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Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
March 19 2012 01:15 GMT
#1
I will be leaving for Kansas tomorrow morning to go to my grandma's house for a vacation for a week... and *gasp* she does not have internet. Also she lives in the middle of nowhere so no stealing internets from neighbors I already have someone who's going to prepare a spoiler-free schedule for me for keeping up with the starcrafts. However what I'm struggling with right now is what to do on the road / while I'm in Kansas as I'm usually very bored.

Something to keep in mind is that I will only be bringing my ASUS netbook that has:
Windows 7 Starter
Intel Atom CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz w/ 1 GB of RAM and no CD Drive
Needless to say this is not a top of the line computer but it's not feasible to take my desktop with me.

What I've prepared so far:
Brood War (I've never really played BW other than UMS but since offline only single player would be available)
Pokémon ROMs (haven't played pokémon in forever but figured it might be fun)

I'm looking for more options of games that are fun that can be played offline and on this crappy netbook. Any help is super awesomely appreciated.

*
Apom
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
France655 Posts
March 19 2012 01:19 GMT
#2
Read a book. >_<
HejaBVB
Profile Joined March 2012
Germany125 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-19 01:25:41
March 19 2012 01:20 GMT
#3
Most of the games from 1997 - ~2002.

- Rise of Nations (awesome game)
- Civilization IV (maybe too much)
- Final Fantasy 7
- GTA 3 and Vice City and San Andreas (need to try)
- The Sims 1 (lol :D)
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 1+2 (awesome game)
- Diablo II
- Baldur's Gate II
- Deus Ex 1
- WarCraft 3 (?)
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (?)
...
Th1rdEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1074 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-19 01:21:41
March 19 2012 01:21 GMT
#4
Baldurs Gate, Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, Red Alert, etc etc.
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gosuzombie
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada28 Posts
March 19 2012 01:21 GMT
#5
movies
battlefield 2
minecraft
Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
March 19 2012 01:22 GMT
#6
On March 19 2012 10:19 Apom wrote:
Read a book. >_<

There are lots of books out there... anything specific?
Trumpet
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1935 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-19 01:23:47
March 19 2012 01:22 GMT
#7
daiblo 1 & 2 (with the single player mods especially, make it so nice having infinite stash room!) are fantastic
rollercoaster tycoon is always entertaining
fallout 1 & 2 are classics
Simcity 3000 was unexplainably entertaining for me.

And you could also just get a snes/ps1 emulator for games like chrono trigger, megaman x & x-2, super metroid, etc etc.

gl hf exploring the true purpose of netbooks lol

edit: if you haven't read Song of Ice and Fire, do that instead of what I posted.
Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
March 19 2012 01:25 GMT
#8
On March 19 2012 10:22 Trumpet wrote:
daiblo 1 & 2 (with the single player mods especially, make it so nice having infinite stash room!) are fantastic
rollercoaster tycoon is always entertaining
fallout 1 & 2 are classics
Simcity 3000 was unexplainably entertaining for me.

And you could also just get a snes/ps1 emulator for games like chrono trigger, megaman x & x-2, super metroid, etc etc.

gl hf exploring the true purpose of netbooks lol

edit: if you haven't read Song of Ice and Fire, do that instead of what I posted.

yeah I have D2, so I could put it on here. I played the shit outta that game and not sure if offline would be the same. SNES Emulator for other games is a good idea... that's quite alot of hours of fun if i find the right game
Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
March 19 2012 01:28 GMT
#9
On March 19 2012 10:20 HejaBVB wrote:
Most of the games from 1997 - ~2002.

- Rise of Nations (awesome game)
- Civilization IV (maybe too much)
- Final Fantasy 7
- GTA 3 and Vice City and San Andreas (need to try)
- The Sims 1 (lol :D)
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 1+2 (awesome game)
- Diablo II
- Baldur's Gate II
- Deus Ex 1
- WarCraft 3 (?)
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (?)
...

I Love Civ IV but I'm thinking too much for this poor computer... I've had it crash on Minecraft quite a few times. Quite a few have mentioned baldur's gate... a game i've never played.
Gheed
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States972 Posts
March 19 2012 01:36 GMT
#10
Morrowind runs on my similarly shitty netbook although not at a very high fps.
ZerONine09
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom42 Posts
March 19 2012 01:43 GMT
#11
Assuming that you are bringing some type of ds emulator to play Pokemon, I can really recommend Phoenix Wright. It's especially fun if your emulator can pick up sound from your mic.
butter
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States785 Posts
March 19 2012 01:43 GMT
#12
Age of Wonders (the original) is turn-based and quite cute.
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Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
March 19 2012 01:53 GMT
#13
regarded as one of the best games ever made: XCOM UFO Defense
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
March 19 2012 01:53 GMT
#14
Baldurs Gate (+ 2)
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Whichever FFs you prefer
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Diablo 2
Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
March 19 2012 01:58 GMT
#15
On March 19 2012 10:43 ZerONine09 wrote:
Assuming that you are bringing some type of ds emulator to play Pokemon, I can really recommend Phoenix Wright. It's especially fun if your emulator can pick up sound from your mic.

