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PC Games and Gaming: The Software and the Hardware - Page 2Last updated on 17 February 2010
The quality of the RAM memory in a gaming computerA gaming computer should be running DDR, DDR2, or DDR3 RAM of the best quality. Crucial makes the best RAM. You can make use of the UK and US Crucial Memory Advisors below to locate the RAM memory that is supported by a brand-name PC, notebook, or motherboard. Paul Mullen, who was the highly-respected computer guru of the Helpfile at ComputerShopper.co.uk - "I have recently been buying my memory only from Crucial Technology. I would rather pay the extra cost than waste time trying to track down the obscure program faults that bad memory can cause." The best way to choose RAM memory for a brand-name desktop or laptop computer, or memory for a paricular make/model of PC motherboard is to make use of the Crucial Memory Advisors (provided under the brief guideline on the minimum memory requirements for Windws XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7). If the Crucial memory you receive does not work, you are guaranteed a refund and standard shipping is free. The memory requirements of the versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7Most of the versions of Windows Vista require more RAM memory to run optimally on a computer that doesn't use memory-hungry applications than Windows XP. A video-editing application is an example of memory-intensive software. Only Windows Vista Home Basic has a recommended minimum amount of memory of 512MB, which is the same amount recommended for Windows XP. Windows Vista Home Premium, the most popular version, and Windows Vista Ultimate require a recommended minimum of 1GB (1024MB) of memory, which is twice the amount of minimum memory recommended to run Windows XP. Note that if you are using a 64-bit version of Windows, up to 4.0GB, it requires twice the amount of memory as a 32-bit version, which can only use a maximum of about 3.5GB. For more information on computer memory, read the RAM pages of this site, which includes information on the lower memory requirements of Windows 7.
How to Use the Crucial Memory AdvisorFor example, if your computer has an Asus motherboard, open the menu, scroll down to ASUS, and click GO. If, say, you have a Dell computer, scroll down to DELL, and do likewise. You will be taken to the relevant information on Crucial's website. If you don't know the make and model of the motherboard installed in your computer, here is a good free utility - Belarc Advisor - that creates an analysis of the hardware and software on a personal computer. Look under FREE DOWNLOAD - http://www.belarc.com/. Another utility that also provides detailed information on the memory itself is CPU-Z. PC Games: Updates, patches, upgrades and tweakingThe manufacturers of computer games often provide updates, patches, and upgrades for their games, which are made available as downloads from their websites, or from sites such as the following one that provides them. Games: updates, patches and upgrades - http://www.softwarepatch.com/games/index.html The Software Patch site also provides updates for Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7, device drivers, such as graphics-card drivers, and updates to application software. If a Windows security update from Microsoft Update fails to install, which happens all too often, you can locate it on the site and install it manually. Gaming Guides - "Game tweaking is not just about squeezing every bit of performance possible, but also getting everything running harmonically in your system, troubleshooting & fixing bugs, and obviously getting the best visual quality at the lowest cost of performance." - http://www.techspot.com/guides-gaming.shtml Five-star and four-star PC games as reviewed and rated by Expert Reviews
Expert Reviews: Five-star PC gamesThe following games were given a five-star rating (the highest) by Expert Reviews. You can visit the following section of the Expert Reviews website to read all of the current reviews: Games reviews - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/games Visit the provided websites/pages for the system requirements for each game and the reviews (when provided) Expert Reviews, in January 2010, gave the following two games a five-star rating. The next item on this page covers four-star rated games. 1. - Left 4 Dead 2 - Website - http://www.l4d.com/ - First-person Shooter game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/275107/left-4-dead-2 Supplier: http://store.steampowered.com/ 2. - Dragon Age:Origins - Website - http://dragonage.bioware.com/ - RPG game (role-playing game) - Review - http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/dragonage/review.html Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Expert Reviews, in December 2009, gave the following two games a five-star rating. The next item on this page covers four-star rated games. 1. - Football manager 2010 - Website - http://www.footballmanager.com/ - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/274666/sega-football-manager-2010 Supplier: http://www.play.com/ 2. - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Website - http://www.modernwarfare2.com/ - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/274675/... Supplier: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ Expert Reviews, in November 2009, gave the following game a five-star rating (one game was given a four-star rating). The next item on this page covers four-star rated games. 1. - FIFA 10 - Website - http://fifa.easports.com/ - Five stars - Best Buy award - Football (soccer) game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/272740/... Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Expert Reviews, in October 2009, gave the following game a five-star rating (three games were given a four-star rating). The next item on this page covers four-star rated games. 