te27ch Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Hi all... For those of you who have *cringes* only a dial-up (modem) internet connection, I was wondering how you manage to call yourself a "gamer". The reason I only have a mere modem is because both of my location and my parents' unwillingness to have "another damn hole" drilled in their house. I'm sure others out there have only a dial-up conn, whether it be parents, location, budget, bad luck, exploding monkeys, etc.... I just want to know: What games are there that still provide a load of fun, even with a dial-up connection. Furthermore, which games are playable even with a connection THAT DOESN'T EVEN CONNECT ANYWHERE NEAR 56K!!! *gives chocolate to everyone to stop flaming me for yelling* Here are some of the ones I've found: Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight -- Great JK game, started it all, but it seems that anymore its just a bunch of 7-year-olds with crappy comps, or a bunch of so-called "hackers" who download pre-made COGs off the net. Sigh... if only there was an actual game for fun on there... Most Strategy Games -- I hate strategy games *hands out 2 chocolates this time* but I'm sure they work great. Simulation Games -- X-Wing Alliance, FreeSpace, even... *stuffs everyone's faces with chocolate* this one game that I SWEAR i only played for a few weeks called Star Trek Bridge Commander. Ancient Games--Uhhh... can anyone say Pac-Man??? ---- Now, If there are any others (preferably first-person shooters, please) that I should know about, please post now! No, I'm not a n00b... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguePhotonic Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 You just play offline...online is always second place for me when it comes to playing games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
te27ch Posted October 17, 2003 Author Share Posted October 17, 2003 Don't worry: I do PLENTY of that, but the purpose of this thread is multiplayer gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguePhotonic Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Hmmm well the only games I played online when I had 56k was rts games like star trek armada or tiberian sun back in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 *remembers playing starcraft on 56k* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 You all suck:mad: I hate my 56k AOL connection. I cannpt play JA or JO with it unless iut is people with around the same ping as me(good lord). BUT, I have the next best thing to having cable Highspeed internet and a ping of 60. No, not imagination. But family:cool: Everytime I go over to my cousins house I play JA, and I am damn good with two sabers and no lag:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recon Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 My 56k aint that bad seeing as i connect @ around 48/52bps. As long as i play on servers near me, or run by my ISP im normally fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Rythe Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 Dial up is evil!!!! And Sloooooooooow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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