cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28806132

I've played Ghost Recon on and off since....well forever. I first played it on PS2, and it's the only game to get the honor of first install (and never uninstall) on every PC I've ever owned, paired with the incredible Heroes Unleashed mod. I'm going to try to explain why I still come back to it. I'll take you along with me via screenshots I took over my last few outings.

First let's set the stage. It's the futuristic year of 2008 and the world teeters on the brink of war. Radical Russian nationalists want to restore the old Soviet Union and invade neighboring Ukraine and Belarus, with Georgia soon to follow. In response the US sends your light infantry special forces unit known as the Ghosts to pull off important missions before and during the impending war. Far fetched I know.

Endless sky can run on really low powered hardware, and is a top down space combat/trading/adventure game. Being FOSS it's on a lot of operating systems and can be found everywhere from Steam to Flathub to F-Droid.

Originally running in Byond and now running on modern software under the broader heading of Space Station 13 and 14 respectively. It’s completely free and runs on potato computers.

With origins as a college project Space Station 13 is a simulation of a work shift on a space station feating several departments with multiple jobs each like Engineering, Science, Security, Command, Service, Entertainment, and Medical. Everyone works together to keep the station running. You must eat and drink while working to maintain a healthy speed. But each round an antagonist or a dozen of them spawn as well, they may be an agent of the syndicate seeking to steal important items or kill targets using contraband items only they have access too.

The graphics are pixel paper dolls sliding around a top down map. You can pickup items and interact with the world and other players as well. The possibilities are REALLY limitless. You can make drugs, cocktails, food, shuttles, your own bar in the maintenanc

Nethack is now 36 years old, still in development, runs on windows, Linux, Apple and a multitude of other systems. You can run it in a console, remotely, if you don't have the ability to install or download to your computer. It's complex, difficult, entertaining and will soak up any free time you have.

I've played it on and off for a decade now and never made it past half way and have always learnt something new.

Play in browser: https://alt.org/nethack/hterm/ Telnet: alt.org port 23 SSH: [email protected] Download: https://www.nethack.org/

Have you got the Amulet of Yendor? Any stupid deaths? Surprising finds?