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

[Griff]

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

[Commander McLane]

... and a fairly big download limit on your broadband

Not for me, then.

[Griff]

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

[Rxke]

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 )

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!

[Selezen]

Aw, did it HAVE to involve Steam?

I'll risk it though.

[Frame]

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

MAC
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
No recommendation

Cheers Frame...

[DaddyHoggy]

Downloaded it - horribly addictive isn't?

[ClymAngus]

Downloaded it - horribly addictive isn't?

Ooo might take a look at this when I get home

[Yrol_Denjeah]

°growls°
Its gone

[DaddyHoggy]

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 Having then watched the walkthroughs for the very last two levels I know that I will never ever be able to do them!

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

[Yrol_Denjeah]

Thanks for the news.