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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. 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...
  2. 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...)

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