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    Demo needing no installation?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mew1838, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. mew1838

    mew1838 Team Teal

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    I'm bored at work and looking for game demos that can be played without having to install as an "administrator". This is a powerful machines with quad core and FX something graphics card.
     
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    not sure if that kind of demo exists. flash games?
     
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    skynet1988 Notebook Consultant

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    You can try installing a game on a flash drive and then copying everything from it to the computer at work and then running the game (or run a game straight from the USB drive).
     
    skynet1988, Apr 14, 2009
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  4. Meetloaf13

    Meetloaf13 fear the MONKEY!!!

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    Lol...umm, did you just place "Flash Games" next to "Powerful"?

    You may want to try Paradise Paintball 3D. It runs in a browser. It's not "powerful", but uh, you get to shoot people that look like junk-food-eating-aliens...and it's free.
     
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    This will espcially work with older games...but then again, there goes the "powerful" aspect, most likely.

    One other possiblity would be the Linux Live Games CD (probably not too "powerful"). You burn the .iso to a DVD, boot with the DVD, and you have several full-size games at your fingertips:
    http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=home
     
    Meetloaf13, Apr 14, 2009
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