Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Gaming's conundrum
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Thu Jul 30, 2026 19:12

@VIA: DIGDIST
  Re: Gaming's conundrum
  By: phigan to Lordwoodoo on Thu Jul 30 2026 08:36 am

 >> Also it's true that a lot ofold of them doesn't even need steam to be
 >> launc by going to their directories to execute them.

 ph> I thought that at first. Then I disconnected my gaming machine and tried
 ph> to start up a few games that I had installed. Pretty sure none of them
 ph> ran.

For at least some of those, I wonder if there may be a way to modify something to allow them to run when offline. For some, I wonder if there's an intermediary checking for an internet connection.  For others, like DOS games that are bundled in DOSBox, you could set up your own instance of DOSBox and run them manually with that like you would in the DOS days.

Nightfox

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