messages to see if there were any I could delete because my inbox was full. This prompted me to look through some old threads I'd started and consequently I came across this old thread that was last added to a decade ago. After a little thought I decided to add an update as a lot happened after posting my medical woes.

Following the confirmation that my back had been broken in that accident, now almost 15 years ago, I decided to take legal action against the woman who had caused the accident. I was quite shocked when her insurance company contacted me to inform me that if there was any settlement i would only get 50% of the compensation becasue according to their records, I was partly to blame for the accident. I contacted them to ask why they thought this becasue I was hit from behind while cycling to work. I'd been in the correct lane and had been doing everything a cyclist should do when on a dangerous interchange. I was informed that the lady who had hit me had reported to her insurance that I'd moved across from an inside lane to the central lane and she had been unable to avoid me. I replied informing them of and sending a copy of the police report that indicated that the defendant i.e. the woman who had hit me, had reported not seeing me at the time of the accident, so i pointed out to the insurance that how could she report that I crossed over lanes when she'd said at the time that she hadn't seen me.

Several years later I was in conversation via Team Speak with a good online friend who I'd met via this site. Sadly he passed away back in 2013 following chemotherapy for a slow growing cancer (that the doctor had said would take upwards of 30 years to kill him, but had still advised he undergo chemo'); the chemicals they used damaged his heart and he died following a heart attack a few months after stopping the chemo'. He was a pharmacist and after a particular discussion we had talked about regarding our medical issues (we invariably talked about them in the early days), he said I think from what you have said that you are not producing some important hormones (that turned out to be Cortisol, Growth Hormone and Testosterone) and he suggested that I should get my bloods tested, which I did. By this time I'd been seen by several different specialists because that accident had left me with lot of medical issues; some of which to this day have still not been resolved. Anyway, it transpired that I wasn't producing three particular hormones which incidentally are produced in the Pituitary located in the brain. Oddly I wasn't informed of the results and nothing was done about this following the tests, so things continued onward. I was seeing a pain management specialist who had been employed by my solicitor as part of our defense against the defendants (by this time I'd been told that I must involve the NHS in the legal case as it was they who had sent me home with no treatment and therefor were complicit in many of the issues I was now suffering). While being examined by the pain specialist, she noticed the results of my blood tests and was shocked that nothing had been actioned. As I was seeing her privately she immediately booked an appointment with a colleague of hers, who was an endocrinologist. The following week I went to see her and she immediately took more bloods and got the results in less than half an hour. From those results she said I wasn't producing three important hormones. She then sent me for an MRI and before I left the private hospital four hours later I'd been informed that I had received some brain damage at the time of the accident (something I'd always believed myself, but no doctor had listened). Part of the damage was located around the pituitary gland, which explained the almost total absence of those hormones (Growth hormone is important for the repair of damaged cells as well as healthy muscle, how our bodies collect fat, the ratio of high density to low density lipoproteins in our cholesterol levels and bone density. In addition, growth hormone is needed for normal brain function. Testosterone, which apart from its obvious effect on libido is also important for the regulation of bone mass, fat distribution, muscle mass and strength, and the production of red blood cells. also cortisol, which is an important hormone that regulates a wide range of vital processes throughout the body, including metabolism and the immune response. It also has a very important role in helping the body respond to stress. I now have to take various drugs and inject myself with growth hormone every day for the rest of my life.

We were almost at the end of my legal case when I'd received this new information. I discussed this with my solicitor and was told that if they entered the new information into the legal case it would almost certainly extend the case for a minimum of another 3 to 4 years. We'd been fighting already for several years and were dog tired of all the consultations I'd had to attend on behalf of the defendants who were trying their best to mitigate the compensation. They even searched right back to my teenage years (1970's)to see if I'd had any back injuries that they could then say were the actual injuries I was claiming for; so I decided not to include the brain damage in the claim despite it being a significant injury and would potentially double the compensation I would eventually receive. Two years ater we were finally approaching the time when a court date would be announced. At the same time a beautiful bungalow in a perfect spot came on the market. We had been looking at bungalows for a couple of years, but they tended to be a lot more than a traditional two-story detached home and also way out of our budget at the time. (The cheapest we had seen was approaching (£600 000/$900 000 - exchange rates at the time were hovering around $1.5 to the pound), so I decided to accept the last offer they had made a few months previously. The Queens Council that was representing me advised me to carry on as he reckoned even without the head injury being counted he would get another 50% on top of the offer they had made. However, the bungalow was selling for significantly less than all the others we had seen (£425000), so I decided to accept and immediately put an offer on the bungalow. We moved into that bungalow several months later.

