Woo and tra la lah la lahhh
I have purchased a shiny new laptop which means I can now go on a spending spree of buying shit £5 point and click games from the past to fill my hard drive, this is most good!!

What is most good in your world today?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:49, 51 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

You don't pay for games like that
you can get them for free. Or just try www.armorgames.com for lots of pointy clicky fun.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:51, Reply)

but also to answer your question
my new hard drive and connection cables have arrived so I can fix my 'puter.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:53, Reply)

^What he said
There's a site called 'abandonia,' or something like that which has loads of classics going for free. I managed to Civ I and II off there, along with a handful of others. Think I managed to get Jill of the Jungle and Jazz Jackrabbit off there as well...just google 'free dos games' and you might be pleasantly surprised.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:54, Reply)

I managed to find Quest For Glory 1 to 4.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:56, Reply)

I managed to find Quest for Gloryholes 1 to 4
But that was a different website...
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:58, Reply)

Cheers doood
I am writing all these sites down! Huzah!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:01, Reply)

I'll dig out and send you the special edition of Secret of Monkey Island if you want
it's awesome
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:10, Reply)

YAY!
Yes please, I have it on the iPhone but its annoying me on the tiny screen!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I recommend that you facebook me a message requesting it, and an email address
so I remember to send it to you
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 12:31, Reply)

Hahaha
Will do! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 12:38, Reply)

Incidentally,
if, like me, you remember the aforementioned Jill of the Jungle as a childhood favourite, you may want to search for the two sequals. They're a little harder to track down, but out there somewhere to download for free...my search, however, did lead me to the most wonderfully Aspergers-ridden page that some poor lonely fan has created, detailing all the different releases of these games and possibly revealing an unhealthy obsession with the main protagonist... (SFW, I seem to remember, but not something I want to search for on my work computer)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:17, Reply)

I downloaded XCOM: Enemy Unknown from there
absolutely wonderful!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:15, Reply)

I used to fucking love that one!
But it was bloody difficult...I'm sure I once got to the stage where you're supposed to mount an attack on the aliens' home planet but I couldn't work out how to get there.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:18, Reply)

Haha
I think I may have been even worse than you. It was a bit TOO difficult though in that your attacks in the action sequences were largely determined by chance, and how 1 hit from certain creatures could kill your star "players" that had taken hours to develop.

It was great naming your guys and building up the attributes though. Also there's nothing better than RPG-ing a house and blowing the entire front wall off.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:19, Reply)

Whole summers wasted on that fucking game...
Still, it's good to know that everyone else struggled with it as I did! I think even on 'easy' that one was too hard for its own good.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Oooh ta very much!
:)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:00, Reply)

I've managed to get out of dinner
with two really boring shirters tomorrow night.

YES!!!


Errr....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:53, Reply)

Oh, man.
:(
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:56, Reply)

That's so uncool.
I don't like him any more
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:56, Reply)

I am terminally uncool.
It's my "thing".
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:02, Reply)

I thought your 'thing'
was being a massive shirter?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I am a terminally uncool massive shirter.
*cries*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Hahaha you meanie
It's a bum that we're missing out, hopefully you'll have another dinner thing soon and we'll deffo pop along!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:59, Reply)

If anyone is still talking to me after tomorrow night
I will definitely be doing another - at which your attendance will be mandatory.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:01, Reply)

But of course
I shall be there!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:02, Reply)

Google "home of the underdogs"
there's lots of old point and click games on there that are free, and if not then it'll point you to a place to buy them.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 10:55, Reply)

Score!
Thank you muchly! I never knew these places existed, I have been denied point and click action due to the lack of a PC.

I am also still awaiting the release of Alan Wake! *gibbers*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:00, Reply)

I watched Boondock Saints II last night
And I'm still laughing about it now, superb film!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I loved the first one
Must get the second!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:36, Reply)

There is a second?
How do sir, hows the giant army jacket?
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 12:03, Reply)

Yoohooo!
Are point and click those escape ones?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:09, Reply)

Hellooooooo!
Point and Click games are those silly games where you run around collecting various pieces of crap that aid you in solving clues. You also question EVERYONE and usually the other characters are complete plonkers and you can only move on to a different scene when you have asked a person everything possible. They are daft games but I love them! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:37, Reply)

OH!
So like a futuristic version of logic puzzles from Puzzler magazine, but with fleshed out characters?
Am I getting this all wrong?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:38, Reply)

Games like Day Of The Tentacle
or Sam and Max Hit The Road
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:40, Reply)

Yes sort of! :D
There's usually something going on in the plot like a murderer is on the loose and you have to run around solving clues etc, Wiki Broken Sword, that's a brill point and click! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:41, Reply)

Oh man
I think I might gets me involved in some of this shit right here.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 12:06, Reply)

Many of the PopCap games will keep you mildly amused for a while
especially Plants vs Zombies.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:15, Reply)

I got that on my iphone, with bejewled. Zinga poker (that links to Facebook), bookworm, cogs, and ermmm... A few others
Most of my faveroite games are on the iPhone. Yaaaay.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:25, Reply)

I am properly addicted to
Plants Vs Zombies. I missed my train stop the other night because I was too engrossed! Do'h!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:35, Reply)

Pffft fool.
I'm most of the way through my second go at the moment, got all the upgrades and a full garden, the lot. It's well worth completing it if you haven't already.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:50, Reply)

I think I'm nearly there
I've got most of the upgrades and I'm playing at night in fog, its bloody hard with fog! :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:55, Reply)

You've got a whole other level to go yet.
Blover is your friend :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:58, Reply)

Grim Fandango
was a favourite of mine.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:20, Reply)

Oooooh
I heard that was gooooood!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:37, Reply)

Sometimes I have absolutley no idea what you lot are talking about.

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:27, Reply)

That's because I've made everyone go into
UberGeek mode!

*prouds*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:38, Reply)

Today - not so much.
it's grey, miserable, I'm at work and have to go to a meeting tonight that I really can't be arsed about.

The weekend, however, is but around the corner and a horde of b3tans shall descend upon our humble abode in honour of my Missus' birthday. Which is today, incidentally - and she's off work poorly with a throat infection and earache. Which is not good.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:51, Reply)

OH NOES
I hope the missus feels better, theres nothing worse than feeling sick on your birthday... well... possibly feeling sick on Christmas day when you have all the family around! :S
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:58, Reply)

She could have gone in today
but wants to fit and well for the b3tan invasion at the weekend, so hopefully a day of rest and drugs will stave it off before it develops into something nasty.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 24 Feb 2010, 12:02, Reply)

I will give her a ring when I get home to wish birthday joy.

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 12:05, Reply)

If you like Pratchett
My son recommends Discworld Noir, an homage to The Maltese Falcon.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 24 Feb 2010, 12:01, Reply)