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https://steamdb.info/stats/gameratings/

If you sort that by number of positive reviews, it's a pretty decent list to start with:

• Team Fortress 2
• Garry's Mod
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Terraria
• Borderlands 2
• Sid Meier's Civilization V
• Portal 2
• Counter-Strike
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• The Binding of Isaac
• Don't Starve
• Mount & Blade: Warband
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Half-Life 2
• FTL: Faster Than Light
• Castle Crashers
• Kerbal Space Program
• Hotline Miami
• Saints Row: The Third
• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Blizzard games are also amazing but not on Steam. Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm are free, and you can probably find some deals on SC2/D3.

Fraps is still a thing, but there are several alternatives now. If you have an nVidia card, you can use ShadowPlay, which has very little impact on performance and neat features like saving the last few minutes of gameplay (ideal for awesome moments). Another alternative that runs on any GPU is Open Broadcaster, which is most commonly used to stream content, but is also very good at recording footage.

I found Tropico to be a game that you can micro if you want or just worry about the over arching city.

You have 2.5 hours to get it for free!

https://www.humblebundle.com/store

If you don't make it in time let me know, I just grabbed an extra gift code!

You may like Citizen of Rome - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.rangergo.rome, it is a family/Dynasty life sim set in the Roman Republic.

You get to see how life was in the Ancient Republic, participate in their various customs, festivals and Ludi / sporting competitions, while raising a family and moving up in the social and economic hierarchy in the Republic.

You can educate your children, marry them off, sponsor their elections and much more. You'll usually play as the eldest of your sons once your character dies.

The game is open-ended without a set endgame just like in real life, but a grand goal for any ambitious Roman family was to land a Consulship of the republic. This could be your goal in the game as well, climbing the Cursus Honorum and becoming a "New Man" - "Novous Homo"

I am its indie developer, please feel free to ask me anything

r/CitizenOfRome

Looks like a cheesy Shareware clone of something like Ghosts n Goblins

When I was little, I had this Mario.EXE that only ran in Dos, and it wasn't an exact port of any of the Marios. T'was only 4 levels, and I remember the first level ended in a really long jump you had to hold shift to make, and the fourth level had a bug (feature?) where one of the pipes in Bowser's castle put you in an infinitely scrolling trap. The first time I got the stomach flu was exactly the same time as the only time I managed to reach that castle.

I don't want to discourage your search; heck, I managed to find my long-lost fever dream while researchin' this post. http://www.wieringsoftware.nl/mario/index.html

Can you see if your girlfriend remembers anything about the game? Or perhaps the computer itself? Was it a Windows 95 box, was it DOS only?

Does this screenshot look familiar? http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ghosts-n-goblins/screenshots/gameShotId,746315/

I'm hesitant to say it's Ghosts n Goblins, given that the questionable game's background is pretty bland. I'll be honest, the game doesn't look like it was fresh and modern in the 2000s. I'm going to guess it was on a shareware disk with about 80 other games.

Check out Can You Run It. By the looks of it, it might run but not at desirable specs and will take away from the game a lot. Pick it up on a console if you have one.

Im a little biased towards the vita because I plan on getting one eventually and I am only a little interested in the 3ds(mostly because of kingdom hearts). When it comes down to it for me the most important thing to look at when buying a new system is how many games the system has that I really want. Also you mentioned pokemon X/Y, but be aware that nostalgia has a huge part in being excited for a new pokemon game. I somewhat recently played pokemon platinum and black after having not played since ruby/sapphire and I had some fun with platinum but I found black to be boring and I can't bring myself to play the games anymore, I still miss ruby/blue versions though.

As for the games, there are quite a few for both systems. Ill just leave this (vita): http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/vita/metascore?view=condensed
and this (3ds): http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/3ds/metascore?view=condensed here, as I use them to see what games each system has that I may like.

Also a few upcoming games to note:

3ds: super smash bros, SMT IV, mario party, pokemon x/y.

Vita: final fantasy x/x-2, dragons crown, batman arkham origins blackgate, binding of isaac,possibly a bioshock game(not in development atm though).

I hope this helps you make your decision and enjoy your handheld, whichever one you go with.

Oh shit. I messed up the link. There should be a trailing underscore on it: http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/dark-orbit_

There are 2 different Dark Orbits and the one from 2001 (properly linked) is what I meant to suggest. I'm not really sure on the story of the 2 games, but the 2001 version apparently was "discontinued" and it's kinda hard to google for it as the newer MMO Dark Orbit keeps popping up.

100% sure it's Mark Leung - Revenge of the Bitch

Also try /r/tipofmyjoystick for these sorts of questions. You'll have more luck in the future.

Not really a game, but Algodoo is a fun 2d physics sandbox program. You can create your own physics-based contraptions, like vehicles and all sorts of things.

