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The return of an 8-bit legend!

The Lords of Midnight, a unique classic mash-up of RPG, strategy, and interactive fiction, faithfully recreated for modern systems, is now available on GOG.com for only $5.99

The land of Midnight is in danger. The name of the villain menacing the realm is whispered in every homestead with fear and fascination: Doom... dark, Doomdark, Doomdark! Only the Lords of Midnight, the valiant knight protectors of the folk, can stand up to the accursed Whitchking. It will be no easy task, though. The lords will ride the four winds, looking for allies, recruiting their armies, and bringing light to wherever the shadow of Doomdark falls. Forging their legend with their every step, they would become the champions the land needs. Should they fail, all will be lost. Don't let them fail.

The Lords of Midnight was originally released in 1984. What you see here, is a revamped version of the exact same game, retaining its gameplay and graphical style, just adding some more intuitive interface and high resolution graphics. At its core, however, this is the exact same game that enthralled the imagination of many gamers almost three decades ago. The turn based game mixes elements of an adventure with a robust, well-written storyline, an epic wargame in which you manage and command large armies, and a role-playing game with much focus on exploration of the game's incredibly detailed landscape. Your main quest--defeating the evil Witchking Doomdark--is no easy task, and completing the game in any of the possible ways will prove a challenge. Let one of the oldest, yet greatest stories ever told in a computer game unfold before you!

See how deep, addicting, and fun computer games already were 30 years ago. Get The Lords of Midnight today, for only $5.99 on GOG.com!
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FraterPerdurabo: When was the last time GOG released an old game?

e: never mind, figured out how to use the browse function. Depressing.
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Tarm: Oh yes it is.

I honestly believe GOG need to come clean with us customers why they have almost stopped releasing old games.
As it is now I suspect they are losing a lot of the customers that have been here a long time.
They're probably losing sales too because all those indie games can be bought everywhere and many that have for example Steam buy them there instead because it's practical to have most of your games in one easy to access place.
DRM free simply isn't a strong enough selling argument on its own if it isn't for new AAA games.
Yeah, they are definitely losing the interest of people such as myself who come here to buy classics and ease-to-play. Let's look at Amnesia and Penumbra, the two latest "old" releases. I bought all of those during the Steam sale years ago and actually played a bit of Amnesia a while ago. I don't think that GOG had to make a great effort (and by that I mean probably none) to make those work on newer rigs, because I don't think that Steam had to do anything there and my game worked just fine right off the bat.

So let's see: higher prices, worse and less frequent sales, generic catalog additions from the near-past, new games which will be available at a fraction of a cost on Steam in the near future. Not good enough. For me as a customer, if GOG wants to compete with Steam or other digital distributors, it must up its ante by releasing way more games way more frequently to build up a catalog which can in size and variety compete with those of other digital distributors. I can understand their motivation though - now that it has built up a reasonable reputation it is probably far more profitable for GOG to churn out newer titles because of the price difference. I can also understand how it claims to be "championing" the DRM-free movement (which is to be lauded), but I am not going to repurchase a game on GOG that I already have on an alternative digital distribution platform just to get it DRM-free (unless it is one of my absolute favourites).

Replacing two GOGs a week with two indie games a week is not good enough.
I was very excited when I found this site during the summer sale that occurred recently. I now have plenty to keep me busy for at least a year.

That being said, if GOG's new strategy is to drop its emphasis on good old games and chase newer games and indie titles that are available literally everywhere else, I don't see myself coming back next summer when the sale hits again.
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Falci: 30 years ago... I feel old.

(To those wondering, I was born in 1984).
Ask me about it (born in 1972).

;o)
I never played the original, but everything I read about it (and this remake), made me feel, i have to play it.
So I bought it rightaway.

And - believe it, or not - I find the graphics beautiful.
This game looks interesting, but the total lack of sound is disturbing. Old school DOS games? sure. Games without any sound of CGA graphics, no thanks. This would explain why I had a 10 year affair with Commodore computers. Maybe if this title had some sound, I would be more interested.
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darth_careful: <snip>
Do you work in marketing? If not, you might want to consider it, because you just sold the game to me.
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oldschool: This game looks interesting, but the total lack of sound is disturbing. Old school DOS games? sure. Games without any sound of CGA graphics, no thanks. This would explain why I had a 10 year affair with Commodore computers. Maybe if this title had some sound, I would be more interested.
Put on some music.
I used to put on Winter Dreams and Midnight Mover by Accept when playing the old Spectrum version.
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oldschool: This game looks interesting, but the total lack of sound is disturbing. Old school DOS games? sure. Games without any sound of CGA graphics, no thanks. This would explain why I had a 10 year affair with Commodore computers. Maybe if this title had some sound, I would be more interested.
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PetrusOctavianus: Put on some music.
I used to put on Winter Dreams and Midnight Mover by Accept when playing the old Spectrum version.
Touche'. However, I am cursed, you see being an audiophile is tough. Without any music or in-game sound I just cannot get into the game. Kudos for the suggestion though.
Happy to see an old game made GOG new. Thanks for releasing this! :D
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FraterPerdurabo: ...
I have somewhat similar feelings, in that I felt like by letting Good Old Games head out the door (I still believe they could have kept that and still brought new titles), they lost an amazing identity and "position" in the marketplace. They'll be bringing more classics this fall, but these "dry" summer months probably lost some fans who were showing up every week for the classics.

Nevertheless, there were many people excited about the release of Amnesia; the number actually blew me away. And even more surprisingly, it has been the #1 bestseller for around two weeks, even at $20. I was sure everyone had their fill of the game by now (I got it in a Humble Bundle and don't even plan on playing it), but apparently not!

I do think the price is perfectly fine ($6? C'mon), but I'm not against those who will only buy it in a sale. That's often how it is. For better or worse, the oversaturation of the market is "spoiling" us gamers, and giving us many choices about how much we are willing to spend.
Post edited August 14, 2013 by tfishell
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KOCollins: Happy to see an old game made GOG new. Thanks for releasing this! :D
Not GOG made the game new. They just released it. ;)
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Silverhawk170485: Not GOG made the game new. They just released it. ;)
I know ;) I was meaning "made new to GOG." I was trying to be a little witty or 'something.' You know, spicing up a rather droll post that otherwise would have been unlegendary and uber-boring. See, it made your brain do hiccups and butterfly-knots, so it worked! =D
*High five*
:-P
Now, time to get lost in Midnight.
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Silverhawk170485: Not GOG made the game new. They just released it. ;)
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KOCollins: I know ;) I was meaning "made new to GOG." I was trying to be a little witty or 'something.' You know, spicing up a rather droll post that otherwise would have been unlegendary and uber-boring. See, it made your brain do hiccups and butterfly-knots, so it worked! =D
*High five*
:-P
Now, time to get lost in Midnight.
Anyone can say that afterwards. But I know what you thought. xD
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oldschool: This game looks interesting, but the total lack of sound is disturbing. Old school DOS games? sure. Games without any sound of CGA graphics, no thanks. This would explain why I had a 10 year affair with Commodore computers. Maybe if this title had some sound, I would be more interested.
Well, in all fairness, this was never an old-school DOS game. It was originally a ZX Spectrum game that was also ported to the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. All three machines were perfectly capable of sound, but not even the C64 version had any effects or music to speak of.
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Silverhawk170485: Anyone can say that afterwards. But I know what you thought. xD
Oh, drat! Busted!!
;-p