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  1. 09-15-2010, 09:53 AM #1
    spiffy
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    Laptop games

    These days, my gaming has almost completely been peripheral based, being a flight sim or driving game that require giant controllers and TrackIR. I'll play an occasional shooter here and there. I don't have time or patience for grand strategy or RPGs.

    But, I just bought a new laptop (i5, radeon5450) and I want to game on this sucker! But for some reason I've suddenly wanted to play all my old SNES roms and little games on it. Things which are slower paced or simple or don't require my 24 inch screen or blazing mouse skills for immersion.

    For example, World of Goo and Gratuitous Space Battles are perfect. Games I've played in the past like Lemmings or Incredible Machine seem about right too. Nintendo DS type stuff would also seem perfect, but three seconds on a rom site sent me packing, and I'm in no mood to be a pirate.

    So, what kind of 2dmaybe?/simple strategy/small focus/stylistic non triple A games are out there for my 12 inch laptop entertainment?

    edit: oh yeah, and I'm totally hip to plugging in an xbox controller if I need to..!
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  2. 09-15-2010, 09:57 AM #2
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    Plants vs Zombies
    PuzzleQuest
    Bookworm Adventures
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  4. 09-15-2010, 11:17 AM #4
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    Ancient Trader
    Minecraft
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    X-Com games

    Tempted to list the King's Bounty games and Majesty 2 as well because I think they'd make great laptop games, but the requirements might be too steep and I'm not sure they're small focus enough for your situation.
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  5. 09-15-2010, 11:46 AM #5
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    Reccetear maybe?
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  6. 09-15-2010, 11:54 AM #6
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    Spelunky. AI War if you don't set it to the fast and furious mode for a slower pace.
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  7. 09-15-2010, 12:54 PM #7
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    My friend plays Minecraft on his 13" Macbook Pro.
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  8. 09-15-2010, 12:58 PM #8
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    Highly underrated 2002 management game Sid Meier's SimGolf.
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  9. 09-15-2010, 01:01 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cold Blooded View Post
    Highly underrated 2002 management game Sid Meier's SimGolf.
    I keep forgetting this game exists. I also forget that I own it and really ought to give it another try some day. I recall it being very good, but that I never really understood the art of designing good holes, even when I was just duplicating the professionally-designed golf course I live right next to.
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  10. 09-15-2010, 02:14 PM #10
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    But, I just bought a new laptop (i5, radeon5450) and I want to game on this sucker!
    Good lord, this should be good enough for everything that isn't Crisis or something. This should be a thread on what not to get.

    Here's my games list for my crappy TurionX2 64/Radeon3100 HD/4GB:

    Aquanox
    Company of Heroes
    HOMM 3
    Jagged Alliance 1.13
    Minecraft
    Civ IV
    Steel Panthers
    Sword of Stars Ultimate
    System Shock Portable
    ZDoom

    But if you really are looking for low-end, older games, GoG ----------> that way
    Last edited by scharmers; 09-15-2010 at 02:20 PM. Reason: You can get with this, or you can get with that
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  11. 09-15-2010, 02:15 PM #11
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    I only game on portables at the moment since I'm a homeless nomad.
    The majority run from Steam in offline mode (my internet can be sporadic) but for a couple of them I needed to download NOCDs.
    All of them running well under Win 7 64 Bit

    Here's what I currently have installed:
    Beyond Diviinity
    Beyond Good & Evil (haven't played much of this yet)
    Braid (fun for a while but I got bored half way through)
    Defense Grid (Great tower defense game)
    Decent (dxx-rebirth.com)
    Desktop Dungeons (Tiny yet amazingly addictive)
    Diablo 2 (I have 'Diablo finger' from clicking so much)
    Dins Curse (Superb indie Diablo clone)
    Divine Divinity (lovely old school RPG - Beyond Diviinity is the sequel)
    Doom (grafzahl.drdteam.org)
    Dungeon Siege (Fun for when you need something mindless)
    Dungeon Siege 2
    Fallout 1/2/Tactics (with high res mods)
    Guild Wars
    Hexen 2 (uhexen2.sourceforge.net)
    Monkey Island 1/2/Tales
    Prince of Persia 1/2/3 (1 is superb, I got bored playing number 2)
    Peggle
    Zuma
    Plants Vs Zombies (This is a must buy)
    Pro Evolution Soccer 6
    Quake (celephais.net/fitzquake/)
    Spelunky
    Titan Quest
    Torchlight
    Unreal Tournament
    Warcraft III/Frozen Throne
    World of Goo

    Hope this helps.

    EDIT: Gah, I'm still not allowed to post links :(
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  12. 09-15-2010, 02:49 PM #12
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    VVVVVV!

    Also, Spelunky
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  13. 09-15-2010, 02:52 PM #13
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    Cool. I'm not so into the retro stuff unless it has nice art, the 3d just doesn't age well.

    I'd totally have xcom on there if I hadn't spent years of my life playing it already. I might check out Jagged alliance, it's one of those I never got around to.

    I'm totally into the indie stuff, if it's done competently. I was playing some kind of demo on xbox live lately, some kid running in a dark forest, where the demo has you knocking off the legs of a spider? It was understated yet beautiful. What was that? Is it PC available?

    Gonna check out spelunky, reccetear, sim golf .. sword of stars, unless it's too expansive.
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  14. 09-15-2010, 03:02 PM #14
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  15. 09-15-2010, 04:40 PM #15
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    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri!

    Also all of the Europa engine Paradox games and their variants. Crusader Kings and For The Glory both have a lot of play time on my laptop.
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  16. 09-15-2010, 05:40 PM #16
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    Think your talking about the demo for Limbo spiffy, and if so: Yes it is amazing and no unfortunately it ain't on PC.
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