Downloading Phoenix Wright now... It looks interesting
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
March 19 2012 02:02 GMT
#16
Baldur's Gate 1+2
Planescape Torment
Fallout 1+2
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Red Alert
Diablo 1+2
Deus Ex 1+2
Star Wars KOTOR
To The Moon ( ^_^ )

You can also get emulators for N64, SNES, NES, and GBA, there's a lot of great games for those consoles:
Ogre Battle 64
Chrono Trigger
Super Mario RPG LOTSS
Any FF game

mafiameower
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States61 Posts
March 19 2012 02:02 GMT
#17
On March 19 2012 10:22 Kerwin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 10:19 Apom wrote:
Read a book. >_<

There are lots of books out there... anything specific?


SPOOK By Mary Roach.

"Science Tackles the Afterlife"
Youtube.com/mafiameower
iSometric
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
2221 Posts
March 19 2012 02:18 GMT
#18
Warcraft 2. Yuri's Revenge.
strava.com/athletes/zhaodynasty
Mobius_1
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2763 Posts
March 19 2012 02:19 GMT
#19
Netbook - net = book?

Well played, first reply-er!
Starleague Forever. RIP KT Violet~
Ydriel
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Italy516 Posts
March 19 2012 02:32 GMT
#20
I'm in a similar situation as you are (although hopefully I should be able to get a new laptop soon), although I do have internet. Still, as someone mentioned, get yourself some ol' school RPGs (Baldur's gate, Darklands, Icewind Dale, etc), get BW, WC3 (should run on that comp, it's not heavy on reqs), etc

Some turn-based games might be really cool to get as well: Civilization, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (probably one of the best, used to play it with a bunch of friends all the time), Age of Wonders (pretty darn good)...

<3 SC2 <3<3 Dota 2. Steam ID: HellS
Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
March 19 2012 02:33 GMT
#21
Thanks for all the responses. Downloading Baldur's Gate 2 (I love Bioware RPGs but this one was before my time, so I hope I'll enjoy it) Also checking out Alpha Centauri (I had never heard of this game, but I loved Civ IV (and Civ V a little) so it looks interesting. Also I remembered Curse of Monkey Island and am downloading that.
Masq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1792 Posts
March 19 2012 02:34 GMT
#22
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 was one of my favorites. You could also try Theme Park / Theme Hospital.
sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
March 19 2012 02:34 GMT
#23
Dwarf Fortress
Come play Android Netrunner - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409008
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
March 19 2012 02:35 GMT
#24
Heroes of Might and Magic 3

Why? Because it is freaking awesome, you will get immersed in the story and the music is awesome and also to finish a scenario you will take some time, when you see you will have spent 5h in a blink of an eye. And if you have read ASOIAF then things get 100x more epic.
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
March 19 2012 02:37 GMT
#25
Cave story. most of the games people are recommending need a mouse!
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51447 Posts
March 19 2012 02:39 GMT
#26
On March 19 2012 10:58 Kerwin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 10:43 ZerONine09 wrote:
Assuming that you are bringing some type of ds emulator to play Pokemon, I can really recommend Phoenix Wright. It's especially fun if your emulator can pick up sound from your mic.

Downloading Phoenix Wright now... It looks interesting


DS won't emulate on a netbook, well, smoothly at least.
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Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
March 19 2012 02:45 GMT
#27
Brood War
eSports for life.
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
March 19 2012 02:50 GMT
#28
To The Moon is a pretty interesting recently-released "game"

I would also try VVVVVV for awesome platforming
blabberrrrr
Apom
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
France655 Posts
March 19 2012 02:50 GMT
#29
On March 19 2012 10:22 Kerwin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 10:19 Apom wrote:
Read a book. >_<

There are lots of books out there... anything specific?

