I'm not sure if this post violates any site rules, please let me know if I'm doing anything out of line.
I was directed to a site tonight that takes classic games and updates them for newer operating systems (XP, Win7, etc.) They take care of all the conversion stuff, so if you, like me, aren't really tech savvy enough to operate an emulator, you can still play some of the amazing games of yester-year.
They just added Planescape: Torment to their roster of games. I signed up for an account on the site, purchased PST, downloaded the installer, and was in game running around the Mortuary as the Nameless One in under 15 minutes.
I'm in geek heaven right now. I have an old packed-up computer I was going to setup in my office for the sole purpose of playing PST (feeling nostalgiac), but now instead here I am playing it on my main rig in the livingroom with my huge-ass monitor and my big comfy chair.
Ok, so here's where I list some details - and this is where I'm not sure if I violate site policy. I've been around here a little while and have contributed (I hope?) so I'm clearly not some 1 post spam advertiser. But anyway, the name of the site is gog.com - GoG standing for Good Old Games (how appropriate). My quick scan of the site showed most games as costing between $5.99 and $9.99 - chump change as far as I'm concerned, to be able to relive these classic moments.
Anyway, guess I should get to bed now - I've got some serious Torment to play tomorrow after work!!
Does Ps:T even need updating for new operating systems? I know it works fine in XP and it's not all that old, really. It (presumably) runs natively on Windows 98, and it's not like 98 was some kind of strange platform - most games of that era that I have work fine. It's when it starts getting to Windows 95 and DOS that there are problems.