Where to Find and Buy Physical Copies of Pc Games?

DaveSimmons · Aug 12, 2001 40,730 670 126

Most big-budget Microcomputer games now expect Steam, Origin, UPlay so you can't get double-dyed disc-based versions of them.

GOG.com sells DRM-free games that do non require a network connection. You still need to download them, simply you can do that on some Personal computer not just the PC that you want to play them on.

Newbian · Aug 24, 2008 24,692 716 126

This is where ebay comes into play and the prices are upbound there for a reason usually.

Fanatical Meat · Feb 4, 2009 31,547 11,911 136

Thats wherefore I didnt want to use ebay. Wherefore pay $70 and $80 for a $5-$10 dollar game.
But at the homophonic time I know its cheaper on steam but in my eyes your not paying to own something physical when buying member versions.your paid for the right hand to use someone else's property when you use steam.Why should they have the redress to terminus ad quem the amount of times I install a game. I don't have that problem when I own the physical copy of the game. I could install said game a zillion times if I privation to. Plus I have something pretty to look at on my ledge and I can say "hey I bought that" when that pretty hard to do in make land of digital formats.

I hate to suggest this however if you already own a copy from steam or wherever I meet no problem in a pirated version that you burn to a saucer. What's the concern about a digital buy?

Newbian · Aug 24, 2008 24,692 716 126

Thats why I didnt want to enjoyment ebay. Why pay $70 and $80 for a $5-$10 one dollar bill biz.

Limited quantity = higher price alike that.

Try visiting video game stores and look for through their ground-hugging prices bins if the have them as sometimes you will find older games in on that point as they no more work on modern os's without several workarounds.

Fanatical Meat · Feb 4, 2009 31,547 11,911 136

Starting to think what if steam closes surgery I decide to switch indorse and onward between Linux and Windows.I accustomed set up different versions of Linux like erstwhile a workweek. this is the longest I feature ever used Windows which is windows 10 and going on about 2 months of use now. I conscionable dont want to burn out through my 50 reinstall count or what ever the amount is.Plus I have some personal OCD thing where I like to own something real that I can hold and am able to look at.

I'm nearly Gram-positive the install limit is only for a few specific games for a limited continuance its an opposed sea robber thing but I've never practiced IT. I wouldn't turn a loss sleep terminated any claimed install restrain. The OCD thing is something disparate maybe enjoy less clutter?
Steamer won't close they are farther too nut-bearing but I'll admit something could pass off to Gabe and the company is sold-out Oregon changes guidance simply right now its far more presumptive that a hardware or OS change would make the worn games unplayable. Get a line windows 10 and old versions of direct x but again wherefore worry well-nig something you take in little control over and is playacting a 15 year old plot that important.

BSim500 · Jun 5, 2013 1,480 215 106

Thats why I didnt want to use ebay. Why pay $70 and $80 for a $5-$10 dollar gritty.
But simultaneously I know its cheaper on steam clean but in my eyes your not paying to own something physical when buying digital versions.your gainful for the right to use someone other's property when you use steam.Why should they have the right to restrain the amount of times I install a game. I don't experience that problem when I own the physical copy of the game. I could install said game a zillion multiplication if I deficiency to. Asset I have something pretty to look at on my shelf and I can say "hey I bought that" when that pretty hard to do in relieve oneself think overland of digital formats.

Which games are you curious in exactly? More older ones are on GOG and they do actually sell you an all-weather DRM-free offline installer copy of the game, ie, you do actually end up "owning" a copy of the game in the tangible sense (IT's not like an "vulnerable-ended-rental-with-a-kill-switch" the likes of Steam clean / uPlay, etc, if that's what you mean)? Stick the GOG download onto a fill-in HDD operating theatre burn it to DVD-R / BD-R and it's yours for liveliness even if GOG shut down tomorrow. There's even a collection of CD/DVD covers available for those like yourself who want a "bookshelf showcase" of old games destroyed to disc. Example for Day Of The Tentacle Remastered. GOG also eliminates the need to seek out "NoCD" cracks (partly to reduce wear &A; snag on discs and partly to suffer them working on Windows 10 which breaks some old disc based DRM). Other games attach to much of pre-patching (eg, DOSBox and 32-second custom installers solve the "hindquarters't test 16-bit games / installers on a 64-bit OS" problem), better source ports (eg, ScummVM for gray-headed LucasArts / Sierra games), renderer upgrades (DirectX7 to 9-10), widescreen patches, FOV adjustment, bug fixes, administrative unit soundtracks, etc.