Recently I was seeing another sleep specialist as the sleep apnoea had become worse. My previous interactions with the sleep service had been of little use. They had confirmed that I was suffering from sleep apnoea, but they had determined from some sleep studies where I'd had to stay at the hospital wired up to loads of monitors that it was only mild, so I was discharged with no treatment. On my latest visits they have now changed their diagnosis and I've been prescribed CPAP, which I'm hoping will help. I've yet to receive the equipment. One surprising outcome from this latest consultation was that I was told that it was almost certain the injury to my brain that was causing this central sleep apnoea.

Apart from the above everything is hunky dory. :)

B.T.W, both Ionball 3 and Energy Invasion have since been released on Steam since I posted about them previously.

Other breakouts that may be worth buying if you are really into breakouts are the 3D breakouts Grey Cubes (only £0.79/$0.99) and
Breakout Invaders (£2.79)

I've been revisiting some of my old breakouts recently, and have even contacted a few of the developers asking if there is anything in the works. for example, Caromble is still in early access despite being four years old now. I originally gave this a thumbs down in my Steam review becasue I felt there was issues with the bat being too sluggish (resulting in lots of lost balls, plus the ball physics was way off IMO. Well I'm happy to report that after a recent play through I can say both of those issues have been sorted by the small development team, who I believe work together most Friday evenings on fixing bugs and adding more content to the game. I must say I'm actually really impressed with what they have achieved and would highly recommend the game.

Sadly, two of the decent breakouts that were available on Steam have since been removed for various reasons. The first was Ricochet Infinity, which I still consider one of the best breakouts ever made due in part to loads of original power ups, a massive variety of brick types and a decent level editor as well as lots of ball types and bats, each with its own peculiarity and the availability of literally tens of thousands of free levels (via level sets ranging from a few levels to over a hundred) directly from in game. Amazon purchased the license from Reflexive Arcade several years ago and kept the upload site open until earlier this year. Those custom levels are no longer available because Amazon shut the site down. They have also removed the game from sale for now. You can still buy it via sites like Big Fish games,(HERE) but the game has been cut in half because of the inability to access all of those levels. If you can find anyone who downloaded them previously and still has the game installed, it is possible to add them to your game as you literally just drop them into a level folder. I actually have some, but not all. I downloaded several thousand levels years ago before Infinity was released and all of those levels from previous versions of Ricochet still work with infinity, though they are not as exciting and varied as the Infinity levels as there were many more brick types and backgrounds available for infinity. I'm sure someone somewhere will have uploaded some of those level sets, trouble is finding them.

Another excellent breakout that has been removed was Reaxxion, that had a brilliant bat mechanic, which enabled you to create balls from the bat and then rebuild the bat by collecting drops of mercury that were dropped from the bricks you'd destroyed. Other original ideas in that game such as collecting some of the balls which then were converted into a special more powerful power up made it a must buy for any breakout fan. That is also still available from the big name distributors such as Big Fish (HERE).

The only other 'really' decent breakouts available on Steam are Shatter and Ionball 2: Ionstorm, though
Ionball 3 that was released last year looks decent, but I've curtailed my spending on games significantly over the last couple of years (after spending over £40 000 on games since joining Steam in 2009) so haven't had chance to play it yet. It sort of reminds me of Luxor Evolved the ball popping and last in the series of the Luxor match three game with respect to its neon like graphics.

The following are some breakouts released on Steam over the last few years. There are more, which I'll add as and when I find them.