And, I guess you could call Minecraft an educational game.

Caves. It's free with ads, you can pay to remove ads, and that's it. Even if you don't pay to remove ads they're pretty minimal; most are outright blocked if you have Blokada or another adblocker running.

I've only really spent a significant amount of time with Arctic Edge on the PSP, but I liked it a lot. Looks great even by today's standards, has fun track design with lots of paths to choose, excellent controls, a great soundtrack, the unique arctic racing theme and fun progression going for it. Can't really think of anything bad about it. If you don't have a PSP or PS2, you can emulate it.

A similar game that comes to mind is Flatout, which is a really challenging take on destruction derby type racing. Driving physics are sublime (but rather simulation-heavy), the damage model is still one of the best I've ever seen, track design is excellent and there are a ton of fun minigames and destruction derby events. If this is too much of a simulation, play Flatout 2 or Ultimate Carnage, which are even harder, but have more accessible driving physics. Track design peaked there. Avoid any other part of the series (except for the excellent PSP version, if you have that system), since the other ones are all by different developers and generally considered middling to godawful. Original developer Bugbear has since moved on to creating Wreckfest (formerly: Next Car Game), which after years in early-access limbo turned into a rather nice (and particularly nice looking) take on the formula of the first game, but again only for experienced players.

Back then Motorstorm very much reminded me of Fuel, which is known for its massive open world and impressive weather events like tornadoes impacting races. It's not being sold anymore, but not difficult to find. Definitely play it with the mod Refueled, which fixes numerous bugs and brings many improvements.

Just hop on steam and keep checking out their sales. You can get a ton of games at great prices for $300. This weekend Borderlands 2 is only $13.59!

Metacritic is also a pretty good place to look for game ratings and reviews. If it's cheap on Steam and has a high Metacritic score, you may as well give it a shot :).

PC Gaming Wiki has this sort of information:

https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Sekiro:_Shadows_Die_Twice#Video_settings

An incredibly useful site. It's pretty much essential for getting older games to run on modern system and enabling features the developers omitted (like certain widescreen resolutions or higher frame rates).

Just FYI, PC Gaming Wiki is a great resource for getting old games up and running well on newer machines. Here is the wiki page for Mercenaries 2.

Pretty sure you'll get a Uplay key for Far Cry 4 and an Origin key for Sims 4, since the games requires these clients to run.

The games will be tied to your account for each client and you'll be able to download them through Uplay or Origin at any time.

And, if you want to save a few bucks, Sims 4 is 50% off directly from Origin right now.

I uploaded my completed save file for you: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m62qsu7w314o282/castlevania.rar

According to this post it goes in either

steam \ userdata \ xxxxxxxx \ 234080 \ remote

or

C:\Users\ XXXX \AppData\Local\EMU\Steam\234080\remote

Enjoy the great game... chapter 5 is when it gets good (vampire castle level)

You absolutely must check out Recettear: An Item Shop Tale.

If you've ever played an RPG you know how it feels to be ripped off when selling items to the shop, and being charged much higher prices to buy your own items back. Well now you ARE the shop owner. Collect as many items as you want, and mark them up as much as you want. CAPITALISM HO!

This image will tell you everything you need to know

Or you can play WoW for and, just spend time in the auction house. Here is a good read on "Ingot's adventure"

Finally if you're super hardcore, there is always EVE Online.

Could be wrong, this is just based on a bit of googling, but I think this is a program called MikuMikuDance--it's basically a 3D animation program for creating vocaloid videos.

Apparently there's people mocking up wrestling/fighting matches out of it.

This video was linked in a thread about MMD--I don't have an account for the site, but squinting at the thumbnail looks enough like the HUD in your link that I'm assuming it's what it is.

This software will allow you to use any controller as though it were an xbox 360 controller, which opens up a lot of games. You essentially just press a button to map to the necessary function on a 360 controller. I can't remember if there are savable profiles though, since I haven't used the software in years.

Here's how to do it:

Click the "Install" button. A window should pop up.

It should tell you if the USB drive has enough free space for the game you want to play. 4GB is fairly small, it's only enough for small Indie titles and older games. Also keep in mind that this is most likely a USB 2.0 drive, which means that it will be significantly slower than a hard drive, resulting in long loading times (depending on the complexity of the game).

At the bottom, there's "Choose location for install." Click on the downward facing triangular arrow at the far right, next to "Install under ..." and select "Create new Steam library on drive ...". Select the drive letter that corresponds with your USB drive and then wait until the installation has finished. If the USB drive does not appear in the list (which is likely), close the install window and go to "Steam" (top left corner") -> "Settings" -> "Downloads" -> "Steam Library Folders" -> "Add Library Folder". Navigate to the USB drive, create a new folder and select it. Close the settings window, continue with the steps above and select the newly created folder, wait until the download has finished.

