Several months ago, GoG.com became the only place where you could (legally) purchase and download the classic Tex Murphy adventure games from Access Software. Today GoG.com is offering a great early Christmas present as it gives away the first two games in the series (Mean Streets and Martians Memorandum) for free. The offer ends on Christmas Eve (December 24 for those who might not know). And for those of you who have already bought the games from GoG.com, don't fret; they have a secret alternate offer just for you.
In related news, GoG.com has added Riven: The Sequel to Myst, to their library of games. You can purchase and download the Cyan Worlds-developed adventure game for $5.99

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Damn, even as a diehard Tex Murphy fan, I don't think this is a good idea. The first game was garbage and the second game hasn't aged well. If you want to get people interested in the franchise, they need to be exposed to any of the 3 later, 3D games which are simply amazing and still stack up (even graphics-wise!) today. If a modern gamer sits down to Martian Memorandum today, he/she would be put off the series for life. Shame. Of course, it is hard to complain about free. I just hope that gamers known they need to graduate to 'Under A Killing Moon', 'Pandora Directive', or 'Overseer' to get the proper experience.
...bysmittyPosted at 1:57PM on Dec 17th 2009 by bysmitty