Games for girls on a budget machine

Ascendancy · 15 Aug 2006 at 23:26

Get her some classic point and click games like Monkey Island/Broken Sword.

Van Hellseek · 15 Aug 2006 at 23:33

Stepmania

It's free and doesn't require high specs.

banja · 16 Aug 2006 at 00:04

Manhunt?

LavaMonkey · 16 Aug 2006 at 00:18

Hello Kitty Roller Rescue?

Andelusion · 16 Aug 2006 at 00:18

Myst? :S

krooton · 16 Aug 2006 at 09:20

GinG said:
hmmm wonder if you got the gfx card from me? did you buy it from grahamtruman007?

Nah, wasn't through MM

Cheers for the advise guys.

Monkey Islands are a definite, but 1 & 2 would need some sort of DOS emulator or somesuch to run in XP no?

I've currently lined up for her:

The Sims 2
Civilization 3
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3
Sim Theme Park
Zoo Tycoon 2
The Monkey Island Series

Thanks all

ps. Barbie and Hello Kitty games hardly hold the interest of 24 year olds

Spacky · 16 Aug 2006 at 15:23

Theme Hospital

sunlitsix · 16 Aug 2006 at 16:02

krooton said:
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3

imo RCT 2 + expansions would be better

i think the 3-D graphics kind of spoilt the original gameplay of RCT

omi · 16 Aug 2006 at 17:03

the classic lucasarts games!!!

sam N max, day of the tentacle, grim fandango, the dig.

all excellent adventure games, you can get XP compatible ones now. I've bought new copies on cd jsut to store. (not sure about DOTT havent seen that on CD-rom, i still have them on 3.5")

Rich · 16 Aug 2006 at 17:13

My Mate runs WOW on a GF3 TI with Barton 2500. Yeah, hes mad. Seems to run quite smoothly tho.

egg · 16 Aug 2006 at 19:25

krooton said:
ps. Barbie and Hello Kitty games hardly hold the interest of 24 year olds

i admit barbie was a bit tongue in cheek but hello kitty is huge in Japan! i bet nintendo released some crap under license every household with a female between 10 and 30 has got one!

now tell me your missus hasnt got any "hello kitty" stuff?

egg · 16 Aug 2006 at 19:27

LavaMonkey said:
Hello Kitty Roller Rescue?

oh dear i thought u were joking....

http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=1611edcb-b4c5-4929-a567-d91f86cf5266

cypriobrit · 16 Aug 2006 at 19:32

Leisure Suit Larry?

Damn, i loved that game when i was 12...

DHR · 16 Aug 2006 at 22:19

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Guild Wars
Fahrenheit

krooton · 17 Aug 2006 at 10:11

egg said:
i admit barbie was a bit tongue in cheek but hello kitty is huge in Japan! i bet nintendo released some crap under license every household with a female between 10 and 30 has got one!

now tell me your missus hasnt got any "hello kitty" stuff?

Actually she doesnt :lol

She is sporting a rather fetching plush Domo-kun and also a plush badger from the weebl badger badger song

1337 gfs rock!

Dev2 · 17 Aug 2006 at 18:54

Get the girl a gamecube not a PC and sit her down with some Mario Kart. Girls love Nintendo games.

OtherSide · 17 Aug 2006 at 19:22

Try her on some World of Warcraft...

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My girl plays that at the mo, but she has in the past played RTCW or ET... oh and abit of Soldier of Fortune 2

. She wasn't all that bad either! She thinks Sims is boring!

krooton · 17 Aug 2006 at 20:33

OtherSide said:
Try her on some World of Warcraft... .

My girl plays that at the mo, but she has in the past played RTCW or ET... oh and abit of Soldier of Fortune 2 . She wasn't all that bad either! She thinks Sims is boring!

I quit WoW a few months go, no intention of going back

krooton · 17 Aug 2006 at 20:34

Dev2 said:
Get the girl a gamecube not a PC and sit her down with some Mario Kart. Girls love Nintendo games.

That would require purchasing a GC, a tv, and some games.

PC is already there, so buying games is all I need to do, and the older games are cheap too

cdcopyman · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:50

virtual valerie 2