Plug the USB drive into the other PC and then once more go the settings menu and select the folder on the USB drive that you've just created. Steam should automatically recognize it and after a restart of Steam, the game (as well as any other game in the folder) should be playable without any additional downloads.

Note that some games on Steam have additional copy protection mechanisms, which often prohibit this kind of moving between computers. Also make sure that the game is either saving its save games in its folder in the Steam library or has a "Steam Cloud" icon on its store page (right hand side), indicating that it'll sync its save games online. Otherwise you may have to resort to either manually backing up save games or using a tool like this one.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is pretty much that: A supernatural thriller with a creepy atmosphere and an interesting story.

Also, Alan Wake is really good.

And, you can get a game called Betrayer for just $0.50 here. It's an atmospheric and stealthy FPS with a pretty interesting story.

Spelunky. It’s a rogue-like where you explore a cursed cave system. There’s a free classic version and a paid updated version on steam that has achievements if you decide it’s something you like. Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/239350/Spelunky/ Free version: http://www.spelunkyworld.com/original.html

Since you specify free and coop you're just asking for a list of free 2 play/subless mmo games.

And there's no shortage of those around these days, so it all comes down to what kind of gameplay and pay model you and your girlfriend enjoy/are okay with which is something you don't mention.

So I can only recommend the ones i've invested some time in, Warframe and Path of Exile both with very fair f2p models.

Just wait a few days for Terraria's 1.3 update. It's going to move the multiplayer into Steamworks, which should take away the requirement of port forwarding and virtual LANS to connect to your friends. The update releases June 30th.

For general purpose virtual LANs, you've already listed the ones I would suggest; I think it might be just a connection issue in general with them, perhaps ISP or distance? But, like I said... in a few days they shouldn't be needed for Terraia multiplayer.

/r/gamedev has tons of resources for people trying to develop games, so it'll help if you post there. As for your question, I would recommend gamemaker or phaser

GameRanger has multiplayer support for Battlefield 2142 (as well as the other classic Battlefields) and is being officially recommended by EA.

(I'm the developer of GameRanger.)

This one? I just googled it and got like 3 options on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Garage-Game-CD-Rom-Jewel-Case/dp/B00ALW98OG

The Battle of Polytopia. It's turn-based strategy compressed down to the absolute minimum, yet it's insanely polished, enjoyable and addictive. Polytopia has a very clear UI, an easy to learn, hard to master gameplay loop, pleasant art, a remarkably well thought out tech tree and some of the best random map generation I've ever seen.

The base game is free, larger maps and more tribes cost money. There are no other microtransactions - you pay for each new tribe (with different starting tech and art, but there are also special tribes that play radically different) and the more tribes you have purchased, the larger maps can be (and larger maps can house more players, of course). As soon as you have purchased one tribe, online multiplayer gets unlocked, but offline multiplayer (labeled "Pass & Play" in the game), the kind you are looking for, is free for everyone.

What surprised me the most about this game is for how long I've been playing it: Several years now, almost every day for a few minutes, which is quite remarkable. There is no other game I've played this much over the course of several decades of gaming.

You might like Hoplite its a turn based game and fits your preference which I came to know from above thread, It does have an in app purchase to unlock the premium which unlocks another mode, if you really don't wanna pay then cough*lucky patcher*cough is an option but i dont encourage it otherwise its good enough without premium .

I guess you're talking about ~~"2084"~~ 2048, which was a simple number-matching game that got a lot of different skins. But if you're gonna play that, you should try out "Threes" the original game that's actually much more challenging and has more character than the one that got famous.

Edit: Wrong number

If you're on Android, you can use RRM to randomize all your tones. There's even a fancy subreddit at /r/androidrrm to share playlists

I ended up putting in like 50 hours into Pixel Heroes

It's a lot like Darkest Dungeon, but harder. Easily digestible for stop and go gaming while still being deep enough to keep you coming back for extended play periods.

There are two mods based on the film Equilibrium for Max Payne 2, which feature the "Gun Kata" combat from the movie.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/hall-of-mirrors

https://www.moddb.com/mods/eq-gunkatas

Yup. Had one or two games on my steam account but rarely played them. I was mostly on my Xbox360 but then my gf complained about the noise (I don't have wireless headphones) so one day, out of boredom decided to launch that old steam account.

2 years later, I now have more than 100 games in my library. Most of those games were bought less than 10€.

5 game I've played the most according to Steam (not counting Adventure Capitalist and Clicker Heroes of course):

• Terraria (105h and counting)

• Far Cry 3 (60h)

• Winward (47h)

• Team Fortress 2 (42h)

• Stardew Valley (41h)

My personal picks that everyone should have in his game library:

• Terraria

• Stardew Valley

• Fez

• Braid

• Bastion

• Super Meat Boy

• Tales from the Borderlands

• Day of the Tentacle

• Borderlands 2

• Dishonored

• Stacking

• Sunless Sea

• Monaco

• GTA V

• Read Dead Redemption

Not must-play IMO but I had a good time section :

• Far Cry 3

• Dishonored

• Tomb Raider (2013)

• Hitman absolution

• Assassin's Creed series

Also, about knowing about if you can run the games or not, I'd suggest Can you run it?

