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.
The greatest bastion of true adventure gaming, Broken Sword: The Angel Of Death sees unwitting hero George Stobbart fall in love with the mysterious and beautiful Anna Maria. Her untimely and mysterious disappearance draws him into a desperate race against time to find an ancient artifact capable of immense destruction. The only lead George has is an antiquated manuscript rumoured to have inexplicable links to mfkzt, a mythical substance that has been forgotten for over two thousand years. Unfortunately for George, it looks like the world needs saving one more time.
Submitted by misadlouhy on 1 October, 2006 - 02:57
Defcon: Everybody Dies is the World's First Genocide'em up game from Introversion Software (The last of the bedroom programmers), developers of Uplink: Hacker Elite. In Defcon you play the role of a military Commander hidden deep within an underground bunker. Your mission is to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst disabling their ability to attack your own. The game supports multiplayer for upto 6 players, multiplayer in demo version is restricted for 2 demo players only. Defconwas released on 29.September 2006.
Submitted by misadlouhy on 30 September, 2006 - 03:02
Roland Garros 2002 is one of several tennis games released in 2002 (Virtua Tennis, Agassi Tennis Generation 2002, Fila World Tour Tennis, Tennis Masters Series 2003), and atlthough Tennis Masters Series 2003 was definitively the best one of them, Roland Garros 2002 was for few months, before TMS2003 was released, the best tennis game out there on PC.
Submitted by Hurleybird on 29 September, 2006 - 22:55
Flight Commander is a space combat game in the style of Wing Commander. The Flight Commander engine was programmed from the ground up, and comes with a graphical mission editor. It is designed to accomodate easy modding, using standard formats for images, sounds, and 3d graphics. All game stats can be changed easily with a text editor.
For the more advanced missions, scripting is done with the user-friendly but powerful lua scripting language. All scripting commands are well documented, and many examples are included for a variety of missions.
LFS S2 is a serious racing simulator. No arcade modes, no steering aids - YOU have to do the driving. You can race alone or against the AI, but the real fun is to be found online, in multiplayer mode.
Widescreen and triplehead support has been in LFS for a quite a long time now. The coder of the game has a triplehead setup himself so support should and is flawless.
Submitted by misadlouhy on 28 September, 2006 - 02:48
Sid Meier's Pirates is a remake of a classic strategy game from 1987 (Sid Meier's Pirates), featuring an intoxicating blend of action, strategy, role-playing, and fun. Pirates is separated into several mini-games requiring different skills, as well as an overall "sailing map" mode where the player navigates around the Caribbean, looking for things to do. Sailing technique, evasion (running from guards), naval gunnery, turn-based strategy, dancing with the governor's daughter, fencing and strategic planning are all skills needed to succeed in Pirates.
Enclave is an action-adventure game from Starbreeze Studios and Vivendi. The game takes place in a medieval fantasy world, in a region isolated from the rest of the world by a deep chasm on all side, and is protected from the forces of evil that inhibit the surrounding territory. But the earth is beginning to heal, parts of the chasm are becomming crossable, and war is inevitable.
Midnight Club II is a racing game from Angel Studios and Rockstar. You are part of an illegal street racing club, and must work your way up the ladder in three different cities by defeating your opponents and spending the prize money on the right vehicle upgrades.
Submitted by yagisencho on 20 September, 2006 - 02:56
Asheron's Call is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. The original Asheron's Call release was in November 1999, followed by an expansion pack in 2001 (AC: Dark Majesty), and most recently in 2005 (AC: Throne of Destiny). While players aren't required to purchase the latest expansion pack, players are required to install the graphics update that shipped after this expansion. This graphics update included support for DirectX 9.0 and more flexible monitor resolutions.