Re: game advice
Another machine has P-III and Matrox 8 Mb. Is there anything peaceful but dynamic enough for an older video card? Many thanks to everybody who provided their opinion and shared their experiences! Andriy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: game advice
On Friday 06 July 2007 11:49:51 Peter Boosten wrote: Momchil Ivanov wrote: You can try the mame emulator (it is in ports). There were a lot of games for 8 bit consoles when I was about 8 years old :) and believe me, they were and still are amaizing. There is no such experience as playing the whole night Tanks with a friend getting to the last level or so. True: they don't make them like they used to :-) 21th century :) everything is 3D with surround sound now, no beeps, even the controls are different now. Have you tried the new Wii console? You have wireless remotes with built in speakers (they vibrate too) and you just have to move your hand around or turn the remote. Boxing with these remotes is fun :) though they don`t work with distances greater that 2.5-3 meters, which is a but unpleasant when 4 people are playing tennis ( there is just not enough free space for 4 people moving hands around in these 3 meters in front of the tv). Though computer games are fun, consoles still rock! -- PGP KeyID: 0x3118168B Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint BB50 2983 0714 36DC D02E 158A E03D 56DA 3118 168B pgpBC4Dxm9gYF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: game advice
On 7/7/07, Momchil Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 July 2007 11:49:51 Peter Boosten wrote: Momchil Ivanov wrote: You can try the mame emulator (it is in ports). There were a lot of games for 8 bit consoles when I was about 8 years old :) and believe me, they were and still are amaizing. There is no such experience as playing the whole night Tanks with a friend getting to the last level or so. True: they don't make them like they used to :-) 21th century :) everything is 3D with surround sound now, no beeps, even the controls are different now. Have you tried the new Wii console? You have wireless remotes with built in speakers (they vibrate too) and you just have to move your hand around or turn the remote. Boxing with these remotes is fun :) though they don`t work with distances greater that 2.5-3 meters, which is a but unpleasant when 4 people are playing tennis ( there is just not enough free space for 4 people moving hands around in these 3 meters in front of the tv). Though computer games are fun, consoles still rock! -- PGP KeyID: 0x3118168B Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint BB50 2983 0714 36DC D02E 158A E03D 56DA 3118 168B Off topic: The wii remote references an array of infrared sources, typically emitted from the supplied sensor bar. However, any two point sources of infrared light can be substituted. For example, one could ignite two candles and place them on either side of the television. Common household candles emit in the infrared spectrum and thus can be used as reference points by the infrared sensor in the controller. Due to the fact that they are significantly brighter than those in the supplied sensor bar, one should be able to use the controller from a significant distance. Be careful not to burn your house down. You can probably find some nice infrared emitting diodes at Radio Shack and hook them up to an AC/DC converter instead. Be safe. Experiment. Have fun. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Momchil Ivanov wrote: On Friday 06 July 2007 11:49:51 Peter Boosten wrote: Momchil Ivanov wrote: You can try the mame emulator (it is in ports). There were a lot of games for 8 bit consoles when I was about 8 years old :) and believe me, they were and still are amaizing. There is no such experience as playing the whole night Tanks with a friend getting to the last level or so. True: they don't make them like they used to :-) Though computer games are fun, consoles still rock! I guess you've never tried the very addictive nethack, then? It's not a game for an 8-year old, btw, but that one really rocks... Peter -- http://www.boosten.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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TuxRacer. MAME, DOSBox, MLDonkey. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: game advice
Momchil Ivanov wrote: You can try the mame emulator (it is in ports). There were a lot of games for 8 bit consoles when I was about 8 years old :) and believe me, they were and still are amaizing. There is no such experience as playing the whole night Tanks with a friend getting to the last level or so. True: they don't make them like they used to :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Friday 06 July 2007 04:29:07 Andriy Babiy wrote: Hi everybody, Could anyone share their gaming experiences? My son is 8 years old. Card games and balls are good, but I think he wants something more dynamic rather than educational :-) On one machine, with recent video card, I plan to install glest for him. Another machine has P-III and Matrox 8 Mb. Is there anything peaceful but dynamic enough for an older video card? Thank you in advance! Andriy You can try the mame emulator (it is in ports). There were a lot of games for 8 bit consoles when I was about 8 years old :) and believe me, they were and still are amaizing. There is no such experience as playing the whole night Tanks with a friend getting to the last level or so. There were a lot of Mario* games, Load runner was one of my favouries too, there is a port in games: Path: /usr/ports/games/xscavenger Info: A Lode Runner clone for X11 I beleive I haven`t tried that one though. Btw Contra was one of the best shooting games for those boxes. As I said there are to many games for those old boxes, that you can play with the mame emulator. You can also try with some windows games on windows or using the wine emulator (the P-III won`t be fast enough for emulation). StartCraft* is one of my favouries (runs with the wine emulator under FreeBSD). There are some games in ports like xjewels (super cool tetris game as far as I remember), xboing is good too. In the end I should say: install as more games as you can and give your son the chance to choose what to play :) a lot of games is always good, one can always find at least one that he can play the whole day long. Having less games is somehow limiting. -- This correspondence is strictly confidential. Any screening, filtering and/or production for the purpose of public or otherwise disclosure is forbidden without written permission by the author signed above. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete any copies PGP KeyID: 0x3118168B Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint BB50 2983 0714 36DC D02E 158A E03D 56DA 3118 168B pgpXVJ2IMTvfq.pgp Description: PGP signature
game advice
Hi everybody, Could anyone share their gaming experiences? My son is 8 years old. Card games and balls are good, but I think he wants something more dynamic rather than educational :-) On one machine, with recent video card, I plan to install glest for him. Another machine has P-III and Matrox 8 Mb. Is there anything peaceful but dynamic enough for an older video card? Thank you in advance! Andriy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: game advice
Another machine has P-III and Matrox 8 Mb. Is there anything peaceful but dynamic enough for an older video card? Sport game (soccer, etc.) car race games? Even older fight games were not so bloody. I won't give name because I don't know names much. If you target games that came out around year 2000, they should work well on your PIII, and you may find them floating around. Bests, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Andriy Babiy thusly... Could anyone share their gaming experiences? My son is 8 years old. Card games and balls are good, but I think he wants something more dynamic rather than educational :-) On one machine, with recent video card, I plan to install glest for him. Another machine has P-III and Matrox 8 Mb. Is there anything peaceful but dynamic enough for an older video card? I am not 8 years old anymore, so I cannot say what your son would like but should be suitable for your computers. I personally like atris xpuzzletama, my sister likes xjewel more -- all three are tetris like in one way or other. Oh, there is also koth ( scorched3D) which takes^Wtests patience aiming skills. I remember a Mac version (around 1994-1997) being not so hard. - Parv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
