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Blizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to boot (www.pcgamer.com)

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

When I first got WC2, I discovered that my 1x CD couldn't read from the disc fast enough for me to play it. The game would run for about five or ten minutes, then crash. I made it about half way through first campaign - 5 to 10 minutes at a time - before I was able to afford a 4x CD and play it normally.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

For me, it is just that the game never ran. To make it clear, I don't think I ever had the WC2 full game, but the demo, but that didn't do much either. I remember being at a cousin's place who seemed like he had it, but again... it just didn't run. It seems like all the forces that be in the 90s just didn't want me to play that game.

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I find this especially interesting as I bought the game from a garage sale and when I got home I found out it was just a burned disc with a home-printed label. I was too young to understand the dangers of putting that shit in my cd-drive but old enough to know there was a good chance the game wouldn't work at all. To my great surprise it worked fine and I played the crap out of it. Probably one of the first games where I finished the single player campaign.