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Can I play too?
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Dec 14, 2000, 07:46 PM
 
Hey, I was wondering if there were any cool games I could play with my pro mouse. I hear that the hockey pucks are a lot better for games, but there has gotta be something neat out there for me...I don't know much about Mac Games. Thanks for any suggestions!

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Dec 14, 2000, 08:56 PM
 
you can play anygame you want with that mouse, its just a matter of getting used too
as to you second question, the must have games

Quake 3, Unreal Tournament-1st perosn shooter

Deus ex, Diablo 2-RPG

sims, rainbow 6,4x4 evolution

and these are my favort old classic games, warcraft2, escape velocity, Myth, Myst i could go on forever....

     
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Dec 14, 2000, 10:48 PM
 
and...

Alpha Centauri, StarCraft, Master of Orion II, Age of Empires, Civilization II, SimCity 3000, Diablo 1, more...

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Dec 15, 2000, 08:57 AM
 
One thing that may help when playing games with the Pro Mouse - a plain mouse pad. I've found that the wood grain pattern of my desk would confuse my Pro Mouse at the worst possible moment during a Quake3 match. The mouse would either stutter (get jumpy) or send me spinning in a dizzy circle. It only lasts a second, but that's enough to really throw off your game.

So I bought an el cheapo plain grey mouse pad just last week and haven't had any mouse problems since. It really helps for games - at least it did for me. I actually won a few online matches since buying the mouse pad (3 so far) against low ping PC players via GameRanger. Considering they were running 100+fps and low 50 ping times, I was feeling pretty good about it. Of course, they trash me most of the time But that's half the fun. As for which games to run - I agree with the other posters. You can play any game you want using the Pro Mouse. I suppose the hard core gamers will opt for an after-market mouse with 3-6 buttons. But I have a blast using the one-button Pro Mouse. Regards......joe
     
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Dec 16, 2000, 12:25 PM
 
I didn't think PC users could get onto GameRanger...


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Dec 16, 2000, 02:41 PM
 
Nope. Sorry. You can only play games with 2 or 3 button mice....

well. Techincally you CAN play the games with single button mice, but you'll suck ass. :|

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Dec 16, 2000, 05:21 PM
 
Ok y'all this game requires NO mouse.
I suggest EVERYONE gets it.
Its simple but addictive...
Sorta...
It really is a lot of fun (for a while...)
http://www.hc.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~nagi/...aft-12.sit.hqx

Enjoy!

Cipher13
     
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Dec 16, 2000, 10:50 PM
 
Hehe, thanks Cipher, that's game's DEFINATELY going in my collection.

High Score so far: B0015F




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