You are going to be trapped in a room for 12 hours with a mid 2000s office desktop with no internet connection and an external hard drive; what are you putting on the hard drive?

I’ve got some DOOM WADs I have been meaning to play so I would probably grab Trench Foot, Total Chaos, and the sequel to Ashes 2063, Ashes: Afterglow with a portable install of GZDoom to play them.

After that I’d probably bring Star Trek TOS and a MOBI copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson combined with a portable install of VLC and Calibre in case the computer didn’t have applications that support the file format.


What about you?

I wanted to phrase this in a way where it isn’t a prolonged or desert island style question where the responsible idea would be to bring Wikipedia ZIMs and educational PDFs. It’s just an awkward amount of time to kill. The mid 2000s office desktop stipulation is just an additional challenge so you can’t just bring in a copy of Baldur’s Gate 3 or Cyberpunk 2077.


Edit: By mid 2000s I meant around 2005; the XP or Vista.

millie,

If it were actually the mid 2000s, I’d be okay for an insane amount of time with just Flash and Audacity. Today, probably the first Baldur’s Gate.

Oo or an snes emulator with Shadowrun.

csm10495,
@csm10495@sh.itjust.works avatar

Windows XP pinball

BearOfaTime,

Lemmings.

Nothing else. 😛

LoamImprovement,

Dark Disciples 1 and 2, including the temple of eternity module.

www.myabandonware.com/game/dark-disciples-43a

www.myabandonware.com/game/dark-disciples-2-43b

altima_neo,
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Zsnes and a few roms

zod000,

12 hours isn’t really even that long, could probably bring just about anything, but I think Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri would be a great way to spend that time.

DestroyMegacorps,

Install the gta 3d games need for speed most wanted 05 and music from 80s to the 90s

Capitao_Duarte,

The brother bear game

CorrodedCranium,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

Any reason why? Nostalgia?

I feel like I had that or the Open Season game at one point

Capitao_Duarte,

Simple nostalgia! I used to play this with my cousin on vacation non stop, we’d go all night on that thing

Sebastrion,

Age of Empires 2… See you in 12 hourse ✌️

darkphotonstudio,

Quake and Doom. Maybe binge some shows. Mid 2000s PCs are plenty powerful for a lot of tasks/entertainment.

Zorsith,
@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Only 12 hours? LoTR extended edition.

Hedlosa,

I put my answer in, but this is the only true answer.

Zorsith,
@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Ikr? It’s like, the perfect thing for a 12 hour period of time. I should just carry it around in my backpack (ive got the 4K blu-rays), you can’t go wrong with it. That and star wars (classics, prequels, and animated cartoons).

Just gotta beat everyone to the nearest conference room and take over the projector.

Briict,
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Twelve hours? Easy, civ 3. Spent 14 hours on it last Friday? Sunday? Not working for a week makes it all a blur lol

Maybe throw in ultra Lionel train town or hype the time quest if I want variety. Good reminder to look at some stuff I haven’t thought about in awhile ngl.

jivandabeast,

Factorio

EZPZ

CorrodedCranium,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

I checked Steam to see the minimum requirements for Factorio and they are quite low. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be one of those games that seems like it wouldn’t be demanding but actually is or it slows down significantly as your advance further into the game

jivandabeast,

I’d say the requirements are accurate, it needs cpu to do the simulation stuff but I’m still a noob.

Regardless, i think i could go 12hrs before crossing that threshold (if it does exist)

ArmokGoB,

Dwarf Fortress. I used to play it on the weekends as a kid when I was stuck with my stepmom’s old computer from 2000.

bionicjoey,

VLC and The Wire. It’s been a while since I did a rewatch.

CorrodedCranium,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

That’s a show that’s been on my watch list for years now

bionicjoey,

It’s very worth it. Before I saw it, I would always see the way people talk about it online, and I always thought to myself, “it can’t possibly be as good as people say it is”. And I can honestly say, it’s even better.

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