Simple Ball Extended Edition
Breakout invaders
Magical Brickout
Pingball VR
Ze VR
Ark Box Unlimited
Grey Cubes
Mondrian - Abstraction in Beauty
Evil Orbs
Caromble!
Brick Breaker
NANOS
Ball of Wonder
VReakout
Block Blowout
Constricting Cubes
Ionball 2: Ionstorm
Ready, Aim, Splat! (VR)
DeathMetal
Kuraburo Kai
HoloBall

Not released yet:
Energy Invasion
Ionball 3

bringing this to the front page due to a brreakout being given away on sunday 21st august 2016

The 2016 Summer Sale Is On

Grab deals up to 90% off and earn free games | System Shock 2 giveaway!

It's time for another adventurous Summer Sale! Join us for two whole weeks and lie by an ocean of game premieres and 1000+ deals, gather XP to unlock free games, and participate in summer activities! It's seriously the neatest one yet.

System Shock 2 is free for the first 48 hours to help us improve the GOG Galaxy client with a stress test giveaway. If you want to help out (and score a freebie), simply download GOG Galaxy, visit your experience page through the client, then claim and download your free game.
We'll have more and more deals for you every 24 hours as the 2016 Summer Sale marches on – and the deals will stick around until the end — starting with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (-50%), Rebel Galaxy (-50%), and Day of the Tentacle Remastered (-33%) as well as bundles including X-Wing and TIE Fighter, D&D Gold Box classics and more. Come, or stay, but do look out for more awesome deals and game premieres!

Collect XP to earn free games

This is the really cool part – check in every day, participate in activities to collect badges, and buy stuff during the sale to earn XP. As you progress, so will your Summer Sale hero, plus you'll unlock free games: Spelunky, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers – 20th Anniversary Edition, and Dreamfall Chapters Season Pass.

GOG Plays on Twitch.tv/GOGcom

Join us for the grand Twitch plays event and help achieve greatness in Stardew Valley and Grim Fandango Remastered. For every challenge we complete everyone will get an extra XP boost. The first, Stardew Valley, event begins Thursday, June 9, at 4:00 PM UTC – where you will be tasked with the greatest feat of all: to plant a Parsnip. It's going to be all kinds of ridiculous.
We'll be streaming great games all sale long too, so check out the schedule and tune in!

The 2016 Summer Sale will last until Wednesday, June 22, 12:59 PM UTC / 14:59 CEST / 5:59 AM PDT / 8:59 AM EDT.

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08-06-2016

Farewell For Now, Duke + Last chance to get Dragonsphere free

75-90% off Duke Nukem 1+2, Duke Nukem 3D, Balls of Steel, Manhattan Project.

The Duke. Men want to be him, women want to be with him. The manliest of men, the ultimate male role model. He's been kicking ass on GOG.com for years, but on December 31 2015, Duke has to step out to get more bubble gum. On that day, all Duke Nukem games on GOG.com will be removed from our catalog, but we are in talks with the new rightsholders to bring them back as swiftly as possible. That's why we bid you a farewell for now, Duke: with every Duke Nukem game at 90% off as a bundle, or -75% individually.
The Duke's humble beginnings lie with Duke Nukem 1 + 2, two explosively cool run-n-gun platformers where Duke kicks his very first alien ass, travels in time, and authors "Why I'm SO Great" - a retrospective and autobiography. All in the year 1997, a dystopian near-future.
Years later, on January 29, 1996, our time: Duke makes history. Total meltdown follows the release of Duke Nukem 3D in which we finally see the world through the man's eyes. It's a world of pornography, violence, and candid obscenity. Duke's world. And we are entranced. By the campy risque, and by the unadulterated joy of Duke's violent adventures and one-liners.
Then, for years Duke rides the hype-train: in 1997, we behold his Balls of Steel - a pinball game warmly welcomed for its smooth, realistic physics and plenty of Duke on the side. In the year 2002, Duke goes back to basics in Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, a modern 3D sidescrolling platformer that's nothing if not a fun and mindless pleasure.
This is not where the Duke Nukem legacy ends, but it is where we part ways - for now. So Farewell, Duke! The sale will last until December 31, 10:59 AM GMT. The games will be removed from sale soon thereafter, but they will not disappear from your shelf if you're an owner.