1. - Batman: Arkham Asylum - Website - http://www.batmanarkhamasylum.com/ - Five stars - Best Buy award - Action game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/270775/... Batman: Arkham Asylum: GPUs, CPUs, And PhysX Performance - "Batman: Arkham Asylum is purported to be the definitive Batman game. We're testing it on a range of mainstream graphics cards, a number of CPU settings, and with PhysX on and off. You'll walk away from this one knowing whether an upgrade is in order." - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/batman-arkham-asylum,review-31725.html Supplier: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ Expert Reviews, in September 2009, gave the following game a five-star rating (three games were given a four-star rating). The next item on this page covers four-star rated games. 1. - Blood Bowl - Website - http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/ - Five stars - Best Buy award - Fantasy sports game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/269071/thq-blood-bowl.html Supplier: http://www.game.co.uk/ Expert Reviews, in August 2009, gave the following game a five-star rating (three games were given a four-star rating). The next item on this page covers four-star rated games. 1. - Tales of Monkey Island - Website - http://www.telltalegames.com/ - Five stars - Best Buy award ($35/£22) - Adventure game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/266554/... Supplier: http://www.telltalegames.com/ Expert Reviews, in July 2009, gave three games a five-star rating and no games a four-star rating. The next item covers four-star rated games. 1. - Overloard II - Website - http://www.codemasters.co.uk/games/ - Five stars - Best Buy award (£24) - Action/strategy game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/260704/codemasters-overlord-ii.html Supplier: http://www.gameseek.co.uk/ 2.
- The Sims 3 - Website - http://www.thesims3.com/
- Five stars - Best Buy award (£30)
- Simulation game - Review - Supplier: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ 3.
- Fuel - Website - http://www.fuel-game.com/
- Five stars - Best Buy award (£18)
- Racing game - Review - Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Expert Reviews, in June 2009, gave one game a five-star rating and three games a four-star rating. The next item covers four-star rated games. 1. - Plants vs. Zombies - Website - http://www.popcap.com/ - Five stars - Budget Buy award (£7) - Family-friendly puzzle game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/258373/popcap-plants-vs-zombies.html Supplier: Download from http://store.steampowered.com/ Expert Reviews, in May 2009, gave no games a five-star rating, only three games a four-star rating. The next item covers four-star rated games. Expert Reviews, in April 2009, gave a five-star review to the following PC game: 1. - Braid
- Website - http://braid-game.com/
- Five stars - Best Buy award - Platform puzzle
game - Braid (video game) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(computer_game) Supplier: http://www.impulsedriven.com/braid Expert Reviews, in March 2009, gave a five-star review to the following PC game: 1.
- World of Goo - Website - http://www.worldofgoo.com/
- Download only - Five stars - Best Buy award
- Puzzle game - Review - Expert Reviews: Four-star PC gamesThe following games were given a four-star rating by Expert Reviews. You can visit the following section of the Expert Reviews website to read all of the current reviews: Games reviews - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/games Visit the provided websites/pages for the system requirements for each game and the reviews (when provided) Expert Reviews, in January 2010, gave the following game a four-star rating (two games were given a five-star rating). The item above on this page covers five-star rated games. 1. - The Saboteur - Website - http://www.pandemicstudios.com/thesaboteur - Action game - Review - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-saboteur-review Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Expert Reviews, in November 2009, gave the following game a four-star rating (one game was given a five-star rating). The item above on this page covers five-star rated games. 1. - Aion: The Tower of Eternity - Website - http://uk.aiononline.com/ - Four stars - Online role-playing game (RPG) - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/272743/... Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Expert Reviews, in October 2009, gave the following two games a four-star rating. 1. - Championship Manager 2010 - Website - http://www.championshipmanager.co.uk/ - Four stars - Football-management game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/270760/... Supplier: http://www.play.com/ 2. - Wolfenstein - Website - http://www.wolfenstein.com/ - First-person shooter game - Four stars - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/270772/... Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Expert Reviews, in September 2009, gave the following three games a four-star rating. 1. - Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper - Website - http://www.sherlockholmes-thegame.com/ - Four stars - Adventure game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/269074/... Supplier: From http://www.sherlockholmes-thegame.com/ 2. - Battlefield Heroes - Website - http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/ - Four stars - Online shooter game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/269080/... Supplier: From http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/ 3. - Anno 1404 - Website - http://anno.uk.ubi.com/ - Four stars - Real-time strategy game - Review - http://computergames.ro/en/games/viewitem/id/2809/name/... Supplier: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ (Read the purchaser reviews) Expert Reviews, in August 2009, gave the following three games a four-star rating. 1. - Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - Website - http://callofjuarez.uk.ubi.com/ - Four stars - Action/strategy game/ - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/266551/... Supplier: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ 2. - Trine - Website - http://trine-thegame.com/site/ - Four stars - Action/platform game Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/266557/ascaron-trine.html Supplier: http://www.gameplay.co.uk/ 3. - Arma
