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Freeware Games

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Free games for your PC, try all of them at least once! There's absolutely no reason not to.

This list is not for shareware or "abandonware" titles, but for games that are genuinely free so you can be both a cheapass and a righteous snob about it.

As more MMO Games go free-to-play, they are technically "freeware," but they're pretty specific, and you can't play them anymore if the company servers go away. These recommendations are for games that are free and are for single-player or LAN parties.

## Choose Your Destiny

* Adventure games *(includes survival horror)*
* Beat 'Em Up games
* Fighting games
* FPS games *(includes 6DoF shooters)*
* Platformer games *(includes action-adventure, metroidvania, run n gun)*
* Puzzle games
* Racing games
* Role Playing games *(includes Action-RPG, roguelike)*
* Shoot 'Em Up games *(includes artillery games, top-down arena shooters, rail / tube shooters, space trading shooters)*
* Simulation games
* Sports
* Strategy games
* Visual Novels
* Others *(includes multi-genre compilations, casual games, experimental / art games, retro games)*

## Links

* Abandonia The absolute motherload of PC games with expired/unused copyrights, a.k.a. Abandonware (not all will contain the original music though)
* The Freehare Moderated list of freeware games maintained by someone who actually plays and rates all the games before listing them.
* How to download online flash games for playing offline
* Something Awful had threads about freeware games; non-paywall archives have Games 1-500 Games 501-1000 Games 1001-1500
* Smashing Magazine list of flash games
* TIGsource Indie Game Database is busted, try their blog instead
* 235 free indie games in 10 minutes and more short-attention-span showcases
* Experimental Gameplay
* Dev-Fire-GD A free program that lets you view a list of 100+ freeware games, updated weekly, with info on each aswell as their relevant site and youtube videos. Games range from 500kb to 500mb aswell as quality but within the mess of clones and guff are some real gems.
* HardcoreGaming101's forum has a thread about freeware.
* The FreeBundle, imitating the Humble Indie Bundle, but it's free games looking for exposure instead of cheap games looking for pennies.
* http://itch.io/ is a site for mostly smaller games but ranges from free experiments to full paid masterpieces, highlights include Succulent ( http://radiatoryang.itch.io/succulent ) in which you act out your secret dreams, Stick Shift is a game were you pleasure a car and the best youtube 'lets play' simulator: GAME OF THE YEAR: 420BLAZEIT vs. xxXilluminatiXxx [wow/10 #rekt edition] Montage Parody The Game.
Halloween Games

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**THIS PROVED TO BE A VERY POPULAR LIST AND, AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS, THERE ARE *OVER 125 FUCKING GAMES* ON THIS LIST. THE DESCRIPTIONS HELP NARROW DOWN WHAT GAMES INTEREST YOU.**

Everyone loves Halloween (except hardcore Christians). For a lot of kids, Halloween meant a lot of different things- costumes, candy, spooky movies and, you guessed it, spooky video games! Today we've worked on a list of games to satiate your Halloween filled week.

* All games on this list appear in the Wiki on their respective pages.
* Game descriptions are largely unchanged from their appearance on the console pages, however, some were slightly altered or edited for this page.
* A game doesn't have to be survival horror or horror/Halloween themed, necessarily, if it's spooky in atmosphere (like *Metroid*), but if a game just has a Halloween level (like *Sonic Adventure 2*), it doesn't qualify.

Due to this list being fucking HUGE it is now arranged by primary game type for ease of use. Some games may fall into more than one category (ex: Horror Survival/Puzzle, FPS/Action), so they were put under the category that fits them the best.

## RPGs

Please note that many games on this list may have RPG elements. These games are RPGs foremost with other stuff taking a back seat in general.

## Shooters (Light gun type)

These will require specialized hardware or are wii only. Don't try emulating them unless you can also emulate the hardware or you will be disappointed. Those who can get the hardware, however, are in for a good time.

## Other Genres

This may be split up later if enough games of a certain category appear here. In the meantime, click "genre" so sort by game type.
Dizzy

**Voiced by:** Kate Harbour (UK; 1998-2012)Maria Darling (US; 2001-2007)Lorelei King (US; 2007-2012)Sarah Hadland (UK; 2015-present)Claire Corlett (US; 2015-present)

**Dizzy** is a tilting drum cement mixer. Dizzy was portrayed as the youngest member of the fleet until Scratch was introduced. She is eager, curious, and easily excitable.
Japanese Role Playing Games

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# The JRPG

Despite falling out of fashion in recent years the JRPG is still going strong and will never truly die. No matter how many ATB's or moe lolis developers add.

JRPGs cover a wide variety of systems and everything from the classic turn-based to medieval strategy, so something here is bound to tickle your fancy.

