GT Diablo II retrospective

Posted: June 29, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Video/Computer Gaming | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

June 29th, 2014 marks 14 years since the release of Diablo II for the Windows PC. Probably the first Action RPG game that I ever played in a multiplayer Co-op situation thanks to living near a PC gaming LAN cafe. I think that I usually played as the Amazon during both the single-player and multiplayer.

Gametralers, a website that uploads video game trailers and reviews has been working on a video retropective of Blizzard’s Diablo series.

 

Link to Gametrailers site where the video is hosted. There’s at least one more part in the series left since Diablo 3 and Reaper of souls expansion is the most current game.

 

 

 

Call of Duty: Ghosts requires Windows 64-bit to play!?

Posted: October 28, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Video/Computer Gaming | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

The latest installment of the Call of Duty series is coming out soon. PC gamers such as myself will need to be aware of an important piece of info… You need to have Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 64-bit edition to play this game. This is on top of the usual hardware system requirements

Minimum System Requirements:

OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit

CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 2.4 GHZ or better

Memory: 6 GB RAM

Hard Disk Space: 40 GB

Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 / ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 or better

Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

DirectX®: DirectX® 11

More of my thoughts can be read here

The Cluless Gamer playing PC horror games

Posted: October 27, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Live Action & Animation, Video/Computer Gaming | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Late Night talk show host Conan ‘O Brien is also known as  “The Clueless Gamer” a segment in his show where Conan sits down and plays some video games. While he usually plays on an Microsoft XBOX 360, this time he’s playing on a Microsoft Windows PC. He plays 3 games, Slender, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Outlast.

 

Winboard: Chess game for Windows

Posted: July 5, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Video/Computer Gaming | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Winboard is a Microsoft Windows port of a Chess game for Unix called XBoard.

Winboard: free Chess game for Windows

Users on Windows Vista and Windows 7 already have access to Chess Titans which definitely offers better graphics. What Winboard lacks in graphics makes up for in other handy features…

  • Take a screenshot of the game board from within the game window
  • Save your  game, so you can continue it later
  • Move list history mini window
  • set (custom) thinking time
  • Use your own sound (.wav) files
  • International languages ( Russian, Italian, Spanish, German, Chinese)

You can even use the game board without a computer opponent. This allows you to play with a local human opponent even plan out strategies by playing with both sides of the board.

Replaying Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for PC

Posted: September 20, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Video/Computer Gaming | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

SW Rogue Squadron box art. Image source Wikipedia

With the recent release of Star Wars on Blu-Ray  I had the urge to Replay Star Wars Rogue Squadron for the PC.  I also chose this game to see if this game would run on a newer Windows Operating system. It installs and starts up just fine. I didn’t have to do anything special.   For a game developed with Windows 98 (and the Nintendo 64) in mind, runs stable enough. UAC doesn’t seem to affect the game after the initial install is completed.
The System Requirements are:

Quoted from www.roguesquadron.net

Operating System: 100% Windows 95/98 DirectX compatible PC.

CPU: Pentium 166 MHz or faster required.

Memory: 32 MB RAM or higher required.

CD-ROM: Quad speed or faster required.

Graphics Card: 3D accelerated video card required–PCI or AGP with 4MB or higher, Direct3D or Glide compatible required.

Sound: Supports 100% DirectX compatible 16-bit or better sound cards.

Input Device: Supports joystick, mouse or keyboard. Joystick recommended. Also supports Force Feedback joysticks. A joystick is not required to play, however, it is highly recommended that you use one. This is a flying game, after all.

DirectX: DirectX 6.0 or higher. DirectX 6.0 is included on the CD and must be installed prior to playing Rogue Squadron 3D.

 

I really do enjoy these Arcade space shooter games. Flying through Star Wars themed locations, and missions.  You play through the game as Luke Skywalker (who is not voiced by Mark Hamil.) Accomplishing various tasks during the course of each mission.  Having that medal reward system for completing levels  in the game adds some replay value.  The ships you would expect to be playable are here…

  • X-Wing
  • Y-Wing
  • A-Wing
There also other crafts that you can pilot:
  • V-Wing Air speeder
  • Millennium Falcom
  • Naboo Starfighter ( w/ update 1.2)

 

Using the Air/snow Speeder’s tow cable has caused me much frustration. They seem to break away from the target no matter how I adjust my ship’s speed. The terrain detail and draw distances in general are quite bad. Then again, this is a game from 1998, that just happens to be running on a  more powerful machine. The sound in the game is still good. Laser fire, and other sounds.

Overall, Rogue Squadron II is still my personal favorite.
I wonder why Lucas Arts hasn’t made  a new Rogue Squadron (X-Wing or TIE Fighter) game for the current generation of gaming consoles.

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