I've got some DOOM WADs I have been meaning to play so I would probably grab Trench Foot, Total Chaos, and the sequel to Ashes 2063, Ashes: Afterglow with a portable install of GZDoom to play them.

After that I'd probably bring Star Trek TOS and a MOBI copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson combined with a portable install of VLC and Calibre in case the computer didn't have applications that support the file format.

What about you?

I wanted to phrase this in a way where it isn't a prolonged or desert island style question where the responsible idea would be to bring Wikipedia ZIMs and educational PDFs. It's just an awkward amount of time to kill. The mid 2000s office desktop stipulation is just an additional challenge so you can't just bring in a copy of Baldur's Gate 3 or Cyberpunk 2077.

Edit: By mid 2000s I meant around 2005; the XP or Vista.

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[–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

A complete collection of QI episodes, and I'd be able to watch a fraction of them 😊

[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego and Commander Keen ... wait a second, the time machine's dial is broken.

[–] useful_idiot@lemmy.eatsleepcode.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Visual C++ 6 SP3

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (13 children)

So, just a PC? No controllers or anything?

I might get a few 8 and 16 bit ROMs

And mainly movies, I'd get around to watching Rambo and get some other stuff

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[–] millie@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If it were actually the mid 2000s, I'd be okay for an insane amount of time with just Flash and Audacity. Today, probably the first Baldur's Gate.

Oo or an snes emulator with Shadowrun.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

When what happened to me, I had Chrono Trigger. Shortest 12 hours of my life

[–] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As a Line Rider Creator, I'd get Line Rider Overhaul, Ungoogled Chromium with the linerider web app, get a bunch of mods and download a bunch of cool .ogg's.

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago

Nerf arena blast.

Honestly not sure if it will run on the PC because man that game was a resource hog but should feel just like my childhood trying to get it to run if it doesn't.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If I have enough space, a copy of RCT3 platinum edition (the only one I've ever played), and a bunch of music. May not get me completely through the 12 hours, but I at least get a lot of time to see park guests "dying" to getting hit by runaway coasters and get to keep designing a bunch of insane coasters that couldn't be built today for monetary and legal reasons.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Around 2005?

TES Oblivion

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

1000010708

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