I'm happy to confirm that the rumors about an upcoming GOG release of the original System Shock are indeed true, and you can now purchase System Shock Enhanced Edition on GOG. This is the CD version of the game, now running through a custom windows loader that has been created by Malba Tahan - basically, enhancing and incorporating his already released mods like SHLINK and the mouselook/hires mod into one complete package, featuring;

- the game runs natively under windows, no (slow) dosbox emulation
- toggle able mouselook mode (smart, auto-disables itself when the player is interacting with objects)
- higher resolution support, up to 1024*768 (able to set custom ones as well, even widescreen)
- windowed mode
- scaling smoothing/filtering
- remappable keys
- no resolution changing when entering full map
- resolution and other settings now stored outside the savegames, eliminating the need to always set them anew once a game is started
- storing the settings externally also allows the log audio to be enabled by default
- can make screenshots by hitting printscreen (stored in \res\gen)
- couple of fixes to scaling, brightness and onscreen text

This is pretty much as good as it gets without a source port or an engine clone - I have to say that I'm quite impressed what a little cooperation between the IP owners and the community can accomplish. That reminds me, the Night Dive team says hello, and thanks everyone for all the support and mods - and as a token of appreciation, five free keys have been provided, first five (registered) users posting here (asking for a key) will receive one via pm. //keys are now gone.


So, what are you waiting for? The smoothest Citadel ever awaits.

I'll take a key, please!

Weeee! Can i have one please?

Great news! Buying now.

Can I have a key please !

EDIT:     CRAP !

I'm sooo reassured SSP people, who have generously dedicated so much for the purest gem through all these years, are somewhat involved in this Enhanced Edition, and that Night Dive played it so nicely. Was afraid of Night Dive ripping off your work and brutally send cease and desist.

Now, time to go to GOG buy this masterpiece once again 21 years later...

Welp. I'm going to have to get this now.

The question I have is does Nightdive have the full rights to the franchise, or just digital distribution rights?

Is it terrible I'm happy that Everything is out of EA's hands purely so we don't have some shitty mobile game?

Any idea what Night Dive's stance on fan projects is?

So Night Dive is actually working with the people behind the patches and acknowledging their work. There is still some justice in the world after all.

The question now is, will they release the source code for System Shock 2's Dark Engine version so that more people will be able to do something with it?

yes, the EE edition has everything (except the french and german voiveovers, it seems //this is fixed now). no idea what do you mean by liberal modding though.

the situation with the source code is not as simple, but lets say the will to move things into the right direction is definitely there.

So NightDive apparently does not want to ruin everything, who would have thought. 5 keys is really cheap of them, though.


To everyone who already bought it: How does the sound and music support work? As crappy as the original runs in DosBox, being able to use munt or setting one's own midi table is far better than the modern Microsoft General Midi standard one.

Voodoo, I'm referring to a couple of tries to rebuild SS in a different engine like Black Mesa for Half Life, that were sent C&D letters by EA.