470: GOG: Meet the Heroes Saving Your Favourite Childhood Games - The Retro Hour EP470

470: GOG: Meet the Heroes Saving Your Favourite Childhood Games - The Retro Hour EP470

We chat with Marcin Paczyński, Senior Business Development Manager at Good Old Game, and Adam Ziółkowski, Technical Engineer, to hear about their new Preservation Program. Launched in November 2024, this initiative is dedicated to ensuring classic games remain playable on modern and future systems. We hear about the challenges of maintaining compatibility, the process of updating and bug-fixing classic titles, and GOG’s commitment to DRM-free gaming.

GOG Preservation Program: https://www.gog.com/en/gog-preservation-program

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
44:05 - Good Old Game Interview

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Show notes

Terminator 2D No Fate: https://tinyurl.com/2jcsa8mn
RIP Skype: https://tinyurl.com/3ahrj2cp
Lost PC game Big Brother archived online: https://tinyurl.com/33kt64td
Sonic Unleashed 360 Recomp: https://tinyurl.com/pe34prja
Bandai Namco want to license out classic IPs: https://tinyurl.com/4ez98jhn

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