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Games That Travel Well

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hit-the-road-jack dept.

hipernoico writes "Wired has a summary of good portable RPG games for the end of this year. 'What better way to travel than in the company of a dragon-slaying knight? ' " I've travelled thousands of miles playing various Game Boy Pokemon titles. Although lately WarioWare Touched and Meteos have taken the place of my usual RPG travel companions. What games will you be playing while dreading arriving at your parents house?

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  1. Advance Wars by BushCheney08 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've found that Advance Wars 1&2 are good travel games. Each level takes about 30 minutes or so, and you don't need any volume. Great for airports, planes, or sitting around after xmas dinner. I don't have a DS, so I can't comment on AW on there, but I imagine it's just as good, if not better.

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  2. Pocket PC maturing nicely.. by puntloos · · Score: 5, Informative
    Traditionally the PocketPC wasn't really seen as a serious contender to things like the PSP, however times are a changin, methinks.

    Adventures: With scummvm - http://www.scummvm.org/ you can run any old lucasarts adventure perfectly:
    • Sam and Max
    • Day of the Tentacle
    • Full Throttle

    And modern PocketPC's are starting to have 'doable' processing power too.. Dell Axim X51v has 640x480 screen plus a true 3D accellerator, for example. I bet PSX-1 emulators will start to work soon enough...
  3. GBA/DS Games by BenjyD · · Score: 4, Informative

    Golden Sun is an enjoyable GBA RPG, although a bit annoying in places (I still can't complete the final battle)

    Fire Emblem and Advance Wars (DS or GBA) are games that make journeys appear to pass in a flash: I've nearly missed stations on the train because I was too involved in the game. They're both turn based and easily suspendable, so interruptions don't matter.

  4. Definitely, NetHack! by RicochetRita · · Score: 5, Informative
    Yup. It's turn-based & runs on damn near everything.

    (Of course, it helps to have the portable hardware to carry it around on...)

    R

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  5. A summary containing only 3 games? by VitrosChemistryAnaly · · Score: 4, Informative

    Okay, I just read TFA. Um, there are only 3 games in this "summary". Don't you think they could have gone over more games?

    Basically the article boils down to this: Final Fantasy IV is good for the GBA. Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time is good for DS. PoPoLoCrois is good for PSP.

    Any other /.ers recommend any more games?

    I find the summary quite lacking.

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  6. Ah there already is one.. by puntloos · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.fpsece.net/index.html - Plays most of the final fantasies at 40+fps on a 400Mhz Xscale device already.. nice.