In order to get games at a cheaper price, I'd suggest checking Humble Bundle. The Winter sales are ending soon so better hurry, some of the games I mentionned are on sale right now.

If you add a game to your wishlist on Steam, Steam will send you a notification (email or app) telling you when the game is on sale on the Steam market and at what price.

Without the specific specs of your machine, it's hard to tell what will run, so check it with this. I bolded the ones that might be iffy for your system.

• Half-Life 2 (2004 so technically falls out of your range but it's great if you haven't played it).
• Red Dead Redemption
• Last of Us
• Call of Juarez
• Long Dark
• Shadowrun Dragonfall
• Stanley Parable
• Papers Please
• Deus Ex (any of the series - newer ones may not run)
• Fallout (any of the series - newer ones may not run)

• Bioshock (the most recent one - newer ones may not run)

• Modern Warfare 2

• Portals 2

• Bloodbowl

Moby Games is a huge database of pretty much every videogame ever. I'm not quite sure how you'd filter the list to just 'AAA' games though, as that's a pretty loose definition. Maybe you could do it by company, or which games were rated by certain boards.....

Honestly, your best bet is to check out a walkthrough. Figure out how far you've gone and see what they say. Don't read ahead, just read where you are and they will tell you how to get back to the dark world assuming you are going back for story reasons.

I actually do not own a 3DS, but my roommate does (i.e. I have held, played one a lot), and I have been looking into purchasing one for a while.

I think the XL mostly offers a bigger screen and more battery life (and obvious comfort if you find the 3DS too small).

The games are definitely picking up as well and there's a good backlog at present.

One thing I see a lot of people overlook though is the eShop. Some of the games can be a little overpriced ($4.99 for NES games...) but there are often promotions and weekly sales. You can see it as an alternative to paying full MSRP and maybe tighten your budget a bit?

On the other hand, the PS4 probably won't be coming out for some time and will likely cost much more.

I hope this helps.

There's no simple answer. Some classics have been re-released on gog, with bug fixes and improvements that allow them to run on modern systems. Probably the easiest option if the games you want to play are among them, but not free. Some games need wrappers to run on modern systems, some only run in virtual machines, for some there are fan made patches or configurations.

Regarding this particular error message, 64bit Windows does not support 16bit applications anymore. I'm assuming that you are trying to install a game and its installer is a 16bit application (whereas the game is probably, hopefully, 32bit). You can try extracting the data and repackaging the installation package with a 32bit version of the installer, if it's based on the ubiquitous InstallShield:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/10131445

Generally, you can just google the games' names and your operating system (as well as specific issues, if necessary), this should result in a large number of forum posts. If there is no result for your operating system, go one or two versions back - fixes for running a game on Windows 7 and 8 usually help on Windows 10 as well. Old Windows games are a bit of an issue on modern operating systems due to the switch from DOS to NT underpinnings, the transition from 16/32bit to 64bit and once popular APIs being unsupported now. DOS games are trivially easy to run by comparison, largely thanks to DOSbox (which many re-releases on gog are using).

Sometimes, if a game had a console port, it may be easier to emulate that console than trying to run the PC version, although there might be significant gameplay and visual differences.

Most likely, yes, you can run it with high gore doing two things changing two notepad files in the steam directory for left 4 dead 2 which doesn't let you play online but you can play offline, or what I use, which is a program called left 4 uncut which uncensors the game in 4 steps, super easy. https://sites.google.com/site/left4uncut/l4u

Here's an article about a father putting his son to play through multiple generations of consoles/games. Should give you some kind of a direction

If you get the current humble bundle, spending at least one dollar, you get FOUR copies of Insurgency. This has also resulted in a huge influx of newer players so its and ideal time to figure the game out(they weren't hurting pop wise before humble bundle though). I've yet to come across hacker issues(it helps that its got dedicated servers, so undesirables are kicked quickly on most servers). They come out with free updates(a most recent one brought a new map, night mode on all maps, and night vision goggles).

I don't know how competitive it is as I just hop on and play without much thought, but I've seen enough clan tags around to know there's at least organized communities.

This is a bit old, but should give you a very solid idea of the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMxjlHU9u38

~~Isn't CS:GO free-to-play? Why not just try it?~~ I have no idea why I thought that.

Anyways, I don't know much about specs but this website tends to be helpful for me.

Just to add to this good list here, check out this list here, you might discover some other great games.

