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on Thursday March 07 2019, @11:19PM
from the 1996-network-security-meets-2019-networks;-the-"devil"-is-in-the-details dept.
from the 1996-network-security-meets-2019-networks;-the-"devil"-is-in-the-details dept.
Blizzard has handed Diablo I to Good Old Games.com for DRM free distribution in its original form, and also with some Direct X video mode freshening courtesy of the GOG development staff.
The Diablo code is original, 1996 vintage, doesn't require internet connection for single player, and does allow multi-player via vintage Battle.Net servers.
My question: does it run (well) in a VirtualBox VM? If so, perhaps opening up full Admin privileges to 23 year old network code isn't such a bad thing - just take a snapshot of your uninfected image before starting online play, and if you get PWNed outside the game, you can restore from your save point.
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Blizzard Releases Diablo I to GOG, DRM free
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @01:03PM
As in bad old game.