Netbook gaming
Most netbooks are lacking in the GPU department. That doesn’t mean that netbook owners are out of luck when it comes to gaming, though. Here are some games that have been tested on an MSI Wind netbook. Most of them are older games, but if you are on the road and need to get your gaming fix, these netbook compatible titles will whet your appetite.
* 4×4 Evo 2
* Age Of Empires 2
* America’s Army
* Aquaria
* Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
* Baldur’s Gate
* Balls of Steel
* Bejeweled 2
* Blade & Sword
* Black & White
* Blood Rayne 1 (use 3D Analyze to emulate TnL)
* Call of Duty 1
* Carmageddon II
* Carmageddon TDR 2000 (>30 FPS)
* City of Heroes
* Colin McRae 2
* Colin McRae 3
* Colin McRae Rally 04
* Combat Flight Simulator 3
* Command and Conquer
* Command and Conquer: Generals
* Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
* Command and Conquer: Renegade
* Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun
* Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Works OK, but Shader MUST be set to medium or game will crash)
* Crimson Skies
* Curse of Monkey Island (tested OK in ScummVM)
* Darwinia
* Dawn of War (Platinum edition checks out ok — need to choose ’safe mode’ on first run)
* Day of the Tentacle (use with ScummVM)
* Deer Hunter 2005
* Defcon
* Delta Force
* Deus Ex GOTY (~30 FPS@1024×600 HD)
* Diablo II/Diablo II Lord of Destruction (~25 FPS@800×600)
* DOSBox (running very well)
* Doom
* Doom 3 (low frames)
* Drakan: Order of the Flame (~50 FPS@1024×600, High Detail)
* Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (~30 FPS@800×600, High Detail)
* Dungeon Keeper 2 (1.7+XP Fix, ~30FPS@800×600(No Shadows, HD))
* Dungeon Siege
* Dungeon Siege II
* Etch A Sketch
* F.E.A.R (v1.08 works better)
* Far Cry
* FIFA 08
* Final Fantasy XI Online
* Football Manager 2008 (requires tweak, see link)
* FlatOut
* FlatOut 2 (15-30 fps)
* Fallout
* Fallout 2
* Ford Racing 3
* Ford Racing Off Road (select “Simple Graphics” setting. Don’t set complex graphics as this crashes it)
* Fusion
* FreeCiv
* Freelancer
* Freedom Fighters
* Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich
* Frets on Fire (15-20 fps @ minumum details and resolution)
* Giants Citizen Kabuto
* Gladiator – Sword of Vengeance
* Gothic 2
* Grand Chase
* Grand Theft Auto (free version from rockstar.com/classics)
* Grand Theft Auto II (free version from rockstar.com/classics)
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
* Grim Fandango
* Guild Wars
* Guitar Hero III
* Gun
* Halo (~15 FPS@1024×600 LD, No Shadows, No VSYNC)
* Half-Life (also playable: Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, and other mods)
* Half-Life 2
* Heroes of Might and Magic V
* Hitman 2
* Hitman Contracts
* Homeworld
* Imperium Galactica II (800×600 @ ~60 FPS, 1024×600 results in anomalies…)
* Incoming (very high frame rate)
* Jaws Unleashed
* Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I and II
* Lego Indiana Jones
* Lego Racers
* Lineage 2
* Lionheart
* Live For Speed
* Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth
* Mafia (Choppy at times)
* Manhunt1
* MapleStory
* Max Payne
* Max Payne 2 (1.01 1024×600 ~20fps)
* MechCommander 2 (<30 FPS@800×600)
* MechWarrior 3 (15-40 FPS@800×600)
* Medal of Honor Allied Assault
* Medieval: Total War
* Mobile Forces
* Monopoly Tycoon
* Morrowind
* Motocross Madness 2
* Neverwinter Nights (14 FPS@1024×600 – Low Graphics settings)
* Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
* Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
* Need for Speed: Underground 2
* Nexuiz 2.4.2 (all 3 OS’s)
* No One Lives Forever 2 (Requires TnL emulation)
* Oni – 800×600 32 bit high quality
* Operation Flashpoint (1024×600)
* Peggle
* Perfect World (Mmorpg – optimized video config button)
* Peter Jackson’s King Kong (Some low framerate)
* Planescape: Torment
* Postal 2: Share The Pain
* Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
* Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (15-25fps)
* Project64
* Psychonauts (borderline – choppy framerate)
* Puzzle Hero
* Quake
* Quake 2
* Quake 3 (edit ini file to get 1024×600)
* Quake III Arena (60 FPS @ 1024×600)
* Railroad Tycoon 3
* Rayman Raving Rabbids
* Return to Castle Wolfenstein
* Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
* Rome: Total War
* Rune
* Sacrifice
* Sam & Max – Season 1 & 2
* Sauerbraten
* ScummVM (an emulator, runs old LucasArts quest games)
* Second Life
* Severance: Blade of Darkness
* Sid Meier’s Locomotion
* Sid Meier’s Pirates
* Sim City 4
* Simon the Sorcerer 2 (ScummVM)
* Snes9x
* Soldier of Fortune
* Space Rangers 2
* Spore
* Spore Creature Editor
* Star Wars: Empire at War
* Star Wars: Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast
* Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy
* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – 800×600 low details, no shadows, no grass. A bit choppy but playable.
