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Good Old Games gets Psychonauts, Advent Rising, and more photo

Majesco Entertainment is the latest company to get in on the Good Old Games action. What does it mean for us? Surprisingly good things.

Available now completely free of DRM are Psychonauts ($9.99) and Advent Rising ($5.99). Alongside BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2, more Majesco games will be appearing on GOG in the near future.

Anthony's Games that time forgot article on Advent Rising (excuse the formatting; old post is old) always made me want to play the game, but as usual, I never got around to it. The chance to do so for six bucks without leaving the house? Sounds easy enough.

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Krow's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:01
Krow
Ah, Advent Rising.
Carl Sagan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:03
Carl Sagan
Is Advent Rising any good?
Necro BABS's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:04
Necro BABS
I remember when Advent Rising was touted as this EPIC that was going get the trilogy route.

The notable frame-rate drops made me return it the same day I picked it up.
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:12
John B
Psychonauts. It was mine from GOG before this even got posted. Yeah, baby!
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:13
Xzyliac
BloodRayne!
drivenbyfate's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:17
drivenbyfate
I thought Advent Rising was amazing at the time and Im sure it still lives up today
drivenbyfate's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:20
drivenbyfate
Nevermind I lied I was thinking of Indigo Prophecy (Don't ask how I got those mixed up). Advent Rising was decent and just left me wanting a damn sequel that improved on the original.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:22
Monodi
Damn, I was very loyal too GOG before I got hooked to Steam, and they already had it in first place. I feel very conflicted.
D-Nez's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:31
D-Nez
Advent Rising is one of those games I wish they could remake with current gen hardware. I enjoyed it despite frame rate drops & few glitches that prevented events from loading.

Oh and Metal Arms needs to be on current hardware, or even a sequel. Who owns the IP rights to that?
ndschroede23's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:50
ndschroede23
First I've heard of this website. I browsed through it, but most of the content was compatible only with Windows. Can someone more familiar with the site tell me, does it have any Mac-friendly downloads?
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:52
KaL YoshiKa
Advent Rising is my personal favourite game ever - a luck out on system hardware and timing meant that I played it on PC and with pretty much zero frustrations. Fairly decent story, great weapon and ability set and minor RPG/Roguelike Stat acquisition lead to a superb game. The Bloodrayne games are also great and the second game is criminally underrated for being a vast improvement over the original. It's basically a brawler/third person shooter what more could you want?!
hood_954's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 22:00
hood_954
i really should finish psychonauts
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 22:07
Guagloves
Any excuse to buy Psychonauts is a good one. DO IT.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 22:18
king3vbo
Holy fuck yes. These games are amazing
Ikey Heyman's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 22:24
Ikey Heyman
Psychonauts is a good "old" game?

...not that I'm complaining. I've bought it twice and I'll probably buy it again.
ninjalegend's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 23:05
ninjalegend
I love the way the games are DRM free. I print them up on disks, and feel like I actually own them, like a console game. No, you need to be plugged in, or any of that limited install crap.
Jack8274's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 23:07
Jack8274
Oh Psychonauts. You gave me such joy. Lung fish city still to this day makes me smile when I think about it.
Holiday's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 23:13
Holiday
Psychonauts is a must play. Advent Rising was suppose to be a big hit but apparently the control scheme sunk the game.
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 23:37
John B
@ninjalegend:

That's exactly why I support them whenever I can. I've even bought games from them that I still have on disc to support them and to get rid of the DRM.
Debeo Laurus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 23:43
Debeo Laurus
GOG = Win
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 04:35
lewness
Just when I started to get curious about Psychonauts, I couldn't find a single copy! This is a great chance for me.
reindall's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 09:27
reindall
Well, Psychonauts is available for free on GameTap, so you could always try it out there.

On the other hand, scratch that last sentence - it's always better to support GOG.
Jeckyll007's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 11:49
Jeckyll007
Great game and GOG is awesome... I'm a little sad I already got it on Steam, would have loved to have the DRM free. *Sigh*, maybe if they get some more cool bonus content.

@reindall - how does this free Psychonauts work? Don't you need to pay a monthly fee to use GameTap (so ending your service with GameTap means no more games)?

It's such a good game and for $10 you should just get it DRM Free and you'll be able to play it over and over again.

@jack8274 - lungfishopolis (is that right?) is greatest moments in video games... run for your lives, here comes gogolor (sp?)

P.S. My milk is delicious
reindall's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 12:59
reindall
@Jeckyll007 - I don't really use GameTap, but as far as I understand they have some packages which you can subscribe to, and you are able to play any game in a given package. Psychonauts is in a free package, so ultimately you don't have to pay anything for it. But still, I recommend getting it for peanuts from GOG.
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