Wednesday, 24 September 2008
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| Re: GOG? Grunty 15:23:45 |
| | "John" <jamasonyy@yymsn.com> wrote in news:gb5d9q$9i8$1@aioe.org:
I heard about gog.com a few weeks ago and submitted my email to them. I haven't heard from them so earlier this week I went back to the site and did so again. Has anyone had any luck hearing from them? John
I got my access key ok. I registered months ago though and I guess you
missed the cut or something.
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Friday, 19 September 2008
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| looking for a good railroad game! OhioGuy 19:48:57 |
| | I remember playing something called "Rails Across America" years ago, and
was hoping someone on here might be able to recommend another railroad
simulation to me.
Thanks!
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008
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| Colonization review Itsbeen 03:46:20 |
| | I just got my PC Gamer in the mail for this month (I get it free as a
replacement for CGW which they stopped publishing) and it contains a big
reivew complete with an 84% rating for the new Civ 4: Colonization game. I
thought this was pretty amazing since the game is not even due out until
9/22. Kind of shakes your faith in the review a little  .
Harry
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Sunday, 14 September 2008
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| Re: How do you crack a game? Nobody 11:25:24 |
| | cccdddrrr@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
I've been reading about Spore, and wondered how these games get cracked. Is it easy to crack a game? I thought it might involve just sitting on the CD case until you 'cracked it', but I think it may be more technical than that.
Extremely technical. You can't do it.
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Saturday, 13 September 2008
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| keyboard not working well Marlock 20:32:11 |
| | Hi all!
I am relatively new in the computer gaming, and I have a curious problem.
I have noted that is some games space bar is used for shooting, and in some
for jumping. Is the keyboard defect, and should I take it back to the shop
where I bought the computer. They told me that the computer is working well.
Sorry if I am off topic, but I am getting slightly annoyed by this problem.
By all!!
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Friday, 12 September 2008
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| Spore Jonah Falcon 19:11:59 |
| | Still am anxiously awaiting this one. (sigh)
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Thursday, 11 September 2008
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| Re: Signs of the times: Microsoft closing Ensemble Studio Nobody 21:32:47 |
| | inferno2000@my-deja.com wrote:
Even M$ is giving up on PC gaming...... No more modern age of empire with infantry, tanks etc....
Except that the main Ensemble folks are forming a new studio to continue
to work with MS. Not sure what the business reason is to shut one
studio just to create another...
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| Re: XCOM Psi Defense? Loren Pechtel 15:22:45 |
| | On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:39:49 -0700 (PDT), Roberto
<robo99@ameritech.net> wrote:
I loaded this up after many years. How do I determine each soldier's Psi Defense? Sectoid Leader? How do I get one?
You have to develop the Psi tech (I forget what it's called by now)
first. IIRC you send them to training and you find out their scores.
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008
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| Saving the game in Spore Enone 23:40:21 |
| | I realise Spore isn't out until next week, but I thought I'd ask on the
offchance anyone knows the answer to this. If not I'll post again next week.
I've just been reading the PC Gamer (UK) review of Spore, and my attitude
towards the game has shifted from "not really interested" to "very tempted
to buy this." A lot of what I've read really appeals to me, in a way that
games like The Sims really really don't.
However one thing in particular has made me slightly cautious. Towards the
end of the review, it says, "[...] the game crashed four times in my 50-odd
hours of play, which I find entirely acceptable. What's completely
unacceptable in that there's no autosave whatsoever, so every single time I
lost over three hours of progress. [...]"
I'm not too worried about the crashing, annoying as that would no doubt be,
but more about the implication regarding saving the game.
Is this simply saying that the game doesn't automatically save and that the
reviewer forgot to save manually, or is it saying that there's no way to
save at all in the middle of developing your creature?
The reason I ask is because I always find my gaming time in very limited
availability, and there's no way I could play for anything like three hours
in a single day. I'm more likely to get closer to 30 minutes. If there's no
way to save the game after reasonably small amounts of time then I'll have
to sadly leave the game on the shelf and play something else instead...
Thanks for any information on this that anyone can offer!
--
(O)enone
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Friday, 5 September 2008
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| A Lurker speaks. Carl 21:29:52 |
| | They why did you address my post? Because you are a lieing hypocrite.
Look,
if you think being a part of the mob mentality makes you feel like you
belong there then so be it but just know that it is those who dare to go
against the status quo who are usually right.
Could you kindly provide examples of those who went against the status quo,
who were right? I think that that is an interesting point there, and should
like very much to quote you in other discussions, but for this I require
some examples. I eagerly await your reply. I'd also like to say that that is
one hell of a long sentence without punctuation. Well done Maat!
