GOG is at it again.
They're having a "timed" summer sale.
Games appear for a couple of hours then vanish to be replaced by something else and they are up to 90% off!
Right now, 2:30 EDT, Dark Eye, Chains of Satinav is going for 90% off $19.99 with 2 hours left to get it.
The Raven, with 2 hours to go, is 75% off $24.99.
You figure those discounts out.

Sanitarium and The Cat Lady are coming up "soon".

We are doomed. My wallet is already cringing.

Gil.

Thanks for letting us know, Gil.....I think.

I'll be watching for Sanitarium.

3:30 EDT
Cat Lady and Sanitarium are up, Marian!
Lilly Looking Through coming soon.

Gil.

Thanks, Gil.

Hey, Marian, I'm just curious.
I find it hard to believe that a long-time gamer like you has never played Sanitarium.
Are you just looking for a digital download to keep on your shelf that has probably been tweaked a bit?

Old as it is, this is a great, very weird game and definitely worth getting if anyone is on the fence about it.

Gil.

I bought and played the game when it first came out. Now I think it would be nice to have a digital download as well, and particularly when some folks here about seven or eight years ago started reporting that the CD of their game had literally exploded (no, I am not making this up) in significantly faster CD-ROM drives than those available at the time of the game's release. Strange, but true.

I remember when I first played the game after having purchased it in a retail store; I was amazed by the diversity of the environments, wondering what was going to happen next and where the game was going to take me. Very atmospheric game, and very weird and creepy. I am looking forward to a replay.

OMG, exploded??? Lol!
I hope their computers lived through it!

Gil.

Yep, their computers survived, but players' nerves were shot. Not fun taking all of the shattered pieces of CD out of their drives, either.

Just picked up Sanitarium - thanks a bunch for posting about this, Gil.

Jack Keane 2 is up now, 85% off $29.99. (5:30 EDT)
Other discounted games up right now are Amnesia, a Machine for Pigs and Memoria.

One hour left to get Tales of Monkey Island at 90% off $34.99.

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring is coming soon.

I wonder if any of these will repeat?
With 700 games to go through, maybe not.

I'm waiting for one particular game that I missed on the last sale.
If it doesn't come fairly soon, I can see I'm going to be GOGgle-eyed, so to speak.

Gil.

Thanks for the info, traveler. I picked up Back to the Future (which I already have on disk, but I couldn't resist the deal ) and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silver Earring (which I have not yet played ). Fantastic deals.

I just bought Moebius which I didn't want to pay full price for when it was released due due mixed reviews, but I will take a chance on it being fifteen dollars

I'm getting to like digital downloads better than physical copies as long as they're on my GOG shelf all neatly rowed up.
They don't gather dust and I can be sure they'll work ad infinitum on Win 7 without typing in codes.

My copy of Grim; a lovely big box of Dracula: Resurrection; a few Sherlock Holmes games (Rushes would never speak to me again if I tossed those); Paradise, which I sorta like even though it's awful, and the LHOD games that aren't available on GOG (which wouldn't send you spiders anyway) stay with me but the rest...foof.
It's sales like this that make my digital game shelf much bigger than the one my physical copies occupy.
It just got another one when I picked up Book of Unwritten Tales for a measly five bucks.

I hope the Darkside gamers are aware of the summer sale that's still going, if a bit toned down, because there are some really good deals there waiting for them.

Gil.

Were you ever able to pick up Driftmoon, Gil? It was one of the deals last night.

Gil. You're allowed to make a frisbee out of SH Mystery of the Mummy. The rest you must cherish forever.

And if you had asked me if I had any frisbees in my house, I would have said no.

Those little discs just have so much potential.

Thanks for the tip Marian, I just checked out Driftmoon on GOG, it looks like a good one - and only $7.50

That's a good price, but you might want to wait and see if it comes up as another one of those 2-hour flash deals. I don't remember exactly, but I think it was being sold for between two and three dollars last night. It's still a good discount, though, even if you don't catch that deal. Great deals are everywhere on GOG right now.

Vegpot,

Don't buy Driftmoon yet!
It may come up again on the Summer Sale.
I paid $2.24.

Gil.


Yes!
I hesitated to mention it since it's an RPG a you-know-what.
I've only played a little but it's cute, goofy and I think it's going to be fun.
Gotta do something about that font, though.
Think I can.


Dang, and here I thought I might like to play MotM but it must be really bad if you'd sail it out the window.