II - Website - http://www.arma2.com/agegate/agegate.html
- Four stars - War-simulation game - Review - Supplier: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ Expert Reviews, in July 2009, gave three games a five-star rating (details in the item above) and no games a four-star rating. Expert Reviews, in June 2009, gave the following three games a four-star rating: 1. - Zeno Clash - Website - http://www.zenoclash.com/ - Four stars - Brutal hand-to-hand-combat game -Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/258382/... Supplier: http://store.steampowered.com/ 2. - Gobliiins 4 - Website - http://www.gobliiins4.com/ - Four stars - Adventure/puzzle game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/258385/... Supplier: http://www.impulsedriven.com/ 3. - Velvet Assassin - Website - http://www.velvetassassin.com/ - Four stars - Action game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/258412/... Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Expert Reviews, in May 2009, gave four-star reviews to the following games: 1. - Men of War - Website - http://www.menofwargame.com/ - Four stars - Real-time strategy game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/253206/... Supplier: http://www.coolshop.co.uk/ 2. - The Maw - Website - http://www.mawgame.com/ - Four stars - Puzzle-platform game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/253207/... Supplier: http://www.direct2drive.co.uk/ 3. - Wheelman - Website - http://wheelmangame.uk.ubi.com/site/ - Four stars - Action game - Review - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/reviews/253210/ubisoft-wheelman.html Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Expert Reviews, in April 2009, gave four-star reviews to the following game: 1.
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of war II - Website
- http://www.dawnofwar2.com/ - Four stars
- Real-time strategy game - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_War_II Supplier: http://www.play.com/ Excellent free shooter gameCube is completely free and open source single or multiplayer first-person shooter game that runs on Windows and Linux, can be customised, and allows you to make your own game maps from scratch. This game looks truly amazing, with gameplay that is as rapid as it is smooth - even on an elderly PC. The quality of this freeware is superb. Screenshots - http://www.cubeengine.com/shots.php4 Home page - http://www.cubeengine.com/ Free games from PCWorld.comListed from the most (top) down to the least downloaded Icy Tower v1.1 - Help Harold the Homeboy climb a tower. - http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22508,00.asp Chicken Invaders v1.0 - Save the earth from an invasion of vengeful chickens from another galaxy. - http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22497,00.asp Fiend v1.0 - Enjoy this horror adventure game, inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22455,00.asp IT Security Game v2.0 - You're an overworked, underpaid IT supervisor. Now it's time for payback. - http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22610,00.asp Galactic Menace - Save the earth in this Space-Invaders clone that will bring back feelings of nostalgia. - http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22414,00.asp WinFrotz v5.03 - Walk down memory lane by playing old-fashioned, text-based DOS games on your Windows machine. - http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22456,00.asp Mr Cool Ball v1.01 - Guide poor Mr. Cool Ball through a labyrinth and blow up his enemies in this old-fashioned arcade game. - http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22509,00.asp Frozen Fruits v2 - Destroy fruit, avoid aliens, and solve logical riddles in this arcade game. - http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22506,00.asp PowerStrip - Shareware - $29.95"PowerStrip [at version 3.6 in May 2006] provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest ATI X1900 Crossfire and NVidia Qual-SLI 7900. It is in fact the only program of its type to support multiple graphics cards from multiple chipset vendors, simultaneously, under every Windows operating system from Windows 95 to the x64-bit edition of XP. A simple menu that pops up from the system tray provides access to some 500 controls over your display hardware, including sophisticated color correction tools, period level adjustments over screen geometry, and driver independent clock controls. A powerful application profiler can detect when programs are launched and respond by activating specific display settings, gamma adjustments, performance switches and even clock speeds - returning everything to normal when the program closes. In-game gamma hotkeys let you light up the darkest hallways during game play, and hardware control over refresh rates - with floating point precision - ensure you're never stuck at just 60Hz no matter what OS you're using. A quick setup wizard gets you up and running with minimal fuss, extensive context-sensitive help is available for all controls, and live updates are supported to ensure you're always running the latest release. Finally, an assortment of system and productivity tools - among them, extensive diagnostics, PCIe and AGP device configuration, EDID decoding and jig-free