Come get some.
Last chance to get Dragonsphere for free.
With the start of the new year, Dragonshpere will no longer be a free game on GOG.com due to new publisher agreements. If you haven't claimed a copy for yourself, make sure to do so by December 31, 22:59 PM GMT - afterwards the game will be regularly priced at $5.99.
If you haven't yet, you can also check out our catalog of gaming freebies, where you'll find classics like Beneath a Steel Sky, Biomenace, Ultima IV and ten more!
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Free Games:
http://www.gog.com/games##sort=bestselling&price=free&page=1
Sale:
http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_pick_farewell_duke_281216

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28-12-2015

Happy Holidays from GOG.com & Bethesda

Get Bio Menace FREE, and up to 75% off Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Quake, and DOOM.

Happy Holidays from the GOG.com team!
The holiday season is here. The world, in all its little shopping frenzies and chaotic reunions, seems to slow down just a little. It slows to taste the crisp winter air, to be childishly entranced by all the lights and colors.
As for us, we're going to celebrate with a little something special.
With a new free game in our catalog: BIO MENACE, something of a mix between the smooth and joyous gameplay of Commander Keen, and the alien weirdness of the original Duke Nukem platformers. The spacey 2D shooter by 3D Realms is now part of our selection of free, truly worth playing, classics.
With a Happy Holiday Sale from GOG.com & Bethesda:
Have a holly, jolly discount. It's the best time of the year. We don't know if there will be snow, but have a cup of deal. It's up to 75% off the entire Bethesda catalog on GOG.com - including the three and only classic Fallout games, as well as some of the best shooters in history: the retro Wolfenstein 3D & Return to Castle duo, The Ultimate DOOM, DOOM II & Final DOOM alongside the Quake series (from the singleplayer gory of Quake + Quake II, through the timeless mutliplayer mayhem of Quake III). Finally, there's the chance to explore the history of The Elder Scrolls with classics like Morrowind, Battlespire, and Redguard.
As always, any purchase from the Bethesda catalog on GOG.com comes with a free copy of The Elder Scrolls: Arena and The Elder Scrolls Chapter II: Daggerfall!

Looking for last-minute gifts? There ya' go.

The sale will last until December 29, 4:59 AM GMT.
Have a happy holiday season!
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22-12-2015

Weekly Staff Picks: Team17's Free Worm Up

Weekly Staff Picks: Team17's Free Worm Up

50%-80% off Worms 2, Worms World Party Remastered, Superfrog, The Escapists and more!
Who doesn't love teams? We certainly do. Especially the ones that take the weirdest, coolest ideas and turn them into good, silly fun. Join as we celebrate 25 years of one such team's game-making achievements in our Weekly Staff Picks: Team17's Free Worm Up. Enjoy a treat on the house and grab your free copy of Worms: Forts Under Siege but don't forget to also check out the 50-80% discounts applied to Team17's adorable catalogue for three whole days.
You would expect all invertebrates to be cowards, but Worms are the fiercest warriors you'll ever meet. So it is no coincidence that they can handle the zaniest, punchiest, most hilarious weapons you'll (n)ever see deployed in warfare. Master their bloodthirsty ways and dig into the beloved Worms series that changed hot-seat multiplayer forever.
Being locked up can really dampen your mood. But not for The Escapists who go about everyday prison life in the most carefree way imaginable. Probably because they know you'll help them taste freedom soon. Pick the perfect escape route, learn your captors' daily routines and execute your spectacular breakout with or without the help of Rita Hayworth!
But please, don't excuse yourself from the party just yet! Once you've secured your free copy of Worms: Forts Under Siege>/b> make sure to check out the rest of Team17's catalogue going for up to 80% off. That includes: Worms 2 and Worms World Party Remastered, the charming platformers Superfrog and Superfrog HD, plus all available DLCs for The Escapists. Team17's Free Worm Up will last until December 17, 10:59 AM GMT.
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14-12-2015

The Big Winter Sale Starts Now

500+ deals up to 90% off, $3 mystery games, and free games just for shopping.

