I've tried people and AI for recommendations for games. Both have made me decide to give up and spend my time elsewhere. I won't play anything with cards, strategy, puzzles, reflexes required, must be easy, but still really fun. No parodies. I must be able to save the game every 10-15 minutes. Nothing meets all of those categories...
10-15 minutes. Nothing meets all of those categories...
I've tried people and AI for recommendations for games. Both have made
me decide to give up and spend my time elsewhere. I won't play anything with cards, strategy, puzzles, reflexes required, must be easy, but
still really fun. No parodies. I must be able to save the game every 10-15 minutes. Nothing meets all of those categories...
It's very difficult to find you something to play if you have all those requirements. If you boot up a game with a shopping list of requirements, you're going to be disappointed. To me, it sounds like there's an issue with how you're going about this. Gaming is just a fun activity to do
Sirronmit wrote to Lda <=-
It's very difficult to find you something to play if you have all those requirements. If you boot up a game with a shopping list of requirements, you're going to be disappointed. To me, it sounds like there's an issue with how you're going about this. Gaming is just a fun activity to do
or needs to go back to the old 386/486 days of gaming.
I have some classic games, I think my birthday present 30 years ago was a copy of Earthworm Jim
1 and 2 for the PC.
Who needs a PS1 when you have the PC.
I think there are still some games that were only available for the PS1
that weren't available for the PC. But if you have a PC, you can run a
PS1 emulator to play them. :)
I think there are still some games that were only available for the PS1
that weren't available for the PC. But if you have a PC, you can run a PS1
emulator to play them. :)
Yes, ever since Bleem in 1999 :).
I remember buying a copy of Bleem when it was available in stores. And I heard Sony sued the company that made Bleem, so they had to stop selling it. I also remember another PS1 emulator called Connectix Virtual Game Station.. These days there are other PS1 emulators available (and
they're free). I thought Bleem was cool though because it attempted to improve the graphics of the PS1 games in real-time.
Has anyone tried the Dolphin emulation software? My son and I were thinking of using it to play some old Nintendo titles. Looks pretty good, but haven't tried it out yet.
I think Dolphin is for Nintendo Wii, isn't it? I remember trying it on a handheld device I have.
I remember buying a copy of Bleem when it was available in stores. And
I heard Sony sued the company that made Bleem, so they had to stop
selling it. I also remember another PS1 emulator called Connectix
Virtual Game Station.. These days there are other PS1 emulators
available (and they're free). I thought Bleem was cool though because
it attempted to improve the graphics of the PS1 games in real-time.
I've tried people and AI for recommendations for games. Both have made me decide to give up and spend my time elsewhere. I won't play anything with cards, strategy, puzzles, reflexes required, must be easy, but
still really fun. No parodies. I must be able to save the game every 10- minutes. Nothing meets all of those categories...
Who needs a PS1 when you have the PC.
Present time games are very time consuming and i don't enjoy them, also.
These days you can do couch gaming with a PC and a good gamepad. With the raising prices of consoles there is much less of a reason to own a
console if you have a mid-end PC.
Re: Re: Giving Up...
By: Matthew Munson to Sirronmit on Mon Aug 10 2026 09:40 pm
In 1996-1997, I was given a 486/100 PC instead of a PS1. It was a worthy investment :)Who needs a PS1 when you have the PC.
Are you trying to start a fight? Because back in the days those were fighting
words.
Truth to be told PCs used to be more advanced but consoles used to be more convenient and affordable. If you already had a computer the main reason to pick a console would be to play exclusives, frankly. Back in the day, another
reason for using a console if you had a PC was that consoles were more convenient for couch gaming.
