What do you love or hate about computer games? Or just wonder? Here’s a virtual place for a virtual chat about that. (Because Batman suggested a discussion about Roller Coaster Tycoon and Purple Panda proposed a general discussion about computer games.)
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FIRST POST!!!
Could this thread be just for computer games in general? Because I have lots of stuff to chat about with computer games but they’re to simulation games. I don’t think. Is MarbleBlast Gold a simulation game?
woah… when I first saw this thread I thought it was about the project my mom works on (she works for NASA). The initials for that project are S, I, M, so people call it SIM. ok, sorry for how random that was
about the games- I’ve never had any because I have yet to find one that works on Mac
FORGET THE SIMS!
I LOVE SIM CITY!!
Hi, kiki. I’ll change the thread so it’s about computer games in general.
I’m not familiar with MarbleBlast Gold—so I can’t enlighten on its simness.
darn, 2 minutes earlier and I would’ve had first post
well, now that rosanne changed it- I have had computer games, just not simulation ones. I love puttputt and freddi fish! lol
MarbleBlast Gold rox my sox off. It’s my da’ds arch enemy though. He always calls it MarbleBlaster.
Marble blast gold rocks!!!!!
Has anyone played moon tycoon? Its supposed to be good.
Theres plenty of mac games, just go to a mac store and they have all the mac versions of games.
4- I could never really manage that game (Simcity)…
10- Mac games….Bugdom. It was on all of the computers at one of my grade schools…..much cooler than working on classwork…
I’m very attached to my olde games. Like the ones I have to run in compatibility mode with olde versions of Windows…..
I personally don’t like sim city. I love the sims, though!!! I wish they would make sims unleashed 2
I luff internet sim games. Cat Tails, Sledzz. All good.
Do me a favor and search “Sledzz” on google. you’ll be glad you did.
I DID NOT ASK FOR A THREAD ABOUT ROLLER COASTER TYCOON I HAVE NEVER PLAYED IT AND JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP!!!
I didn’t ask for the thread.
Ok, sorry about the capitals in the my last post.
We have marble blast gold, too! It’s really fun. It came with our computer.
Well, actually, I guess I could get some credit for the thread, because Batman asked to change the subject on the Chameleon/Focused Topics thread to roller coaster tycoon, and then I suggested that the topic should be computer games in general, so that people who have never played roller coaster tycoon (like me) could participate too.
That was a really long sentence.
OK, PP. I think I’ve got it straight now!
We ( me + my bro) got to Advanced Level 11 before we learned a level-skipping trick. I think my favorite level is Advanced Level Four. I also have 47 custom levels.
Cool! How do you skip levels! That would be so awesome! How do you do it??!?!?!?!?!
Never heard of this marble thing.
About cheat codes: Do you think they’re ok, love them, hate them?
I play Myst, a 10 year old computer game, on my Windows 98. Does anyone else play it?
I am new. Pie me.
*pies curious and questioning with a tuna and grape pie*
I’ve never heard of Myst. I have a mac.
what is myst? * pies curious* i hate sims
Civilization4 and Age of mythology ROCK!!!!!!!!!
p.s. if anyone here plays aom online then give me your screenname so i can add u to my friend list
oh yeah and sid meirs is the best ever!!!!
p.s i think cheats are only ok if youve already beaten the game without them
*barfs*
20- I looooooove that game. Beat it ages ago… I have Riven, too, but someone [probably my sister] accidentally deleted my game…my dad beat it, though.
23- Agreed.
Morrowind.
Totally compelling. Should pick it up cheap nowadays.
Alternatively, get Oblivion, which is the sequel, with even better graphics. It’s got rave reviews, but I haven’t bought it yet. I’d waste FAR too much time on it.
19-well, lets say you are stuck on Advanced level 13. Go to advanced level 14, and click your mouse in the right lower corner, then the level woill be unlocked. Keep doing that until U are satisfied.
Hmm… I myself have been doing a few role-playing games online recently. For computer games, me and ZVF mostly have tycoons and sims(number 1 with all the expansion packs coming with). Other than that, I don’t have anything. Oh, wait, I did used to play putput and freddy fish too. Save the penut butter sandwhiches! I also really liked Mathblasters… I think I’ll play it again sometime soon(seriously. Allthough I am a freshmen in Geomitry, I still don’t know all my times tables. It’s the simple math that allways gets me).