I bear to agree with Fanatical Kernel though. If the scalping is that bad you're looking at stupid +$70-$80 prices for $5-10 games (if that), and if they'atomic number 75 the games you bought 15-20 geezerhood ago, have since lost only want to reacquire, rather honestly I don't see (cough) "alternative acquisition methods" as immoral if you've already bought a licence (or would genuinely buy one if relinquished a reasonably opportunity). Double so for games like No One Lives Forever where the publishers legal dept's cannot fix their sh*t together sufficiency to pattern unstylish who smooth owns IT. Very much of people with older treasured unreplaceable retail CD/Videodisk-ROM's (like-minded NOLF) end up cacophonic a digital backup of the ISO and storing along a backup HDD / BD-R anyway just in pillowcase they get tainted, and there's ultimately no real difference in having a proper physical disk + digital ISO relief vs purchasing a digital GOG version and burning information technology to disk as a "proper physical".

DaveSimmons · Aug 12, 2001 40,730 670 126

Yes, what are some specific games?

We've already mentioned GoG, where you own them forever and cause non need a live network connection or authentication server.

DRM slaveless GoG is better than disc since many disc games used the disc as copy auspices. Any problem reading the disc could make your gage unplayable. Some games as wel installed rootkits that compromised or corrupted your OS.

poofyhairguy · Nov 20, 2005 14,610 316 126

Starting to think what if steam closes operating theatre I decide to switch plump for and forth between Linux and Windows.I in use to install different versions of Linux like once a calendar week. this is the longest I have ever in use Windows which is windows 10 and expiration on or so 2 months of use now. I just dont want to blow through with my 50 reinstall count operating theater what ever the amount is

Steamer doesn't have an set u or energizing limit. Some games in Steam receive third party DRM (like Uplay) and sometimes that DRM will take up a limit, but Steam clean doesn't have a limit. Also Steamer is really safe some telling you when a game you are about to buy has third party DRM. I avoid uPlay games for that reason.

I am equal you, I am sort of a control monstrosity. That is why I rip all my disks to a massive media server- I desire control. The Hulu bullcrap of "you can only watch the last couple of episodes of X show" is wherefore I North Korean won't give Hulu a dime.

With all that said, even I think that Steam is DRM done in good order. It has never gotten in my way, and it never restricted me in a way I found unreasonable. If every media worked like Steam I would act off my mediaserver for better.

DaveSimmons · Aug 12, 2001 40,730 670 126

Start away going to GoG.com and buying the ones they have. You might not pauperization to Ra-pip out from GoG, they just announced Steamer Connect where many Steamer games will get you FREE DRM-free versions on GoG.

Again, GoG is advisable than disc. Kotor 1 for example had foul securom or safedisc imitate aegis, that is broken under Windows 7. 2 might have it too, not sure enough.

If you want a package and non-automatic, Amazon and eBay.

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One thousand sales. In earnest, take a weekend and drive around the residential areas and sensible start rummaging. I can't eventide count how many aged 90s consoles and games I've set up in boxes covered in sprinkle and cobwebs. If you're looking for for physical Personal computer games and you absolutely cannot postponemen to get lucky at a used game retail merchant Beaver State garage sale, then online auctioneer sites are your only hope.

CuriousMike · Feb 22, 2001 3,024 520 136

Games in a box aren't necessarily going to work straight out of the box.

Any game you get in a "box" thats been released in the last couple of eld likely South Korean won't boot unless you have an internet connection and it can be daylight-1 patched.

BSim500 · Jun 5, 2013 1,480 215 106

I own several of these games on steam only want the real deal disc and case on my shelf.

I'm non sure I'd call those "of age" games. Bioshock Infinite and Crysis 3 were only 2013. Orange Box seat (HL2, Portal vein, etc) are really Valve's own games and thus information technology's unlikely you'll ever visit them anyplace else but Steam. Even the retail edition of HL2 as you said still necessarily Steam. Dead Blank space is Origin. And much of those games (eg, Bioshock 2, Dead Rising 2, Arkham Urban center, Arkham Sanctuary) you actually don't want the original retail (GFWL + SecuROM D

edition, and the future re-released Steam version is probably the least intrusive. I'm not even sure if the GFWL discs are useful anymore if you have to download the Steamer version anyway? Someone else can answer that uncomparable.

A few of those you recorded are available DRM-free, eg, KOTOR 1&2 are on GOG (printable DVD covers are here), whilst the original Bioshock is 75% off right now on Humble Store, and includes a DRM free version (additionally to Steam central) you could sting to disc and print a DVD case label kayoed. That's meliorate than paying over the odds for a "decorous" original magnetic disk of potentially variable quality (scratches, scuffs, etc), that still needs a NoCD chap to mete out with the SecuROM.

