In recent years, publishers and distributors of digital content have repeatedly reminded us to what extent video games purchased on stores like Steam or the Microsoft Store do not belong to us. We can for example cite the case of The Crew, whose players had their licenses withdrawn on Ubisoft Connect. However, GOG continues to stand out, this time by announcing an initiative to preserve video games.
GOG announces its game preservation program
While GOG already has a very good reputation, in particular because of its games offered without DRM, which means that they belong to the players, the distributor has just presented its preservation program.
The company thus ensures that the games supported in the program “will remain compatible with modern systems, even after their developers have stopped supporting them”.
Thus, on the store, currently 92 certified games with the small “Preserved by GOG” stamp can be purchased with your eyes closed, without ever worrying about compatibility problems. Note, however, that GOG has specified that 100 games have already joined the program, but we only see 92. The company has already confirmed that other games will soon join the program, including some that are not yet available in the catalog from the store.
While The Video Game History Foundation recently shared that 87% of games created before 2010 are inaccessible today, GOG now says it is determined “to bring this number to zero”.
“We have worked hard to achieve this and are confident that with this program we can combat the inaccessibility of video games and keep them alive forever.” »
GOG even offers the possibility of discovering in detail all the work carried out to preserve Heroes of Might and Magic III, Diablo and Resident Evil 1-2-3.
While GOG has already through its work made it possible to rediscover many old games, this promise to “keep them alive forever” clearly has something to cheer us up, while players are asking themselves many questions about preservation. of their digital libraries.
The complete list of the first 92 games included in the GOG preservation program
- Akalabeth : World of Doom
- Alpha Protocol
- Anno 1404 : Gold Edition
- Arcanum : Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
- Biing ! : Sex, Intrigue and Scalpels
- Bio Threat
- Blade Runner
- Blood Omen : Legacy of Kain
- Caesar 3
- Carmageddon Max Pack
- Constructor Classic 1997
- Crusader : No Regret™
- Crusader : No Remorse™
- Curse : The Eye of Isis
- Demonicon
- Descent
- Diablo + Hellfire
- Dragon Age™ : Origins – Ultimate Edition
- Dragonsphere
- Dungeon Keeper Gold™
- Dungeon Keeper™ 2
- Dungeons & Dragons : Dragonshard
- Earthworm Jim
- Empire Earth 2 Gold Edition
- Empire Earth Gold Edition
- Fallout
- Fallout : New Vegas Ultimate Edition
- Fantasy General
- FATE : Undiscovered Realms
- Heroes of Might and Magic®
- Heroes of Might and Magic® 3 : Complete
- Heroes of Might and Magic® 4 : Complete
- Hocus Pocus
- I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
- Icewind Dale 2 Complete
- Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™
- Jagged Alliance
- Jagged Alliance : Deadly Games
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection
- Jazz Jackrabbit Collection
- Jill of the Jungle : The Complete Trilogy
- King of Dragon Pass
- Knights of Honor
- Legacy of Kain : Defiance
- LEGO® The Hobbit™
- Leisure Suit Larry: Cruising on the High Seas!
- Mad Max
- Middle-earth™ : Shadow of Mordor™ Game of the Year Edition
- Might and Magic® 6-pack Limited Edition
- Myst Masterpiece Edition
- Pirates ! Gold Plus
- Populous™ : The Beginning
- Resident Evil
- Resident Evil 2
- Resident Evil 3
- Resident Evil Bundle
- Return to Mysterious Island 2
- Riven (1997)
- Roller Coaster Tycoon® 2 : Triple Thrill Pack
- RollerCoaster Tycoon® Deluxe
- Sam & Max Hit the Road
- Sensible World of Soccer 96/97
- Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
- SimCity™ 2000 Special Edition
- SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
- Star Control I & II
- Starflight™ 1+2
- Stargunner
- SWAT 4 : Gold Edition
- System Shock™ 2
- Tex Murphy : Mean Streets + Martian Memorandum
- The Cave
- The Curse of Monkey Island™
- The Elder Scrolls II : Daggerfall
- The Elder Scrolls III : Morrowind GOTY Edition
- The Secret of Monkey Island™ : Special Edition
- The Witcher 2 : Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
- The Witcher : Enhanced Edition
- Theme Hospital
- Theme Park
- Tyrian 2000
- Ultima™ 4 : Quest of the Avatar
- Ultima™ 7 The Complete Edition
- Vampire® : The Masquerade – Bloodlines™
- Warcraft I & II Bundle
- Warcraft II Battle.net Edition
- Warcraft : Orcs and Humans
- Wing Commander ® : Privateer ™
- Wing Commander™ 3 Heart of the Tiger™
- Worms United
- X-Com: UFO Defense
- Zeus + Poseidon (Acropolis)
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