soitseams: I am thinking about purchasing some of the old games (Might & Magic, specifically) and am running Windows 7. How exactly do you get the game - do you download it, is it streamed from the site, or is the game mailed via a disk? I am concerned about the old games working on my system and I do not want to make any major changes to my system to accommodate the games. Would appreciate any info on this subject, thanks :)
You download the games. And they come already "adjusted" to run on newer systems. For example, one needs to run DOSBOX to run old Dos games. However, all that work is done for you. When you download a game from gog, all you do is install in and click on the icon, it does the rest (opens up DOSBOX, and starts the game).
Sometimes there are minor adjustments that are necessary (for most users it runs as is) and sometimes there are minor adjustments that some people prefer (for example selecting the quality of sound in DOSBOX games, but most of the time they work as is, with a simple click.
There is also a 30 day guarantee that if your game doesn't work on your system, and support can't help you get it to work, you will receive a refund.