Free XP games

Noreen · Mar 03, 2008, 23:01:08

I have no personal experience of any of these games. http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/XPGames.html

edit: I've just realised that I do have one of these games "MahJongg Solitaire 3D" which I can recommend for taking your mind off other things.

Simon · Mar 03, 2008, 23:09:06

A paradise for gamers, Noreen, of which I am not one either!

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 10:00:57

Well, that makes three of us then... Puritanical bunch, aren't we.

Gary · Mar 04, 2008, 10:11:24

Quote from: Rik on Mar 04, 2008, 10:00:57
Well, that makes three of us then... Puritanical bunch, aren't we.

actually four now

Noreen · Mar 04, 2008, 10:19:12

But have none of you EVER played computer games?

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 10:20:09

If you exclude Solitaire, Noreen, then no - not one. I've always thought of them as a waste of good processor cycles.

Gary · Mar 04, 2008, 10:21:41

Quote from: Rik on Mar 04, 2008, 10:20:09
If you exclude Solitaire, Noreen, then no - not one. I've always thought of them as a waste of good processor cycles.

snap, I just have no interest in gaming whatsoever

Noreen · Mar 04, 2008, 10:54:37

Well, up to a few years ago I just loved playing computer RPGs and some strategy games. I still have "Morrowind" and "Civilization IV" on the computer in case I ever feel like going back to them. I also have "Pretty Good Solitaire" which has many solitaire card games (one of the best) and MahJongg Solitaire 3D as mentioned previously.

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 10:56:14

I always thought an RPG was a rocket-propelled grenade. I didn't have you down for being warlike, Noreen.

Noreen · Mar 04, 2008, 11:02:25

"Morrowind" was one of the most popular RPGs ever, basically I think because you could virtually do whatever you liked rather than follow a set storyline, very absorbing.

You might be interested in "Pretty Good Solitaire", Rik, it has 700 games! http://www.goodsol.com/

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 11:03:31

Does it have the same security advantages as PGP?

Noreen · Mar 04, 2008, 11:10:19

Let your imagination run free, Rik.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/games/morrowind_overview.htm

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 11:12:10

I don't have an imagination, Noreen, I'm very stodgy. Could never get into Lord of the Rings, for example - fantasy and me just don't seem to go together.

Noreen · Mar 04, 2008, 11:16:59

That really is a shame, Rik. Still, it's a good thing that we're not all the same isn't it?

madasahatter · Mar 04, 2008, 11:19:42

Must admit that I've never gone in for RPGs - I much prefer the games that I can just play without thinking too much. But then that may be because thinking hurts (I'll say it before someone else does)

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 11:20:49

Quote from: Noreen on Mar 04, 2008, 11:16:59
That really is a shame, Rik. Still, it's a good thing that we're not all the same isn't it?

True enough. My passion has always been music, I guess that's where I tend to escape to.

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 11:21:33

Quote from: madasahatter on Mar 04, 2008, 11:19:42
But then that may be because thinking hurts (I'll say it before someone else does)

madasahatter · Mar 04, 2008, 11:26:47

Quote from: Rik on Mar 04, 2008, 11:21:33

I can see how hard that is for you

Gary · Mar 04, 2008, 11:31:11

Quote from: madasahatter on Mar 04, 2008, 11:26:47

I can see how hard that is for you

Are you sure you should be looking, Mad

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 11:31:30

Quote from: madasahatter on Mar 04, 2008, 11:26:47

I can see how hard that is for you

Trust me, it's as much pain as I'll ever know.

Rik · Mar 04, 2008, 11:31:59

Quote from: Killhippie on Mar 04, 2008, 11:31:11
Are you sure you should be looking, Mad

madasahatter · Mar 04, 2008, 11:32:48

Quote from: Killhippie on Mar 04, 2008, 11:31:11
Are you sure you should be looking, Mad

Gary · Mar 04, 2008, 11:42:33

Quote from: Rik on Mar 04, 2008, 11:31:30
Trust me, it's as much pain as I'll ever know.

madasahatter · Mar 04, 2008, 11:48:34

Another free games site worth looking at (if you're into that kind of thing:

http://www.smiliegames.com/

Gary · Mar 04, 2008, 11:49:27

Quote from: Rik on Mar 04, 2008, 11:31:59

cheers

Simon · Mar 04, 2008, 12:03:04

I used to like some of the point and click puzzle type games, such as Monkey Island, Broken Sword, and the first three Harry Potterr, but I simply don't have time for them now. I hate sports games or shoot 'em ups. The first ever game I played, was Lemmings.

Malc · Mar 04, 2008, 15:24:26

I love RTS games, C&C, Red alert, Age Of Empies, Supreme Commander I can loose hours to these once I start

Simon · Mar 04, 2008, 20:05:48

That's the trouble, Malc. It costs at least 2 hours to turn the computer on these days.

Rik · Mar 05, 2008, 00:28:28

Is that kWh, Simon? Wow, that's some beast you're running there.

drummer · Mar 05, 2008, 01:41:00

Quote from: Simon on Mar 04, 2008, 12:03:04
I used to like some of the point and click puzzle type games, such as Monkey Island...

Aah, I do miss the piratical ineptitude of Guybrush Threepwood and the genuine humour of the Monkey Island series.

On the last version I played (PS2), I was chuffed that the phrase; "I am rubber, you are glue" was still there but slightly disappointed that it didn't crash the system. And sadly, the graphics were quite good.

I recently played the original Monkey Island on an XP box after googling "Scumm".

Simon · Mar 05, 2008, 10:01:30

Simon the Sorcerer was another one, but the graphics on it were fairly rubbish.