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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

Griff wrote:

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

Not for me, then.

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

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 )

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!

Aw, did it HAVE to involve Steam?

I'll risk it though.

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

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...

Downloaded it - horribly addictive isn't?

DaddyHoggy wrote:

Downloaded it - horribly addictive isn't?

Ooo might take a look at this when I get home

°growls°
Its gone

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

Thanks for the news.