Posted on 02/07/2014 12:42:46 PM PST by Wage Slave
I'm going to be in a hotel room without tv (only cheesy mexican tv via antenna) or internet access for several days. Can't go out sightseeing due to safety reasons. No, I'm not being held captive. Anyway, I have books to read but would like to download a game.
Any suggestions for the old fashioned adventure or mystery games? I'm old....I loved the original DOS adventure game with the trolls and the plovers. I'm female, so not looking for violent games....more the thinking, problem solving type.
Any safe websites out there that won't load my computer down with malware?
Okay, I'm now out of ideas.
Tetris.
Suggestion: Tropico 4.
You are El Presidente, and you run a banana republic.
It’s inexpensive and available for download on Steam and I’ve found it to be a relaxing way to pass a few hours.
Well.. you could log on to healthcare.gov and while trying to navigate around it, add bogus information any place you get a chance.
If you mess it up, you win.
Assume you will hacked. Period. In Russia, computers, cell phones, etc are hacked within minutes of connecting to the Internet.
If you are going to be there, take a computer that doesn’t have links, address books, financial data, etc. Just bare bones.
Then that would be me, what hotel are you staying in?
Flappy birds.
I can download it from a secure home connection before I travel to the hotel, so I should be ok. More worried about the game websites.
I used to play Jetpack back in the 90’s. Lots of fun and no violence. Haven’t played in awhile, but here’s a possible download site. http://www.dosgamesonline.com/index/game/248/Jetpack.html
I love games of all types, but the game I’m constantly playing on my phone is Spider Solitaire. One-suit play is pretty relaxing. If you want to up the challenge, just increase the number of suits.
Do you have an iPad or other tablet by any chance, or are you using a laptop? Many of the old text adventure games are now in the public domain and can be downloaded for free. Zork I, II, and III are a lot of fun and are available.
If you have a tablet, there is an app called “Frotz” that let’s you download and play tons of text adventures, both classic ones and newly user-created ones as well. If you are using a laptop, I would just start by searching for “Zork” and you will probably find it and many others.
Don’t know if text adventures (”Interactive Fiction”) interest you, but it is a thought.
Have you ever played Ultima IV, V, and VI?
lol
Ummm...candy crush...angry birds...buttons and scissors...
“.I loved the original DOS adventure game with the trolls and the plovers.”
You might enjoy interactive fiction pieces that are still being written, and offered free to download. Some of these are exceptional. Here’s a link to a list of “favorites” lists with ratings and reviews:
http://ifdb.tads.org/search?browse&list
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