## Handhelds

### Playstation Portable

**Resurrection**
**of the**
**Ethereal Empires**
opposing kingdoms.
Mega Drive

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*"Genesis does what Nintendon't."*
The Sega Mega Drive (called Sega Genesis in the US for legal reasons) is long known as the SNES' rival. It's not as powerful in video and audio output as SNES, but a number of games had faster flowing action in terms of processing power (blast processing wasn't *all* bullshit), **AND** it offers backwards compatibility with the Master System with an adapter, and has two other add-ons, the Mega-CD and 32X for extra power that does make it arguably stronger than the SNES (well, when the games are done well). Get an early model 1 for cleaner audio, a head-phone jack, and maybe a Game Genie so you can get around the region protection. Also, like other early consoles, the PAL version has lowered frame rate; though with a little know-how, you can modify it to flow as fast as an NTSC. For Genesis/Mega Drive gaming on the go, check out the Nomad (made by SEGA), GenMobile (smaller, lighter, cheaper, and better battery life), or Gopher (digital-based version of the former; takes SD cards).

## Videos & copypasta

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Fallout: New Vegas Mods

Overview of recommended mods for New Vegas

## Installing Mods

Make sure your game is fully patched to **1.4.0.525**

Usually mods are simply extracted to your Data\ directory (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Fallout New Vegas\Data).

After that the plugin files (\*.esp, \*.esm) have to be activated.

The recommended way to install is to use Fallout Mod Manager (FOMM) . However the updater doesn't work since the Nexus site redesign, so ignore when it ask you to connect. Other than that it works fine.

Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) can be used if you're having trouble keeping track of which mod needs updating. Which you shouldn't since most of these mods stop being updated for about a year now.

Mod Organizer is a more complex and a more reliable solution which also features Nexus integration.

You can only install one of these managers, otherwise it will conflict with each other.

New Vegas Script Extender (NVSE) is required for most mods to work.

After installation, use BOSS to setup the load order. It is important to setup the load order correctly to make them work properly. It will recognize most mods listed here, and list them correctly in order. If it doesn't, it's usually safe to leave that mod at the bottom it was placed at.

Some mods may install differently or require additional mods to work. **Always check the Readme/Mod description before installing a mod.**

## Additional Resources

* New Vegas Nexus, the biggest community archive of mods
* ModGames.net , a big Russian mod archive that includes mods already deleted/never posted to the Nexus because of copyright reasons/whatever
* Lovers Lab, board for adult Oblivion/Fallout mods
Construction Wiki

## Introduction to Construction Wiki

Click edit to replace this paragraph with a description of your TV series for your readers. Keep it short and sweet.

## Welcome to the Wiki

This is a wiki, a website that anyone, including you, can edit. Go ahead, try it out! Use the buttons below to create your first episode and character pages.

Create an article about an episode by typing the title below:

Create an article about a character by typing the title below:
 Seasons

Create an article about a whole season by typing the title below:

## Pages created so far

* Construction
* Construction Wiki
* Dizzy
* Fun and Games
* General Discussion
* Lofty
* Main Page
* Muck
* New on Wikia starter pages
* News and Announcements
* Questions and Answers
* Roley
* Scoop
* Teletubbies
Videogame Soundtracks

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## **READ THIS BEFORE EDIT**

I want to clarify a few things. Music here should be great for listening, **EVEN IF IT IS BY ITSELF.** You know a few nice soundtracks, that, however you **WOULDN'T** download to your mp3-player, because without proper visual component (read: game), they don't have the full effect. For example, I think that Fire Emblem is a goddamn glorious game, the music there is great, when you battle and hear that music - you know that you'll kick those asses of enemy's. Same for Deus Ex, however, when listening OSTs of those on it's own - it's just not the same. Also, don't add albums just because of one-two songs. I've created "Singles" especially for this.
Pokémon Mini

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The rather obscure Pokémon Mini was Nintendo's smallest and cheapest handheld console. Nintendo obviously counted on the absurd popularity of Pokémon to sell the device, however it flopped due to a poor marketing campaign, the very weak hardware (inferior to even the original Game Boy) and casual nature of it's games, and because people mistakely believed it was just a glorified Tamagotchi. Its library (not counting homebrews) consists of only a dozen games, and as its name implies, all of them are spin-offs of the Pokémon franchise.

## External links

* Pokémon Mini database

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Games Made by /v/irgins

Okay, so you're working on a video game, and you want your bros to know about it in some way/shape/form rather than continuously reposting in 'Amateur game dev threads'.

Here's a list for you bros to post your projects and BRIEFLY discuss what it's about, why you think it'll be neato. Linking to a development page/blog would be nice, but the only true requirement is some sorta screenshot, ya dig? A short gameplay video would be even cooler!

