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« on: June 25, 2008, 08:49:33 PM » |
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I just bought a new laptop for college, but it's rather lacking in the graphics department, so I can't play any games that I would if I were at home on my desktop.
so my question to you is, what games do you keep on your laptop (if you have one) and why? If you don't have one, what games do you think would work well on one?
If you have suggestions for me, I am rather fond of rpgs, and shmups. :D
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2008, 09:02:18 PM » |
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Well, I actually just bought a new laptop so I can pretty much play a lot of newer stuff (graphics scaled down). However, the laptop that I replaced sounds like it would probably be on par with yours. If your into RPGs and you don't already know about Morrowind (Game of the Year edition) I highly recommend it. Just the sheer amount of great mods from the MW modding community definitely makes the game more then worth it (I've had the game for 4 years and I still play it regularly!). As for Shmups I would have to direct you to this page written by none other then the inimitable Derek Yu! And of course there is always this handy-dandy list of games which most, if not all, should run just fine on your computer. Hope that helps  |
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2008, 09:04:42 PM » |
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I would have bought an epic amazing laptop, but I was almost at my credit for the month and i needed it ASAP. I'm not sure if it could play Morrowind, but i'll try it. and thanks for the links, I will check them out.
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2008, 09:43:42 PM » |
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Recently there has been released this http://basiliskgames.com/book1.html old-school RPG. Developers made an attempt to recreate atmosphere of old RPGs like Ultima, Might & Magic etc. I have played it and I can tell you that it is worth your time. Also there is a bunch of old RPGs like Baldur's Gate (1,2), Torment, Fallout, Icewind Dale, Arcanum an so on. If you haven't played these games yet I definitely recommend them to you. |
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2008, 09:48:48 PM » |
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I've heard about Eschalon book 1, but not particularly fond of isometric view (2d is great! :D) but I might check it out if the story is worthwhile.
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« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2008, 02:49:34 AM » |
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I'd recommend some Dwarf Fortress, but laptops don't usually have a separate numpad, which makes things a bit more awkward. Still playable, but awkward. |
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« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2008, 07:01:51 AM » |
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I've tried dwarf fortress so many times, i couldn't even count, each time for about four hours, but I never really managed to get into it.
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« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2008, 08:24:19 AM » |
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As long as you aren't relying on the touchpad get Freespace 2. It's free now. Unless you don't dig on space combat sims like I do of course. The FSOInstaller makes getting it set up super easy. http://www.fsoinstaller.com/Also I'm sure you don't need to be told this but get Doom 2 on there with an appropriate source port and start downloading wads. Also Skulltag FTW. |
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« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2008, 03:45:42 AM » |
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« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2008, 03:52:10 AM » |
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« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2008, 04:55:43 AM » |
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It could work. Is this a Vista rig? That could be limiting than the whole no mouse thing. At least you can buy USB mice. |
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« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2008, 10:55:01 AM » |
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It is vista, but I've played through cavestory a good million times.
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« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2008, 12:08:31 PM » |
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It is vista, but I've played through cavestory a good million times.
So? It's Cave Story! |
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« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2008, 07:23:27 AM » |
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It is vista, but I've played through cavestory a good million times.
So? It's Cave Story! Really, anything that uses the keyboard only is a good bet. |
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« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2008, 07:50:26 AM » |
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MAME is essential. While 16 bit shooters and fighting games get a lot of the attention, the 8bit, two-button games are where my heart lies. Frogger is unstoppable. Discs of Tron is best with a mouse (in the arcade it had an analogue dial). Also you should hit up the Underdogs, browse through their featured page maybe. |
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« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2008, 01:31:10 PM » |
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Metal Slug !!! It is very funny to play that at University during boring lectures, many peoble are watching  Primary all emulated games are working very well. There are Snes: Mario, Secret of Mana, nes: ninja gaiden, nintendo worldcup Sega: sonic neo Geo: Metal Slug, Garou Mark of the Wolves Playstation: Metal Gear Solid, Kula World Dreamcast: Ikaruga CPS2: Marvel vs. Capcom GBA: Kuru Kuru Kururin GBC: Zelda DX DOS: Prince of Persia I've played all those games on emulators, and they are working very well. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2008, 08:29:58 AM » |
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ePSXe is a pain in the ass to configure. And when I try to play Metal Gear Solid, the cutscenes and gameplay go for a few seconds, then stop, then go again, then stop.
They freeze.
And I dunno what to do.
And yes, I am using my own disc, as my PS2 is currently in need of repair.
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« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2008, 08:50:54 AM » |
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God I hate that. PSX emulation is mostly bugfree and smooth, but you need to spent ages finding the right plugins/configuration to work with that one game you're trying to play. I made a habit of just playing that stuff on my PSP.
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