updating, desktop icon management, a system idle thread, Windows resource monitoring, an anti-burn-in orbiting option, physical memory optimization, an on-screen display, and the most advanced monitor support in the industry - round out the compact 800kb package." - http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm Game-port and USB joysticksIf you use a joystick and a standard game port to play games such as Sidewinder 3.02, it will not work under Windows XP, and Sidewinder 4.0 is not compatible with the game port. You have to use a USB joystick. Microsoft has decided to make the game port history, so Windows XP only has very limited support for game-port devices. You may be able to configure such a joystick by using one of the standard profiles in XP, but you won't be able to program all of the buttons and hat switches, nor maintain different profiles for each game. Therefore, if you use a game-port joystick, either don't upgrade to XP, use a dual-boot Windows 98/XP system, or buy a USB joystick. Dual-booting Windows 98 and XP is the cheapest option. Just remember that you have to have Windows 98 installed first, because, without employing an elaborate fix, 98 won't install if it detects that another operating system is installed. How Joysticks Work: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/joystick.htm System informationNote that you will not be able to run an AGP card using full AGP functionality with the initial (FAT16) issue of Windows 95. Full AGP functionality is only provided by Windows 95 OSR 2.1 and above, and any version of Windows 98 or Windows Me. This is because full AGP functionality requires the USB files to be installed. USB can be installed in Windows 95 OSR 2.0 by installing an update file, but it is buggy and not as fully functional as the USB that comes with the subsequent versions of Windows 9.x, Windows Me, and Windows XP. Good sound reproduction is essential for game playing. For some information on sound cards, visit the Sound page on this site. If you want to play heavy-duty games, you should not purchase a PC that has a motherboard or upgrade a computer by installing a motherboard that uses an integrated graphics chip. Graphics chips that are integrated on to the motherboard, and have to use system RAM instead of the dedicated RAM available on a dedicated graphics card. This results in poor gaming performance. The manufacturers of motherboards use new chipsets made by chipset manufacturers, such as VIA, Intel, ALi, and SiS, for every motherboard they bring out these days, so I am not going to provide any examples here. The third Motherboard page on this site provides links to sites that provide motherboard reviews. If you know the make and model of a motherboard, you can download the user manual from its manufacturer's site. It contains all of the technical information about the motherboard, including information on the chipset. Online PC gamingOnline gaming on the Internet is an activity that is growing rapidly, both in the number of people taking part in it, and in the variety of games being played. It helps if you have a fast broadband cable or DSL connection to the Internet, but it is possible to participate with a 56K dial-up modem. With existing equipment it is possible to play games online between two players all the way up to many thousands participating at the same time. Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are the leading manufacturers of gaming equipment. The Xbox (Microsoft), Playstation 2 (Sony), and the GameCube (Nintendo), all come ready for the Internet, and there is a steady stream of new games being released to keep the participants happy. Thanks to games such as EverQuest and Ultima Online, online gaming has grossed approximately $500 million so far, made up of the sale of software and online subscriptions. Sony and Nintendo both see the future growth of the online gaming market as being largely dependent on the widespread take-up of broadband DSL or cable connections. Neither company sees the required adoption of these services happening until 2004 in the US and 2005 in the UK. This site - http://www.mmorpg.com/ - is devoted to massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Massively multiplayer online game - "A massively multiplayer online game (also called MMOG or simply MMO) is a video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on general purpose computers; most of the newer game consoles (Xbox 360, PSP, PS3, Wii, etc.) can access the internet, and thus can have MMO genre games." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_game Here are the web addresses of some of the most popular online games: Ultima Online - Origin/Electronic Arts - http://www.uo.com/ EverQuest - Sony - http://everquest.station.sony.com/ Asheron's Call - Microsoft - http://www.microsoft.com/games/zone/asheronscall Dark Age of Camelot - Mythic Entertainment - http://www.darkageofcamelot.com/ The best free online games - "With video games developers taking action against consumers who illegally share their games, Shopper took a look at some of the best the web has to offer. These games that are available to play online or download for free, may get you hooked, so beware." - http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/news/220899/... The most difficult aspect of online gaming is finding a good place to play. Smiley’s Games Emporium has more than 30 games to play for free online. Classics to choose from include Asteroids, Breakout and Centipede. All of the games are written in Java, which means that you don't need to download any plug-ins to play. - http://www.clickets.com/targets/Games/Games.asp Virgin Media GamesThe Virgin Media website provides plenty of online games, such as Battlefield 1942, from its servers. Gaming routersClick here! to go to information on routers on the Networking section of this site. Microsoft's