## Useful Links

Heres list of useful links that you can paste into /v/idyadev threads. IT MUST BE COPYPASTABLE, SO PLEASE DONT CHANGE FORMAT.

```
>/avgd/ project lists
http://heartvine.tumblr.com/post/23679199469/agdg-tumblrs
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Games_Made_by_/v/irgins
http://vidyadev.com/wiki/index.php?title=Projects

>Resources
http://heartvine.tumblr.com/post/17243872646/indie-game-dev-faq
https://sites.google.com/site/vidyadevresources/
http://www.pixelprospector.com/indie-resources/
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/gameprog.html
http://content.gpwiki.org/index.php/Main_Page

>Programming Resources
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?board=4.0
http://stackoverflow.com/
http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/
https://msdn.microsoft.com/
http://vidyadev.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://dreamincode.net

>Trackers:
https://twitter.com/#!/spiderchanbot
https://twitter.com/#!/AGDGBot
http://spiderchan.com/vd/

>IRC:
http://www.vidyadev.com/

>Ideas:
http://struct.ca/game-idea-generator/
http://www.streamingcolour.com/blog/game-idea-generator/
http://ideaguy.99k.org
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Games_/v/_dreams_about

```
Dreamcast

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*"It's thinking."*
This motherfucker was revolutionary back in the day and is still fun as hell and worth a pick up at a flea market or major gaming store. Gosh, just look at that list and all of those great games. It's a shame this console died early - although it got some new titles long after it was discontinued. Seriously, it's awesome. It had jaw-dropping graphics, four controller ports, VGA support [1], internet capabilities (although only a handful of games [2] still work online), and it doesn't even need modding to play burned games (see pic in the bottom of this page).

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **Lacking Metacritic Reviews** [3]

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Hentai Games (R=18)

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**No eroge novels (aka 'erotic visual novels') in this list: there are so many of them that we have made a page just for them.**

We also have a page for Adult interactive Fiction for smut made by non-Japanese writers.

**ZONE games aren't really games, but sweet Jesus does 4chan love them and each one is well-made. They are in a separate page.** {C}

## DOS games

You'll need an actual emulator like DOSbox for these; running it in windows will just get you sadface.gif. We don't mention whether they are free because the software would be so old it's unlikely anyone's gonna enforce it unless you're reselling the stuff.

## Flash games

The flash games aren't windows-dependent, so they don't have stupid stuff like region checking, or needing an emulator. If there isn't a link in the description, try searching on swfchan.

You can find a whole lot of hentai flash games on the porn category listing on swfchan (over 10 thousand). comdotgame also has
a great adult section.
Xbox

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*"Life is short. Play more."*

***IMPORTANT NOTICE:*** As of April 15, 2010, Xbox LIVE support for all Original Xbox titles has ceased. You will not be able to connect and play online games or download downloadable content packs. If you're looking for an online game to play on your Original Xbox, You're out of luck. Try a tunneling program if you're desperate, Such as XBConnect or Xlink Kai to emulate a LAN game. Shitsux.

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**

## 360's Backwards Compatibility

The Xbox 360's backwards compatibility with original Xbox games is an absolute mess. The games are emulated, so many suffer from technical hiccups. Not all games are even supported! If you're planning on playing these games on your Xbox 360 rather than the original Xbox, check this list to make sure it plays fine, if at all. In most cases, playing on an original Xbox will give you a far better experience overall. ~~Also, not that the limited backward compatibility for 360 games on the XBOne does **not** extend to original Xbox games~~ Microsoft announced that the XBOne will get original Xbox games backward compatibility.

*\* This game cannot be played on the Xbox 360.*

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Visual Novel Games

From the Wikipedia article:

>  A visual novel (ビジュアルノベル bijuaru noberu) is an interactive fiction game, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage). As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels.
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The games can be just a simple "choose your own adventure", or they can have more gameplay with it. Usually, when they do, it's an RPG mix. They usually contain nudity and sex scenes. It is a shame that the western audience is mostly fine with shooting an innocent person in the face but isn't OK with consensual sex in video games. But who cares about that when you can play these by yourself and no one has to know about it.

Visual novels can be found usually on PC, but there are console ports (these are usually strip from their erotic scenes) and even console exclusives. **Not every visual novel has sex and nudity in them,** and most of them take tens of hours to read/play. Even the ones with adult content in them often have routes in which the player can actually avoid seeing anything naughty. Certain games like Cartagra actually give better endings for not being a pervert!

Japan has a crap load of visual novels. Westerners have also made their own games. This is a list that doesn't make an effort to tell them apart. All recommended visual novels from all platforms are welcome. If there isn't an English translation to said game, it shall be noted.

All that being said, on to...