A jocund flame swallows up the cold, cold streams of outside air. The holidays are coming, and everyone begins to feel a little more generous, a little more kind, and a little bit giddy. We're feeling it too, because this time around, winter came to GOG.com before it was cool.
The Holiday Ninja Squirrel (have you met her yet?) brings a generous surprise for all with $3 Mystery Games from the GOG.com catalog, each worth between $9.99 and $34.99. These games won't be part of the regular sale lineup, and unowned games will be prioritized to minimize repeats. We're starting out with a pool of 50+ games, but we'll be adding more throughout the sale - we'll let you know when that happens.

48-hour Launch Fest

We're kicking off the sale with 48 hours of big bundles that you just couldn't stop bugging us for. So set your lasers to hype, the STAR WARS catalog is here up to 77% off, including the X-Wing & TIE Fighter series, Galactic Battlegrounds Saga, Knights of the Old Republic I + II, Battlefront II, and more. At up to 75% off, head back to the Lucasfilm classics, including Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Outlaws, The Secret of Monkey Island, and more. Finally, there's also the Divine Pack, featuring Beyond Divinity, Divinity 2, and Dragon Commander Imperial at up to 85% off.

Earn free games while shopping in the Big Winter Sale.

Whether to keep for yourself or to surprise a friend, you'll get a free copy of Divine Divinity after spending $5, and Blackguards Special Edition after spending $50 or more.
Following the 48-hour launch offer, all bundles and deals will change every 24 hours. With a few surprises in store, check back daily to see what's new in the GOG.com Big Winter Sale!
The sale will last for 11 days, until December 13, 1:59 PM GMT / 2:59 PM CET / 5:59 AM PST / 8:59 AM EST.

Text copy and paste: http://www.gog.com/news/the_big_winter_sale_starts_now

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03-12-2015

Only on GOG.com - Sale

Only on GOG.com - Sale

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50% off for the first time. Up to 80% off games that you'll find only on GOG.com.

Across the years, we've tracked down and recovered numerous gaming classics - those lost to time but never quite forgotten. We've tested, tweaked, and tested some more to get them up and running on your computers, free of the all-consuming hassle of virtual machines and emulators. We've done our best to deliver bonus goodies: manuals, booklets, and all the little things that gave us a sense of heft and ownership so many years ago.
We are digital archeologists, we are gaming detectives, and this week is all about the games that make GOG.com a unique place to be:

For the first time ever, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gets a 50%, courtesy of our friends at CD PROJEKT RED. And while we're at it, we're throwing in the rest of the Witcher franchise along for the ride.

Four bundles, the best of those that returned, only on GOG.com:
–D&D: Classic Bundle (up to -80%): featuring the classic editions of Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights - 10 games in total.
–D&D: Gold Box Bundle (up to -50%): featuring three tomes of Forgotten Realms: The Archives (with Eye of the Beholder, Pool of Radiance, Dungeon Hack, and more) as well as Al-Qadim, Dark Sun, Krynn, Ravenloft, and others - 18 games in total.
–Warhammer Bundle (up to -50%): featuring 4 games: Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate, Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, Warhammer 40,00: Rites of War.
–Star Trek Bundle (up to -60%): featuring 4 games: Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, Starfleet Academy, Starfleet Command, Judgment Rites.

Join us on this, the Only on GOG.com sale, for five days, until November 29, 1:59 PM GMT.

Stream watch:

We will be showing off a selection of these GOG.com vintage exclusives on our Twitch channel almost daily if you'd like to see them live before you make your choice.
TUE, 12am GMT / 1am CET / 7pm EST -- Ravenloft with ArvanEleron
WED, 5pm GMT / 6pm CET / 12pm EST -- Warhammer 40.000: Rites of War with Classicor
THU, 5pm GMT / 6pm CET / 12pm EST -- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt NG+ Q&A with Outstar and the devs (more info)
THU, 9pm GMT / 10pm CET / 4pm EST -- Planescape: Torment with ScreamingJoypad
FRI, 5pm GMT / 6pm CET / 12pm EST -- Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone with MegapiemanPHD
Be sure to follow us not to miss anything and tune in to see the awesomeness unfold before your eyes!
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24-11-2015

Welcome to the Big Fall Sale

350+ daily deals and bundles up to -90%. Free games to unlock. Fuzzy squirrel on the front page.