There's a flight sim called B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th! and you can totally jump to different station, but it's quite a complex game, so be warned. Actually, there's a whole bunch of games that are using that airplane.

So you got an invitation to their VR beta program?. This means you have a low-latency 100 Mbit/s Internet connection, are in the US and already have an Oculus Quest headset, correct?

Microsoft lists the GTX 1080 as its minimum required GPU for VR in this game. The same page also says that 16 GB of RAM are required, whereas the streaming service has only 12. It should work, but probably not very well.

I have a GTX 1080 in my PC and also a 4 core, 8 thread CPU (which is incredibly vague, by the way), the game and a VR headset (Samsung Odyssey Plus), so if you tell me that you're willing to wait until some time tomorrow, I'll test how good local performance is. I should note that my headset has the exact same display resolution as the Oculus Quest 1, but a lower resolution than the Quest 2. I do not know the output resolution of your streaming service offers in VR.

It's hard to manage so many games without a priority list and disciplining yourself.

About 5 years ago I created a backloggery account and usually play 1-3 games at a time. If I play more than that I start forgetting about some of the games or will always play the game I find my highest priority or most interested in constantly.

It did made me realize that I had too many games to finish in my lifetime or even my spare time and I simply stop playing games I don't find I'm particularly enjoying or have a medium-strong interest in.

If you want to have your own list of your own things, I recommend HowLongToBeat. I don't really bother rating the games I play (I like them all!) but there are user ratings and global ratings, and you can sort by either.

I have an inordinate number in flux because I was waiting for co-op partners, but a lot are so close to the end that I might as well just finish them. Others I just never got around to. So far I've finished off over a dozen games in 2015!

Project 64's homepage.

And your specs should be completely fine, I was simply curious if you were using somewhat outdated hardware with a horrible integrated solution.

Give it a go - if it's the same would you mind snapping a few screenshots for me regarding your graphics configuration within the emulator?

the search im using for the bot is actually based on the "levenshtein" edit distance, which i use to filter the results from https://RAWG.io

about game series, RAWG is working on having some kind of series page or mentioning that theres more games in a series, so when thats finished i will probably implement it into the bot

super hexagon is absolutly great, and simple. Its hard as shit though. But the sound track is great and you just need your left and right arrow keys. plus you can pick it up w/ a couple other games for $1 in the weekly humble bundle.

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

I feel like you couldn't go wrong with any of them.

Throw it into the list randomizer and play the one on top.

Personally though, I never was a fan of the GTA series....and playing one GTA to me is like playing most all of them. The stories never felt like anything special. So I say you probably shouldn't play all of them. Thats just like...my opinion though man.

http://www.myabandonware.com/game/eye-of-the-beholder-ii-the-legend-of-darkmoon-15f

In any case, since you own the game, you are entitled to otherwise illegal content from the web. But it appears to be classified as "abandonware" so, even better.

Another link just in case http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/176/Eye+of+the+Beholder+II+-+The+Legend+of+Darkmoon.html

Be wary about downloading potentially malicious content as well.

Hmm, for the price id say just try it. Ive logged over 100 hours on it and still go back to it regularly. The fact that you can customize and add to the game to your own liking might just push you over the edge. Maybe try some YouTube videos to get a feel of the game, I suggest some of the more story driven ones as that’s where the game hits home for me.
Other than that perhaps city skylines might tickle your fancy. Or banished.
edit: this site might help http://gameslikefinder.com/games-like-factorio/

There are a few other "life sim" type games (see here - lots of microtransaction bullshit) but they are nothing like The Sims and it infuriates me.

The first two Fallout games will serve you pretty well. They've both just been put back on Steam after having been pulled out for legal reasons. Right now it appears that they're on sale for $5 each! Neat.

Spelunky is also a nice little game that doesn't require much power either. You can download the original game from their website, but there's a rebooted version on Steam for $15.

If you want more games, just head on over to /r/lowendgaming. They're a lovely bunch of folks that would be happy to steer you in the right direction!

The first thing that comes to mind that has multiplayer is BF4's commander mode. I'm not sure if you can easily play the same match together in commander mode though.

EDIT: http://www.naturalselection2.com

Also nuclear dawn.

This might be a bit of a push, but you should check out Katawa Shoujou.

It could almost be described as a dating sim, but it's not trash. It's got a really good story line between a bunch of characters, and there are a few choices that really matter. There are also some NSFW sections, but these can be disabled (ayyy).

I promise you will come out of it with feels. It's free to download so you have no reason not to try it.

The best tower defense game I've ever played is Kingdom Rush. Beautiful 2d scenes and a sense of narrative progression as you battle through the levels. The maps have little details and easter eggs that reward "exploration" by looking at every little detail and see if it is interactive. Give it a try, it's free and web-based.

If you like the style of old games and want a time-sink then Factorio is the perfect game for you.

