The remaster is live on GOG now, and the package includes the original release rather than hiding it behind a separate purchase or a pre-order bonus. Full mod support comes with it, which matters more than any upscaled texture pack for a game with a community this old and this stubborn.
Bundling the original sounds like a small courtesy. It isn't. Remasters change things — rebalanced systems, redrawn art, "quality of life" features nobody asked for, and occasionally a combat loop that no longer behaves the way veterans remember it. Keeping the untouched version in the box means purists can play the game they actually bought thirty years ago while newcomers get the version with a working resolution slider.
GOG has quietly built a reputation for exactly this. The store's whole pitch is games that still run on modern hardware without a launcher arguing with you, and it has spent years restoring old releases rather than just re-uploading them. A remaster paired with its source material fits that mandate better than most of what lands on the front page.
Mod support sealed the deal. Classic RPG communities don't retire — they patch, they rebalance, they build total conversions. A remaster that welcomes that work instead of fighting it is a remaster worth the shelf space.
No word on price or a console version from the announcement.