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Welcome to the community for those of us gaming on "humble" hardware. Whether you’re rocking a 10-year-old ThinkPad, a budget laptop with integrated graphics, or you’re just a fan of modern games that can run on a toaster, you’re home.

We’re all about finding those hidden gems that run on anything, sharing optimization tweaks to squeeze out an extra 5 FPS, and proving that you don't need a $3,000 rig to have a good time. If it runs at 720p/30fps, it’s a win in our book.

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Rogue likes usually run on a toaster. What're people's favorites?

I have a huge soft spot for Crawl: Stone Soup. Runs in a browser, or probably even lower requirements if you download it. The game's design goals want to minimize tedium and gotchas, so it's pretty respectful of your time. Auto-explore and auto-travel are real nice. So is the global search for when you're like "is there anything in this run with resist poison?"

https://crawl.develz.org/

I've played a little nethack, adom, and angband, but I always go back to crawl.

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I played the heck out of this one when it was new! Good times. I vaguely remember there was a nuke item that blew up the whole level, including you. There was a secret ending if you used the nuke on the final boss while invulnerable

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

The nuke is nice if you get an invulnerability drop or just want the level nuked after you've left. But mostly it's a pain in the ass if you want to search for loot but won't have time. It's pretty rare though. There's so many other cursed items to watch out for that I usually die from something like a pair of lava boots that pin you to the ground or armour that can't be repaired.