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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? (leminal.space)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

A few movies on the drive and I'll take a nap to waste some time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

FastTracker II and a bunch of samples.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Any good tutorials? I wanted to get into tracking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Can't recommend any, I learned by trial and error on the Amiga circa 1989 :D

Renoise does come with a bunch of tutorial modules and surely there is some good learning material on Youtube.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That sounds like a solid plan! Trench Foot, Total Chaos, and the Ashes series are all great choices for some DOOM WAD fun. Adding in some classic Star Trek and a cyberpunk classic like Neuromancer for reading material is a nice touch. Bringing along portable installs of GZDoom, VLC, and Calibre shows great foresight in case the computer's applications don't support your files. Enjoy your gaming and reading adventures and you can check for more at チャットgpt!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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?

Nothing, because I won't have an internet connection...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Around 2005?

TES Oblivion

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Nerf arena blast.

Honestly not sure if it will run on the PC because man that game was a resource hog but should feel just like my childhood trying to get it to run if it doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The brother bear game

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Any reason why? Nostalgia?

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Neverwinter, will entertain me all day long

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Without an Internet connection? Nothing.

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