Looking At Free and Odd Games.
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Agent
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written Monday, July 4 2005 05:10
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I was fishing around the web when I found this thing http://www.spicetrade.org -- it looks like a middle eastern version of civilization. Basically, I was looking for unusual free games. I did not want to download it because it was 190 MB. Thoughts comments. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, July 4 2005 18:38
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190mb is a lot of memory for a game, regardless of the genre. -------------------- Mugglenet--The ULTIMATE Harry Potter Site. Polaris-- New location. Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, July 4 2005 19:00
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Final Fantasy XI is about 5 GB, actually. 190 MB doesn't seem very big compared to FFXI. Then again, FFXI is an MMORPG. -------------------- The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) Famous Last Words - A local pop-punk band They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, July 4 2005 19:15
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I've always though the 17mb for GF1 was a big file. I'm living in the past... -------------------- Mugglenet--The ULTIMATE Harry Potter Site. Polaris-- New location. Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, July 4 2005 19:18
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Disk space is not memory, and how much 190 MB comes out to depends on two things. One, the capacity of your computer. Two, whether your megabye is 10^6 or 2^20 bytes (a mebibyte). A small difference, to be sure, but a difference. —Alorael, who can also see connection speed as a factor. While it makes no difference while you're playing the game (unless it's an online game), 190 MB is a lot more over a 28.8k connection than over a T3 line. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, July 4 2005 20:16
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A friend of mine has 500gigs worth of hard drive space. After seeing him put endless games on that none look big. Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, July 4 2005 20:29
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Myst IV is 7.02 GB, but it's also graphics oriented. -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Monday, July 4 2005 22:21
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My biggest most powerful Flight sim is 500 mb. Did you say that game (of 190 mb) is free? -------------------- Thralni's almighty Avernum pages: My webpage, containing scenario's and graphics made by me (And maybe someday the homepage of the almighty chicken gods). Click here for more information on Olga's fortune teller kiosk Olga's fortune teller kiosk has been temporarily closed down, but you can contact the prophet with a PM - Was signed by the prophet of the almighty chicken gods, gods of everything that is a chicken. Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, July 4 2005 22:49
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EDIT: Actually that game seemed kind of lame. KOL is fun though. www.kingdomofloathing.com or something like that. [ Monday, July 04, 2005 23:25: Message edited by: Kingy ] Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 10:27
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never mind [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:28: Message edited by: Ice Drake ] -------------------- polaris c'mon you know you want to Avernum4 Averforge Posts: 156 | Registered: Wednesday, May 11 2005 07:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 11:28
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Stronghold takes up the most amount of space of any game on my computer. It had only one install option (i.e., no "minimum" or "full), so when I installed it it schlonked the entire contents of the CD-ROM over onto my harddrive, at about 700 MB. That really hurt on my clamshell iBook—it took up about 1/9 of my entire harddrive, and it would barely run! It wasn't long before I uninstalled it. It works better on my new iMac, and takes up a lot less harddrive space (percentage-wise). I'd like to get Myst IV some day—but I sincerely hope it has a minimum install option! 7 GB on my iMac would be like 700 MB on my iBook... Seems like every time computers get bigger and better—and you think "Finally I have enough space for everything!"—the game makers practically anull that by increasing the demands of their products. Grrr. That's one reason why I like Spiderweb games so much. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 13:46
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quote:The minimum installation is significantly smaller at 3357.5 MB, as opposed to the full installation of 7158.8 MB; still a big file, but somewhat better. -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 15:17
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Try some wolfire games. -------------------- “Medicine, Law, Business, Engineering - These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But Poetry, Beauty, Romance, Love-These are what we alive stay for.” Posts: 150 | Registered: Sunday, February 20 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 15:23
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What constitutes a minor infraction for a member: + Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation. —Alorael, who can see the odd. He can't see the free. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 15:43
