Alright. I was reading the latest "POLLS" thread and it seems we are allowed to gripe about other games. I have a gripe and hope LDW does not do. I used to like RealArcade(RA) in its infancy but somewhere their console needs to update its "catalog".

When I want to play a game in RA, I open up their console. A message box pops up and it tells me to "PLEASE BE PATIENT" written in all caps (that's an indication there). Then, further down the message box it say "...This process can take up to 20 minutes. You can continue working while these updates are being installed.", just not in RA's console.

When I want to play a game, I want to play it now!!! Not have to wait "20 MINUTES" before I can use the console. Does anyone else have a dislike with a particular game or game console/system?

Also, what does your game arsenal look like? Here's mine:
Hidden Expedition - Titanic
Mystery Case Files - Ravenhearst
Mystery Case Files Huntsville
Mystery Case Files Prime Suspects
Travelogue 360 Paris
Abra Academy
B-Jigsaw
Bubble Puzzle '97
Escape From Paradise
Family Feud
Fish Tycoon
FlixMix
Freecell
Gold Miner Special Edition
Gold Miner Vegas
Haiku Journey
Happyland
Hearts
Hot Wheels(tm) Velocity X
Hoyle Casino OEM
HyperBowl Plus! Edition
LineRider.exe
Magic Ball 2
Magic Ball
Marble Blast Gold
Merriam Webster's Spell-Jam
Mirror Magic Deluxe
Monsters, Inc. Wreck Room Arcade
OceanExpress
PACPC2
RealArcade
- Atari Arcade Hits
- - Blockout
- - Centipede
- -
- Castrol Honda Superbike 2000
- Gutterball 3D
- Monopoly 3
- Reader's Digest Super Word Power
Restaurant Empire
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Russian Square Plus! Edition
SCRABBLE
Sheep
Sherlock Holmes - The Mystery of the Mummy
SMILE
Solitaire
Spider Solitaire
Splinter Cell
Sudoku Mania
Super GameHouse Solitaire Vol. 1
The Labyrinth Plus! Edition
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Virtual Villagers - The Lost Children
Virtual Villagers
Wik And The Fable Of Souls
WWII Pacific Heroes
Zork

I truly don't like the use of game consoles. I prefer having an icon (if I chose) on my desktop that links me directly to the game and I don't have to go to a console after it closes. I prefer not having this additional software on my computer.

RA was bad enough but now that BF is doing something similar really annoys me enough that I stopped my subscription.

Yes, BF has done this too. It stalls before it lets you "Exit". I have noticed though my older purchases that I haven't played in the console, like VV2, does not trigger the console. Because of this, I am not associating VV2 with BF console. Unfortunately any new purchases don't have a choice. They are sold into console dictatorship.

I have purchased several games from "Y!" Games and that has been my fav. No consoles, reinstalls are easy to relicense. Let's hope they don't follow suit.

Yeah, I use to use Big Fish as well when they still used icons but hate that they use icons now. I definateley like icons better, though I do use Real Arcade sometimes becuase Readers Digest gives away free (not free trial, free full version, no time-limit) games.

So you guys do not like the "download manager" that big fish games uses now?

Hmmm I think I smell a poll coming...

Arthur, a poll might be worth it. Maybe the publishers of the games will listen. I'm sure we are not the only ones who find this offensive. I was a member of BF for a long time and have lots of their games but was very put out by the game manager.

Like Gamemastr, I did not add any of my previous games to the manager but the couple that I did purchase after their new addition makes it a royal pain in the you know what. BF gave me a free game because they messed up my account; I used the freebie to get Fish Tycoon. Unfortunately, because of the "manager" I stopped playing it.

HELP US, ARTHUR! Make the powers that be see the light.

My game arseal of games I actually own is kind of small:
Adventure Inlay
Minsweeper
Space Pinball
Spider Solitare
Solitare
Splash!
Super Colapse
Zoo Tycoon
I getting 2 more with in the next week though.

HOLY COW!!!
Your name is fitting.
VVI & VVII brings my total up to five with VVII being the only game uninstalled.

Here's my list, remember the kids play some of them and Escape to Paradise and DaVinci Code were deleted by me because I really didn't like them.

Agatha Christie Death on the Nile
Abra Academy
BeTrapped
Cake Mania
Cake Mania Back to the Bakery
Cradle of Rome
Cubis Gold 2
Dragon
Enchanted Gardens
Fish Tycoon
Fizzball
Hidden Expedition
Inca Ball
Jewels of Cleopatra
Loco Christmas Edition
Magic Tale
Monarch
Mystery Case Files Huntsville
Mystery Case Files Prime Suspects
Mystery Case Files Ravenhurst
Mysteryville
The Poppit Show
Treasures of Montezuma
Virtual Villagers
Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children

OK, I got this thread going and I was looking at the list of game some of you put. Keep posting your lists. That is interesting to me. I then said to myself, "Self, what is the most popular type of game?" So I was wondering if you could answer MY one question poll.

Try it out. Pass it around to others. Have them answer it too. The more, the merrier. The better the overall picture.

Favorite Type of Computer Game

Please only vote once until I figure out how to stop multiple responses