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Posted December 06, 2019
Sounds like my 25ish year old speakers finally died. So what GOG games can I play without sound until I buy some new speakers? I'm looking for things without spoken dialogue, many sound effects, or background music. I'm thinking maybe some VNs, maybe some platformers or puzzles games, old adventure games or RPGs, maybe the Spiderweb RPGs. As I look through my list of games the only thing that really jumps out at me is the Incredible Machine series.
Posted December 06, 2019
I always play Settlers 2 Gold without sound on any machine I've played it on, mainly because (being a dos game) the machines sound card is hardly ever listed in the games setup program, so have given up running it, and make do without sound. I find it a much more relaxing game because of it, especially when playing late of an evening.
Posted December 06, 2019
Chess
Posted December 06, 2019
Zork if you're up for it, or the old Kings Quest and Police Quest games? Though come to think of it the latter did have some music courtesy of the PC speaker.
Posted December 06, 2019
Lords of Midnight

Doesn't have any sound at all. And neither does the sequel, Doomdark's Revenge.
Posted December 06, 2019
Early Apogee/3D Realms games like Crystal Caves, Secret Agent and the first Duke Nukem (if you bought it before it was removed) don't have much in the way of sound, aside from blips and blops.
Posted December 06, 2019
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a classic that does not have voice acting. It only has music at a few scenes and some sound effects at selected occasions, which do not impact gameplay at all.
Posted December 06, 2019
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Grargar: Early Apogee/3D Realms games like Crystal Caves, Secret Agent and the first Duke Nukem (if you bought it before it was removed) don't have much in the way of sound, aside from blips and blops.
But those blips and blops are important! I simply cannot imagine playing commander keen or bio menace without the blips, blops and ti-te-te-te-te-te whooo-whoo-wip's
Posted December 06, 2019
Tales of Maj'Eyal

And quite a bit of those kind of RPGs, like ADOM or the Spiderweb Software ( Avadon, Avernum, Queen's Wish etc) games.
I mean if it's "can I?" in the sense that you won't have harder time playing.

You can even play We Happy Few without sound for a while, even though you will certainly need sound in some bits in that game, but not in all.
Post edited December 06, 2019 by superstande
Posted December 06, 2019
Older management sims like Theme Hospital and RollerCoaster Tycoon, turn-based strategies like Civ or Heroes of Might & Magic, and I suppose pretty much any adventure game that you can enable dialogue text in.
Post edited December 06, 2019 by Plokite_Wolf
Posted December 06, 2019
High quality, expensive loudspeakerrs may be worth it to have them renovated if you have someone near you who builds loudspeakers on a small scale. I once took a pair of loudspeakers to get repaired and it cost the equivalent of a couple of hundred of dollars so not worth it unless new would cost the double or more, I would say. I am lucky to have a small scale loudspeaker manufacturer near me.
Posted December 06, 2019
Icewind Dale 2
I don't think IWD2 had any necessary sounds that didn't have text instead?
Posted December 06, 2019
Pretty much any 4X strategy (Civilization, Alpha Centaury). Sound there is just to create atmosphere, all information is brought to you via graphs, maps and charts on screen.
Posted December 06, 2019
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Matewis: Zork if you're up for it, or the old Kings Quest and Police Quest games? Though come to think of it the latter did have some music courtesy of the PC speaker.
The old Zork and the old Sierra games are also on sale right now.
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muddysneakers: I'm looking for things without spoken dialogue, many sound effects, or background music.
What about games where spoken dialogue is optional, voiceovers mediocre or sounds and background music terribly annoying? ;)
Posted December 06, 2019
Are you sure your loudspeakers are broken and you do not just need to fix bad contacts? Maybe resoldering in your amplifier? Maybe removing oxide on your cables or loudspeakers' contacts? Simply removing and reinserting and tightening the screws just fixed the crackling in my loudspeakers. Modern solder does not last long at all so more likely your amplifier needs resoldering or replacing.


Turn based strategy works well but real time strategy not, unless you replace the warning sounds with lamps lighting up behind your monitor or so.
Post edited December 06, 2019 by Themken
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