Portal (by Valve) available for free until the 24th!

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Portal (by Valve) available for free until the 24th!

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It looks like Valve have made their game portal available for free for PC & Mac until the 24th,
http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/

i got this game as part of the 'Orange Box' game bundle they did a year or so ago and it's great fun, there's no recommended specs on that page though but i imagine you'd need a fairly speedy gaming computer and a fairly big download limit on your broadband
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Re: Portal (by Valve) available for free until the 24th!

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Griff wrote:
... and a fairly big download limit on your broadband
Not for me, then. :wink:
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:D I was thinking about your internet connection when i was typing out the original message, maybe if it was free until the 24th centuary not just the 24th of May you might still have time to grab it :lol:
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Re: Portal (by Valve) available for free until the 24th!

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Griff wrote:
a fairly big download limit on your broadband
Yeah :(

I got as far as installing steam and getting all excited, untill I saw how big the download was.

We Belgians have silly downloadlimits. (Just to make sure Rxke isn't talking out of his @ss, he checks the limits )

:shock: turns out they actually got reasonable since beginning of this year, how did I miss this??? From 4Gb to 25 for the same price, yay! :lol:
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Aw, did it HAVE to involve Steam? :(

I'll risk it though. :-)
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Griff wrote:
there's no recommended specs on that page though but i imagine you'd need a fairly speedy gaming computer and a fairly big download limit on your broadba1nd
PC
Minimum:1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
Recommended:Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

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Minimum:OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, 1GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8 or higher, or ATI X1600 or higher, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
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Downloaded it - horribly addictive isn't?
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
Downloaded it - horribly addictive isn't?
Ooo might take a look at this when I get home :D
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As I'm, currently off sick (post Pneumonia fall back, to "man-flu" status) I've had a few goes on Portal - it gets horrible at Level 17 (3 from the end) - convinced I was a numpty I watched a few video walkthroughs - and now I know that even though I knew/know what to do, I don't have the manual dexterity to do so :roll: Having then watched the walkthroughs for the very last two levels I know that I will never ever be able to do them! :cry:

So for those who missed the download and you're old like me - you've just saved yourself a few very frustrating (if entertaining) hours
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:) Thanks for the news.
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