Game recommendation for no-frills laptop

[Data4]

I'll be on a plane for 5 hours Sunday and want to put something on the laptop to keep me occupied. Unfortunately, I have to try to stay awake to keep my sleep schedule from getting fucked up, so I figured I could play something. My laptop isn't a gaming rig, so I'm trying to think of something useful that will work on it. Probably from about 2004 back. Something that doesn't HAVE to have a mouse is preferable. I do have the touchpad (PITA), and while I have a little mini travel mouse, I'm not anticipating having a lot of space on the seatback tray for it.

Doesn't matter the genre. Yeah, yeah, this is a RPG subforum, but any suggestion is welcome.

ETA-- The specs, if it matters:

AMD A4-3305M w/ built in Radeon (no idea) @ 1.9GHz, 4 GB RAM, running Win7/64.

 

[Tzaero]

Infinity engine games should work with no fuss.
Doom RL
Heroes of might and magic III, I keep on the laptop.
Alpha Centauri, though not an RPG, dwells on my USB and you can get it and it's expansion for $3 on gog today.

 

[Data4]

Thanks. Yeah, like I said, it doesn't matter the genre, as long as it's generally considered to be good and isn't some bloated eyecandy-fest.

 

[Terpsichore]

KotC.

 

[tuluse]

King of the Dragon Pass.

 

[Bruma Hobo]

Play some Wizardry, Ultima, Might & Magic or Gold Boxes. I would start with Ultima 4 and 5. Now enjoy yourself.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Tyrian.

 

[sser]

Dunno if you are into SRPGs, but Eador.

 

[shihonage]

"The Binding Of Isaac", a simplified roguelike, is keyboard-only. Unless they fucked it up somehow, it should run on a toaster.

Also, you can play ye olde games like Wolf3D and Doom ports with keyboard only.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Dark Heart of Uukrul. No mouse needed. Rpg with puzzles. You need soulstone ( codewheel ) to save at Sanctuaries.

This.

 

[Kane]

Infinity engine games should work with no fuss.
Doom RL
Heroes of might and magic III, I keep on the laptop.
Alpha Centauri, though not an RPG, dwells on my USB and you can get it and it's expansion for $3 on gog today.

If you own SMAC on GoG.com already, SMAX is for free.

 

[Konjad]

dwarf fortress or any roguelike. don't need mouse.

 

[desocupado]

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, if you're into roguelikes.

 

[Angthoron]

Dunno if you are into SRPGs, but Eador.

Will second this. If you're into HoMM/Disciples-type games at all, you won't even notice you were in the plane.

Link: http://af.gog.com/gamecard/eador_genesis?as=1649904300

 

[Turjan]

King of the Dragon Pass.

This.

 

[JarlFrank]

Hah, I clicked this thread and wanted to say King of Dragon Pass but someone already did!

 

[Aterdux Entertainment]

Sorry for self-promotion here, but our Discord Times is just 16mb of download and works on pretty much anything With a touchpad it would be a bit tough to play but doable...

 

[Kane]

Sorry for self-promotion here, but our Discord Times is just 16mb of download and works on pretty much anything With a touchpad it would be a bit tough to play but doable...

But is it also good?

Seriously, never heard about this game. Do we have a test on this?

Discord Times is our first project that we worked on for more than two years. It received some good reviews, for example on cnet, there are several more, for example this one in Russian. Of course, there were not so good reviews and opinions but overall this game found its players audience. And it is still sold on Alawar web site but discussion there is much less than on Russian site of Alawar. Probably mostly to the fact that English translation of this game leaves much better to be desired. Many letters of gratitude from the game fans and also constant requests to make a sequel – all of this led us to start working on our sequel. Possibly, in the future we will make available here several additional scenarios for this game and scenario editor, it depends on some legal issues regarding the rights for this game.

http://aterdux.com/projects/discord-times/

 

[Overboard]

Dunno if you are into SRPGs, but Eador.

Will second this. If you're into HoMM/Disciples-type games at all, you won't even notice you were in the plane.

Link: http://af.gog.com/gamecard/eador_genesis?as=1649904300

Thirded. There can be only one.

 

[Kukulkan]

Rougelikes are a good option. One of the best should be Nethack or ADOM.

 

[Gregz]

KoTC
Zangband
Doom RL

 

[Data4]

Thanks for the suggestions, all. I've decided on Ultima 7.

 

[Correct_Carlo]

Basically any pre-2005-ish RPG should run fine on that.

My shit laptop with an intel video card is able to run stuff like "Vampire Bloodlines: Masquerade" and "KOTOR" fine and it has worse specs than yours.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

I will do so too, and I will play Master of Magic on it.

 

[Bruma Hobo]

Thanks for the suggestions, all. I've decided on Ultima 7.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

If you just want something to keep you occupied for some hours on a trip, some kind of roguelike or Diablo clone would be better than a big-ass rpg that demands complete attention.

I'd suggest Stone Soup, but if you're already set on Ultima...