I have all of the Sims (1) expansion packs except for Hot Date. And I can’t find it. Alone, that is. It’s usually grouped with other packs…grr…
I hate computer games. They are useless and addicting.
So is music. And art.
I made a custom level on marble blast. It’s really fun.
27- cool!
30-*sigh* Kids these days…
I love computer games, but they make me feel awful sometimes. They consume your life and make you waste tons of time. But they’re so entertaining. My sister got Sims 2 and I haven’t even dared to install it on my home computer because I know if i do I will waste the last two weeks of summer.
Let me make you feel better.
The following diatribe refers to the best of the first-person shooters, flight sims, and especially open-ended fantasy titles like Oblivion.
I don’t want to claim that computer games are High Art, but they’re definitely culture, on a par with movies. The technology that goes into them is stunning. It’s not just Hollywood CGI, where the final shot is carefully planned and everything is pre-ordained. These are self-contained worlds, where, within limits, you can interact with objects and characters however you want to. And the limitations are getting less and less. In the best of them, you don’t have to stick to an obvious path, physically or metaphorically. Sure, there’s a Big Quest, but you can just ignore it if you want and go exploring. Visit the next town by bounding over the mountains instead of walking up the road. Fly over there if you can find some magic item that lets you do it. Pick flowers and sell them for cash. Be heroic. Be evil.
The point is, it’s an activity that you could never have contemplated before the computer existed. Never playing computer games is like living through Victorian times and never going for a ride on a train, or being wealthy 4000 years ago but staying clear of the new-fangled bronze axes. Sure, we can criticise the content, and the time it all takes, and the potential for obsessive behaviour, but cutting-edge technology always has its downside. I think we should be allowed to enjoy and celebrate what technology has to offer. It’s all pretty wonderful, really.
It’s amazing. I’ve never really played video games and don’t really play computer games either, but it’s really amazing.
(30) Any reasons to back that up?
I agree with you Paul. I have little left to add on the subject except to say that video games can be just as in depth and entertaining as a book, and just as absorbing.I challenege anyone who says games are pointless drivel to play ( or at least watch someone play) high scale games such as the Final Fantsy series. The graphics are breath taking.
Games can become so much more than just a “waste of time”, as we see with FFVII; it spawned a sequel movie (Advent Children) and several spinnoff games (DIRGE OR CEREBRUS!). [/plugging]
In short, video games aren’t just two lines hitting a circle back and forth anymore. They’re full of color and life, and people who don’t know that are missing out.
I have played Myst at a friend’s house. I have checked the article in Wikipedia and still do not understand. Myst is a great game though, in the spirit that it makes you think and problem solve.
Oh, and it has a jillion sequels.
I have Civ III, and would like to get Civ IV, but it’s just the same game with better graphics isn’t it?
The sims 2 is awsome. We waste hours playing it at my friends house. My friend has Sim City 4. It’s cool, but we haven’t found out how to earn money yet….
My friend has Myst, but I haven’t seen it yet. And Sims 2 is fun. I make my sims beat up on the Social Conneys. And once I had two Social Conneys in the house. They found eachother. And now i’ve got a picture of what happened. *giggles* But my sims always seem to blow up the microwave. o_o
Note to self : Must get The Sims. When I’ve got Oblivion, Doom 3, and about thirty of the current classics. I’m out of touch. It’s work. Must stop work.
I have Civ III…I suppose IV is pretty much the same… Civ III is pretty close to the original, too…
I only play games on a PC. Grr. Because I don’t have any other consoles. I will play games at friends’ houses, but I’m not the best. Okay, pretty average.
I LOVE MYST. It’s my favorite game ever, but then, I’m a total dork about things like that. Now I want to play it again. Hmmm.
I also have Sims2, but I don’t have so much patience for that, for some reason.
Have’nt played sims. Could someone explain it to me??????
Erm, at the risk of being pie-lynched (is that lunched?) I think the PC is the best games platform out, especially if you want to play intelligent games. The hardcore game geeks all seem to gravitate towards PCs rather than consoles.
PB&J- Do you mean Personal Computers in general, or just Windows?