Oh, geez, I didn't mean to stack.
Mea maxima culpa.

Gil.

Well, how can I not forgive someone who apologizes in Latin?

I just picked up the Dracula Trilogy for $1.99. I'm all done with the sale now, I'm all done with the sale now....

Oh yeah ?? Who are you trying to convince ??

Myself.

I need to get some malware on my computer that will keep redirecting my browser.

Urk, I know just what you mean.
It was driven home when I looked at GOG's front page just now and on one of the bundles up at the top a little flag said: "You own everything from this deal. :)"
Let me know if you find that malware, Marian.
I think I need it.

Gil.

Yea, me three. I have already bought 15 games in this sale, some of which I have on disc but never played and fear the discs won't work (Broken Sword games). Reading Marian's post above about Sanitarium (played) made my rebuy that, although I've never actually replayed a game yet with so many unplayed ones to play. But wasn't it the Bad Mojo discs that were exploding? That's what I seem to remember.

The Sanitarium disks were the exploding ones that I remember.

Ana

I definitely remember that it was the Sanitarium disks that were exploding; my memory isn't what it used to be, but I'm certain about this. It would have been even more ironic if it had been the Bad Mojo disks, though. Think about it.

15 games purchased during this sale? That makes me feel better. I'm still watching the sales, though, so I'm not out of the woods yet.

Ok, Sanitarium. Don't know why I had Bad Mojo in my head.

I am also still watching the sale. The Dracula Trilogy is coming up again and I'm pretty sure I'll be hitting buy because I did love the first two games.

So far I bought all the Broken Sword, all the Tex Murphy except the latest one, Sanitarium, Ether One, Gemini Rue (the reviews scared me off but this was cheap enough), Journey to the Center of the Earth which I have on disc not played, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, and Stacking.

I was wondering what you had purchased; that all sounds very good.

Gil, I guess I'm doing better than you are: when I look at the bundle sale at the top of the GOG sale page, it tells me that I own *part* of this bundle.

Oh (sigh) I saw that message once, too, Marian.

If you want to really see how weak-kneed you are when a deal comes along, go to your Shelf and count your games.
Oog.

Congratulate me, though!
I turned down Kentucky Route Zero!
(Please don't let it come up again...please....)

Gil.

I didn't know about Kentucky Route Zero. Hmm.

How long does this sale go on? Do I have to keep an eye on it while I'm at work?

According to an email received:



It's going to be a looooong two weeks.

Hm, too bad my bosses aren't out of town!

Marian,

I gather Kentucky Route Zero is not much of an adventure game but it is an adventure and nearly all of the reviews from people who've played it are glowing.
Of course, they glowed for Dear Esther, too, and I have no desire a'tall to play that.
I dunno, there's just something about this one that intrigues me.
Problem is, aside from the half price on the sale still being above what I can cajole myself into paying, Kentucky Route Zero is not finished.
You're paying for a season pass and it's on Episode 3.
So...I keep telling myself Wait until it's done.
Might be hard, though.

Gil.

Ah, I see. Wait until it's done isn't easy, but it's great if you can do it. There's something about beginning a game knowing that the entirety lies before you that makes it even better.

Thanks for the heads up about the game. I'll be keeping it in mind.

Too late, I bought it, but to be honest it's not a lot to pay so I am happy to take the chance. Just started Moebius now

I hope you enjoy Moebius. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts about Kentucky Route Zero, when you play it.

Oooh Kentucky Route Zero looks like one to watch for when all the Acts are available! Thanks Marian!

Buy the whole bundle or take your pick of those you don't own.
Bundle prices, up to 90% off, are below.

Broken Sword 1 through 4: $5.56
Leisure Suit Larry compilation (3 games): $4.37
Tex Murphy Classics (4 games): $7.16
Deponia Trilogy: $11.97
Runaway Trilogy: $5.97
Sam and Max (3): $9.47

I'm not sure but I think Steam is starting a big sale today, too, for those of you who use it.

Gil.

I too got the email from GOG about the sale and it's super, some of the prices are unbelievable. I've bought three or four games but it seems that so many are action or strategy and I don't really care for those, I prefer adventure point and click. I've been tempted to purchase Syberia 1 & 2 (I have two copies) and A New Beginning, my granddaughters favorite, even though we've played it. Afraid the discs will not play on newer computers. Is Sanitarium that great? Is it gory? I'd like to pick up a few more while the prices are so good. Any recommendations?

