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What game should I download?
vanity | wage slave

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?


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1 posted on 02/07/2014 12:42:46 PM PST by Wage Slave
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I'm female, so not looking for violent games....

Okay, I'm now out of ideas.

2 posted on 02/07/2014 12:44:42 PM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.obnoxious)
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To: Wage Slave

Tetris.


3 posted on 02/07/2014 12:46:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
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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.


4 posted on 02/07/2014 12:46:47 PM PST by Ueriah
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To: Wage Slave

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.


5 posted on 02/07/2014 12:47:07 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: Wage Slave

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.


6 posted on 02/07/2014 12:47:07 PM PST by rstrahan
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....more the thinking, problem solving type.

Then that would be me, what hotel are you staying in?

7 posted on 02/07/2014 12:49:03 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I think I've lost my mojo.....)
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To: Wage Slave

Flappy birds.


8 posted on 02/07/2014 12:49:54 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Wage Slave
Try Commander Keen, look for and Download Commander Keen 4 - Secret of the Oracle.


9 posted on 02/07/2014 12:50:52 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: rstrahan

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.


10 posted on 02/07/2014 12:51:04 PM PST by Wage Slave
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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


11 posted on 02/07/2014 12:51:44 PM PST by manic4organic (It was nice knowing you, America.)
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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.


12 posted on 02/07/2014 12:51:56 PM PST by twhitak
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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.


13 posted on 02/07/2014 12:52:20 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Wage Slave

Have you ever played Ultima IV, V, and VI?


14 posted on 02/07/2014 12:52:48 PM PST by Hilda
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A deck of cards.
Requires no electricity and plays a lot of games, Solitaire and up, single or multiple player games available.

15 posted on 02/07/2014 12:52:53 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Hot Tabasco

lol


16 posted on 02/07/2014 12:52:56 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Wage Slave

Ummm...candy crush...angry birds...buttons and scissors...


17 posted on 02/07/2014 12:52:56 PM PST by prisoner6 (FREEDOM)
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To: Wage Slave
i am playing this
18 posted on 02/07/2014 12:54:48 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Wage Slave
PC Magazine's Gravy Trader.
19 posted on 02/07/2014 12:55:27 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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“.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


20 posted on 02/07/2014 12:56:03 PM PST by rightwingcrazy
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