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games for my laptop

anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it.Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Games and Technology
I need suggestions for some games for my laptop. I don't think it's considered a netbook, but it has an integrated graphics card so I can't do a lot. My PC is broken right now, and I'm starting to miss PC gaming, so this is all I have right now. Keep in mind that I'm also a broke college student, and I currently don't have a mouse. I'm using the touchpad thing.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Get X-com and Plants Vs Zombies from steam (pretty cheap)

    Go grab Spelunky (free)

    Go download the Crawl Roguelike with the graphical tile interface/stone soup (free)

    http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php is very metroid/deus ex-y and pretty damn fun, plus free

    If your laptop has the ram, learn how to play Dwarf Fortress, or just play small maps


    I'm a laptop/touchpad gamer and spelunky, crawl and Xcom are never uninstalled, plus they are all free. IfI do play FPS games I like to use my drawing tablet set to mouse mode.

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  • LitanyLitany Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You're going to have to give us something to go on spec wise.

    That said, anything in the Civilization series / Alpha Centauri. Enjoy early mornings.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Litany wrote: »
    You're going to have to give us something to go on spec wise.

    That said, anything in the Civilization series / Alpha Centauri. Enjoy early mornings.

    I just assumed rock bottom specs, hence why I gave the warning with Dwarf Fortress. A simple looking game but can really eat up memory and RAM

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  • LitanyLitany Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I know my brother's netbook can handle Civ3. He "thanked" me over Thanksgiving.
    I bruise easy...

    Edit: I actually forgot to include the latter half of my point. Something like Audiosurf can run on low system specs, and is perfect for a laptop. It helps us help him.

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  • MyiagrosMyiagros Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Battle for Wesnoth

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    Because if you're going to attempt to squeeze that big black monster into your slot you will need to be able to take at least 12 inches or else you're going to have a bad time...
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  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Hotlead Junkie wrote: »
    Get X-com and Plants Vs Zombies from steam (pretty cheap)

    Go grab Spelunky (free)

    Go download the Crawl Roguelike with the graphical tile interface/stone soup (free)

    http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php is very metroid/deus ex-y and pretty damn fun, plus free

    If your laptop has the ram, learn how to play Dwarf Fortress, or just play small maps


    I'm a laptop/touchpad gamer and spelunky, crawl and Xcom are never uninstalled, plus they are all free. IfI do play FPS games I like to use my drawing tablet set to mouse mode.
    I have played and beat plants vs. zombies, which was completely awesome. I've tried Spelunky as well, which is awesome too, but freaking hard. I'll have to give the others a try, though, especially X Com. I always hear people talking about that. Thanks.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    anoffday wrote: »
    Hotlead Junkie wrote: »
    Get X-com and Plants Vs Zombies from steam (pretty cheap)

    Go grab Spelunky (free)

    Go download the Crawl Roguelike with the graphical tile interface/stone soup (free)

    http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php is very metroid/deus ex-y and pretty damn fun, plus free

    If your laptop has the ram, learn how to play Dwarf Fortress, or just play small maps


    I'm a laptop/touchpad gamer and spelunky, crawl and Xcom are never uninstalled, plus they are all free. IfI do play FPS games I like to use my drawing tablet set to mouse mode.
    I have played and beat plants vs. zombies, which was completely awesome. I've tried Spelunky as well, which is awesome too, but freaking hard. I'll have to give the others a try, though, especially X Com. I always hear people talking about that. Thanks.

    Ah, I may need to point out, aside from plants vs zombies (as you well know) and iji, those games are all quite hard, in a, die a lot but learn a lot each time way. Just so you know.

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