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figmentPez
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Biggoron's sword! All offense, no defense!
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RocketGirl
I think there was a time when you could call me a hardcore gamer.
Nowadays...I barely have time. I just don't game like I used to; I've got my webcomic, my martial arts, going out clubbing. Probably doesn't help that I'm mostly broke and my machines are usually too out of date to play the latest games...
So I'm kind of out of practice, and focused on other things.
But every now and then, I'm at a party or something where they've got a game set up, and I find that one game where I just plain kick booty as soon as I pick up the controller. That happened at Thanksgiving this year with one of those Wii games, the one with all the sports and party games and stuff? People wouldn't play me at the frisbee game or the fencing game after a while...though they kicked my butt at ping-pong.
Nowadays...I barely have time. I just don't game like I used to; I've got my webcomic, my martial arts, going out clubbing. Probably doesn't help that I'm mostly broke and my machines are usually too out of date to play the latest games...
So I'm kind of out of practice, and focused on other things.
But every now and then, I'm at a party or something where they've got a game set up, and I find that one game where I just plain kick booty as soon as I pick up the controller. That happened at Thanksgiving this year with one of those Wii games, the one with all the sports and party games and stuff? People wouldn't play me at the frisbee game or the fencing game after a while...though they kicked my butt at ping-pong.
There's nothing more hardcore then playing older games.
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RocketGirl
If I could get it to bloody run under Vista, I'd play Master of Orion 2 a fair bit...and pretty much the entire Sierra collection (Space Quest junkie, checking in!)...
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RocketGirl
See, I USED to be a huge fan of 'em...then I lost all that weight. *ba-DUM TSSSSSHHH!*
No, seriously...I dig those like a backhoe. Y'ever play The Dig? That one was amazing in my never-humble opinion. And Full Throttle was pretty nifty-keen, too.
But my true first love will probably always be space Quest.
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Kitty Sinatra
I've skipped right from the OP to replying, so I have no idea if this is on topic anymore.
Let's see. I just bought 5 xbox games today (used, older games for like 10 bucks each; it's why I waited so long to buy the 360 until now, too; I don't ever want to pay full price for these games)
I was happy when the store clerk told me he felt Ninja Gaiden 2 was too hard.
When I started up Forza Motorsports 2 I immediately set it to pro.
Yet I don't really think I'm a hardcore gamer. I certainly don't measure up in online play, mostly because I just don't have the stamina to practice for any length of time. And playing Saint's Row 2 I left the difficulty on normal because I just want to drive around shooting up shit without worrying about being challenged.
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I have the complete Space Quest and Police Quest collections. I haven't played through them all yet. Not even close. It turns out I don't like adventure games as much as I used to.
Let's see. I just bought 5 xbox games today (used, older games for like 10 bucks each; it's why I waited so long to buy the 360 until now, too; I don't ever want to pay full price for these games)
I was happy when the store clerk told me he felt Ninja Gaiden 2 was too hard.
When I started up Forza Motorsports 2 I immediately set it to pro.
Yet I don't really think I'm a hardcore gamer. I certainly don't measure up in online play, mostly because I just don't have the stamina to practice for any length of time. And playing Saint's Row 2 I left the difficulty on normal because I just want to drive around shooting up shit without worrying about being challenged.
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If I could get it to bloody run under Vista, I'd play Master of Orion 2 a fair bit...and pretty much the entire Sierra collection (Space Quest junkie, checking in!)...[/QUOTE]
I have the complete Space Quest and Police Quest collections. I haven't played through them all yet. Not even close. It turns out I don't like adventure games as much as I used to.
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RocketGirl
Well, only the incurably dense won't have yet figured out that I'm something of a sci-fi nut...which might go a long way to explaining why Monkey Island and King's Quest take a back seat to Space Quest and The Dig for me...
Nuffin' wrong with those games; on a scale from 1 to 10, they make at least an 8...it's just that the sci-fi games are about 47.
figmentPez
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One of the first things I did when I got my netbook, earlier this year, was to see if I could install and play MoO2 on it. I guess I've never installed it on my current Vista desktop, because I don't ever remember having troubles running it. (I think I've run SMAC without troubles on Vista.)
I've heard the best way to run MoO2 on modern hardware is to run the DOS version of the game using DOSBox. Same goes for the Sierra games (which are on Gametap, as well as Steam and some other digital distribution sites, though not on GOG, sadly).
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RocketGirl
I don't exactly WANT Vista, but it's what my new laptop came with. And, honestly, I haven't known enough about my own computer since the end of the DOS days; there was a time when, if my computer broke, I could fix the @#$%er... Alas.
Well, I still have the CD; this is something I could do.
Actually, I have a lot of the original CDs for THOSE games as well. Heh.
The Dig is an amazing game. If I were to ever have a wish, it would be that it is made into a film that would do the game justice.
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Joe Johnson
Oh man, I miss Space Quest so much. That's the first game I really got into after the post Atari days. For a sci-fi fan it was pure heaven. I miss that sort of game, the only thing that's come close for me is Half-Life, which I also love.
WHAT? I didn't know they released the collection on Steam - and is compatible with XP.
OK, I know what I'm doing when I get home.
WHAT? I didn't know they released the collection on Steam - and is compatible with XP.
OK, I know what I'm doing when I get home.
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