## The List

"English" means there is an Official English port of this game for sale out there. If you enjoy these games, support the creators by buying a real copy! Many of these games have patches out there if there is no English port, so look around and see what you can find to spruce up your nice legal copy of the game.

"Adult" means that at least one path has adult content in it (nudity, sex, ect). Again, the adult content is usually avoidable if the player so chooses, but the option is there!
Game Boy Advance

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*"Gaming 24:7."*

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**

The GBA is backwards compatible with all the previous GB titles. If you want something small, bright, and easy on the pocket, get an SP, It's backlit and has a rechargeable battery unlike the regular one. The best SP is the AS-101 model as it has a much brighter screen, but few were made as they were made right as the GBA started to die. Though some feel the SP is damn uncomfy on the hands (and lack of batteries sucks if you don't have a plug nearby). There are third-party grip attachments you can use to hold it without your fingers going numb. If you feel you may not like it, get the original model (the one without a clamshell) and a lamp or one of those crazy ass back-lit hackjobs. The Micro doesn't have backwards compatibility, but if you buy a flash cart. no prob (since you can use a program to emulate them). The screen is smaller and the li'l portable must recharge like the SP, but damn is it easy to carry around.

Alternatively, some recommend emulation on other platforms as an option. However, it just ain't the same for some games, especially Drill Dozer.

## Main List

i.e. games that were localized or released in the western hemisphere

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Nintendo DS

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*"Touching is good."*

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**

See the discuss page for proposals for pruning this list. Also, note that on May 20, 2014, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was shut down, disabling online multiplayer on basically all first-party titles for the DS and Wii. DSiWare still exists but will shut down on March 31, 2017.

## Edutainment and/or Non-games

Since the beginning of times, every platform has had some titles that are sorta kinda games, but not quite. Call it edutainment, interactive toys or non-games, all those games were there, quietly selling and entertaining lots of people. With the DS wild success among people that usually wouldn't play games, the non-games got the push they needed to become relevant again, resulting in a plethora of non-traditional games. Some of them are quite good, and this section is for them.

## Nintendo DSiWare

DSiware started with the DSi and continued with the 3DS. These are essentially small file-sized games to be played and stored digitally. Some are meant for quick-fire play, but others have more depth. Longevity varies per title, obviously.

If you have a DSi versus a 3DS, there's still plenty of games and options available. It will also be supported for a little while longer, so you might want to keep your eye out for some future releases anyway. Of course, the 3DS gets you charged sales tax, so there might be some perk to using DSi points for a little while longer.

DSiWare is downloadable and transferable with the 3DS. However, you won't be able to keep any of your save data (due to Nintendo's legal bullshit). That said, all you have to do is download a free application off of the DSiWare Shop (the 3DS already has the means to do so without said app). Have both plugged in (or you'll get a fuckton of warning messages), set up a full or custom transfer (the full is much more convenient), and Pikmin will transfer all your data. If you get an error message, whatever was in the middle of being transferred will have to re-transfer, but everything else will already be sent over, and won't start all the way over.

## Nintendo DS Homebrew

Chances are, you're from /v/, you like DS, you have a flashcart.

So load up with some homebrew, it can be pretty worth while.

## Recommendation Copypasta

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Barlo

Back to Characters

## General Character Traits

* Race: Half Orc
* Class: Barbarian
* Subclass: Totem
* Full Name: Barlo Ironclaw

## Backstory

Barlo was raised as a member of the Ironclaw tribe of orcs, one of many that make their home in the Orc Hills.  While a half orc, Barlo still became a leader and defender of the small tribe being that his mother was the tribe’s shaman, and he was particularly attuned to the spirits of nature himself. Trained from a youngling to be a spirit warrior, Barlo was an able fighter, hunter, and survivalist. His mother did allow him to learn the language of his human father from some of the tribes human slaves. A few months ago, a group of frost giants came down from the Southern Worldspines, raiding and pillaging settlements of orcs as they went. The village of the Ironclaw was in their path, and while Barlo and his group were away hunting the giants came upon them.

Returning to the cries of his people, Barlo found the last of the frost giants leaving the ruins of his village. He attacked the giant with all his fury, unleashing his inner rage to combat the foe more than twice his height and countless time his weight. The giant was wounded and fled screaming for his allies, and his few surviving kin cheered for Barlo. The orcs of the Ironclaw were forced to flee eastward over the Sharpteef Mountains as no other tribes would take them in, and it appeared there were many more giants roaming the Orc Hills and surrounding mountains than there had been in many generations. More than once as they crossed the Sharpteef’s it appeared as if they were being hunted by those same frost giants, but Barlo kept the tribe moving.