Sanitarium is strange, Terri824.
There's a tiny bit of gore but the real horror comes in Max's drugged dreams.
Dreams?
They must be dreams.
You start in an asylum where no one but you is sane.
You're sent to save horribly deformed children from a monstrous 'Mother' by a statue of an angel that comes to life yet it seems they don't care...or do they?
You play as an alien superhero, your own sister who died in childhood, an Aztec chief, all the time trying to surface from the nightmare and discover what it all means.
The graphics are relatively old so you're more or less shielded from what it might look like now if Sanitarium was new.
(Oh, boy, perish the thought!)

Movement is a little odd; you hold down the Right mouse button and steer Max in the direction you want him to move.

I have only two real criticisms: whoever voiced Max sounds as if he understudied a wooden Indian but, hey, at least he doesn't whine; and right at the end of the game there's a 'boss fight' the devs should have left out.
I ended up watching the last little bit of the game on YouTube since I couldn't get past that miserable chessboard but it really made no difference; I totally enjoyed the game.

Anyhow, here's the GOG page for Sanitarium with screenshots and other peoples' views on the game.
I looked for a review here on GB and was surprised to see there isn't one since Sanitarium is on the list of all time greats but there are a couple of walkthroughs.

Gil.

I lucked out on the chessboard in Sanitarium the first time I played; I had little to no idea what I was doing, and I beat it. Ignorance was bliss.

Terri, I have also seen GOG running 2-hour sale/flash deals on the following adventure games:

The Dark Eye: Memoria
Edna and Harvey: The Breakout
Edna and Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Blackwell Bundle (The Blackwell Legacy, Blackwell Unbound, Blackwell Convergence, and Blackwell Deception)
Ceville
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

.....just to name a few. The 2-hour sale/flash deals do repeat from time to time; you just have to keep checking back to see what is currently on offer.

Wow, that game sounds a bit bizarre Gil but if it goes on the flash sale again I'll grab it. Thanks for the info.
Marian I'll check out the game recommendations, thanks. I think most of those have cartoon characters which are not my favorite but I'll still take a look.
Terri

I've been to GOG so often to check the "flash sales" I'm surprised my G & O on my keyboard work.

I didn't find The Dark Eye on GOG. Is Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare heavy on action and is it part of the Alone in the Dark series? Oops, think I just answered my own question on that one. Do you have to play 1,2 & 3 to understand The New Nightmare or does it stand alone?

Terri,

If you want to find a game on GOG, just go to Browse Games and use the Search Function.
Here is The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav.

Gil.

Thanks Gil. I was wanting The Dark Eye Memoria. I should have been more specific! Let me try this again. I know darn well I did a search for Memoria and it did not pull it up, however I just did it again and there it is. Wow, I'm scaring myself.
Any input for the game Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare? I've looked at so many games I think I'm losing track of what I'm doing.
Terri

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare has adventure-game elements, but you are also shooting monsters and the like. If you are looking for a pure adventure game, I think you would be disappointed.

I got a ton of games I'd been wanting for some time. Last 2 Runaways, 11th Hour, Memoria, Leisure Suit Larry set (was sad that it didn't have Reloaded, but oh well), Sanitarium, Inherit the Earth and some non-adventures. Still waiting for the "Quest" games (aside from "for Glory") as they have eluded me for some time. I'm hoping they make it in a bundle for 75-90% off. Otherwise, I'll have to settle for a mere half off.

Oh yes, and Amnesia and Dark Fall 3. I'm gonna have to play Amnesia, Outlast, Darkfall back-to-back and see if I have any sanity left by the time it's done.

Marian, does the New Nightmare have a lot of action? I don't mind a little, just not so much or so difficult that I get frustrated.
Thanks.

I can't say for sure; what I was telling you was based on reviews I had read of the game. What I can tell you is that I read that enemies can respawn and that sounded tedious to me. I would check out a few reviews and see what you think.

Thanks so much Marian.

You're welcome, Terri.

That sounds like a nice haul, Core.

Got a question. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller: Full Season on gog, am I reading this correctly and it includes all four episodes?

Yes, it includes all four episodes.

Oh my, what a sale. Thanks Marian

I know one thing, if these game sales don't end soon I'm going to be broke, and going to have to find a street corner. Well maybe not I'd be broke for sure plus might end up in jail and couldn't play the games I've purchased.
I just came across Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. $4.99. on Steam.

