🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:02:12 -0600, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I was just joking that you might feel the sudden urge to play through the
>enitre Gold Box series with GBC. It wasn't a comment on your post
>frequency. Nobody posts in sissypigs any more, it seems.

Ahh ok Zag. Well I do own all of them plus all of the hint books and I
did download the GBC utility so going through the entire series is a
real possibility at some point. :-P

mick...@gmail.com wrote in
news:2a84ee64-9ee8-4...@googlegroups.com: 

>> (sigh...PC Gaming Dies Again)
> 
> There is a good news, a good thing that is coming out of this. 
> Any computer, just anything can run all the good games and do all the
> good things. Get to the nearby store, buy the cheapest junk you find.

And what you can't find will probably released for free.
(and not as pirated 'WareZ' either)

> Chances are it will run Fallouts, Morrowind, the Ultima Series, System
> Shock 2, Civilization III, Starcraft, Sim City 4, will have decent
> performance under DosBox. 

Among other engines such as ScummVM and Exult, if they prove necessary.

(I'm sure that there are plenty of emulators for older consoles (ie SNES) 
but I'll let you seek those out on your own) ^_^U

> That thing will also allow you to do all the stuff that any computer
> does. 
> 
> Do not lament on the old games, reinstall those of old! Discover mods!
> Find the ones you didn't play and enjoy some indie goodness! It is a
> golden age for video games, although not the one we would have expected. 

Indeed it is, although many of the programs that were available at retail 
may be difficult to find (unless you visit abandonware sites or resellers 
like GOG).

Fortunately, there is no shortage of free/opensource alternatives available 
to tide you over, if you know where to look.

(In fact, I'd be happy to post a list of my favorite sites if it would 
prove helpful) ^_^

Enjoy your weekend, everyone

Signed,
Warewolf

Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:3l5si8dcmrqb0g...@4ax.com: 

> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:33:54 -0800 (PST), in
> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, mick...@gmail.com wrote: 
> 
>>Do not lament on the old games, reinstall those of old ! Discover
>>mods! Find the ones you didn't play and enjoy some indie goodness ! It
>>is a golden age for video games, although not the one we would have
>>expected. 
> 
> I agree. I'm in pig heaven right now, and will never have enough free
> time in the rest of my life to play all the stuff I've managed to
> collect through even Steam sales.

*looks back on his own backlog of PC games*
*on top of the various GBA, DS and 3DS titles in his cupboard* ^_^U

> I would like to see an "Oh wow" game that takes advantage of expensive
> PC hardware, but for the time being, it'll wait.

I'd settle for a big game in a (relatively) small package.
(preferably without invasive copy protection) 9_9

If Fire Pro Wrestling can put the WWF titles to shame and Jump Ultimate 
Stars can outshine Street Fighter and/or the various VS series, imagine how 
large a (prodecurally generated) universe could be fit on a cartridge/SD 
card.

(If Minecraft & Elite could do it...)

Just a little something to stimulate our twisted little minds. ~_^

Enjoy your weekend.

Signed,
Warewolf

On 3/2/2013 12:15 AM, Warewolf wrote:
> Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:3l5si8dcmrqb0g...@4ax.com:
>
>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:33:54 -0800 (PST), in
>> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, mick...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Do not lament on the old games, reinstall those of old ! Discover
>>> mods! Find the ones you didn't play and enjoy some indie goodness ! It
>>> is a golden age for video games, although not the one we would have
>>> expected.
>>
>> I agree. I'm in pig heaven right now, and will never have enough free
>> time in the rest of my life to play all the stuff I've managed to
>> collect through even Steam sales.

Not true.  In a million years you will want GTA 6.

-- 
Annnooothherr Maybe YAH

    -- The Thor Doctrine encircling NATO and Greco-Roman Soviet + 
Deutschlka Ehre Ehre Ehre Ehre m

> While I used to post more often, I rarely started my own threads. That
> probably isn't going to change now. Though if I do have something to
> say, I certainly will start one. The last thing I read about that
> really mattered to me was the cancellation of City of Heroes and I did
> start a thread about that.

I think right now Usenet can only be saved if people just say whatever 
is on their mind.

-Moa Dragon