Modding :

FPS Writes ;

As You will see I have become
very excited about a PC game called
Starshatter .

So much so that I would like to see
this game restored to such a point of
perfection that some day i will be
able to play its Dynamic Campaign
as advertised .

Such is my enthusiasm at present
that I would even attempt to dive into
its software depths and learn how to
become a PC Gaming Modder !

If You share such enthusiasms as I ,
You are Invited to Join Me ;
http://www.starshattermods.com/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=7&thread_id=412&rowstart=0

Surface Navel Combat PC Gaming ;

FPS writes ,


Yes, give me an order of
Surface Navel Combat PC Gaming,
with plenty of extra cold watery
sea spray ;

The Russo-Japanese War at Sea
1904-1905
Review :
http://www.simhq.com/_naval/naval_023a.html

Jutland
WW I
Preview :
http://www.stormeaglestudios.com/public/Html/se_Jutland.html

Enigma: Rising Tide
If Germany Had Won WW I
Review :
http://www.simhq.com/_naval/naval_004a.html

FIGHTING STEEL
Big ship engagements at sea from
1939 to 1942.
Review :
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/fightst2.html

DESTROYER COMMAND
World War II
Review :
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/dc/review_destroyer_command.htm

Distant Guns;
http://www.stormeaglestudios.com/public/home.html

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A User's Guide To Desktop PC Games

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A User's Guide To Desktop PC Games

Sins of a Solar Empire
Release Date : Feb 4, 2008
Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sinsofasolarempire/review.html?sid=6185991

Crysis
Release Date : Nov 13, 2007
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/crysis/

Starshatter : The Gathering Storm
Release Date : Nov 13, 2006
Starship Combat Simulation
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/index.php?p=3169&page=1&cat=59

Distant Guns
Release Date : Sept 1, 2006
Surface Combat Naval Simulation
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/distant_guns/

F.E.A.R.
Release Date : Oct 17, 2005
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/fear/review.html?sid=6135744

Nexus : The Jupiter Incident
Release Date : Feb 24, 2005
Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/nexus/review.html?sid=6120086

Half-Life 2
Release Date : Nov 16, 2004
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

Doom 3
Release Date : Aug 3, 2004
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/doom3/review.html

Far Cry
Release Date : Mar 23, 2004
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/far_cry/

Halo : Combat Evolved
Release Date : Sep 30, 2003
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halo/review.html

Homeworld 2
Release Date : Sep 16, 2003
Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/homeworld2/review.html?sid=6075223

Enigma : Rising Tide
Release Date : Aug 26, 2003
Surface Combat Naval Simulation
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/enigmarisingtide/review.html?sid=6074429

Chaser
Release Date : xxx xx, 2003
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/chaser/review.html?sid=6074003

No One Lives Forever 2 :
A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
Release Date : Sep 30, 2002
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/nolf2/

Serious Sam : The Second Encounter
Release Date : Feb 4, 2002
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/serioussamtheseconde/review.html?sid=2845606

Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Release Date : Nov 20, 2001
First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/returntocastlewolfenstein/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

Independence War 2 : Edge of Chaos
Release Date : Aug 22, 2001
Starship Combat Simulation
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/independencewar2edgeoc/review.html?tag=tabs;reviews

Serious Sam : The First Encounter
Release Date : Mar 21, 2001
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/serioussamthefirstencounter/review.html?sid=2701181

The Operative : No One Lives Forever
Release Date : Nov 9, 2000
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/operativenoonelivesforever/review.html?sid=2652466

Homeworld : Cataclysm
Release Date : Sep 7, 2000
Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/homeworldcataclysm/review.html?sid=2628735

FreeSpace 2
Release Date : Sep 30, 1999
Starship Combat Simulation
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/freespace2/review.html

Homeworld
Release Date : Aug 31, 1999
Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/homeworld/review.html?sid=2537718

Blood 2 : The Nightmare Levels
Modern First-Person Shooter
Release Date : August, 1999
http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=419438

Independence War Deluxe Edition
Release Date : Jul 31, 1999
Starship Combat Simulation
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/independencewardeluxeedition/review.html?sid=2535556

Fighting Steel : World War II Surface Combat 1939-1942
Release Date : May 31, 1999
Surface Combat Naval Simulation
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/fighting_steel_main.asp

Half-Life
Release Date : Oct 31, 1998
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife/review.html

Blood II : The Chosen
Release Date: Oct 31, 1998
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/blood2thechosen/review.html

Independence War
Release Date : Aug 31, 1998
Starship Combat Simulation
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/independencewar/review.html?sid=2535523

Starshatter
Release Date : Aug 31, 1998
Starship Combat Simulation
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/starshatter/default.asp

Redneck Rampage Rides Again
Release Date : May 31, 1998
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/redneckrampageridesagain/review.html

Descent : Freespace - The Great War
Release Date : May 31, 1998
Starship Combat Simulation
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/descentfreespacethegw/review.html

Unreal
Release Date : Apr 30, 1998
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/unreal/review.html

Quake II
Release Date : Nov 30, 1997
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/quake2/review.html