Terri, stop looking at the sales.

(and those words of mine fall under the heading of do as I say and not as I do).

I wish they would stop the sales on GOG,I can't afford any more games. So many I can't play them all at once.
Richard

The GOG sale doesn't end until the 30th. This is really going to build our character.

I just found out about GOG today from Gameboomers but I have a question about the older games. I would love to play my old Gabriel Knight games but my computer can't load them. On GOG it says that the games are for Windows 8. Does that mean if I buy the download it will play on my new computer? Does Sanitarium also play on Windows 8 with the download from GOG? I downloaded Gray Matter from another site, but never could get into that game. Does it download the same way?

Hi Norma, I don't have Windows 8 but rather Windows 7, so I can't speak from experience, but if the download page says that the game will run on Windows 8, then it should work on Windows 8.

GOG has a downloader that you can use to download the games, but it's optional and not required. I find for myself that my downloads are faster if I use the GOG downloader. You can read about the downloader here.

By the way, I believe that I have seen a few walkthroughs here on GameBoomers that you wrote; it's nice to see you.

Thanks, Marian, I will give GOG a try.

Thank you, Marian, it is nice to see you too

GOG has a good support team, so if you have any problems, they will certainly try to resolve them. It's an excellent site.

Thanks, Marian. I downloaded the GOG downloader but haven't set up an account with them yet. I am looking forward to getting some games from them

Hi, Norma,

Just a note to let you know that if you ever do have any problems with a GOG game, your best bet is to check the game's forum first.
Often enough, you'll find the answer you need right there.

Gil.

Good advice, Gil.

You can also go to the Support section and see if there is advice related to your particular game. Doing this solved a problem I had with a game in the past week.

Quick question. Any input for Slender: The Arrival?

Nope, I'm not fond of horror games so I haven't played it but have you watched the trailer or read the reviews on GOG?
Two stars...that's pretty bad.

Gil.

I wish they'd show some different games. I'm getting tired of looking at the same ones over and over. Do you think they will? I had to go over to the Big Fish sale today to get my fix.

Desperate times require desperate measures.

It appears that there are new bundle sales every day, but the flash deals are indeed getting repetitive. Don't forget that just about everything on the website, though, is discounted right now. Frankly, I am immensely relieved that the catalog of flash deals is repeating itself.

I really should be relieved too but I'm hooked. Keep checking it out all day even while I'm at work. I picked up Syberia 2 a few days ago so I'd like to get Syberia 1. I'd also like to get Bad Mojo and the first two Dark Fall games. I haven't seen any of those.

I only took any notice of this thread a few days ago but thank you traveller! - changes in my circumstances mean I couldn't have afforded the 10 + ? games I've bought (actually I've lost count! ) if it wasn't for the flash sales & I'm going to be hooked until the sales end!

This is true Gil, reviews were not too good. I did watch the video and thought it looked ok though.

I'm glad to hear you picked up some games during the sale, chrissie!

It seems we're in the same boat, chrissie.
The incredible deals on the sale made it possible for me to pick up games I'd been wanting to play but couldn't have afforded, even some Darkside ones that it made no sense to buy if it turned out they were too much for old fingers but I could justify buying at some of these wildly low prices.
I'm with Marian; it's just as well they're repeating so much now and tempting me less!

Gil.

For the next hour you can get this one at Gog.com for $6.24 reduced down from $24.99. I am presently playing this one and may write a review. For this sales price it is a good buy well worth the investment, if you like Agatha Christy types. For $24.99 well, run away, run far away. Had I paid full price I'd be furious but at $6.24 it is a good game, flawed but worth this price.

Thanks, oldmariner. That's a great reduction, and worth snapping up at that price.

The game is a bit clunky and the space bar does not reveal hot spots as noted by Mag in her walk through. Locating things to click on becomes a frustrating pixel hunt. Too many items are poorly defined. With that said it is a long game, all three parts included. It is a good detailed story. I'm only half way through it but beyond the mechanical issues it's well worth the reduced price. Oh yeah, there is no manual Mag's walk is needed for the basics.

That's strange, oldmariner, because the space bar DID reveal hot spots (as noted by Mag in her walkthrough) for ME

I really enjoyed the game

Got 4 games free, bought 7 for $19.17. Lots of new games to play in next months. Currently playing Sanitarium that is absolutely gripping and brilliant, especially when you consider it was originally released already in 1998.

Timo