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simplicio .
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject: Crappy laptop, good games thread |
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My computer's working again!
Except it's the wrong computer, the one I used throughout college and haven't touched in 3 years since the harddrive died. Well I finally got around to installing a new one, and I have no idea how long it'll take to get my real desktop back in action, so in the mean time, what should I play besides crawl?
Mindblowing specifications:
368 MB RAM!
1.2 GHz mobile Athlon thingy!
Savage TwisterK graphics card! I don't think they still exist! This may even be embedded in system RAM, I'm not sure! EDIT: Yes I am, and I did the math- that's 16MB of shared-GPU POWER!
Beautiful design by Compaq, upholders of quality everywhere.
For reference, this thing was chugging on the original Counterstrike 5 years ago. I'm pretty sure 3D is out. |
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aerisdead .
Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Emulation = your friend. _________________ aerisdead |
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ryan .
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Disciples II! Ahhh, I love that series - with 3 expansions, I'm considering II a series all on its own. It's a turn-based strategy with some great art and unit upgrades. What? An Inquisitor is coming out to kick ass? Yes. Yes one is.
If you want to try GameTap, now would be a great time. The service just added Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Myth II, X-Com, and another strategy title. Plus there are all the other games on the service (Might and Magic, RPG and turn-based flavor, plus all the console stuff), most of which should run great on your laptop. I think it's a penny for the first month. The new Sam & Max episodes are supposed to be pretty good, too.
You can always take a trip to House of the Underdogs and check out Imperialism II, FreeSpace 2, and a few other freebies. I think those are free. Some are open source but not free - they have details on the site, or if you already own the originals.
Space Rangers 2. An absolutely amazing game that is like Subspace, but with RPG elements, text-based adventures, and tycoon building. The localization is very rough, and some of the missions can kick you in the nuts, but it'll run on nearly anything and is a great game. It also comes with Space Rangers 1.
Buccanneer's Bounty from Cinema Marquee has Patrician III, Royal Port III, and Tortuga. All are great, especially Tortuga, it's actually an action title where you directly control your ship in combat.
These are all mostly 2D, but your RAM might hold you back. _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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Ethoscapade .
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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fallout and deus ex, for two. if your video card is really awful, you might have issues with DX, but i doubt it.
also, my friends and i have been playing completely stupid amounts of worms armageddon and you don't know jack recently. both are strictly multiplayer affairs but also really great.
while you're at it, cave story and seiklus are very nice, and outside of some ABA dabbling the farthest i've gotten with doujin business. |
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Super Magic Drive
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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You can easily run ZDoom with those specs and play DooM II, Hexen and Strife. Terra Nova will work as will Abuse, System Shock and Ultima Underworld.
This thread is making my memory happy. _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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Lasa .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 128
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Jagged Alliance 2! |
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simplicio .
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Oh shitty. I've just realized this laptop, in its three year coma, has lost sound entirely. No headphones or anything. Pretty much kills this topic! |
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Super Magic Drive
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Crawl doesn't require sound. _________________
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antitype .
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:09 am Post subject: |
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The floppy version of The Secret of Monkey Island has pretty spare sound to begin with. I mean, yeah, you'd miss out on a handful of nice MIDI tunes, but I'm sure you'd manage to enjoy yourself well enough with music on your headphones.
http://www.abandonia.com/games/19/MonkeyIsland1.htm
This thread is of some interest to me since I'm currently using an old (really old!) IBM Thinkpad -- x86 Family 5 Model 8 Stepping 1, AT/AT compatible (whatever all that means (I don't think it has anything to do with Star Wars)), w/ less than 230mb of RAM, running Windows 2000. So I can hardly run shit. Actually, I had Fallout running on it for a while, and smoothly! But then it froze when I went to pick up a quest (or job or whatever) and it froze when the employer was about to talk to me. I then tried to play Cave Story ... not that I expected it to run at all, but it did, albeit as if underwater. So I'll probably have to stick to DOS games and maybe some mid-'90s Windows stuff.
I mean, not that I'll be stuck with this thing for such a long time. _________________ antitype.livejournal.com | last.fm |
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Dracko .
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:57 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunately, you can't download it from Abandonia any longer. Indiana Jones and the last Crusade, however, is still free game. If you haven't before, give it a go. It's impressive just how well designed it is.
I'd suggest going for IF pieces. Or Prince of Persia. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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aerisdead .
Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I played Last Crusade again recently. I even went to all this bother so I could control the fights with my Saturn Pad!
Of course, I abused quicksaves to talk my way out of ALL fights, but, um, it was worth the effort, somehow! _________________ aerisdead |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:54 am Post subject: |
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Well, shit. You could probably get System Shock 1 running, but that's fairly pointless unless you have sound.
I kind of really want to replay System Shock 1, considering that I haven't played it in like 15 or so years.
Winged Assassins (1984) wrote: | Crawl doesn't require sound. |
You are correct sir. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Cycle Mac daddy
Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: |
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ryan wrote: |
Space Rangers 2. An absolutely amazing game that is like Subspace, but with RPG elements, text-based adventures, and tycoon building. The localization is very rough, and some of the missions can kick you in the nuts, but it'll run on nearly anything and is a great game. It also comes with Space Rangers 1. |
I second this game, great stuff! Only the EU version comes with the original game, though.
I spent many hours on the prison text-adventure alone. _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Oh snap! Old Apogee games would probably kick ass. Commander Keen, Bio Hazard, Duke Nukem (2D), Rise of the Triad!
Also, Oregon Trail needs no sound! _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: |
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ROTT needs sound! It's half of the entertainment right there! Well, a quarter. Maybe a fifth. But still! _________________
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antitype .
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:56 am Post subject: |
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Shapermc wrote: | Oh snap! Old Apogee games would probably kick ass. Commander Keen, Bio Hazard, Duke Nukem (2D), Rise of the Triad! |
Oh, man. Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure and Goodbye Galaxy! (and later Monster Bash, Bio Menace, Wolfenstein 3D, etc.) were the games that introduced me to PC shareware. I was hooked on Apogee (and a few Epic) games for a good while -- until Doom came along and ruled everything, pretty much. _________________ antitype.livejournal.com | last.fm |
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Persona-sama Weltbeherrschen Mangaka
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 709 Location: acrylic polymer dismutation
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:05 am Post subject: |
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I suggest Ogre Battle for the SNES emulated. Or maybe Harvest Moon.
Classics that run fine on a 386, indeed! _________________
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AJ 187 .
Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 22 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:24 am Post subject: |
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Cycle wrote: | ROTT needs sound! It's half of the entertainment right there! Well, a quarter. Maybe a fifth. But still! |
THEY'LL BURY YOU IN A LUNCHBOX |
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ryan .
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:26 am Post subject: |
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Cycle wrote: | I second this game, great stuff! Only the EU version comes with the original game, though.
I spent many hours on the prison text-adventure alone. |
The U.S. version comes with the original as well. It also comes with a poster. CM gave free stuff out with all the games they released here when they released their new line -- Moscow to Berlin came with a dogtag keychain, Darwinia came with a keychain of the little green figure (soldier? - I sent it off, and I've never tried it), and Space Rangers 2 came with Space Rangers 1 and a poster. Press release about its release. _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Super Magic Drive
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, Space Rangers 2 installs Starforce doesn't it? _________________
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ryan .
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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It does!
If you get it via download - Direct 2 Drive has it - it's StarForce-free. _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, well the EU version DOESN'T have starforce! Also, thanks for the info ryan, I didn't know that! _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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