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    Good games to play without a mouse?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by jdaw2552, Jul 9, 2011.

  1. jdaw2552

    jdaw2552 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What are some good games to play without a mouse? Last night I ended up playing Roller Coaster Tycoon 1, but that was it.
     
    jdaw2552, Jul 9, 2011
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    Moriarty Notebook Consultant

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    I love me some rollecoaster Tycoon, one of the best videogames ever created imo! :)

    If you enjoy racing titles then there's the newer Need for Speed games and the Dirt rally games, not much mouse input needed for those titles.

    STEAM has a load of old Sega games, sidescroller type shooting games from the early 90's that don't need a mouse to play, I'm quite partial to Streets of Rage myself :p

    Rollercoaster Tycoon was recently released on GoG, so by mentioning it I'll assume you know what I'm talking about, the Decent games and others of it's ilk are the sort of flying/shooting hybrid type of videogame that can be a blast and need no mouse input from what I remember and can be had on GoG for a cheap price...

    You could play a whole heap more modern titles if you could put up with a gamecontroller as a mouse substitute but I'm guessing you can't for the same reason you're not gaming with a mouse! :p

    Oh, Steam has some sidescrollers like Braid and Abe's Oddyssey which are also fun and require no dedicated mouse.
     
    Moriarty, Jul 9, 2011
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    Personally I would go for emulators. Massive library of games to play with some of the best games ever made, most of which work perfectly using WASD and then a few keys around the . and / for the buttons. Also not taxing on the laptop specs and take up a relatively small amount of space.

    Edit: Steam has Abes Odyssey? Im all over it :O
     
    Stiiiiig, Jul 9, 2011
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  4. M11Ash

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    World of goo = fantastic puzzler on steam
     
    M11Ash, Jul 11, 2011
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  5. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Most racing games can be played with the keyboard right there on your lap. My favs for travel or waiting rooms. If I have a table to play on though I break out the mouse and shoot zombies.
     
    ejohnson, Jul 11, 2011
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    Trackmania Nations/United Forever is a blast with keyboard only
     
    Bigs, Jul 11, 2011
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    satchmobob Notebook Geek

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    Super Meat Boy! Crazy addictive game. Was in the steam summer sale a couple of days ago...
     
    satchmobob, Jul 11, 2011
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    hmm i cant call a nice game for trackpad, maybe come causual games like BRAID, FLIGHT CONTROL HD, jamestown, shatter, terraria and maybe TORCHLIGHT ;)
     
    el_pitaya, Jul 11, 2011
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    Worms! Is a fun game to play without a mouse
     
    Mechanized Menace, Jul 11, 2011
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    Cave Story :)
     
    Vallejo, Jul 12, 2011
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    Heroes Might & Magic (3 to 6) are all great without a mouse.

    Turn based strategy genre FTW :)

    One of the best game series of all time too!
     
    Voodooi, Jul 12, 2011
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    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    QWOP.

    Best game ever. period. Only needs 4 keys on your keyboard.

    Edit: Can be played on integrated graphics too! BONUS!
     
    DeeVu, Jul 12, 2011
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    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    LOL...i hope you don't plan on playing for more than 10 minutes :p.
     
    redrazor11, Jul 12, 2011
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    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Well technically you can play for 6 hours. :D
     
    DeeVu, Jul 12, 2011
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    Knights of the old republic if you got time to kill, man i love that game...
     
    deadboy90, Jul 13, 2011
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    post apocalyptic mayhem. it was 2.49 during steam summer sale.
    you dont need a mouse and its really just a blast to play
    it also runs great.

    its like twisted metal.
     
    afgballa, Jul 13, 2011
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    Agreed. Double Dragon 1/2 is also pretty good. Ol' Nintendo console game (N64). Played it years ago in India, where technology; is from the last decade.
     
    AlienTroll, Jul 13, 2011
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    driving games don't need a mouse.
     
    thegh0sts, Jul 13, 2011
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    Audiosurf is incredible. You load up your mp3 music files, and they become the track. Then you try to the tracks laid by the mp3s. Search youtube if it sounds confusing.

    Any gamer with a single bit of coolness in them, needs this game like a willy needs to be freed!
     
    Spiral Man, Jul 13, 2011
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  21. IKEAboy2006

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    Baldur's Gate 1&2 (buy from GOG).

    These are 2 of the best RPG's ever made and you can use the trackpad easily , as it's an isometric view game and not fast paced.
     
    IKEAboy2006, Jul 13, 2011
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