It's currently in early access but is well worth the price right now. There is a ridiculous amount of content already and it is constantly getting updated.

The game is a great survival game with a retro, late 90s feel in which you start off on an alien planet with nothing more than a gun and a few more basic resources. You start off doing the standard crafting-and-mining things survival games are known for, but once you've got a few resources the game really opens up as you begin to automate the process of mining resources smelting them and eventually the sorting and crafting of them until you have a fully automated factory to decimate the planet with in order to build defenses against the locals as you pollute their world.

I have put a good 40 hours into this and still feel like I've barely scratched the surface, it has kept me up at night as I try to think of ways to make a system a little more efficient. I have thoroughly enjoyed every second and would absolutely recommend it.

temps = tempretures.

As a computer works it generates heat, excess heat is bad and can cause the overheating part to work slowly or wear down and eventually break. typically the computer has ways of keeping itself cool (usually fans) but if they fail or become clogged (say with dust) it can cause poor performance and/or damage.

The easiest way to test them is to use speed fan to access the built in thermostat. using it is simple enough, just start the program up and the temps are on the first screen after it loads. Generally anything 60-75 degrees centigrade is normal "flat out" while 90-100+ is almost certainly a problem with the cooling and should be fixed ASAP.

assuming we are excluding the obvious ones like mobas such as Leauge of Legends or Smite, Blizzard games like Starcraft 2 and Diablo, MMOs like Eve Online and Guild Wars 2, and EA origin exclusives like Crysis 3 and Titanfall., and PS3/4 exclusives like Uncharted or The Last Of Us?

Then, well... not much really. Almost all indie or even middle ground devs release through Steam.

Here's a couple of mentions, worth checking out in case.

Rim World World of Tanks/World of Warships http://pokemonshowdown.com/

Try looking at this list. It gives of many Jrpg for the ps1 with a few screen shots. http://www.listal.com/list/rpg-world-playstation-edition

my best guess it is Tales of Destiny One or 2. Beyond the Beyond, SaGa Frontier, Suikoden or it was a port of an older SNES game to the PS1 (like Chrono trigger or final fantasy 6 or 5)

Online lobby listing went down with GameSpy servers. You can use this webpage to give you a list of servers and then connect manually. Here's a forum thread on how to connect via the game console:

http://revolutionarysoulz.proboards.com/thread/2091

Or look into the OpenJK mod.

Drill Down is fun, I got a lot of hours out of it. It's a somewhat scaled back Factorio, in that it doesn't have the tower defence aspect, it's purely about making an efficient factory.

https://www.amazon.com/Overwatch-Anthology-1-BLIZZARD-ENTERTAINMENT/dp/1506705405/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=overwatch+book&qid=1608068167&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExR0dONjZTWjJFNVhHJmVuY3J5c...

This is a great piece of art/book. Got this for my kid. Plus he can keep it forever.

And a Zelda one! https://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Legend-Zelda-Cookbook-Monstrous/dp/173447310X I think I remember there being one for H.P. Lovecraft, and I'm almost positive there's one for Harry Potter, too.

I have been using this one for about half a year with a lot of success. I also bought a big pack of AmazonBasics long HDMI cables to go with it. I think at the beginning I had one issue with a screen flickering, but I unplugged and replugged and I haven't had an issue for a long time. My real issue is when I'm playing PS4 in the morning and my PS3 comes on to auto-update and this switcher auto-switches to the PS3. Gah! Wait a min switchy thing. Just have to push the button on it to force switch when that happens. I like it so far.

https://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-501BN-Premium-wireless-adapter/dp/B0049SCB2Y

If it helps, I have a PS4, PS3, Steam Streamer Box, PS2, and Wii all plugged into it going into a Samsung HDMI TV (not 4K).

If you're curious, I have HDMI adapters in the Wii and PS2, so that's how that works. They also are great and I got them off Amazon, can't recall which obscure brand. Though they do occasionally have their issues since they're all weird knockoff checp things.

My bad misread it, i'm on mobile so doing a bunch of other things at the same time. Here are a few more that you might like then:

Mages and Minions: Diablo/Dungeon Crawler style game: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.makingfun.mageandminions&hl=en

PostKnight: Hybrid scroller/rpg game. Not sure how to describe it, but a lot of fun. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kurechii.postknight&hl=en

There's an old PalmOS "game" that only contains a cat. Someone ported it to Android too

Another more obvious one is Neko Atsume ("Cat Collector"), a very popular mobile game.

You can pick up and carry cats in Castle Town in Zelda Twilight Princess.

Ghost Trick has a major plot twist involving a cat.

Can't think of any more at the moment.

I don't know if you know about this either but you can do surveys for google and they will pay out a bit of Google Play credits:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.paidtasks&hl=en

Not that you need more google play store credit but was worth pointing out.