Kiki…haven’t seen you around NationStates lately.
Has anyone played Zoombinis? My brother enjoys that game.
I also LOVE Scarab of RA
Hahah, ZOOMBINIS! My friend and I played that game (the 7-9 yr old version) last summmer, when it was too hot to go outside. We beat it way too fast.
that game was fun from the start, but you had to keep doing the same things over and over again to get more zoombinis.
r&r, you will be interested to know that you are my only sims who don’t have problems with their lives. seriously. im not kidding.
Myst rocks!!!! The first is the best. I’m still working on Myst V, I got it a few months ago and haven’t played it much. It’s really just not as cool as the others. But still, it’s alot of fun. I love Myst, it’s so addicting and satisfying once you figure it out.
46 – well, Windows mainly. More people run Windows than anything else, so if you’re going to write a game, you write it for Windows first. That gives you the best chance of getting back all the cash you poured into development. I think the situation’s changing now though, because there are lots of consoles out there, and the hardware in the latest ones is getting close to the capablities of a decent gaming PC. And they’re a LOT cheaper than a high-spec PC with a cutting-edge graphics card. Games will increasingly be developed for consoles first.
Macs are soooo much better
Does anyone know wheather Lego Star Wars runs on Windows XP? It doesn’t on 98(I think…).
31 – Excuse me?
35 – I agree. Couldn’t have said it better myself.
I love MarbleBlast Gold. How do you make customs? PPanda and I tried the level-skipping trick to make one, but after we skipped the last one it didn’t let us. do you have to actually complete the last level?
If it runs on the older versions, it should run on XP, as far as I know.
Em (49),
How are we doing, by the way?
(For those who came in late, Em created Robert and Rosanne characters for her Sims game. That was a long time ago. A lot must have happened since the last time she mentioned them.)
54- No, you don’t have to finish the last level. The custom level folder is for levels that you can download off the MarbleBlast website. Heres how to make customs:
1. Go to the levels menu.
2. Press the ~ key if you’re using a desktop computer, or F10 if your using a laptop.
3. Type $testcheats=1; and press enter.
4. Load any level you want and press F11.
5. Now you are in the level editor.
That was all if you’re using a mac.
Hey Em, how’s my sim? Is she scandalizing polite society?
Thanks, and yes, we have a Mac. I was afraid you were going to have a PC or whatever you call them. Thanks!
What’s “The Sims”? Never mind, I’l google it.
i happen to be happily addiccted to WARCRAFT 3THE FROZEN THRONE
sims….i dont play
macs are nice, but pc’s can be much better, and run man more games.
if ya dont like micrsoft, get LINUX or somethin…
The Sims is wicked fun! I just like makeing the people and biulding the houses. From there I usualy don’t do much. But its mucho fun to observe how thick they are. Its kinda sad how you can turn off their free will….Oh well. Its still fun. Mostly when I play vid or computer games I don’t actaully try to accomplish anything, I jsut move around and act like a looney. For instance, on RuneScape (HA!), I only got to level 5 until I finally got bored with annoying people on chat. I don’t actually own any games, I jsut pay at my friends’ houses. I don’t like them that much, anyway; my computer in itself is addicting. I don’t think my parents would like it if I spent mroe time on here. Oh! My dad says none of his clients is really obsessed with video games and he’s REEEEEEALLY good. He ranks like 9th in the world or something. He plays in international competitions and stuff. It’d be scary if that became a line of work. Reminds me of that Far Side strip…
52- Macs are the paragons of computers. They rock the Earth. I can’t believe people are still screwing around with PCs. *shuddder* There’s only one down-side; you have to pay to have space on .Mac with the iWeb programme. About them, does anyone know how to use Garage Band?? That’s one aspect I haven’t figured out yet.
I know GarageBand, and yes, macs rock.
62 – I don’t play that many games. Personally, I think Macs are much better.
from a normal person’s point of view, that does not want to spend more than 2000 bucks on a comp, yes, macs are much better
but, as i said before, pc’s are more customizeable, so they can be better for more money
and people make programs for pcs, and they dont for macs (as much)
MACs ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!@!!
