Keyboard only games.

[joey ng]

****** laptop, no mouse, no internet for quite some time soon. Any genre, DOSbox games welcome (I have never played a DOSbox game).

[rusty_shackleford]

gothic 1 & 2 were designed for this

[Jordy]

I think One Finger Death Punch 2 can be played on keyboard.

[Xenich]

Gold Box series games...

Might and Magic

Wizardry

https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html


eXoAppleIIGS is lite and has a large list of games.

eXoDOS Lite is on demand, so you can select all your games from the library for playing later, if you have the space... full version will give you everything.

[joey ng]

Gold Box series games...

Might and Magic

Wizardry

https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html


eXoAppleIIGS is lite and has a large list of games.

eXoDOS Lite is on demand, so you can select all your games from the library for playing later, if you have the space... full version will give you everything.

Any personal favorites?

[Xenich]

Gold Box series games...

Might and Magic

Wizardry

https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html


eXoAppleIIGS is lite and has a large list of games.

eXoDOS Lite is on demand, so you can select all your games from the library for playing later, if you have the space... full version will give you everything.

Any personal favorites?

I am trying to remember what is more "hot key" friendly...

Wizardry VII (not gold), but its a bit much if you aren't familiar.

Might and Magic II is good, III and World of Xeen are really fun.

Gold Box (pool of radiance) is a classic and the others are good as well.

Also, if you want adventure games... Kings Quest I/II/III are keyboard focused, Same with Space Quest I/II/III (they are all type your actions similar to Zork games)

It was the golden era of DOS games, so too many good games.

[WhiteShark]

Any traditional roguelike. I used to play a ton of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup on my laptop.

[1998]

Legends of Amberland 1+2 for some more recent games

[CSM-101]

Wasn't the original Elite keyboard only?

[Tweed]

Ultima I-VI

Wasteland

[gerey]

If you have a trackpad or nub then turn-based strategy games could also work, though I imagine it wouldn't be the most comfortable experience.

Open General is a freeware "remake" of Panzer Genral 2 and contains a shitload of campaigns, both copies of official ones and fanmade ones.

For games that work on a keyboard:

Shovel Knight
Risk of Rain
Endless Sky
Raptor: Call of the Shadows

[Nemesis]

Dwarf Fortress (Non-Steam version)
Cataclym: Dark Days Ahead
Brogue
Angband
Nethack
Tales of Maj'Eyal

[joey ng]

If you have a trackpad or nub then turn-based strategy games could also work, though I imagine it wouldn't be the most comfortable experience.

Open General is a freeware "remake" of Panzer Genral 2 and contains a shitload of campaigns, both copies of official ones and fanmade ones.

For games that work on a keyboard:

Shovel Knight
Risk of Rain
Endless Sky
Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Hell yeah, thanks for reminding me of Risk of Rain; I bought Returns when it released and I kinda dropped it after unlocking the super sikrit survivor, but I still have to complete the Trials and unlock all items. 100% enjoyable with your laptop on your balls rendering you infertile as the heat fries your sperm production.

[Xenich]

Wasn't the original Elite keyboard only?

Never played it, but I would imagine so. All the early DOS games were setup for keyboard focus and if it used mouse, it was often for "support" due to the changing time. Many of the flight games like F-16 Falcon and so on were keyboard focused.

[aweigh]

Elminage: Original
Elminage: Gothic

[Magick]

Any old console, emulated.

[orinEsque]

****** laptop, no mouse, no internet for quite some time soon. Any genre, DOSbox games welcome (I have never played a DOSbox game).

Mortal Combat Series
Any Fighting video game really.

[Shillitron]

Emulate SNES / PS1 games.

[maidenhaver]

If you have a trackpad or nub then turn-based strategy games could also work, though I imagine it wouldn't be the most comfortable experience.

Open General is a freeware "remake" of Panzer Genral 2 and contains a shitload of campaigns, both copies of official ones and fanmade ones.

For games that work on a keyboard:

Shovel Knight
Risk of Rain
Endless Sky
Raptor: Call of the Shadows

The mouse is like a handicap, so its better to learn a rts on hotkeys. Might need to mod for expanded, commands, depends on the game.

[Xenich]

If you have a trackpad or nub then turn-based strategy games could also work, though I imagine it wouldn't be the most comfortable experience.

Open General is a freeware "remake" of Panzer Genral 2 and contains a shitload of campaigns, both copies of official ones and fanmade ones.

For games that work on a keyboard:

Shovel Knight
Risk of Rain
Endless Sky
Raptor: Call of the Shadows

The mouse is like a handicap, so its better to learn a rts on hotkeys. Might need to mod for expanded, commands, depends on the game.

Well, mouse certainly dominates. Depends though, playing Doom keyboard was king. It has been a while, but I think Duke I can't remember, I want to say it mouse dominated, but it has been a while and Quake/Unreal, if you weren't using a mouse, you were getting destroyed. Being able to be mid air and swing around and tag someone while you were falling was game changing.

[maidenhaver]

In shooters, but in rts, if you're clicking widgets and scrolling with a mouse, you're too slow.

[A Chinese opium den]

In shooters, but in rts, if you're clicking widgets and scrolling with a mouse, you're too slow.

Yes but how do you micro your units without a mouse?

[joey ng]

I once played a full DOTA game with only a trackpad.

[Nemesis]

Which one?

[joey ng]

Allstars.

[joey ng]

RIP Garena.ru.

[Xenich]

In shooters, but in rts, if you're clicking widgets and scrolling with a mouse, you're too slow.

Absolutely. RTS dominance was always about hotkey play.

[Big Red Dog]

****** laptop, no mouse, no internet for quite some time soon. Any genre, DOSbox games welcome (I have never played a DOSbox game).

crypt of the necrodancer
spelunky
anything on a gba emulator

[Silvanus]

I once spent several days leveling a WoW character with a laptop trackpad. I can't recommend this though.

In shooters, but in rts, if you're clicking widgets and scrolling with a mouse, you're too slow.

Absolutely. RTS dominance was always about hotkey play.

You can't micro effectively without rapid accurate mouse movement though. RTS is heavily dependent on both peripherals.

[Xenich]

I once spent several days leveling a WoW character with a laptop trackpad. I can't recommend this though.

In shooters, but in rts, if you're clicking widgets and scrolling with a mouse, you're too slow.

Absolutely. RTS dominance was always about hotkey play.

You can't micro effectively without rapid accurate mouse movement though. RTS is heavily dependent on both peripherals.

Of course, that goes without saying, but the point was more that hotkey play is the difference between an average/good RTS player and a great one. As @maidenhaver pointed out, some aspects of play require hotkey use to excel at, otherwise you are far too slow.

In FPS games, Doom is all about keyboard, if you are playing with a mouse, you lose, but Quake is the reverse, mouse is king.

I can't stand most modern FPS's though, they are all "controller" designed (iron sight, cover positions, auto-aiming, etc...) because a controller is the worst input to use for an FPS game.