Original Release Vs Re-Release For Original Owners

[Hipster Monkey]

Got a quick question for anyone that owned the original release on Steam for Stubbs The Zombie. Is your version like the other re-releases where you have the option to install either version? Curious about how it looks for you guys because of the copyrighted music from the original.

[Severnoft]

I don't own the original on steam but I severely doubt the option would be there and they'd probably just get you to buy it again. The removal of music was such a disappointment, really adds to the charm of the game for sure.

[Hipster Monkey]

Originally posted by 三角頭/Jam0:

I don't own the original on steam but I severely doubt the option would be there and they'd probably just get you to buy it again. The removal of music was such a disappointment, really adds to the charm of the game for sure.

Thanks for the reply!

Well, if people owned it before it was delisted, they might actually have the option to redownload it because technically they owned it. This was the case for Prey (2006), but more specific to this situation: I had bought Bioshock before the remaster came out. Then, when the remaster came out, I was still allowed to download the original AND also the option to download the remaster. If you buy the remaster now, you will only have the option to download the remaster, the original is, in fact, delisted.

Which is why I want to know if for those that owned the game before it was delisted if they see two options or just one now. I know the licensed music was one of the big reasons why the game couldn't be sold then, but I'm super interested in this because like you said, the removal of the music was a disappointment and it really added to the charm of the game. Yet, they still have some in the Dance-Off with the Chief and they sold the soundtrack as a Vinyl for the collector's edition.

[Archie Buttle]

There's no option to download the original game; the remaster shares the same Steam ID as the original listing. Though, you might get away with downloading an old manifest?

Alternatively, I can confirm the ISO found here[archive.org] works. Additionally, you'd want the following:

1. No-CD crack (v1.0.2): https://megagames.com/fixes/stubbs-zombie-rebel-without-pulse-v102-eng
   
2. Rename Stubbs.exe to CoDSP.exe -- enables undocumented Windows 7+ compatibility shim).
   
3. Widescreen mod: https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#stubbsthezombie

Also, the issues with missing music appear to be technical -- bugs introduced by changes to the audio system. I wouldn't expect the remaster to get fixed any time soon, either.

[Hipster Monkey]

Originally posted by Archie Buttle:

There's no option to download the original game; the remaster shares the same Steam ID as the original listing. Though, you might get away with downloading an old manifest?

Alternatively, I can confirm the ISO found here[archive.org] works. Additionally, you'd want the following:

1. No-CD crack (v1.0.2): https://megagames.com/fixes/stubbs-zombie-rebel-without-pulse-v102-eng
   
2. Rename Stubbs.exe to CoDSP.exe -- enables undocumented Windows 7+ compatibility shim).
   
3. Widescreen mod: https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#stubbsthezombie

Also, the issues with missing music appear to be technical -- bugs introduced by changes to the audio system. I wouldn't expect the remaster to get fixed any time soon, either.

Thanks for the reply! That's enlightening. Just to point out, I own the PC and Xbox version already. I appreciate the method, but its not needed, at least for me. And I haven't had any real issues with the remaster.

I looked into more of what you said and you've led me in a direction. The APPIDs for other remastered games have two distinct ids. One for remaster and one for the original. Which could mean that the version we have of Stubbs is the only version as it only has one ID even if you bought it before it was unlisted. So, that's really interesting to me, as it seems most other remasters still give you the original if you bought it before the remaster. In the case of Stubbs, I think that the music licensing had much more power in making sure that only one version is distributed.