* Starcraft
* StepMania
* Street Wars: Constructor Underworld
* System Shock 2
* The Hulk
* The Incredible Hulk
* Theme Hospital
* Total Annihilation
* Tomb Raider: Legend (borderline – playable but quite choppy)
* Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
* TrackMania
* TrackMania Nations
* Transformers The Movie Game
* Tropico
* Turok
* Tux Racer
* Unreal
* Unreal Tournament (40-60 FPS@1024×600, with newest Patch you neither need to edit ini for the res nor the CD for starting)
* Uplink
* Virtual Skipper 5 (free version, see link)
* Warcraft III (Low frames, don’t expect to play DotA)
* Wall-E
* Winning Eleven 8 International
* WinUAE (Amiga emulator, FPS is depending on WinUAE settings, highest settings work perfectly)
* Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
* World of Warcraft
* Worms Armageddon (800×600)
* ZSnes
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So a Netbook will play Guild Wars.. OK sign me up!
[...] They wrote: Most netbooks are lacking in the GPU department. That doesn’t mean that netbook owners are out of luck when it comes to gaming, though. Here are some games that have been tested on an MSI Wind netbook. Most of them are older games, but if you are on the road and need to get your gaming fix, these netbook compatible titles will whet your appetite. [...]
[...] Of course,there is a somewhat wide list of games that run on these netbooks.MMORPG’s like Guild Wars and World of Warcraft run smoothly,and so does the Warcraft series.Besides those games,you can find a complete list tested on MSI Wind (1.6Ghz Intel Atom,Windows XP,1GB of DDR2/RAM memory) here. [...]
Don’t you mean Heroes of Might and Magic 4, and not 5?
Add Sierra’s Pharaoh to that list, I had to install this game the minute I got my HP Mini 1035nr and it works flawlessly.
[...] They wrote: Most netbooks are lacking in the GPU department. That doesn’t mean that netbook owners are out of luck when it comes to gaming, though. Here are some games that have been tested on an MSI Wind netbook. Most of them are older games, but if you are on the road and need to get your gaming fix, these netbook compatible titles will whet your appetite. [...]
Actually, guild wars isnt entirely true, i installed guild wars on my Acer Aspire one and at first it worked great, but lately as i advanced through the game, i get a irreparable graphics error whenever entering an underground area, and the games terminates. Any one have any suggestions? please email me if youdo. meagan.chamberlain@yahoo.com
[...] They wrote: Most netbooks are lacking in the GPU department. That doesn’t mean that netbook owners are out of luck when it comes to gaming, though. Here are some games that have been tested on an MSI Wind netbook. Most of them are older games, but if you are on the road and need to get your gaming fix, these netbook compatible titles will whet your appetite. [...]
I have been searching for MMOs or other games that would run on my DELL Inspiron mini 10 netbook for a long time. So I’m really thankful for this list!
The only problem is that I always find the demo version games and I don’t want to buy them. But this is my problem.X)
Really thanks for the list!!
our blog is so informative ? keep up the good work!!!!
netbooks can also play star wars battlefront for those who did not know. u can simply do crtl alt del and prioritize battlefront fulltime or real time
I have also confirmed that Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of steel will run even with the High Resolution patch from the No Mutants Allowed website
Majesty Gold Edition works perfectly also.
And Dawn of War: Soulstorm running with the Skirmish AI3.1 on a full 5 player LAN session.
How can I run The Incredible Hulk on My Core2Duo 1.66Ghz, Intel graphic Chipset 945, 2GB RAM.
you can run incredible hulk, with a special software
lol handy advice… What “special software”?
Maple story doesn’t work. comes up with some graphics error.
I played it on my MSI Wind U100. It runs perfect. Just turn the background to the lowest. It runs smooth, actually.