Hi Barry, Take a look at Entombed then, as I mentioned in the previous message, it is similar to your online game. All the best Steve From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: Tuesday 23 March 2010 16:34 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: PC and Online games for the VI? Hussein, Like yourself I was once a sighted gamer. My favs where Sim City, Sim Copter, Theme park, Quake 1 and 2, Duke Nukem, Shadow Warrior Mario, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and Realms Of The Hunting. The last one was a first person 3d shooter and stratagey combo that came on 4 CD's for the PC. Very addictive and fun! Personally I've not been impressed with VI games as a whole. There's been a few nice ones like GMA Tank Commander, and Lonewolf. I've always found the rest very basic in-terms of them being move based. I've therefore turned my hand to online text adventures such as MUDS. MUDS are real time multi player text games. My favorite one is Return Of The Jedi. You need a MUD client to play and I like VIP MUD from www.gmagames.com Return Of The Jedi has over 15000 rooms and you select what your characters name, Guild and classes are going to be. So for example my character Remshaw is a Bounty hunter, Assassin, Storm trooper, Shock Trooper and Gun Slinger. You train various stats such as Hit points, (a bit like energy levels), Constatution, Dexterity, Strength, weapon ability etc. VIP MUD has ROTJMUD as one of the 5 or so pre-configured MUDs already preset into the client. I like it because you're playing with other sighted and VI folks, the actions typically fast especially in battles and if you are a geek you can waste many's an hour exploring the lands, taking part in quests and training your character. There are hundreds of other MUDs out there and if you do decide to give this area of gaming ago you'll probably want to start with one from the VIP MUD preset list. If you do decide to try ROTJMUD I'd be happy to meet your character and give you a bit of a tour. There are other just VIP games out there and one of the best resources has got to be on Whitestick's game page for online and offline games. http://www.whitestick.co.uk/ you'll see two links on the homepage there, for online and offline games. It really depends what type of games you are interested in. MUDDING is quite time consuming but I've found very rewarding. I can easily, (now that I have experience with my favorite one), drop 3 hours of an evening just playing it and chatting to other players. I've just found allot of VI specific games lack in playability, storyline and more common than is not sustainability. GMA tank Commander is a classic example of this. Wonderful sounds, great playability but only 6 levels! Show that to a sighted person with their Xbox 360, Playstation 3 etc and they'd laugh at ya. Users cant' create more levels no does it have an online deathmatch mode. Having a background in Computer science and therefore having developed other types of software I can imagine that desigining VIP games mightened be the easiest or quickest of ventures but it's 2010 and I'm quite hard some might say on VI Game Developers. I just figure if I'm going to pay for a game I do not want Fisher Price, often low-quality gaming experience. Barry From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hussein Patwa Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:54 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] PC and Online games for the VI? Hi, It's been forever since I've just been able to sit and enjoy it but when my sight was better than it is now I was an avid gamer. Flight Sim, the good old SimCity Classic and of course the old favourites chess and reversi all kept me entertained long into the insomnia-riddled nights. I was wondering if anyone here could bring me up to speed with what's out there for the blind and partially sighted in terms of accessible gaming. I remember when I used to play Grizzly Gulch in high school - I shudder now to think I thought that was the creme de la creme of gaming. Any tips much appreciated. I seriously just need a good long chill out after the last few rollercoaster months and it's days like today that make me ask the above. _______________________________________ Have a pleasant day, Kind Regards and Best Wishes, Hussein. 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