Yeah sorry about the misunderstanding I meant this game. http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/04/dawn-of-war Some info in this thread http://www.reddit.com/r/AskGames/comments/18mq28/an_rts_game_with_dinosaurs/

i have found very similar game on Android called Fat Bunny:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GroovyAntoid.FatBunny&hl=en_US&gl=US

Hard to say which one is the original... but the gameplay is pretty the same and graphics very similar.

There is also a discount on the game at the moment in Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AKStudio.SovietProject

Whenever it's in your budget, I recommend this. 8BitDo controllers are great, and cheaper than official XBox controllers. They have wireless ones as well that run about $5 more.

Maybe something like this Limited-time deal: Forty4 Wireless Gaming Controller, Dual-Vibration Joystick Gamepad Computer Game Controller for PC Windows 7/8/10/11, PS3, Switch- Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0894RCSV4/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_dl_DP1SFGT15B4WJ10D83DH

Don't bother with those, they are old microUSB connections and don't charge through the controller itself so you'd need two cables!!!

This is a much better solution: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S455Q46/?psc=1 This charges thru the controller itself and will light up when done, all while you've been playing wired.

Really. Something like that? https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Controller-Charging-Rechargeable-Battery-x/dp/B08J874RN1/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3NR1WM5XDM29R&keywords=rechargeable%2Bbattery%2Bpack%2Bxbox&qid=1651147369&sprefix=rechargeable%2Bbattery%2Bpack%2Bxbo%2Caps%2C187...

I think you’re looking for arcade games. I can help you with that.

Gold Rush Slot: a game inspired by slot machines. Very simple yet good for killing time since you can play it any time, anywhere. It has a ranked system where the top 3 winners of the week are rewarded with $10.

Eternal Senia: it’s an anime-themed idle game. It has a nice story, but it hasn’t been fully completed yet, so there are some updates from time to time. The only time when you’ll have to use your brain and boost your stats is when facing a boss, which is not too often. Other than that, the game is very, very easy to progress.

Alto’s Oddyssey/Alto’s Adventure: platformer without history. You slide through hills and mountains and see how far you can go.

Magic Tiles, any version: a classic game. Play tones and get as many points as possible without making mistakes.

Stick Tennis: the game says it all. Progression is very straightforward. The most fun challenge is the last contender, but it gets a little boring when you master the game.

As for visual novel-esque games that are very casual, you have various developers specialized in that. I recommend NomnomNami games and Sofdelux Studio: cute stories with a lot of fantasy in them.

Couple things to consider so I will break it up:

Disco Elysium itself - Masterpiece of a game. If you like books I would classify this as video game literature. The world is fleshed out, there is no combat other than the combat of conversation. RPG elements are used both traditionally and in twisted ways, where leveling could be something as rudimentary as your physical prowess so you do things like move a heavy object, or, you may level a part of your psyche which unlocks the ability to perceive a wall in a psychic way that shakes your character so violently he has a revelation about the entire murder mystery you are trying to solve.

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PC/Steam Deck/Etc: You are right to worry, there are terrible supply issues in all industries and electronics is definitely not an exception. Fortunately, Valve has been doing an alright job at providing estimates that so far have been accurate (Although we are only a few weeks into the 1st batch being shipped). Unfortunately, that means if they are to be believed, if you pre-order today you will not see your steam deck until October based on their estimation.

It may be a bit more expensive, but have you considered a gaming laptop? I am currently writing this post from this machine which I just got done playing Elden Ring at 60fps while recording in OBS for my Instagram: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092YHJLS6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You can try running it on your current machine but I did find the game a bit more demanding than I would have though on my 1070 at the time.

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I hope that helps a little, please let me know if you have any other questions.

I would say just run a 100ft hdmi and 100ft active usb connection to your TV and play your pc from there. Either that or get a steam link off ebay (how I've been playing elden ring). Or plug your phone into the tv and use the app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valvesoftware.steamlink

A single, unified guide to oldschool RPGs? No. The two you mentioned are quite different and would be poorly served by a single guide. Try gamefaqs.

I don't have a Lalafell character personally, but I know you've got quite a bit to choose from.

If I remember correctly, some of the Lalafell NPCs had pretty childlike voices.

This video at 4:25 shows a few options to choose from.

System requirements aren't too high, you can see them here.

As for the cost, it's a subscription service; not free to play. It also requires you to buy a copy of the game for whatever platform you're using, (PC, Mac, PS3 & PS4) plus one expansion. (The expansion is almost entirely endgame content, so there's no need to buy it right away.)

Sorry if that's a turnoff for you.