Ah yes. Fall. A time of gold and scarlet, overcoats, and increasingly cozy afternoons. A fine time to start stocking up for the winter. A fine time for a gaming sale indeed… So welcome to the Big Fall Sale - 11 days of new daily deals every 12 hours, a new set of bundles every 24 hours and free games to unlock.

The floodgates swing open for launch with the first 24 hours of over 350 deals on classics, new releases, and even bundles - all up to 90% off. The first batch of bundles features: Bethesda titles up to 66% off (including The Elder Scrolls and Fallout classics) and the ultimate Interplay Collection at 90% off.

You can also Build Your Own Bundle full of Daedalic Adventures including Blackguards 2 and more - here, your discount will increase as you select more games - pick 5 or more to get the full 85% off your purchase! (Or get 80% off 4 games, 75% off 3 games, and so on.)
While you're here, grab a few extra games for free by doing your thing and shopping around. The more you spend, the more you'll get back, so when your total spendings exceed $5, $15, and $30, you'll unlock a new game for FREE. They're pretty good ones too:

--System Shock 2 - free for everyone who spends at least $5.
--The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - free for everyone who spends at least $15.
--Banished - free for everyone who spends at least $30.

Pet the squirrel, grab your nuts, stock up for winter, and stay cozy out there - the Big Fall Sale is here with 11 days of discounted gaming joy, new deals every day, free games to collect, and plenty of reasons to keep coming back! The sale will last until November 15, 1:59 PM GMT.

Stream watch:
You’re sure to see tons of discounted games played by our enthusiastic #StreamTeam over at Twitch.tv/GOGcom - be sure to follow us to know when we go live or check out our streaming schedule (via teampup)!
Text copy & paste: https://www.gog.com/news/welcome_to_the_big_fall_sale

https://www.gog.com/

graylox
04-11-2015

Indie Piñata comes to GOG.com

Mystery Games for $3 and deals up to 80% off.
The Indie Piñata is a whacky gaming sale brought to you by Crunching Koalas and GOG.com, a weeklong celebration of diverse indie games - organised to help gamers (you) discover great indie titles without breaking the bank. Instead, we'll break the Piñata!

There's so much stuff.
There's stuff alright, with plenty of video game stuffing.
We've got a hefty selection of deals up to 80% off - all indies, all highly recommended - this includes titles like Kerbal Space Program (-33%), NEO Scavenger (-50%), Legend of Grimrock 2 (-75%), and MouseCraft (-80%), so that you can pick and choose what you play (but it's probably best to get them all just in case).

Whack your Piñata!
If you're fond of surprises, for $3 (or your local equivalent), you can grab your own 100% whackable Piñata and find a random indie wonder inside - handpicked by us and Crunching Koalas. The Piñata can include games anywhere from $9.99 to $44.99, so there's a deal (and a satisfying POP) behind every swing - and we’ll be ready to congratulate those of you who show off your discounted gains on Twitter with the hashtag #IndiePinata!

The Promo and Piñata include a completely separate batch of games, so there's plenty of variety and surprises - we'll also rotate the Promo and Piñata lineup after three days, just so that things don't get too stale. The Indie Piñata promo will last until 9/18/2015, 9:59AM GMT. Just remember - check yourself, before you whack yourself.
Batter up!