Truth to be told PCs used to be more advanced but consoles used to be m convenient and affordable. If you already had a computer the main reaso pick a console would be to play exclusives, frankly. Back in the day, anotherIn 1996-1997, I was given a 486/100 PC instead of a PS1. It was a worthy investment :)
reason for using a console if you had a PC was that consoles were more convenient for couch gaming.
honestly, hindsight is awesome.. especially if you can resist keeping up with gaming for long periods of time.
i tend to play tons of games maybe 7-10 years late.. you end up knowing pretty much every game that is either awesome "game of the year" stuff or total crap. never purchased any bad PS1 games. most of them for maybe $10-20 from the used section.
fusion wrote to Matthew Munson <=-
also for the PC side you end up a couple generations newer for CPU/GPUs
so they all run 1440p >100fps, etc
also for the PC side you end up a couple generations newer for CPU/GPUs so theyWith the hardware crisis, my 5700x with 9060xt will do me decent for awhile. Only problem I need is
all run 1440p >100fps, etc
Matthew Munson wrote to Fusion <=-
With the hardware crisis, my 5700x with 9060xt will do me decent for awhile. Only problem I need is storage.
In my case, I own just a few PC games and most all of them are SimCity titles. I didn't buy 4 until I had a pc powerful enough to meet the system requirements, which was probably more than 10 years later. ;) It is still slow.
I was late getting a copy of 2000 for a similar reason -- that and I didn't know what it was when it was new -- but I think I was maybe only 2-3 years late on that one.
We're all looking at runways with our hardware. I got a good deal on a used 10th gen i7 Dell desktop that came with 64GB of RAM. I thought I'd never need that much, glad I have it now as I'm going to stretch this system as long as I can. I bought an Nvidia GTX 3050 a while back to go with it - as it was the fastest card I could find that didn't need external power.
I'm hoping that combination will last a while...
The SimCity games were some of my favorite PC games, though I didn't play much beyond SimCity 2000. I bought SimCity 2000 (for DOS) when it was new or fairly soon thereafter - I think it was 1994 when I bought it, or maybe late 1993. At the time, I had a 386SX-16, which was a little slow for it but it was playable enough. I had the opportunity to upgrade my PC to a 386DX-40 a little bit later, which naturally sped things up quite a bit.
It's very difficult to find you something to play if you have allthose
requirements. If you boot up a game with a shopping list ofrequirements,
you're going to be disappointed. To me, it sounds like there's anissue
with how you're going about this. Gaming is just a fun activity to do
or needs to go back to the old 386/486 days of gaming.
The SimCity games were some of my favorite PC games, though I didn't playmuch beyond SimCity 2000. I bought SimCity 2000 (for DOS) when it was new
2000 was the first game that introduced me to the series. I really enjoyed it on my DOS machine. IIRC, 3000 requires Windows. A lot of people didn't enjoy it as much as 2000 but I did.
I later got into the original -- by then, renamed "Classic" -- and enjoy it also.
I have 4 but have not yet gotten into it. It has a lot of new stuff added. The graphics seem like an update from 3000 but some of the additional stuff in 3000 that people didn't like doesn't appear to be there.
My opinion of it after some brief play attempts is that the over-complicated it. I would rather have seen a "2500" or "3500" that introduced playable neighbor cities but didn't introduce so many other things and changes. May play a lot better on more powerful equipment (i.e. the minimum requirements may have been seriously understated!).
--- bwreader/nixThe SimCity games were some of my favorite PC games, though I didn't play DW> much beyond SimCity 2000. I bought SimCity 2000 (for DOS) when it was new o DW> fairly soon thereafter - I think it was 1994 when I bought it, or maybe late DW> 1993. At the time, I had a 386SX-16, which was a little slow for it but it DW> playable enough. I had the opportunity to upgrade my PC to a 386DX-40 a litt DW> bit later, which naturally sped things up quite a bit. DW> N> DW> I liked Sim CITY 2000 (DOS EDITION). However I didnt like the recent 2014 edition that you had to use the EA Origin Client.
i tend to play tons of games maybe 7-10 years late.. you end up knowing pretty much every game that is either awesome "game of the year" stuff or total crap. never purchased any bad PS1 games. most of them for maybe
the Celeron I ran it on in 2004, but it's hard finding multiplayer
games with players.
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