Personally, it's the most rewarding subscription service I've ever been a part of, but don't let the opinion of a stranger sway you. :P

PC for the modding alone. But like some have been saying that GT 650m might not work. Would suggest checking via the link below

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

wouldn't be surprised if you did that already

haha I like that solution. But using like TeamViewer would have lag, wouldn't it? Maybe a Lan based remote assistance? I will dig into that. If I succeed I will report here in the future. Thanks a lot.

edit: Look what I've found: http://www.howtogeek.com/189601/how-to-use-steam-in-home-streaming/

If you don't get any joy here, you could try the Steam forum for this game, or the dev does supply his email address on Indiedb (see comments) as a "point of contact" for help.

There's submarine sim called Aces of The Deep that advertises that feature, but if we would like to dig really deep there's an obscure mid-80s console RDY Halcyon which had not only voice recognition, but also voice synthesis capabilities in a basic form.

If you have 5 bucks, origin has a subscription to get all 3 of crysis, mass effect and deadspace which will occupy your time with less of a grind, not quite the same experience you may be looking for, but its a great deal.

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Some others:

• osu! Awesome rhythm game(s). Subreddit: /r/osugame
• Need for Speed Most Wanted (the new one) Could be a bit fancy for your PC though.

You'd probably need a capture kit. Depending on your needs, there are a variety of options. If you plan on recording: here's a good link: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/30/the-best-video-game-capture-kits-for-xbox-360-ps3-and-pc

I've heard good thing about Elgato's line of products too.

There may be some cheaper options available, but I don't really know much about them other than that you need them. If you just want a cheap way of playing Xbox, it might be cheaper to just buy a small monitor.

I'll be honest, there may be ways I don't know of to do this, I only know what I do because of my research into Let's Plays.

Alien Isolation requires 1 GB of video memory, and 4 GB of system memory.

Because your graphics chip is an integrated chip without its own memory, it has to use part of your 4 GB system memory to make up that 1 GB of video memory. So you're left with 3 GB of system memory to use on the game, which isn't enough. (not to mention the chip itself probably isn't good enough)

According to this site, your chip is about equal to an nVidia 8600 GT or 9500 GT. You can try looking for things like that, or just keep in mind that a game that needs more than 4 GB of memory--video and system combined--will have a hard time.

But you also have to look at your processor, too. An i3 with 1.7 Ghz isn't super-fast. You really just don't have a gaming computer, so in a lot of cases, you'll have to settle.

You can try looking at a site like this to get an idea if you can run an individual game:

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

I have never used it myself, so I can't speak for it, but I've seen it around the web before and people say it does a good job.

Your passwords may be strong, but did you use the same ones on these accounts? R6S is particularly dangerous as either your Steam access was compromised or your Uplay account. So you should definitely start panicking at least a little bit.

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Change your Uplay and Steam password, start using Steam's phone activator, change your email's password. While you are at it, I recommend you to do a "start over" on your password life and start using a password manager like Keepass, 1password, LastPass, BitWarden, KeePassXC. See which software suits your needs the best and now you can have actually strong and unique passwords for every service.

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Chances are, that someone got into your Steam account, all those games are on the Steam plataform, so the kid either got into your steam account or on your email account and used that as means to it. But if he only had your email account he would have to reset your password, which you would take notice of. So probably your steam AND email account as he would need to put the activation code for the access on a different PC. Unless he had access to your PC... I believe there's ways to know the recent IPs that logged into your email account, but it really depends on if you want to find out how that happened, or if you are more into fixing it and making sure it never happens again.

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I know this is a late reply, but good luck mate.

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edit^(2) - Forgot to mention, give a quick look up on your emails on this site. It checks for open leaked databases to see if your email is on those databases.

I don't know anything about the game other than it being a racing game, but F1 2015 is free if you grab it today on Steam(might be a couple days, not sure). It's a "grab once, then own it forever", not just a trial or free weekend thing. Here's the link to the page. Just click install or play, but you don't even have to actually install it. It should say afterwards "This game has been added to your library", but then you don't need to follow through with installing right away if you don't want to.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/286570/F1_2015/

This is similar to what I use to connect my Wii to my TV through HDMI. It works great. Not sure of specific brand. https://www.amazon.com/PORTHOLIC-Converter-Wii2HDMI-Adapter-Compatible/dp/B07539JW4W/

Probably either the Marathon games (Bungie's pre-Halo FPSes) or Wrath Of Earth (kind of like a cross between Wolfenstein 3D and System Shock).

NetStorm and Stratosphere comes to mind, but it's not exactly as you ask.

Wizardry and M&M of that era with character portraits all had 6-character parties. Dungeon Master had 4 but the portraits were at the top of the screen.

OP maybe this can help narrow it down: http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/role-playing-rpg/1st-person-perspective/fantasy/ - can further filter by year.

It sounds like in this thread that people are saying to go look at it from the actual Uplay client and it should be the proper price.

Alternatively you can buy it from the Epic Store(where it is the same price) since you have to register that version on Uplay anyways after which point you don't have to launch the Epic Client anymore.