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Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (7 children)

That reminds me of that old first person shooter, The Operative: No One Lives Forever.

This is a game that had a following and people have asked for a remaster or even just a GOG release.

The problem is, no one actually knows who owns it today. It's a bit of a legal mess.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The upshot is that since nobody knows whether they own it or not there is nobody bothering to actively enforce copyright, so you can just download the games for free if you want on NOLFrevival.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Such a fun game too.

    There also was a free add-on/extension (something) called Jack that was a short game.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Both NOLF 1&2 and Contract JACK are available on the website above, patched and fixed to work on modern machines.

    YMMV but when I tried NOLF 1 for the first time earlier this year I sadly found the gameplay so poorly aged I wasn't having enough fun to make myself finish it - despite the setting, theme and writing being quite fun.

    I might give it another shot at some point though, it was a critic's darling back in the day and I'd like to be able to say I have played it.

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