Live accountLive is the online gaming service for the Xbox 360 gaming console, which Microsoft has now included in Windows Vista. You require a Live account to play many releases online. A Live account gives you a Gamertag unique identity that allows you to see which players are playing which games. Your Gamertag also tracks your gaming achievements that can then be compared to those of your gaming friends. Live accounts are divided into silver and gold membership. Silver membership is free. It allows you to view what your friends are doing online and to join a limited set of online games. Gold membership is what you need if you want to set up multiplayer games, use the TrueSkill matchmaking service, and play cross-platform games against Xbox 360 owners. A gold membership currently (July, 2007) costs £40 a year, which covers PC and Xbox 360 use. Note that currently there are not enough games available for the PC to justify signing up if you are just going to use a PC. Is gigabit Ethernet desirable for network gaming?A new PCI Gigabit Ethernet standard is now available that can transfer data at 1000Mbits/s - ten times the speed of a 100Base-T Ethernet network - across the same Category 5 (Cat5) cables as the latter standard. For new network installations, the recommendation is to use Cat5e cable, even though Cat5 and Cat5e cabling both have the required 100MHz (1000Hz) bandwidth, because Cat5e cable is manufactured so that the additional parameters that are important for high frequency data transfer using gigabit Ethernet are better controlled. Any recommendation to use Cat6 for a gigabit Ethernet installation should be turned down out of hand! Cat6 was added to the TIA-568 standard in June 2002, and has a 200MHz bandwidth. It is much more expensive than Cat5e cabling, so you should only consider it for use on a 10 gigabit Ethernet network. Most networked games are designed to be played over the Internet, so they are programmed to rely on the processing power of your computer for the heavy work, and only send the data they have to across the network. In short, these games can all be played by using any one of the wide range of network conditions encountered on the Internet. Although in gaming faster is always supposed to be better, gigabit Ethernet won't provide any advantage, because response time is the important factor for networked gaming. On the fastest broadband connection access times below 10ms don't provide any advantage, and since this can be achieved with an ordinary 10Base-T network that is a 100 times slower, gigabit Ethernet's extra capacity would be wasted. For more information on this topic, enter Gigabit Ethernet in the Google search box provided at the top of this page, with its Web radio button enabled. Gaming-related webpages and sites worth visitingTop ten free Flash games - http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/05/01/top-ten-flash-games/ "Tom's Games has 5272 online games! All of our flash games are free! We have thousands to choose from including action games, adventure games and sports games. The games offered on this site are privately owned by their designers, but are free online." - PlaySEGA - free online games - http://www.playsega.co.uk/ http://www.computershopper.co.uk/news/241794/... AMD Game - AMD's PC gaming site - http://game.amd.com/us-en/default.aspx Build Your Own Budget Gaming PC - How to buy & assemble the right components & peripherals for less than $2,500. - http://computershopper.com/feature/build_your_own_budget_gaming_pc PC games news and reviews - http://www.gamespress.com/ Yahoo! Games - Download your Video Games For Free - http://uk.download.games.yahoo.net/index.php Games and leisure - http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/archiveproductsearch/21/Games-and-Leisure Building a High-End Gaming Workstation - http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/building_gaming_opteron_2003_Part1/page2.asp http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/building_gaming_opteron_2003_Part2/default.asp Flight Gear - a free flight simulation PC game - 85MB - http://www.flightgear.org/ Some rollicking new games are available from the Arcade section of the Lockergnome site: http://www.lockergnome.com/arcade/. A good example is Adventure Elf - http://lockergnome.com/arcade/games/adventure-elf.phtml Gamespot.com - free memebership - http://www.gamespot.com/index.html "BEST video/computer game EVER" - Sysopt.com Forum thread - http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=142667 Freeloader.com - Different types of inexpensive subscriptions to this site allow you to downdoad plenty of games of all kinds. A newsletter is available. - http://www.freeloader.com/content/freeloader/en/games/desktop MSN (Microsoft Network) Gaming Zone - http://zone.msn.com/ Classic Free Games - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/04/2016246 Gaming Links page - http://www.infinitefrontiers.0catch.com/Links.htm Smiley’s Games Emporium has more than 30 games to play for free online. Classics to choose from include Asteroids, Breakout and Centipede. All of the games are written in Java, which means that you don't need to download any plugins to play. - http://www.clickets.com/targets/Games/Games.asp Visit Freeware Gaming where there are hundreds of free downloadable games to play offline. Categories include Puzzle/Logic, Sport Card/Casino and Action/Arcade. Games are rated and reviewed and each listing shows the size and system requirements. Gaming forumsTechSpot PC - Gaming and Consoles - http://www.techspot.com/vb/menu11.html SysOpt Forum - http://forums.sysopt.com/ Google PC gaming searchesUse the Google search box at the top of this page (with the Web radio button enabled) to find links that may have changed for existing sites, and many more gaming sites.
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