Hard to give recommendations without knowing your tastes... I assume you wouldn't be asking if non-genre literature was your thing, so : Sci-fi ? Fantasy ? Thriller ? Historical ? Poetry ? Religious ?
Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
March 19 2012 03:37 GMT
#30
On March 19 2012 11:50 Apom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 10:22 Kerwin wrote:
On March 19 2012 10:19 Apom wrote:
Read a book. >_<

There are lots of books out there... anything specific?

Hard to give recommendations without knowing your tastes... I assume you wouldn't be asking if non-genre literature was your thing, so : Sci-fi ? Fantasy ? Thriller ? Historical ? Poetry ? Religious ?

LOL, was trying to give you a hard time, since I felt the thought behind your statement is "why do you need to play video games"
Nabes
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada1800 Posts
March 19 2012 03:51 GMT
#31
go without the games and enjoy life without the internet for a week imo.
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
March 19 2012 03:54 GMT
#32
On March 19 2012 11:34 sluggaslamoo wrote:
Dwarf Fortress

It'll murder a crappy computer :<
Freeheals
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States488 Posts
March 19 2012 04:00 GMT
#33
Sounds like a great chance to spend some quality time with your grandmother!!

I think you should revisit some classics, stuff you'd never play otherwise like warcraft 2, some diablo, any other single player (I guess i'm going with a Blizzard theme here) game
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EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
March 19 2012 04:03 GMT
#34
The Might and Magic (not heroes of MM) series.

HIGHLY recommend MM VII, definitely try out VI - VIII.
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
March 19 2012 04:50 GMT
#35
On March 19 2012 13:03 EngrishTeacher wrote:
The Might and Magic (not heroes of MM) series.

HIGHLY recommend MM VII, definitely try out VI - VIII.

MM4-5 (World of Xeen) is pretty fun too.
mrafaeldie12
Profile Joined July 2011
Brazil537 Posts
March 19 2012 05:04 GMT
#36
Diablo 2, you can play it for years ! :D

Plants vs Zombies!

Fallout 1/2.

Age of Mythology.
"..it all comes thumbling down thumbling down thumblin down"
bokeevboke
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Singapore1674 Posts
March 19 2012 10:46 GMT
#37
Gothic 2 - must play!
Heroes 3 - you won't regret!
King's Bounty Armored princess.
Its grack
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66160 Posts
March 19 2012 11:02 GMT
#38
diablo 2

maybe with some mod as well
POGGERS
Mementoss
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada2595 Posts
March 19 2012 12:33 GMT
#39
Get SNES emulator, beat all the classic RPG awesome games. Final Fantasy's for SNES, Illusion of Gaia, Mario RPG, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana/Evermore. Zelda Link to the Past.

For PC , make an awesome rollar coaster tycoon park and beat diablo 1.

To kick the shit and kill time, Plants vs Zombies, Grim Fandago, Secret of Monkey Island series.

Get some movies, or shows, watch em. Breaking Bad Series will keep you entertained for a week. Or The Wire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu96xMwFVXw
Deleted User 109835
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
629 Posts
March 19 2012 12:44 GMT
#40
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EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
March 20 2012 01:24 GMT
#41
On March 19 2012 13:50 Dfgj wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 13:03 EngrishTeacher wrote:
The Might and Magic (not heroes of MM) series.

HIGHLY recommend MM VII, definitely try out VI - VIII.

MM4-5 (World of Xeen) is pretty fun too.


Yah I mean, they made NINE games in the series so that has to speak some volume. The first Might and Magic game was released in 1986 for the Apple II, DOS, Commodore 64, etc.

I might do a "MM Let's Play!" type of thing when I have more time, cRPGs are fucking amazing.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
March 20 2012 01:42 GMT
#42
Have you considered taking this opportunity being away from the internet to do something unusual? If you just do what you always do it's not going to be terribly interesting. It sounds like a quiet place that would be good for a creative project Ever wanted to write or paint?

Well, the suggestions in this thread aren't bad for games. Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy games are fun, if you just wanna search for roms.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11349 Posts
March 20 2012 02:20 GMT
#43
I've been going through the Diablo's for the first time and they're pretty excellent.

Imperial Conquest 2 download the abandonware. Yeah! It's an old school turn based strategy from the mid 90's. Very cool concepts in the game that I really haven't seen elsewhere. Need to campaign in summer/ fall and split up your armies in the winter due to food shortages. Turn based tactical board with a morale system where you can route their troops- very poor to average to elite training and size of armies making the difference.

Play Rome, Carthage, Ptolemy, Selucid or some dinky country like Dacia or Illyria. Probably no-one would like it in this day and age, but I think it's awesome. Can hotseat with other people.
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