Blood : Plasma Pak
Release Date : September, 1997
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamestats.com/objects/003/003123/

Cryptic Passage for Blood
Release Date : June 30th, 1997
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/crypticpassage/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

Blood (Special Edition)
Release Date : xxx xx, 1997
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/blood/review.html

Redneck Rampage
Release Date : Apr 30, 1997
Modern First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/redneckrampage/review.html

Quake Mission Pack : Scourge of Armagon
Release Date : Feb 28, 1997
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/quakemissionpacksoa/review.html

Duke Nukem 3D : Atomic Edition
Release Date : Oct 31, 1996
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/dukenukem3datomicedition/review.html

Quake
Release Date : May 31, 1996
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/quake/review.html

Duke Nukem 3D
Release Date : Jan 31, 1996
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/dukenukem3d/review.html

The Terminator : Future Shock
Release Date : Dec 31, 1995
Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/terminatorfutureshock/review.html

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Don't panic, it's just a hobby .

FPS writes :

Here's some fine introductory
considerations for builders, customizers,
upgraders and users of desktop gaming pc's.

The subject of desktop pc gaming contains
a group of topics that are most worthy of
study.
Listing some of these topics I include :

Desktop PC Game Reviews ;
Sins of a Solar Empire
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sinsofasolarempire/review.html?sid=6185991
Crysis
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/review.html?sid=6182739
Starshatter : The Gathering Storm
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/index.php?p=3169&page=1&cat=59

Desktop Gaming Software Info ;
Sins of a Solar Empire
http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/
Crysis
http://forums.ea.com/mboards/category.jspa?sls=2&categoryID=121
Can your computer run Crysis?
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/ea_usa?registration_option_id=5610

Desktop Gaming Hardware Info ;
The Custom-Built PC
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/unions/forums/show_topics.php?union_id=custompcunion
General Hardware
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=63ef5c06cfa6ca219736189e628314e9&f=10
Build Your Own Desktop Gaming Pc
http://www.build-gaming-computers.com/index.html

The Newest Desktop games and their
developers are of interest to me, as it is
their software that I am intent to use on my
desktop gaming pc .

Happily there is much information available
for the study of nearly any desktop pc game .

In order to play a specific game, the desktop
gaming pc must have the best possible
hardware and software specifications
necessary to play the game.

Most desktop pc games including the
newest, most popular, most critically
reviewed and the most the top rated games,
provide desktop pc system requirement
specifications, including minimum and
recommended pc system requirement
specifications.

The recommended pc system specifications
for the newest, top rated and most popular
desktop pc games is of much interest to me
because they imply that if my pc system
hardware and software meet or exceed these
recommended system specifications, then I
should be able to play the game without a
serious problem.

The implication of meeting or exceeding the
recommended system requirement
specifications is also interesting to me, as it
implies that with some extra pc technical
efforts, I may be able to enhance, maximize
and optimize the desktop systems game
playing performance.

The recommended system requirements of
the newest, top rated and most popular
desktop pc game can also be used as a guide
in future projects for desktop pc building,
customizing and upgrading with newer
software and hardware specifications .

Exceeding the recommended hardware and
software specifications for the newest and
best rated game may also improve my
desktop pc's ability to play other gaming title
options, that will probably come to my
attention later .

As I study these topics, I also study the kinds,
modes, and types of games that I want to
play, which at the moment happen to be :

First person shooters ;
Desktop PC Top Rated
http://www.gamespot.com/games.html?type=top_rated&category=First-Person+Shooters&platform=5&mode=all&sort=release&dlx_type=all&date_filter=all&sortdir=asc

Surface Combat Naval Simulatons ;
Distant Guns
http://www.simhq.com/_naval/naval_023a.html
Enigma: Rising Tide
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/enigmarisingtide/review.html?sid=6074429
Fighting Steel: World War II Surface Combat 1939-1942
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/fighting_steel_main.asp

Starship Combat Simulatons ;
Starshatter : The Gathering Storm
http://www.starshatter.com/game1.htm
Independence War 2 : Edge of Chaos
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/independencewar2edgeoc/review.html?sid=2807830
FreeSpace 2
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/freespace2/review.html

Offline pc single player mode and
Offline pc LAN multi player mode ;

One might ask, why would i avoid online pc
multi player mode, in favor of offline pc single
player mode and offline pc LAN multi player
mode ?

Good question, since many of the top rated,
best reviewed, and most popular pc game
titles, generally contain online and offline
multi player mode programs in their game
software .

Furthermore, some of these games have only
limited amounts of offline pc single player
mode content, optimizing instead for
multiplayer modes online or offline .
Some of them are developed only for online pc
player mode .

I've studied some great reviews for pc games
that I would buy and play, except for the fact
that they can only be played online, whether it
be in multi player or single player mode .

Hopefully game developers and publishers are
not forsaking the offline pc single play desktop
gamers, in favor of the online pc multi players.

After all, my favorite mode of play is offline
desktop single player mode and that means
me against the desktop, man vs. machine,
with no online connection required .

