Spore was a massive expansion on the already heady concepts of previous Maxis games like SimCity and The Sims, and one that courted no small amount of controversy at launch – less so for its content than the restrictive DRM measures of publisher EA. Now, Spore is getting a lavish preservation treatment alongside a selection of other modern classics courtesy of GOG.
The GOG Preservation Program has added the Spore Collection alongside the likes of Tomb Raider 2013, Hitman: Codename 47, Clive Barker's Undying, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, and a host of other old titles that are less notable but no less worth preserving. For titles in the Preservation Program, GOG has committed to keeping them updated so they "remain compatible and playable on modern systems in their best form," effectively promising to ensure these titles "live forever."
Spore has been available DRM-free on GOG for years, but its inclusion in this preservation effort marks a notable milestone in the game's history. It launched back in 2008, in an era where PC gamers were still used to buying their games on retail discs that could be used as many times – and on as many devices – as they wanted.
That was thrown out the window with Spore's SecuROM DRM, which forced players to authenticate the game online, and would only allow it to be installed across three devices. In the wake of widespread backlash – and a whole lot of piracy – EA would eventually ease those restrictions, eventually releasing Spore on Steam. Steam was, itself, still fairly controversial at the time, but its own DRM management was a far sight better than what we got with SecuROM.
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