Trackmania: Sunrise is a racing/puzzle game from Nadeo and Enlight Interactive. It is the sequel to Trackmania, and like it, it features both a racing mode, and a puzzle mode where you must build a track through an obstacle course and then race on it, with completion in the shortest amount of time possible your ultimate goal.
Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness is a third person action game from Core Design and Eidos, and the sixth game in the long running Tomb Raider series. You once again play as Lara Croft, and must leap, shimmy, climb, and shoot your way through various environments to clear your name of suspected murder, and save the world from the evil Angel of Darkness.
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms is a fantasy themed RTS from Cavedog Entertainment. It uses similar technology as the sci-fi RTS Total Annihilation, but is otherwise unrelated. You command one of four kingdoms, and fight a series of battles with magic, monsters, and medieval weaponry.
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 is a strategy game from Chris Sawyer and Infogrames. It is the sequel to the hugely popular original RCT, and is not very different from it. As before, there are a large number of scenarios for you to attempt, all of which require you to build, maintain, and/or manage a theme park, with varying conditions and objectives.
Descent 1&2 are DOS-era shooters from Parallax Software and Interplay, where you pilot an experimental fighter through a series of maze-like mines, fighting maverick robots and rescuing hostages.
Descent is a DOS-era shooter from Parallax Software and Interplay, where you pilot an experimental fighter through a series of maze-like mines, fighting maverick robots and rescuing hostages.
A bit over 18 months ago, Brad McQuaid (aka "Aradune Mithara") stopped by the forum to say that he had gotten Vanguard: Saga of Heroes to run on his Dell 2405. You may recognize Brad's name, as he and Jeff Butler (also at Sigil) were two of the visionaries and programmers for the original Everquest.
Thinking I had nothing to lose, I asked about getting an interview with Sigil, about Vanguard, and widescreen gaming. Brad agreed, and I delivered a lengthy interview. Unfortunately they were entering their first closed beta, and then there was E3, and then the change in publishers. Never giving up the dream, I cut the interview down and kept bugging their Community Manager about getting the interview.
Just a few days ago we received the interview back from Ryan Elam, Director of Technology at Sigil Games, and April Jones, PR Manager. I'm still waiting on screenshots, but I thought I'd go ahead and post the interview. To discuss the interview, or Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, hit this thread over on the forums.
Download the testing clock from here.
I wrote this little guide for myself, preparing the arrival of my Dell 2005FPW and of course tweaks for games with proper aspect ratio. The easiest way to use this is pick the RESOLUTION for your game and follow the formula. Also copying and pasting this to NOTEPAD with MONOSPACED fonts will make it more READ-ABLE =)
I hope it helps people out. And for the record 1280x768 is 16:9.6 Aspect Ratio according to my calculations. Please don't bash me if any information is wrong. I'll correct them if proven wrong.
Day of Defeat: Source is a team-based multiplayer FPS from Valve Software which has players fight during World War II as members of either the Axis or Allies.