49 (Em)- Have you made me? *looks up with shining eyes* Short, skinny, pale skin, loooong brown hair, slanty hazel eyes, freckles, vegetarian, pessimistic, insane, writer, general nuisance, answers to name of ‘Penty’? Anybody like that in Muse Sim Land?
I’m not really a Mac person, but that’s because I’ve grown up with PCs. We had to use Macs in school, so I’m fine with them, and my dad is a Linux geek and has taught me about that too. And I’m pretty sure that several people at my school (as of the 17th) will be writing their own OSs, as I am going to a school I have dubbed ‘Happy Nerd-Land’. Such is life.
63- I do the same thing with the Sims….I looooove decorating. But hate having to put lights in.
Mac, PC, doesn’t matter. As long as it runs… I have a PC, though. And it’s all goode. Some of the Anti-Spyware stuff on my computer caused it to crash if one application was running for too long, but the update seemed to remove that problem. Yay. And it does run on Microsoft Windows XP….but I should be getting Vista soon, as I will be beta-testing it.
as far as games go, i am at home with pajama sam and sly fox. or whatever his name is. i like the nerdy kids games where you can click on any random object and have it do something only a toddler would find amusing. if i find it amusing, does that make me immature?
does anyone here play age of mythology online??
p.s. no matter what u may think or have heard civ4 is not civ3
with better graphics. it has all new things like religon permanent alliances and much more! IT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have kotor and kotor 2 (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords). But my current computer can’t handle the graphics. Can anyone tell me what to expect when I get them working?
does anyone here like jak and daxter? they are awesome, and daxter makes me want to jump up and down and scream ‘my evil twin is a fuzzy orange otsel.’ cheers.
(70) No. It just means you’re easily amused. Which is a good thing!
(74) oh how delightful! of course, i am also easily discouraged. go figure. you can thank cello girl for that one.
LEGO ISLAND 2 ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I need tips on how to beat the “Raging Bull” sub game. You know, the one where you destroy Cedric’s cannons. Little help?
AOM is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
also go to ships logs beyond museica
its awesome too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plus i need people to command my small warship the MUSE SS Koko
57 – on step 4, you said load any level…how do you load a level?
the nanosaur games r fun.
Does ‘computer games’ have to be games actually played on a computer, or does it apply to the broader class of amusments which use a monitor to display an interactive story or task that one completes? Most of the strictly computer games that i play are demos i have downloaded for free and i amuse myself by escaping from the area where you’re supposed to be and seeing how long it takes until something gets messed up. For instance, in this one snowboarding demo, you’ll be on a course bordered by rocks sticking slightly up from the snow. Usually, they keep you contained on the track becuase if you so much as touch on with your board, you’ll fall and if you fall, it will put you back on the track again. Other times there’s such a steep grade that you can’t escape. However, there is the occasional gap in the stones so that, with much advance planning and presision, one can break free into the blue yonder. And it really is the blue yonder becuase once you break free, you’ll just keep boarding and boarding until you get to the end of the programmed landscape and your dude will falll screaming down and endless void of blue. It’s quite delightful. At that point, i restart the game and devise new ways of escape.
isn’t some one’s job to make sure that can’t happen?
hi anyone know cheats for marble blast gold?
84 – there have been many already shared. Read through the posts on this thread and you shall find them.
I adored Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind when i first got it and played nothing else for like a year. Now i tried to install ES4: Oblivion but my pc doesn’t have a strong enough video card. dang. So now i’m just playing good old SW battlefront. FPS in a star wars environment.
I & hearts; civilization 4. I used to play civ 3 on my mom’s computer, and then my dad and I built a sweet gaming pc.
CIVILIZATION ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh, sorry for the outburst.
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p.s.:the expansion pack is great, too.
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Dose this include Dungeons and Drragons? It is very fun and FROODY.
If you could make a Muse computer game, what would it be? How would you play? What would be the storyline?
Koko Du Pelle (91)
I’ve given this a little thought. For starters, it would have to involve pieing.
Not a popular thread. I’ll advertise.
I have a Mac iBook G4 and it came with Marble Blast Gold but I accidentally deleted it
… Does anyone know where I could get the full version for free?
94- It’s 20 bucks on the Garage Games site.
The Sims 2 is really addicting for short periods of time. It bores me quickly though…