## Campaign Hook

with Cadmus Orc-Blood

While on his way south to the town of Greenest to begin his both divine and personal quest, Cadmus Orc-Blood, a half orc cleric of Sobek, came upon a fleeing band of merchants. These merchants warned Cadmus that a band of orcs which appeared wounded and desperate, had just crossed the river just a few miles south and would be entering the Greenfields. Cadmus, recently looking to do good for those in need, and ever curious about his kin, investigated. Barlo met with the half orc cleric who openly approached his now small nomadic tribe’s encampment. While similar in race, these two half orcs had been raised in far separate worlds, and yet found common cause.

Cadmus told Barlo that he could help him enter the lands of humans in peace and find those who could help his tribe find a home in peace. For the Ironclaw were not raiders and pillagers, but peaceful hunters, gatherers, farmers, and breeders. In return, Cadmus told Barlo he was one step closer to balancing his acts in the universe. The cleric instructed the tribe to stay out of the human villages and farms but stay near the river for now. And so, the two half orc traveled the few days to the nearest human town of Greenest. There, they sought out the largest and populated local inn - The Dreaming Dragon.
Xbox 360

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*"Jump in."*

America's favorite game console ever! "Should I get one?" Hell, why not? The Xbox 360 has an immense library, and except for a handful of titles, it has an edge over the PS3 when it comes to multi-platform performance. Exclusive-wise, compare this with this (rule of thumb: Western devs were all for 360, Japanese devs were all for PS3). The console and most of the games are very cheap at this point. And its controller is widely regarded as incredibly ergonomic and comfortable. So, yes, you'd do well to get a 360.

Piece of advice, though: early units were infamous for the "red ring of death", avoid those like the plague. The later models "S" and "E" are rock-solid, get them.

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**
* **Multi-platform**
* ***Xbox 360 Exclusive***

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The Great Schism War

### Era of Elves / ~400 thousand years ago

The Eldarian civilization flourished under their system of Empire for around half a million years on Valdemar. During this time the politics and the various houses and factions waxed and waned over the millennia. The Empire stood strong against assaults from the outside, even though the direction of the Empire was not always agreed upon on the inside. Eventually however, the deep internal rifts became too much. Those houses that had followed the evil chromatic Dragonlords and favored practices of slavery, raiding and piracy rose up against the more moderate houses that frowned upon such dark ways. When the war broke out it was widespread and bloody on a scale that hadn’t been seen since the warring between the Dragonlords.

Elves fought elves across the Empire, betrayal and stories of atrocities are widespread in the history books of the different elvish factions of today. It was this Great Schism War that began the seeds of separation that would eventually lead to the elven subraces that now walk the face of Andaria. As the War raged for hundreds of years, the rebellious factions grew closer and the worship of dark gods spread among them. They collectively became known as the faction of Darkness. After many long years and hard won campaigns, the forces loyal to the Empire, the faction of Light, finally claimed victory. The Emperor at the time could not order the deaths of so many of his traitorous kin, so he instead banished their collective group to the depths of the world.

Most of the then named elven Exiles retreated to the subterranean darkness inhabited by Dwarves and Orcs, and would become the source of the Dark Elves. There is also legend of an entire island city state of Exiles that was magically condemned to the depths of the sea at this time. This legend tells that these Exiles over time were magically transformed into the Mer Elves, or Sea Elves. Although the story of the rest of the Exiles was not over yet.

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PlayStation Vita

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*"Never stop playing."*
The **PlayStation Vita** (simply known as the PS Vita) is a handheld game console and the successor to the PlayStation Portable (PSP). It was released in Japan on **December 17, 2011**, with releases in North America, Europe, and other worldwide regions starting on **February 22, 2012**.

The Playstation Vita has currently three models:

-**PCH-1000**, original model of the handheld, known for its OLED screen with the optional (but abandoned) 3G.

-**PCH-2000**, released in October 2013 (in February 2014 worlwide), which features a LCD (IPS panel) screen instead, a better battery life, 1GB of internal memory stockage (disabled once a memory card is inserted), and is thinner and lighter overall.

-**Playstation TV**, released in November 2013 (in October 2014 worldwide), allow players to play the Vita system on a television, up to 1080i resolution, also featuring an Ethernet/HDMI port and support for Dualshock 3 & 4 controllers. *However*, earlier Vita games (especially the ones that require touch input, such as *Gravity Rush*) may not be compatible with this system.

The PS Vita is incompatible with standard memory cards, such as SD cards, and instead stores data on **proprietary and expensive** PS Vita memory cards, which are available in sizes of 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and, only in Japan, 64GB (default price of a 4GB memory stick is 20$, around 90$ for 64GB depending of currency). The best way to minimize the cost of the memory stick is to prioritize the purchase of games in retails and physical carts if possible. However, digital titles have the advantage to be cheaper than retails if you can make up for the price of the memory stick.