Stream watch:
It's the Indie Piñata at Twitch.tv/GOGcom, as well! We’re celebrating with tons of special promo streams. Check out the schedule to know what’s going on over the weekend, and follow our channel for 4-6 hours of awesome, daily gaming content!
Text copypasta: https://www.gog.com/news/indie_pinata_comes_to_gogcom

Get the DRMfree Indie Games here: https://www.gog.com/news/indie_pinata_comes_to_gogcom

Here you can see the list of games others found in their Piñatas until now:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/indie_pinata_tracking_thread/page1

graylox

11-09-2015

Thanks for the heads up. :)

Weekend Promo: Ubisoft, Ubifine, Ubisavin'

Up to 75% off Heroes of Might & Magic III, Beyond Good & Evil, Settlers, Prince of Persia and more!
Heroes of Might and Magic is turning twenty this month - it's a hefty number for a game, though we're not exactly sure what that would be in human years. The important thing is that the series holds up just fine even today, much like these 40+ Ubisoft, Ubifine classics ripe for the picking. With discounts from 66-75% off, Ubisavin'!

Happy Birthday, Heroes of Might & Magic! You don't play a day over five. Great times we've had together; we still remember how we met back in '96 when you were still young but with so much potential. We'll never forget the way you took over our lives and our souls with Heroes of Might & Magic III either - we'd make you a best-of birthday-mixtape, but it would just end up being HoMM III on repeat. You're turning twenty this month, almost old enough for a crazy night in Vegas - but until then, we brought over some of your Ubifine friends, one of them probably snuck a beer anyway.

This party is about to go Beyond Good & Evil, and we wouldn't Settlers for anything less. The Prince of Persia is bouncing off the walls topless, while Splinter Cell is still being a wallflower. Come on in, this is still a Far Cry 2 from being over...
With over 40 names on the guestlist, check out our Weekend Promo: Ubisoft, Ubifine, Ubisavin' up to 75% off! The discounts will last until Wednesday, August 19, 12:59 PM GMT.
Copypasta:http://www.gog.com/news/weekend_promo_ubisoft_ubifine_ubisavin

http://www.gog.com/promo/ubisoft_weekend_promo_140815

graylox

14-08-2015

The weekend promotion is still up:

Weekend Promo: Gamescom Adventure

Up to 90% off Blackwell, Gemini Rue, Deponia, Blackguards 2, The Raven and more!

It's Gamescom week! All eyes are turned towards the big guys and the smaller players for a sneak peek at the next year in gaming. We too are watching with anticipation to see what new gaming adventures, trials, and exciting tribulations await us in the not so distant future. While we watch and listen, these four days are all about some of the awesomest adventures you have to catch up on - it's our sorta-extended Gamescom Adventure with deals up to 90% off!

It's a weekend filled with adventure from some of the best in the biz! Two titans - Deadelic and Wadjet Eye Games - come together each with their own unique flavor of classic point and click adventure. From Wadjet Eye's classically pixelated tales are gems like the famous, supernatural Blackwell series, or the dystopian cyberpunk story of Gemini Rue (will you see the twist coming?). For an even more twisted story of a post-apocalyptic humanity, check out Dead Synchronicity, a game that has at one point been described as "Guybrush meets Mad Max meets 12 Monkeys".

Then, there are the Daedalic adventures - games from a team that has nearly perfected the modern point and click. You can't not try the Deponia trilogy, featuring beautiful cartoony graphics and heaps of brilliant humor, all set on a garbage filled planet known as Deponia - full of gadgets, gizmos, and the weirdest most likeable gang of characters you'll meet. Though it's not quite your standard - there's plenty of pointing, clicking, and adventure to be had in the critically acclaimed Blackguards 2, a completely hexy, turn based, tactical RPG which will either break you or excite you with its plethora of fresh tactical options.

Joining the adventure is also The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief with a special Linux premiere! This point-and-click adventure from the creators of The Book of Unwritten Tales embodies everything that made crime mystery novels so popular.

Ready for the show - it's our extended Gamescom Adventure - with 25+ tales and trials on sale at up to 90% off. The promo will last until Tuesday, August 11, 3:59 AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/news/weekend_promo_gamescom_adventure

graylox

10-08-2015

Between all of the different DRMfree offers GOG publishes nearly daily, I choose this to remind you that GOG.com is still going strong.
It's a nice bundle for the fans of older Adventure games (like I am):

Weekly Staff Picks: Party Hard, Adventure Soft

Party Hard, Adventure Soft! 6 classics bundled at 86% off!

