Sometimes but not with all games, you can 'scale' or run some older games in a window using hwnd: its a weird tool that allows you to run some old games and sometimes even reduce the cpu usage, but most of the time it doesnt work, but its free, i saw it in a steam post when looking for a way to run Gorky 17 with better graphics ( they also mentioned to use dgvoodoo).

Anyway it is a ltlle shame to have to use free tools to make old games run, or to even make new games like many casualgames run better ( reduce cpu usage) because of some sloppy programming of the devs.
A solution in my caseto avoid sloppy casualgames is to buy a game that looks nice at a sale: if the game performs well give it another try: if the game burns cpu, and or crashes like crazy or the devs dont reply and or dont fix anything ( happens a lot at steam) the put the name on a notepad or wordpad list to avoid them.

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At least the original versions are included. Good one on gog I reckon for including them. Imagine the horror of being stuck with mobile-friendly "HD remasters" like this. I was hoping that those ugly up-scalers would be extinct by now, but no! All the details are lost in what reminds me of restored Mona Lisa meme... sigh.

My god that looks like Simon fell down the ugly tree hitting every branch on the way down lol.

I will give those "developers" that much: their jokes are hilarious. However, announcing HD graphics and showing smeared instead of crispy pixels just doesn't make me want to play the game again. Why not proclaim seamless scaling, because it looks like an ugly mess no matter the resolution.

On a serious note, I usually I let such nonsense slip by uncommented. You don't like it, you won't buy it, and all could be fine. But this option is taken away by the removal of the good old games version and instead forcing this improved something with the original as minor goodie on to everyone for a premium. I just hope GOG had no saying in this and is well paid for hiding their disapproval...
And please don't get me wrong, I bought and enjoyed quite a view of the recent remastered versions. But this announcement got my hopes up for a second and now feels like an cheap insult.

The bad thing is that they are not going to sell the original version anymore. The good thing is that at least the original versions are going to be included in the purchase.

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So it is reasonable to buy games just because the price is around $1, even if you're not going to play them in the near future. Only games in backlogs are safe.

Nice tip :D , problem is most of the games that sell at 1 or 2 bucks are games i do not play, don't want to play or want to play but cannot play because the sys. req. are crazy.

Funny. I watched the trailer and I was actually waiting for the HD version to be shown at all. Then I realized that this WAS the HD version. Really disappointed and probably won't buy. I own the first three originals on CD. It would have been interested to see Simon 3D be remade in 2D though.

Yes, but the problem is that even if you're buying it for the original version, your money still go into the pockets of this developer and who knows what other game they have in their mind of HD-ing. ;)

Until DOSBox implements some newer smoothing filters, the possibilities are endless.

Well, they've succeeded in making me hurry and buy the originals at full price. :-p

Personally, I think the "stunning new HD graphic mode" looks awful. I'm certainly not going to pay more to have the game blurred and horizontally stretched. o_O

For a moment I thought it might be a joke for April Fools' Day. But then I realized it will be released on April 3rd and not April 1st.

Looks like no-effort filtered garbage to me.

This is a joke, right? I mean, it has to be. You are not actually telling us that these auto-filter-upscaled pieces of trash are the official "25th Anniversary Editions" of two of the most classic games from the golden age of point'n'clicks, are you? I mean, how little respect is it possible to have for the original games?