Retails are **region-free** but digital content/DLCs are **region-locked** through a PSN account. It should be noted that only one account can be used per memory card. Most PSP games that were given a digital release are available to play on the Vita, but some may require a PC or PS3 to download.

Knowing the japanese language is more than **recommended** too if you want to obtain the best experience of the handheld, as the support is now limited to 3rd-party developers (XSeed and Marvelous, Sega, NIS, Acquire, 5pb, Gust, Koei Tecmo, Compile Heart, ATLUS, Bandai Namco, Kadokawa Games and Spike Chunsoft), localization is uncommon and can be badly done thanks to politically-correct/randumb translations and censorship (NISA and Idea Factory are the main culprits), and also because of the digital-only releases in the West.

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Currency

Long ago during the first era of Man the various kingdoms minted many different symbols and emblems upon their coinage. One kingdom, who traded heavily with dwarves and were inspired by their traditions, began etching symbols of prominent magical creatures on their coins. Over time the convention spread and became popular among merchants across the lands, and eventually all human kingdoms took up the symbols. As the main go-betweens of humans and dwarves, the gnomes played a key role in adopting a common currency (not only in symbology, but also weight, size, etc.). While various kingdoms still minted their own varieties and added their own flare, the basic designs stayed the same. The practice has become so commonplace, that even the great kingdoms of dwarves have adopted the same symbology.

## Platinum Dragons

In the image of the revered platinum dragon Bahamut, the most valuable coin carries the image of a dragon.

One Platinum Dragon is worth ten Golden Griffons.

## Golden Griffons

Another of the great magical flying creatures, the fearsome but noble griffon graces the most used coin for trade among merchants, the gold piece.

One Golden Griffon is worth ten Silver Serpents.

## Silver Serpents

On the faces of the coin most used by commoners, the silver piece features a generic serpent, in homage to the many magical non-dragon serpentine creatures of the world - Naga, Couatl, Yuan-ti, (to a lesser extent the other reptilian races lizardmen, trogladytes) etc.

One Silver Serpent is worth ten Copper Centaurs.

## Copper Centaurs

The good but reclusive centaur is found on the most widespread but least valuable coin, the copper piece.

Ten Copper Centaurs is worth one Silver Serpent.
The Last Dark Age of Valdemar

### Era of Man / Second Age / ~0 - 500 SA

Following the slow retreat south of the undead Valdemar was left in a dark age. The continent was in ruins, countless souls and knowledge had been lost, monsters ran amok, and the power structures of the last age were shattered or non-existent. The knights of the fledgling Order of the Sword tried to bring peace and security where they could, and the early years saw many coordinated war efforts against monstrous forces like the Troll Crusades. However, many new warlords and self proclaimed kings rose and fell across the continent when survival no longer meant hiding from the dead, and men returned to their old ways. New settlements were built upon the ruins of old, and the cycle of civil war and changing factions occurred all over again.

Over the next five centuries the political landscape slowly returned to a patchwork of city-states and small regional kingdoms. Many historians credit the quick return to civility of humankind to the surviving wood elves and dwarves. Both these races went against their respective traditions at the time to help men regain knowledge and rebuild. Especially of note is the resurgence of magical learning brought on by wood elves of the Storm Coast and Heart Vale. These elves felt blame and believed the loss to the humans would have been much less if they had not been left to their own for so long regarding magical study. For men generally feared magic, and the end of their first age saw much discrimination against those gifted with magic.

Another bright light to come from this dark age was greater relationships with the various isolated dragonborn tribes, who also suffered greatly during the War of the Lich King’s. While a proud and tribal species, this age saw many more dragonborn, and other rare races, add to the populations of human settlements. Dwarves and gnomes also became a much more common sight away from the major mountain ranges, bartering with others and expanding into new settlements across the continent.

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Wii

*"Experience a new way to play."*

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**
* ***Wii Exclusive***

From 2013 to 2014, Nintendo essentially **shut down everything online related** with the Wii besides the Wii Shop Channel. This means the Forecast Channel, News Channel, Everybody Votes Channel, Nintendo Channel, and Check Mii Out Channel are dead. But most importantly, **WiiConnect24 services and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection are gone** (blame Glu Mobile for closing GameSpy's servers ergo closing Nintendo's). Shit sux, but there are alternative ways to still play online, such as wiimmfi. This also means there aren't any more updates, so mod to your wagglan' heart's content!

## The List

### WiiWare games

 (Note that all games are exclusive to Wii unless stated otherwise)

A number of WiiWare demos are now re-available to try before you buy. This seems to be a gradual revision, as Europe and other regions are still limited to 2 demos currently. Whether it stays or not is yet to be seen.