So if they ever decide to re release these
games in offline pc single player mode or
offline pc multi player LAN mode, maybe I
would buy them and play them some day.

So, why would I avoid online pc multi player
mode ?

My first answer is, that it is costly.
In most cases users of this online pc game
genre are paying premium bucks for monthly
DSL Internet service, in order to play their
favorite games in this competitive mode .

I admit, that I know less about the technical
aspects of online pc multi player mode then I do
about other player modes .

In their defense I would never want to deny
online pc multi player gamers of even a
slightest second of happiness .

I am glad that they can enjoy that mode, and
I suppose that the game developers and
publishers receive plenty of pc gaming
feedback from them, which can improve the
desktop gaming pc genre across the board .

However, some of these online pc multi
player style games can also be used in offline
pc multi player LAN mode .

My experiences with offline multi player
LAN mode have been favorable .
I have found it to be consumer friendly and
user friendly .

It is not as costly and it is not DSL, Internet,
or online dependent .
It does require some additional technical
efforts on the part of the users, but that's not
hard to come by in offline multi player LAN
networks .

But as stated earlier my favorite mode of play
is single player and that means me against the
desktop, man vs. machine, with no online
connection required .

As I study these topics, I find that the
Information available from desktop pc
hardware, software and gameware
providers and desktop pc game critics,
reviewers, developers, publishers,
players and custom desktop gaming pc
builders is a most useful supplement
to my ongoing desktop gaming pc
activities .

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of Farmers Branch Texas .

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Profile Of A First Person Shooter

First Person Shooter writes ;
Howdy, Desktop Gaming PC Network of
Farmers Branch Texas.

Today I want to offer you a profile of sorts.
It is my current Desktop Gaming PC User
Profile.

My Desktop Gaming PC User Profile explains
many kinds of things that I prefer as a Desktop
Gaming PC user.

FPS : My Desktop Gaming PC User Profile ;

My Preferred Desktop Gaming Genres :

Like many people I do enjoy the Desktop
Gaming genre known as the First Person
Shooter.
But I also prefer another Desktop Gaming
genre known as Simulations.
The Simulations I like, are the ones known as
Space Simulations, and Naval Simulations.

My Preferred Desktop Game Playing
Genres :

In this category I have become somewhat
particular lately.
I prefer Desktop multiplayer LAN Gaming
over Multiplayer Online Gaming.
I prefer Desktop Gaming over Console
Gaming.
I prefer Desktop Single Player Gaming
over multiplayer gaming.

My Preferred Desktop Gaming PC Peripheral
Genres :

I prefer Desktop Gaming with a keyboard
over Desktop Gaming with a keyboard and a
mouse.
I prefer a keyboard and mouse combo over a
plug and play joystick, pistol or steering wheel
Peripheral.

If The Graphics of a Desktop Game
can still be enjoyed, I'd prefer using a REFURB
or a big screen analog CRT over a small but
expensive HD, HI RES, or other whatnot
monitor.

I prefer to play Desktop Games on a big
screen not a small screen and I like to see
every thing that the game can present on the
screen in an enjoyable playable and viewable
scale.

My preferences for Desktop Gaming PC audio
sound systems follows a similar theme, so if I
can find an enjoyable and playable audio mode
without a mighty price tag, I'll take it, until
something more tempting comes along and it
will.

My Preferred Desktop Gaming PC Hardware
Genres :

In this category, I'm like other Desktop
Gaming PC Users, I still Prefer All The
Desktop Gaming PC Hardware, Software
and Desktop Gaming PC Allocations and
Applications, To Build, Customize, Maintain,
Operate, Upgrade, And Enjoy My Desktop
Gaming Rig.

That way My Desktop Gaming Rig can play all
the Newest Desktop PC Games, As well as
My time tested Desktop Gaming PC Favorites.

My preferences, as a Desktop Gaming PC
User have convinced me that having One or
more Desktop PC's at hand, at all times,
including At Least One Desktop PC that is
Completely Dedicated and Reserved for
Desktop Gaming PC allocations and
applications is a completely reasonable
standard for all Desktop Gaming PC Users
Today, to fully enjoy the Dynamic Gaming
Genre of Desktop Gaming PC's.

As a Desktop PC User and as a Desktop
Gaming PC User, I can say with some
confidence, that One Desktop PC Cannot
handle all the applications and allocations
which are placed upon it, when it must perform
double duty as a Typical Desktop PC, as well
as a Desktop Gaming PC.

When the time approaches for me to produce
my next Desktop Pc, I'll be deciding in advance
if I'm going to use it for the Typical, Desktop
PC Applications and Allocations such as,
Email, Internet, Online, Offline, etc, or if I'm
going to dedicate and reserve it for Desktop
PC Gaming Applications and Allocations only.
As You can suppose I'll be leaning more
towards Desktop gaming PC Applications.

And I'll still hang on to my last Desktop PC
because I can still use it for All other
Applications and Allocations such as the
Typical, Email, Internet, Online, Offline, etc,
applications.

FPS,
The Desktop Gaming PC Network
of Farmers Branch Texas

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