games to get

i need to get a few game for my new computer before i go off to college

right now all i have
the sims
mech warors 3
flight simulator 2000

i have a force feed back joy stick

my system is going consits of
1200c
fic adll
256 mb pc 2100
45 gb ibm 7200 ata 100
win 98 se
20 gb ibm 7200 ata 100
redhatliniux 7.1
radeon 64 mb ddr
16x dvd
12 plextor
400 watt power supply

19 inch flat screen made in the same factory as the veiwsonics

cordless keyboard
cordless optical mouse

<font color=red>Gasoline + Fire</font color=red><font color=green> Can be a lot of fun</font color=green>

Get Gran Turismo A-Spec!!!! (if you have a PS2)

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GET MAX PAYNE

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Sorry dude, buy IMO, all the <i>good</i> games are on home consoles. Nothing I can really mention for computers....

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Everyone needs the Leisure Suit Larry collection.

-Intelicide: The act of marketing overriding engineers to kill a product before it can be released.

I'm sorry in advance but WTF is "19 inch flat screen made in the same factory as the veiwsonics"? Does that make a difference? Did you go to the factory and see this for yourself or did a salesman at Circuit City tell you that? What difference does it make anyway? If you had 17" Sony would we be telling you to get different games than if you have a 19" semi-veiwsonic?

If you have a 12" inch monitor get Doom cause it won't play on bigger monitors. If you have a 15" get Doom with the Simpsons add on pack. If you have a 17" Duke Nukem is the bomb. With a 19" only Half Life will do.

I am only being so shitty cause you got 2" more then me.

ROFLMAO, REALLY bad choice of wording man, really bad choice!!!

ID10T errors are the cause of most consumer's computer problems.

i spent all my money on the comuputer and i'm only left with like a hunderd dollars

<font color=red>Gasoline + Fire</font color=red><font color=green> Can be a lot of fun</font color=green>

I was thinking the same thing Kal.

lakedude, if you've got 17", that's nothing to be ashamed of. There are lots of people with less than that.

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I tried using my monitor as a tv and dvd system. It sucked. I ended up spending a fortune on an entertainment center instead, but it's totally worth it. I don't think computers are meant to be entertainment centers yet... unless you have that Sony 42" or something similar. The sony 24" is an awesome start if you ever are looking into that.

BTW, I went from 14" to 19" and that was awesome...I'm not sure it can get better than that.

Anyways, since you're in college the computer will do. If you're living in the dorms or something similar, buy a tv card and hook your basic cable up to your computer. There are cracks out there that will decode the signal so that you can get EVERY channel off of basic cable. Have fun...

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I buy home consoles to play gemes, not to watch blue screens. =)

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Unless u buy sony, then u buy consoles to watch the "loading" screen.

Althons and Pentiums are just melted rock. Who’s rock is better? Who cares, let’s play some games

But if you buy the X-Box, you have to spend extra money on keyboard so you can use the CLT+ALT+DEL buttons.

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OOH a CORDLESS REMOTE!!!!!!!

(Have I ever seen a <i>non</i>-cordless remote?)

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Cordless, as opposed to the Playstation 2 controllers you have to use to watch DVDs.

And there were corded remotes in the days before infrared was cheap and easy. No jokes about my mom or sister, please.

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He said "i buy home consoles to play games". So i sez "unless you buy sony, then you buy consoles to watching loading screens"...see?

Althons and Pentiums are just melted rock. Who’s rock is better? Who cares, let’s play some games

But Playstation is the one with the loading screen. You're not making any more sense than you were before

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I'm both of those stereo-types!! LOL!!!
But of course that will all change if I can get a job at MS after college =)

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XP is great. It's the activation scheme that's a bitch.

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Ah, I'm not even sure I agree with that.

XP has potential, but is seriously FUBARed in a few ways. For example, notice how M$ keeps hiding more and more options. Soon we won't even be able to control what settings our hardware uses. M$ OS will just magically know all or something.

I already miss the days of DOS where I could just assign my own hardware IRQs and such without hassle. Each new version of windows, these types of settings are put behind yet one more layer of button-clicking to even get to. Soon, we won't even be able to find them even if they are there.

But on top of that, XP, from what I've read, is doing a number of things that just aren't right. Such as purposely hindering the sound quality from the MP3 codecs and intentionally leaving the new MPEG codecs out. That's just wrong. Now, I don't mind if Windows ships with M$ products bundled in. And I don't mind if some of those products are even integrated directly into Windows. (Such as IE.) So long as I can use whatever software I choose to use without hinderance. To intentionally sabotage this is to hinder my software choices. That I don't agree with and should have been left out of XP.

There are other XP quircks that I strongly dislike too, but at least most of them can eventually be turned off. Such as the default Start Menu operation.

One thing that really irks me about XP is how much of it is geared towards the internet. I don't need an OS that checks my email to tell me how many new messages I have before I log in. I don't need an OS with a built-in instant messager. I don't want an OS that keeps wanting to use my modem so often. My modem is only on when I say it's on, and that isn't often.

-Intelicide: The act of marketing overriding engineers to kill a product before it can be released.

Sure was. So was freespace 2. But u know, i found it a frustrating game if u didn't use a joystick. And i do mean joystick. No keyboard, no gamepad, no racing wheel (yes i tried my M$ racing wheel for freespace, that was a blast, he he). Flight stick.

Althons and Pentiums are just melted rock. Who’s rock is better? Who cares, let’s play some games

FatBurger, I've grown to really love reading your posts! Seriously...

Anyway, I have the following games and these rock:
Strategy:
1. XCOM: It's very old and may not run on your system. Not sure why, but won't run on my newest Athlon system. I swear this is one of the greatest strategy games ever made even if the graphics aren't that great.
2. Civilization II: Not bad...got a steeper learning curve. But then again this often means better gameplay.

Age of Empires, Age of Kings, and the Conquerors expansion. Probably the best money I've ever spent on a game. I've played this series to death.

Shooters:
1. Unreal Tournament: Definitely a good game. I also have Quake III Arena, but UT is far better in my opinion. I uninstalled Quake III the next day...
2. Rogue Spear, Urban Operations, and Covert Ops: THHSE GAMES ROCK! I love hosting these games for multiplayer. I would not get them for single player.
3. Half-Life: Descent single player game. And fair multiplayer match, but UT is better.
4. Delta Force II and III. DF2 is VERY CPU/Graphics intensive. Don't get this game unless you have a high-end system! I preferred DF3 because it seems like the authors improved the graphics w/o increasing demand on system. This one runs much better than DF2. Overall descent games, but prefer Rogue Spear, UO, and Covert Ops by a long shot.
Flight Sims:
1. Microsoft CFS: Not bad...but no coop missions.
2. Janes WWII: Really fun because it has coop missions! I prefer this one over CFS
3. Falcon 4.0. Very cheap right now. This game is extremely complex and takes a lot of time to learn. I'm still learning it. It's tough because of its realism. Best games take time though...




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w00t! I have a fan

And Mordy, thank you for backing me up. Someone finally has some sense...

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You seem to post in every category...and almost every message. Your like permanent fixture! Your always there! None of your posts have been distasteful (that I've read anyway) They are either informative or humorous...good stuff!

Taker easy.
Guess I am sort of a fan!


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