### Virtual Console

PAYAN FOR ROMS. There are homebrew emulators that work well. Don't consider buying one until you've tried the game on the homebrew emulators, since you're getting scammed otherwise. The VC offers plenty of classic games to play. In addition, Wii remotes are much more convenient than tripping over wires. Many of the virtual console titles are worth buying just for superior controls and the assured quality that you sometimes can't find with emulation. Well, given that we have numerous games on the VC listed in our wiki, you should check our respective sections. However, there are some that may not be available in your region or on the service in general. To double check this, check HERE if you have an American Wii, HERE if you have a European Wii, and I guess HERE if you have a Japanese Wii for some reason. Most of the **Hanabi Festival** games are translated but some have better fan translations on 'romhacking.net', plus they cost 100 Wii points more than normal games so be very careful before purchase.

## Recommendation Copypasta

list of wii gamesWii Games You want to haveSome genre-based list of recommended Wii games.
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Carlton

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## General Character Traits

* Race: Human
* Class: Paladin
* Subclass: Oath of the Crown
* Full Name: Carlton Brightshield

## Backstory

Carlton grew up on the streets of the monastic city of Elturiel, west of Black Landing. Elturiel is a rare haven that contains temples to most of the gods of Andaria and is protected by its collection of paladins that work together for their common goal, a true representation of the Order of the Sword. Carlton does not remember his parents, likely blocking out some early childhood trauma that left him an urchin and beggar. He was taken off the streets by one of the many temples in the city, and soon found purpose. He dreamed of one day becoming a holy knight like those he saw throughout the city, filled with stories of those who rose from nothing to become powerful individuals due to the power of the gods.

As Carlton grew he worked hard, taking advantage of all the monks and paladins in the city had to offer, both knowledge and combat training. As most of the paladins worked collectively as a haven of the Order of the Sword, even though they served varying gods, they trained all their pupils together. And thus, Carlton learned about many of the gods and aspired to serve one that empowered their servants to cross the world protecting in their name, so he could travel and see places far and wide. However, when the time came that one of the gods answered his prayers it was not Ra or Silvanus, but Cronus, the greater god of knowledge and magic. Most of those in the city who served Cronus were monks and clerics, who stayed protected in its walls toiling away researching, recording knowledge, and scribing spell scrolls that were retrieved by others.

## Campaign Hook

Carlton was initially saddened by the god that chose him, fearing he would never leave Elturiel. But it was not long after the city got word of the invading armada of dragonborn from across the Sea of Storms. He received a vision of destruction and civilization falling into darkness once again, with the scenes of libraries crumbling and tremendous stores of knowledge being buried. It was clear Cronus had a purpose for him, that he could serve in the name of protecting knowledge and really civilization itself, which safeguarded people and allowed for learning to grow. Carlton volunteered to go with the expedition of knights that were to travel to the coastal city of Black Landing, which had called for all the help it could get as refugees from around the region flooded it's streets.

When the procession of knights arrived in the city the rulers quickly put them to work, dispersing them to various jobs. As one of the youngest paladins, it looked as if Carlton was to be given a meager task of helping to police the overflowing prisons. But, shortly after he arrived and started working there he was approached by a wizard adviser to the de-facto ruler of the city by the name of Alburt. He was to be given a special opportunity to lead a unit of spellcasting conscripts outside the city for the Red Sun mercenary company, who due to recent events had effectively become the guard force and army of the city.
The Dragon-Giant Wars

### Era of Dragons / ~5 million years ago

Historians can only guess how long giants lived and spread in isolation before they challenged the might of dragons. Sometime though the power and number of the first true giants made them a threat to dragonkind, and their great ancestral war began. Surely the conflict started small, but over time even dragons of opposing alignments would confront the giants with a united front, even if temporarily. There is little record as to the truth of events during this period; however, giants tell many legends of the great deeds of their heroes. The ruins of ancient dragon civilizations first mark these events reaching worldwide scale sometime around five million years ago. This period is believed to have lasted for roughly a million years and changed the face of Andaria forever.

It is thought that during this time the first of the lesser humanoid species came to the world, and evidence points to the direct manipulation from their dragon and giant masters as to their creation. In the image of their dragon overlords came the reptilian and saurian races of the lizardfolk, kobolds, troglodytes, sahuagin, and their serpentine cousins like the naga. All which would learn and to this day know the dragon language of Draconic. In the likeness of the true giants came their lesser cousins including ogres, ettins, trolls, and cyclops. All which to this day speak Giant.