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Saturday, 30 August 2008
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| Re: You can preload Spore NOW Lwc 22:31:42 |
| | Jonah Falcon wrote:
8200/productID.91619200
There, I fixed it for you. You're welcome, spammer.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008
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| Free Games Rich 06:18:20 |
| | I've been spouting off on the AI for EDEE and how bad it is. It is a game
you want to stay away from if you like to play solo and have fun. However,
here are a couple of strategy/war games that I play and enjoy. They both
are fun and challenging and have a decent ai. Best of all, they are FREE.
People's Tactics - This is a war game that is sort of a cross between Empire
and Panzer General but more complex. Except for the art it is a one man
show. There are scenarios or you can play random games.
Battle for Wesnoth - This is a wargame with a fantasy theme and just a bit
of role playing. You can play scenarios, campaigns and random games.
Two very excellent games and did I mention they are FREE.
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Saturday, 23 August 2008
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| speaking of Spore NoSpam 20:18:59 |
| | Is this game any fun?
User interface good?
Manual good?
Are the company reviews for real?
Are we 'beta testing' again?
Thanks
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Thursday, 21 August 2008
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| Supreme Ruler 2020 NoSpam 03:15:46 |
| | Anyone have this? Any good? I like civ4, Hated Hearts of Iron
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008
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| CM Shock Force demo question Peter Knutsen 15:27:42 |
| | I've downloaded and installed the demo for Combat Mission Shock Force,
but I'm having trouble figuring out how to use the 40mm grenade launcher
that two[1] of my Stryker APCs have. They are supposed to be good for
clearing out the enemy infantry in the trenches, but my Strykers never
use them. I can complete the mission just using guns, but it goes
slowly, and I will need to know it for later and less easy missions.
I have the manual, included with the demo in PDF format, of nearly 200
pages, but I haven't been able to find any explanation. A page reference
would be welcome.
[1] The briefing claims that only one of my four Strykers, in the
tutorial mission, has the 40mm, but actually two have it. This may be
due to playing on the easiest of the three difficulty levels...
--
Peter Knutsen
sagatafl.org
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Monday, 18 August 2008
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| Re: MOO3 research speed up? Roy A Berube 06:59:46 |
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"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:85c4685f-9ae4-4446-85c5-99787a121422@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 8, 6:45 pm, "mrk1...@comcast.net" <mrk1...@comcast.net> wrote:
I'm playing Master of Orion 3 (runs OK under XP) and getting to the point in the game where the research really slows down. I remember from a few years ago that there was a 'tweak' to the game to speed it up a bit. snip Mike K
Here is the site for the unofficial patches:
http://bhruic.dyndns.org/patcher/
In my experience the research gets faster the farther along you get-as long
as you are expanding that is. You just have to make plenty of research
regions. Tweak the governor settings for planet development and watch that
they don't make too many mining or bioharvest regions where the land is
marginal.
Usually the core system planets are the most developed so they will be the
best for manufacturing ships. Minimize research and mining regions on these
planets once the secondary planets kick into gear.
A gas giant stuffed with research can really crank out the research mid to
late game. The small planets don't really contribute much in comparison but
every bit counts.
Roy Berube
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| Re: Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution James McTavish 00:51:52 |
| | Tom <Vader0954@gmail.com> wrote in news:9c042c92-f68f-47c2-b2bb-
c8f61772839c@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
This game is amazing! It's so fun and I can Play for hours. Choose from several Civilizations like the mongols, americans, aztecs, romans, greeks, and more, each with their own benefits. The Perfect strategy game, there are several ways to win MAKE PEACE AND SPREAD CULTURE and gain the worlds trust TAKE IT BY FORCE and eliminate your opponents WIN IT THROUGH WEALTH and build the worlds largest bank EXPAND IT WITH TECHNOLOGY and be super smart!  Xbox and PS3 versions are Identical, and a DS version exists also, with few changes to the interface. A Wii version is to come, mimicking the other Console versions.
This group is for PC Games only and not console weeny games. That's why it
is called 'comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic'. Both 360 and PS3 have their
own groups. Like I really want to play a dumbed down version of Civ4 anyway
when I already have the real deal PC version.
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Sunday, 17 August 2008
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| Re: Spore is GOLD Bloodstar 12:16:45 |
| | Finally.
Will Wright finally make a decent game since SIM ANT?
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Friday, 15 August 2008
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| Re: ground control - Manual Jyh 13:34:21 |
| | soberbyte wrote:
I know that ground control is a very old game but the manual that came with it has some very good back story and descriptions of characters etc. I am trying to find the pdf file on the internet with no success. Does anyone here have the file I am looking for?
Here.
http://www.replacementdocs.com/search.php?q=ground+control&r=0&s=Search&in=&ex=&ep=&be=&t=downloads&adv=0
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008
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| Re: Geo-political Simulator Richie Rich 13:36:03 |
| | Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in news:4b201039-28fc-42bb-
b596-e0ded7f3d7e8@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:
Just posted this - anyone know anything about this game? Is it a new Balance of Power?
Buy digital download version and find out. Can't be any worse than
Superpower.
http://www.geo-political-simulator.com/index.php?langue=en&page=buy
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