wide·screen gam·ing fo·rum (wsgf):
[-noun] Web community dedicated to ensuring PC games run properly on your tablet, netbook, personal computer, HDTV and multi-monitor gaming rig.
Master of Orion is a turn-based, 4X science fiction computer strategy game released by MicroProse on the MS-DOS and Mac OS operating systems. The purpose of the game is to lead one of ten races to dominate the galaxy through a combination of diplomacy and conquest while developing technology, exploring and colonizing star systems.
* Note: this game Will only Run in 640x480 , if you tab out of game and re open it it will be in window mode . practical but you can go to full screen again by pushing alt + enter if so wished *
Submitted by Jacqyl Frost on 14 February, 2012 - 19:57
“A deserted island…a lost man…memories of a fatal crash…a book written by a dying explorer.”
Two years in the making, the highly anticipated Indie remake of the cult mod Dear Esther arrives on PC. Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: "Dear Esther..." - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years. Abandoning traditional gameplay for a pure story-driven experience, Dear Esther fuses it’s beautiful environments with a breathtaking soundtrack to tell a powerful story of love, loss, guilt and redemption.
Submitted by Jacqyl Frost on 11 February, 2012 - 00:54
SAW centers on Detective David Tapp who awakens in a decrepit, abandoned asylum. He has been captured by his longtime nemesis, Jigsaw. Obsessed with catching this serial killer, Tapp’s mission has consumed him and ruined his family, resulting in divorce, mental imbalance, and abandonment. Worse yet, this frantic hunt destroyed Tapp’s career while he watched his long-time friend and partner get killed by one of Jigsaw’s traps. Now Jigsaw has the upper hand and has captured the detective. Tapp must play a deadly game—the likes of which he has been investigating for years—to escape, and in order to do so he must survive the lethal traps and puzzles that Jigsaw has put in place for him and others. But each victim has a dark connection to Tapp. Will Tapp save them? Can he survive his obsession to find the Jigsaw killer?
Submitted by thales100 on 10 February, 2012 - 15:59
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile is an expánsion pack to Pharaoh, an isometric city-building game set in Ancient Egypt created by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment for Windows-based computers. It involves the construction and management of settlements and cities in ancient Egypt, and is the first such themed game in the City Building series. Both the original game and expansion pack are commonly referred to, and may be purchased as one, under the title Pharaoh and Cleopatra.
Submitted by Anonymous on 10 February, 2012 - 14:04
It's only a 2.5D side-scrolling platform shooter, but somehow Double D managed to capture the intensity and wackiness of the Serious Sam FPSs. Hordes of well-known monsters from the 3D games and new baddies of all sizes, power-ups, secrets, it has it all. And lo and behold, the Gun Stacker system lets you combine and use multiple weapons as one massively insane superkillertool.
Submitted by Anonymous on 10 February, 2012 - 10:29
Previously released as Railworks 2, Train Simulator 2012, Train Simulator 2013, Train Simulator 2014, Train Simulator 2015, and Train Simulator 2016; previous owners get free upgrades to the newest version.
RailWorks is a train simulation game developed by Rail Simulator Developments and exclusively available through Steam. It is a successor to Rail Simulator, and was originally released on 12 June 2009. A major update on 24 September, 2010 added a reworked user interface, now common to all electric, diesel and steam engines.
The Exiled Realm of Arborea, also known as TERA, is an MMORPG by Bluehole Studio. It was released in South Korea on January 25, 2011. The date for release of North America is May 1, 2012 and for Europe it is May 3, 2012 with open and closed beta testing taking place before their launch dates. Possible localizations for other regions have been mentioned, but have not yet been confirmed besides Japan.
Submitted by Jacqyl Frost on 8 February, 2012 - 03:32
The city of San Paro is a crime-ravaged metropolis in the midst of political upheaval. The introduction of the City Security Act has caused the creation of the Enforcers, licensed vigilantes who take to the streets in an effort to stop the Criminals where the Cops couldn't. The Enforcer faction believes that it is a force for good; the Criminal faction believes that its city and freedom are under threat.
Submitted by Jacqyl Frost on 7 February, 2012 - 23:32
Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today!
Submitted by Jacqyl Frost on 7 February, 2012 - 22:46
Winner of over 50 Game of the Year awards, Half-Life set new standards for action games when it was released in 1998. Half-Life: Source is a digitally remastered version of the critically acclaimed and best selling PC game, enhanced via Source technology to include physics simulation, enhanced effects, and more.