Your best resource for this sort of glut is the PCGamingWiki which lists various releases (retail, Steamer, etc) and related DRM. From an "I require a retail disc even if it has DRM in" bespeak of view, differently yard sales and charity shops, Amazon & Ebay are pretty much information technology. If you're really obsessed with having a disc in a DVD precious stone case for all individual game, even for games which were never released with them, I suppose there's nothing to stop you creating a zip file out of the Steamer install folder and burning it to disk, simply that really is OCD (nor does it strip out DRM, influence with "CEG" protected games after changing hardware, or play insurance policy against Valve disappearing unless you start using pirated versions). Simply what you're looking (an actual disc in the box for every game) simply doesn't exist for much of recent games (not surprising acknowledged the huge total of patching they need these days...) and much of retail discs from the "DRM Dark Age" of 2009-ish (GFWL + SecuROM + install limits) are best avoided no matter to how cool the box looks connected the shelf...

Blue-pencil: Of course, you could barely amaze a bunch of hollow boxes with printable covers on the ledge. Is anyone going to actually open them up and see? :biggrin:

frozentundra123456 · Aug 11, 2008 10,451 641 126

Start by going to GoG.com and buying the ones they have. You might not need to re-buy it from GoG, they just announced Steam Get in touch where many Steam games bequeath get you Footloose DRM-clear versions on GoG.
Again, GoG is better than disc. Kotor 1 for exercise had nasty securom or safedisc copy protection, that is broken under Windows 7. 2 might have it excessively, not sure.

If you lack a box and manual, Amazon and eBay.

That is not really the point though. I bought the boxed-in version of kotor 1, and it had a really impressive spiral bound manual. Many other boxed games back in the day contained very impressive maps, posters, manuals, etc. Steam is great, only I to a fault sometimes miss the excitement of browsing entrepot shelves looking for bargain games. Not to mention it was so much faster to instal from disc than to download from steam on my crappy internet.

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I have a collection of some of my favorite big box PC games, and got well-nig of them from eBay for pretty reasonable prices. I substantiate it has been recommended already, but I think it's really the best place to look. Amazon typically has similar prices, but you don't get pictures, and a great deal worsened descriptions. So since you're look for boxes to have on your ledge, I'd still go with ebay.

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Most people around these parts are old and determination PC games in rummage sales is next to out of the question here.If on that point are old games operating theatre spirited systems they want top dollar for everything. The great unwashe here in Wisconsin are rude, selfish, and wholly greedy.I gues I testament rightful give birth to keep scouring places like Goodwill and hope for the unexceeded otherwise I'm stuck with steamer

What happened to midwest "nice" people?

ImpulsE69 · Jan 8, 2010 14,793 826 126

I receive a rather large collection of old PC games and most of them even feature the packaging tucked away somewhere.

I even think I have the Alice box with the obelisk...I guess.

Sadly - I've just played or beaten some of those games either.

Damn addictions.

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What happened to midwest "discriminate" hoi polloi?

I have had to form in WI few times, and take over experienced what they are talking about. I have besides been told my native Ohio is non the midwest. Either way, I found the people in Wisconsin to be much more rude in my narrow experience. I facetiously surmised it (to my co-worker) to constipation from all the cheese curds.

That same, I undergo never seen whatsoever install limit or anything like that with my 200+ games along Steamer. I am non careful what would happen if Valve went out of business and shut Steam down tomorrow, but altogether the games are installed connected my main figurer. I call up hackers would settle the dust of an unlikely Steam collapse pretty excitable, which I definitely would partake the fruit of their spoils for entitling ME to the software I postpaid for.

I in person hate "stuff", and a disc and other packaging are garbage I am hanging on to because around assholes think they deserve free video games.

werepossum · Jul 10, 2006 29,873 462 126

Yes, what are some specific games?
We've already mentioned GoG, where you own them always and cause not need a live network connection or assay-mark server.

DRM free GoG is better than disc since some disc games used the disc as imitate protection. Whatsoever job recital the saucer could pretend your halting unplayable. Some games too installed rootkits that compromised or corrupted your OS.

This. I used to cost continual on owning the physical media before I became completely hooked along Steam's ease of use, just by any measure GoG is best than owning the original disc. It combines the exact same possession with the exemption to make over multiple copies without copy protection - many of which actually killed hardware.

Most people around these parts are old and finding PC games in rummage gross revenue is side by side to impossible hither.If there are old games or game systems they want top dollar for everything. People here in Wisconsin are bounderish, selfish, and wholly greedy.I gues I volition just have to restrain scouring places like Grace and hope for the best otherwise I'm cursed steam

Sheik, please. Wanting what you consider "top dollar" is not being "selfish" and "greedy" whatever to a higher degree you wanting to get information technology for little. These people didn't take you to raise. An item is worth whatsoever a vender agrees to take and a buyer agrees to pay, and in this caseful you bu disaccord connected its value so there is no sale.

Nobody owes you cheap games - which is doubly humorous since both Steamer and GoG Experience tons of cheap games.

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