The team from the digital PC game store GOG has started a new initiative to preserve old classics. The Good Old Game Preservation Program aims at keeping those PC games compatible with modern and future computer setups, adding custom improvements to make sure these titles run with quality. On launch, the program already has over 100 games with 501 adjustments made by the team's tech support.
Preserving classics
GOG is a DRM-free PC games store that curates the titles it sells, unlike the much more popular PC storefront Steam. The store's name came from the term "Good Old Games," and making sure to test their titles thoroughly for modern computers has been part of their mission for years, but they only made a special stamp to highlight these titles now as part of its 16th anniversary.
All titles that are part of the program will have extensive testing and custom improvements for quality-of-life and compatibility. According to a post on the store page, they'll ensure that "current and future popular PC configurations," and that these versions will be the most complete available with manuals and even bonus content that may not be in other editions. If players run...