Gaming with a touch screen netbook?

Hi all,

I just bought an iPod Touch and I've really started to dig the touch screen. I have to be in front of the computer at work all day, and I've started having this really nice mental image of myself playing classic RPGs on a couch without mouse and keyboard.

Can anyone with a touch screen netbook tell me if this is feasible? I'm mostly thinking Dosbox, Exult, ScummVM and Infinity Engine games. Are these doable on a touch screen? All comments and suggestions appreciated!

For Old School EOB Style RPG's try Quest from Redshift, It should be fully working for iTouch.

I used to implement TouchScreen Interfaces for POS Retail Applications, Under XP Mouse Sensitivity was a real problem, the Buttons needed to be designed to be very large otherwise it was almost impossible to select items.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 have better Touchscreen support but the Hardware is still too expensive.

Originally Posted by shaf
For Old School EOB Style RPG's try Quest from Redshift, It should be fully working for iTouch.

Thanks, I will!

I've been looking at the HP Touchsmart with Win7 and it's looking very tempting. Anyone has any experience with these?

Got a TM2 several months ago and love it - if you pick up the option with graphics card it can manage quite a range of games - I've been playing Civ V on it recently.

Theres a lot of useful informaiton (programs, tips and so on) on the forum here:
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/hp-t…art-tm2-wacom/

I've not had any trouble with mine (apart from the WiFi disapearing from time to time) but I have seen a few complaints.

Thanks for the link.
Are you using the touch screen for gaming? I am mostly interested in playing old games on it. The old DOS games look pretty bad on a big screen.

Depends on the game really - using the pen you can left and right click, with finger only you need to have a game that can be controled with left click only - but there's a lot of games fall into that category - the other big consideration would be having icons that are large enough to use comfortably with a finger (tiny up down buttons next to stats that some RPGs use for instance can be a pain).

The icons being too small will probably not be a problem with DOS games, so I'm not worried. Have you tried Dosbox?

Not on the TM2 but I don't expect it'd have any trouble with it

I think I am going to try the TM2 in a store and see how it feels. Thanks a lot, you have been a great help!