Posted September 05, 2013
Is there any possibility that games with multiple versions will see both released? I'm thinking specifically of Wing Commander IV and MDK. Since putting these games on Mac would mean a Boxer package anyway, much of the work of a DOSBox release would already be done, and it could be released as an unsupported download.
This would have a few benefits: in cases where one version doesn't work, the other would be available as a fallback. For those of us with alternative DOSBox setups (such as DOSBox Turbo on Android), this would let us use our games on those systems. Finally, there's a completionist appeal for collectors - I have a CD copy of WCIV, but I'd love to have the original version in my GOG collection.
About the only catch is that the site would need to support download links for two different installer packages. I'm not sure if this is already in place or not (I'm only aware of two games with alternate versions, and I don't own them).
(This isn't really appropriate for the wishlist, since I'm asking about games already released.)
This would have a few benefits: in cases where one version doesn't work, the other would be available as a fallback. For those of us with alternative DOSBox setups (such as DOSBox Turbo on Android), this would let us use our games on those systems. Finally, there's a completionist appeal for collectors - I have a CD copy of WCIV, but I'd love to have the original version in my GOG collection.
About the only catch is that the site would need to support download links for two different installer packages. I'm not sure if this is already in place or not (I'm only aware of two games with alternate versions, and I don't own them).
(This isn't really appropriate for the wishlist, since I'm asking about games already released.)