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Discussing fun free and odd games is not "Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation. " -------------------- “Medicine, Law, Business, Engineering - These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But Poetry, Beauty, Romance, Love-These are what we alive stay for.” Posts: 150 | Registered: Sunday, February 20 2005 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 15:48
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"Try [x] games" is essentially solicitation. Those games are not free, merely odd, making the solicitation necessarily commercial. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 15:55
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Go easy on him, guys. It seems as if the link was posted in good faith, and it's not as if he started a new topic for it or anything. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 16:23
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The point of posting this was not solicitation. If you look at it this is one of those things that runs counter to your standard "game"-- the theme is different. I thought it was interesting because it used a "different" viewpoint than a typical fan boy games. They had a link to another site http://www.socialimpactgames.com -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 16:32
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quote:Actually, the site happens to have demos for download, which are free. If you are going to get Harlequin on what seems to me to be a technicality, (the games offered at the site are not free for full versions), then by the same token he could very well be talking about the demos. My point is that you're assuming he's practicing commercial solicitation. Why not give him the benefit of the doubt and consider his post a friendly suggestion to those who would like a free demo to a decent game? After all, the post is clearly meant to be a suggestion, in context. It seems wrong to interpret the CoC this literally. You seem to be taking the post out of context, is all. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 16:38
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Everything on the site is freeware exept for one game. I enjoy wolfire games and I thought that fun free games was what the discusion was about. I don't want any hard feelings, I was just trying to add to the convesation. -------------------- “Medicine, Law, Business, Engineering - These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But Poetry, Beauty, Romance, Love-These are what we alive stay for.” Posts: 150 | Registered: Sunday, February 20 2005 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 17:40
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Not to worry. I think the warning was more that you were nearing infringment, not actually infringing. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 19:41
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I'll admit that the warning was at least half grumpiness. Sorry about that. Commercial plugs belong elsewhere, though, even if they're not intended as plugs. —Alorael, who will certainly concede that the games are odd even if they're only debatably free. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 20:05
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I tried that spicetrade game. It sounds cool, but doesn't exactly start with a bang. You see screens full of old middle eastern maps and paintings, and click on parts of them to move, or initiate simple dialogs, or buy saffron bulbs, etc. So it's actually a kind of choose-your-own-adventure game, as far as I can see. I got as far as borrowing 300 dirhams from my uncle, wandering out to my field outside town, and buying a saffron bulb in the bazaar. It would only let me buy one, though I could have afforded a dozen or so. I couldn't even figure out how to plant my one saffron bulb, but I found a screen that warned me I might have to buy warehouses and hire guards to protect my crops. So I thought, if it's this hard just to plant the darn thing, I'll never manage to defend it; it'll be a long, long road to dominating medieval world trade with my saffron. So I gave up. Oh, and I talked to a witch who offered to introduce me to her demonic master in return for hashish. It threw me a bit that I was getting options like that so early in the game, but perhaps if it's so hard to plant a bulb, the hashquest is the endgame. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 20:18
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I didn't even get that far; I loaded the game and couldn't do anything because the picture went beyond the screen, so I thought I would try changing the resolution so it would fit. I'm on a 20-inch monitor with the resolution at 1024 x 768; I changed it a couple times and ended up at 1344 x 840, and it was still cut off a bit. I don't know why it was doing that, but by then the print was getting too small to read. -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, July 6 2005 06:26
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quote:Wing Commander Prophecy's bigger than that, and it's getting old now... Anyway, Hard Drive space is not the issue. Just download it overnight, thats what I do with files around that size. I download half of it one night, pause it, and continue the next night. - Archmagus Micael -------------------- "You dare Trifle with Exile?" - Erika the Archmage -------------------- My Scenarios: Undead Valley : A small Undead problem, what could possibly go wrong? -------------------- Proof of Richard Black's existance: Richard Black - PROOF of his existance (the Infernal one's website). Posts: 1370 | Registered: Thursday, June 10 2004 07:00 |
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