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chunes, do games w Games you really want to play, but can't or won't?

Silksong. My muscle disease has progressed too much to physically play it. That really stings because Hollow Knight was one of my favorite games ever.

yakko,

That fucking suuuuuuuuucks. I wonder if there’s a mod that could accommodate you somehow. I’m not trying to spawn a big debate about difficulty in games here, but I really wish you’d be able to play it for yourself, somehow.

chunes,

I’m sure there’s a cheat engine invulnerability hack or something I could use, but it would kinda take the fun out of it.

ohshit604,
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Have you considered the Xbox Adaptive Controller? I know Microsoft designed this controller with different extensions an such to assist people with disabilities while gaming.

Here’s hoping for a healthy recovery chief!

yakko,

I agree. I was imagining maybe a time dilation mod that you could toggle on/off to make your inputs less physically demanding, but I don’t know if that exists. That’s how I’d do accessibility in this game personally. I don’t know anything about your condition though, so really I’m just spitballing and daydreaming simultaneously.

Quetzalcutlass, (edited ) do games w What is the definitive way to play certain games?

There are a host of open source remakes of old game engines that fix bugs and update them for modern systems as well as add support for higher resolutions and widescreen aspect ratios. Here’s a few off the top of my head:

  • OpenMW for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. This is probably the most famous one.
  • Daggerfall Unity for The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.
  • OpenRA for Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn, Dune 2000, and (in pre-alpha form) Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 (the latter requiring extra fiddling with Github repositories).
  • KeeperFX for Dungeon Keeper.
  • OpenRCT2 for Roller Coaster Tycoon 2.
  • OpenTTD for Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
  • OpenJKDF2 for Dark Forces 2 and its standalone Mysteries of the Sith expansion.
  • Arx Libertatis for Arx Fatalis, though IIRC the version sold now integrates an older build of it; one without the fixes for glyph drawing - it’s worth upgrading for that alone as spellcasting is a nightmare without the fix.
  • TRX for Tomb Raider I and II.
  • Tfix, T2Fix, and the Sneaky Upgrade for Thief 1/2/3 respectively. These are mods, not wholesale engine replacements, but serve the same purpose.

These are just the ones I know of. There are probably loads more.

Edit: the Ur-Quan Masters for Star Control II. I can’t believe I forgot about this! Star Control II is one of the best and most influential games that most people have never heard about.

Peffse,

OpenRCT2 is 100% the definitive way to play Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 & 2.

But I would never recommend a new player try OpenRA. The game has stellar multiplayer support but they just can’t figure out the campaign scripting at all. Go with the remaster collection instead.

Quetzalcutlass,

Still? I haven’t played OpenRA in several years and assumed they would have fixed it by now.

Then again Red Alert 2 is even less supported than it was the last time I checked, so I’m guessing their focus is mostly on the multiplayer side of things.

Jesus_666,

OpenXcom for the first two X-Com games (UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-Com: Terror From The Deep). This reimplementation is insanely good.

  • It fixes all known bugs of the original X-Com engine.
  • It works on modern systems, including Linux, macOS, Windows, and even Android.
  • It has support for modern resolutions and aspect ratios.
  • It allows you to use soundtracks from other versions of the game (e.g. look at the website’s “Extras” tab).
  • It has mod support including a basic mod manager. And some of those mods are damn good.
  • It runs flawlessly.

There’s really no reason to play the original DOS versions anymore.

yermaw,

Aaaaand saved. Thanks!

Peffse,
wax,
eezeebee, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of Feb 1st
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Chugging along through the Halo: Master Chief Collection.

I missed out on the series back in the day and now I’m playing through all of them. They’re great. The collection is insane value, especially since I got it on sale for like $10. 40-50 hours in and I have 1 and a half campaigns left still. Multiplayer is active and works well.

GammaGames, (edited )

Such an a great pack! I jumped into the multiplayer a few months ago and had a blast in the Halo 1 maps

Rooty, do games w Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley

I was toying with the idea of turning my retro portable into a music player and then this comes along. Thanks, OP.

PerfectDark,
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Then this is perfect timing!

mika_mika, do games w Tetris Variations

I have this very cheap “200 games in 1” devices that has a game called “Pikachu” and it’s just endless Tetris with a little dancing/cheering Pikachu frame.

tynansdtm, do games w Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley

Similarly they ported Rockbox to the RG Nano and even sort of to the Nintendo 3DS.

missingno, do games w Tetris Variations
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Tetris: The Grand Master is the only good Tetris. Honestly sad that they had a good thing going and TTC decided to throw it out in favor of Guideline.

soar160, do games w Tetris Variations

I was obsessed with Faces a wee bit back in the day 😁

ToTheGraveMyLove, do games w Tetris Variations

I’ve really only ever played the GB version with various hacks. The Rosy Retrospective DX hack is pretty dope.

thingsiplay, do games w Tetris Variations
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Are we talking about strictly Tetris concept only? Or any game that goes in that direction? Or about all games with “Tetris” in the name? And how far is it allowed to go, until its no longer Tetris? Have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tetris_variants

I grew up with Tetris on the original Game Boy from 1989. So I have a sweet spot for that game. There is Tetris & Dr. Mario on the SNES, which combines both games. I have so many memories with a friend playing a mixed mode where both games are played in a session. If we count anything that has Tetris in the name, then it’s Tetris Attack on the SNES for me.

There are also Tetris variants I never played too much, but I think they would have been classics for me too. Tetris Battle Gaiden on SNES looks interesting and fun. Lot of people say Tetris The Grand Master (1 or 2) on Arcade (and later ported to other systems) might be the best version, but I never played it.

In short, I don’t know how to answer this question. And I couldn’t with a certainty either I think.

makingStuffForFun, do games w Tetris Variations
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Techmino is excellent

kungfuratte, do games w Games you really want to play, but can't or won't?
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Even if you don’t mind the online only part, ignore this abomination. They botched the D4 campaign. It’s too easy and almost impossible to die during the regular campaign. It takes roughly two minutes to beat a world boss on the first play through.

shlang, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of Feb 1st

I’ve finished Metro Exodus and started to play Death Stranding 2Casually played art of rally (perfect for Steam Deck) and Fallout Shelter (perfect to play with walking on treadmill)

Birch, do games w Games you really want to play, but can't or won't?

Any game at the moment would be nice

thatradomguy, do games w Games you really want to play, but can't or won't?

Hollow Knight. I watched someone on YouTube play it and I just don’t want to spend that much time playing that kind of game. I’m someone who grew up playing Mario 64, Mario sunshine, Mario Galaxy and I just recall spending so much time playing those games as a kid. So much time wasted. Cannot bring myself to do that again. I’m pretty stubborn and so I know because I wasted so much time on those Nintendo games that I would pull ridiculous amounts of time on another game like that. Not worth it anymore for me.

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