SIMON THE SORCERER
1993Adventure

SIMON THE SORCERER 2
1995Adventure

SIMON THE SORCERER 3D
2002Adventure

FEEBLE FILES, THE
1998Adventure

WAXWORKS
1992Adventure

PERSONAL NIGHTMARE
1989Adventure

http://www.gog.com/news/weekly_staff_picks_party_hard_adventure_soft

graylox

10-08-2015

Release: Tales from the Borderlands

Release: Tales from the Borderlands
19 hours ago
Welcome to Pandora, kiddos.
TALES FROM THE BORDERLANDS, a Telltale adventure Gearbox game, is available now, DRM-free on GOG.com - and it’s just as awesome and gun-filled as you would expect.
"I wish they took all the boring talky parts out of my Borderlands," said no one ever.
"Let's do the opposite of that," said the CEOs of Telltale Games and Borderlands, both of whom are good at making things you like. So break the internet Handsome Jack, TALES FROM THE BORDERLANDS is what you get when the zany world of Pandora gets to be weird in the spotlight!
If you are familiar with Telltale's signature adventure style you know exactly what to expect: beautiful, true to the original, art and a hilariously gripping story to shape with every act, decision or indecision.
Not long after the events of Borderlands 2, you will take control of a Hyperion hopeful and a native con-artist working the streets of Pandora. On their adventures you'll meet familiar faces and non-faces, including the titillating Mad Moxxi, Zer0 (still as a number), and the torturously Handsome Jack.
The intrigue is still unraveling, and the all the random guns are still being generated (it simply wouldn't be Borderlands without all the random guns, would it?), so pick up the entire season today and join us in waiting for the next exciting and DRM-free TALES FROM THE BORDERLANDS episode, available at 50% off for 72 hours, or until June 22nd, 11:59 GMT.
What does the press say?
“This is a story full of Borderlands’ trademark humor” -- IGN
“If you like the idea of back-flipping onto a speeding caravan or slicing open a giant dog monster with a katana? This is exactly your speed.” -- GamesRadar

Original text:

http://www.gog.com/news/release_tales_from_the_borderlands

graylox
20-06-2015

Best Deals Return! It’s The 2015 DRM-Free Summer Sale 48-hour Finale

Summer Sale 48-hour Finale
19 hours ago
It’s the final countdown!
The grand GOG.com 2015 DRM-free Summer Sale Finale is finally here! 40+ bundles and 700+ game deals up to 90% off are back to tempt you one final time. They are joined by the DRM-free premiere of Tales from the Borderlands for an absolutely perfect weekend of gaming appreciation and excessive shopping.
All the best deals return!
It’s insane, it’s hectic, it’s absolutely awesome! Starting now, every single deal, discount and markdown returns for one final countdown.
Missed The Walking Dead Series when it was 75% off? It’s back, just for you.
Can’t get over the fact that you and that discount on Kerbal Space Program are never, ever getting back together? Now you can, fates be damned.
Couldn’t pick between Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut and Legend of Grimrock 2? It’s your last chance, go for both! And toss Jade Empire on top of that pile of gaming goodness, you deserve it.
Unlocked your free games yet?
This is your final chance to unlock up to three games for free - when you spend money to get games, you get even more games.
-- If you have spent at least $1, you have unlocked SimCity 2000;
-- Buy stuff for $20 or more to get S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky;
-- Cross the $50 threshold for Xenonauts, absolutely free.
If you have already crossed these lines, there’s no stopping you from getting absolutely everything - may the guardian spirits of gaming have you in their care.
You have time to get in on the shopping frenzy before these offers expire on Sunday, June 21st, at 11:59am GMT (check this WolframAlpha conversion to know when that happens in your time zone).

Original Text with links on:
http://www.gog.com/news/all_deals_return_its_the_2015_drmfree_summer_sale_48hour_finale

graylox
20-06-2015