That's a deep pool you're wading into. There are tons of good games. Here are a few.

Katamari Damacy
I Love Katamari
Gitaroo Man
Devil May Cry 1-3
Kessen
Onimusha
Final Fantasy X
Odin Sphere
Persona 3
Suikoden 3
Black
Timesplitters 1-2
Midnight Club 1-3
DOA2: Hardcore
Metal Gear Solid 2 ...

Don't be nervous. I'm sure we're all into some kind of odd stuff. It's just some folks are brave and make posts.

Also, just a tip: I've posted on threads that are weeks old and still had good interactions, so don't worry too much about the thread ages.

ik this is about the clearnet
but i2p still uses web directories
the most popular one is notbob.i2p which looks like this:
https://file.garden/aAapqEz1RF735_Ow/Screenshot_2025-12-24_22-52-19.png


This is still pretty helpful. I am planning on playing with I2P sometime soon and now I have a ...

I was searching around sketchy sites on clearnet and found someone who had a bone to pick with this forum for some reason and they posted the link. They seemed to be offended by the anemoia. I don't care about that, I just wanted to find a chill forum with nice people that I can chat with when I'm ...

I recognize that laptop. It started manufacture in 2002. Some details about it in case you need more info for maintenance.

Edit: Having Mandriva on it would make sense. It still existed back then. OpenMandriva is its successor, but I have no idea when that change happened.

That's a deep pool you're wading into. There are tons of good games. Here are a few.

Katamari Damacy
I Love Katamari
Gitaroo Man
Devil May Cry 1-3
Kessen
Onimusha
Final Fantasy X
Odin Sphere
Persona 3
Suikoden 3
Black
Timesplitters 1-2
Midnight Club 1-3
DOA2: Hardcore
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance ...

Keep in mind that with home servers involves risks as well. Unless you plan keeping your servers private. Port forwarding exposes you to a lot of risks, and you should be very careful about that.

That said, if you keep your servers completely private, and don't port forward anything, you should ...

I'm one of those people. If it's at all possible to run Doom, that's at the top of list. I'd imagine any game that has a software rendering mode would work well. Another one I'd suggest is Seek & Destroy from Safari Software.

I'm nostalgic for some things but it doesn't have any impact on my current life aside from hobby-related stuff which I think is pretty harmless. However, from what I can tell nostalgia has already been weaponized in the USA. It really looks like boomers & older are nostalgic for their childhood ...

Just in case anyone was hoping for it (I know I was), OldUnreal got the OK from Epic to release UT 2004 for free.