Perhaps the master races just needed servants and warriors due to the bloodshed of earlier days of the Dragon-Giant Wars, regardless the lesser races all lived much shorter lives and therefore multiplied much more rapidly than their masters. War continued to be waged across the world for hundreds of thousands of years as the lesser races spread and joined the fray. There are some scholars that believe many of the other humanoid species of today would come from giants, including humans, halflings, dwarves, gnomes, and orcs and other greenskins. Most scholars do agree the Dragonborn came from the dragons in some way. However, these races have their own origin myths and would not appear on the world for many millennia yet. The first of today's common races to appear on the world would be the elves, and not until the age that would come after the end of the Dragon-Giant Wars.

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The First Emperor

### Era of Man / First Age / ~30 thousand years ago

The legacy of the Lizardfolk campaigns across the central and western regions of Valdemar was armies. Before those many years of war humans did not have large armed forces, for the wood elves had protected them in ages past. Now, they found themselves with large forces of skilled warriors who had made combat their way of life. Naturally then, after the last lizardfolk campaign had been pushed back to their jungles the many human armies began to be used against one another. The various human nations contested for dominance and wealth, and borders changed many times over for countless years on a much larger scale than in ages past. And then, a brilliant prince was born to one of the moderately sized powerful nations. Perhaps it was not fate, as the young boy was schooled by only the very best; however, he would become one of the greatest generals in all of human history.

At the age of twenty, this young prince succeeded as king of his nation when his father was assassinated. So began the new king’s ambitions, and the civil war with their rival nation ended in only two years as revenge was had for the slaying of his father. Then, the campaigns expanded, and by the time the king was thirty he had conquered all of what would be called the Gold Coast today. This king’s ambitions seemed endless, and his many successes only sparked his desire for a united human empire. Over the next twenty years of his life, this great conqueror gained control of most of the human lands in the central region of Valdemar, and fringes of the northern and eastern regions.

By the age of fifty, this conqueror king named himself emperor and pressed his forces into the rebellious north and east. At this time however his empire had become vast and difficult to manage while the emperor was occupied continuing to directly oversee his wars. For the emperor was a great strategist and general, and his place was the battlefield. In an attempt to correct this, the emperor divided the lands into the five provinces of today - central Heart Vale, western Gold Coast, northern North Reach, southern Under Jungle, and the eastern Storm Coast. The emperor appointed new provincial governors to oversee these large swaths of land, but those he put his trust in became corrupt and divisive. Then the first emperor died, not from combat, but from disease on the battlefront. Without his unifying force, his great first empire crumbled in upon itself as the provinces splintered and civil war broke out across the continent.

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Linux

Confucius says: "A person who prefers Linux on their home computer is like a person who prefers to be under the hood of their car instead of driving it." This is probably why /g/earheads prefer Linux, but we're abo/v/e that. Linux has been a favorite of neckbeards everywhere since the 90s, but now it's really been catching on: when people do a 360° and moonwalk away after seeing the unholy abomination of Windows 8, or their jaws drop in shock when they see how Windows 10 went full *1984* on the users' privacy, yet realize they can't afford an iComputer, they look at Linux and say, well, why the fuck not.

But you may ask: "What about the vidya?" True, Linux has fewer games than Windows. Other than a short porting fad back in the 90s, it just didn't seem commercially viable. But things are changing: all major engines are now designed with multiplatform in mind (thanks in large part to the growth of mobile platforms), so ports have become easy and cheap to do. Digital distribution also helps reduce costs, and even Valve pushes hard for Linux gaming because they got afraid of Windows' app store.

Although the amount of commercial games is still modest, there's a bunch of online stores that offer them:

* GOG
* Humble Store
* IndieGameStand
* Itch.io
* Steam
* PenguSpy not an appstore, but not a review site either

Other than native games, there is Wine, a compatibility layer to run Windows applications (it's recommended to use the PlayOnLinux frontend).

Also known to the free software support crowd as "GNU/Linux". And be sure to pronounce it correctly.

## Free games from repositories

To download and install programs on Linux, one typically does not download .exe files from various websites and run them by hand; instead, distros provide a software repository or package manager.[1] If something is not in your distro's manager, you can still port the package over but you might need to puzzle out some missing dependencies. For those of us who love to tinker on the engine more than driving the car, you can get the source code for each of these and compile it by hand.

## Free games in distro-agnostic packages

These are still typically free software (or at least freeware), but do not use your easy-peasy package manager to install itself deep in your system. Most of the time, they are just binaries (or executables in Windows parlance) in downloadable tar.gz archives (which work like .zip files). Though, in some more rare cases, these may also include games that come as source code only -- you need to hunt down the right libraries through your distro's package manager, compile, and install manually (while trickier, this has the added bonus of increased optimization for your computer hardware, however marginal).

## Videos

Revolution OSThe Code Story of Linux documentary (MULTiSUB)