Games for Netbooks?

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: cheapherk

Originally posted by: dougp

Originally posted by: cheapherk

Originally posted by: m0mentary
wonder how quake live would run on a netbook.

It won't run on most netbooks. Won't run on my Lenovo S10. Unreal Tournament GOTY runs great on it.

You're pretty fail then, cause QL runs great on my NC10.

Your netbook is the exception because most won't.

Is the NC10 the model with the Nvidia 9300 IGP as well as the 945 IGP? If its still using the 945 IGP and runs QL fine then nearly any netbook will run it as they all have identical specs.

 

[dougp]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: cheapherk

Originally posted by: dougp

Originally posted by: cheapherk

Originally posted by: m0mentary
wonder how quake live would run on a netbook.

It won't run on most netbooks. Won't run on my Lenovo S10. Unreal Tournament GOTY runs great on it.

You're pretty fail then, cause QL runs great on my NC10.

Your netbook is the exception because most won't.

Is the NC10 the model with the Nvidia 9300 IGP as well as the 945 IGP? If its still using the 945 IGP and runs QL fine then nearly any netbook will run it as they all have identical specs.

It only has the 945 IGP (GMA950) - and it runs QLive just great. I'd provide video, but that's against the NDA.

 

[ivan2]

GridWars is free and I have that on my aspire one.

 

[dougp]

Originally posted by: cheapherk

Originally posted by: dougp

Originally posted by: cheapherk

Originally posted by: m0mentary
wonder how quake live would run on a netbook.

It won't run on most netbooks. Won't run on my Lenovo S10. Unreal Tournament GOTY runs great on it.

You're pretty fail then, cause QL runs great on my NC10.

Your netbook is the exception because most won't.

Funny thing is, there's an entire community that knows you're wrong: http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming?pli=1

 

[Ika]

There's a video of someone running Half Life 2 on an MSI Wind. Not sure if it's real, but it's definitely amazing.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Loaded up Command and Conquor: Red Alert on my Aspire one the other night. Classic RTS FTW....AND IT'S FREE!!

 

[MustangSVT]

Need for speed Porsche
GTA San andreas
quake 3
Mech warrior 4(looks great too)


all the emulators


I have eee904ha and above all work very well.
btw. mine can be o/ced to 2ghz and runs fine, but some games do not respond well with hyper thread throttling and runs in semi turbo mode 😀

 

[Sureshot324]

Jets N' Guns

It's 2D so it should run fine on a netbook.

NES/SNES/Genesis emulators should work fine, maybe even PS1/N64 emulators

Like others have said Unreal Tournament runs decent even on crappy integrated graphics.

 

[ed21x]

Warcraft 3 TFT, C&C Generals, Rise of Nations, Starcraft, Worms World Party, etc...

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: Aflac
There's a video of someone running Half Life 2 on an MSI Wind. Not sure if it's real, but it's definitely amazing.

yeah it works on lower settings and looks great! I think the low resolution of most netbooks is what allows them to run demanding 3d apps.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

what a great idea!!!

Originally posted by: venkman

Originally posted by: drebo
Crayon Physics

sweet!

 

[cheapherk]

Originally posted by: dougp

Originally posted by: cheapherk

Originally posted by: dougp

Originally posted by: cheapherk

Originally posted by: m0mentary
wonder how quake live would run on a netbook.

It won't run on most netbooks. Won't run on my Lenovo S10. Unreal Tournament GOTY runs great on it.

You're pretty fail then, cause QL runs great on my NC10.

Your netbook is the exception because most won't.

Funny thing is, there's an entire community that knows you're wrong: http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming?pli=1

I was referring to personal experience and some reviews in MaximumPC. The netbooks they tested wouldn't run Quake Live.

I did get it to run. I previously was running Windows 7, so maybe that had something to do with it.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: Aflac
There's a video of someone running Half Life 2 on an MSI Wind. Not sure if it's real, but it's definitely amazing.

yeah it works on lower settings and looks great! I think the low resolution of most netbooks is what allows them to run demanding 3d apps.

Isnt there a special mod or hack to get HL2 running in Direct X 7?
Looks like ass but runs smoothly.

 

[ibex333]

My suggestions: (besides what was already recommended)

Galactic Civilizations I.... Maybe II?
Emulators... Sega Genesis, SNES, GBA, MAME, NEO-GEO, maybe some PS1 and N64.
Warhammer: Dark Omen
Shogun: Total War(not sure about this one)
GTA 1 and 2
Chess or GO? lol
Heroes of might and magic I-III.. maybe even IV
Disciples: Sacred Lands
Armageddon Empires (very good turn based game)
Total Annihilation 😉
Diablo 1 + Hellfire.. Maybe Diablo II?

 

[manutdc]

Diablo II works just fine on my Dell Mini 9, running off an SDHC card.

Warcraft III...well, DotA specifically, was a bit slow. Didn't try to play the campaigns.

 

[tvdang7]

i play wc3 dota pretty smooth ( not butter but more like my ass) on my GF's acer one.

 

[Appledrop]

on my nc10 i play or have played successfully:
worms armageddon (have to run it in 640x480 in options)
diablo II
gta 2
subspace continuum
I enjoy playing worms the most

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: Aflac
There's a video of someone running Half Life 2 on an MSI Wind. Not sure if it's real, but it's definitely amazing.

yeah it works on lower settings and looks great! I think the low resolution of most netbooks is what allows them to run demanding 3d apps.

Isnt there a special mod or hack to get HL2 running in Direct X 7?
Looks like ass but runs smoothly.

HL2 actually supports a directx7 path out of the box. Text

Its easy to forget that the game is over 4 years old now, and even when it was released it was pretty friendly to older hardware. Valve did do a lot of things right with that engine, great scalability and tools. It was never really top of the line though...but to many developers forget that having a large potential audience does wonders to increase sales.

 

[dguy6789]

C&C The First Decade! All the games in it are 2D except Generals and Renegade.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: Aflac
There's a video of someone running Half Life 2 on an MSI Wind. Not sure if it's real, but it's definitely amazing.

yeah it works on lower settings and looks great! I think the low resolution of most netbooks is what allows them to run demanding 3d apps.

Isnt there a special mod or hack to get HL2 running in Direct X 7?
Looks like ass but runs smoothly.

Right click Half-Life 2 in the steam games list and click properties,
Set launch options... and input:
-dxlevel 70

other valid values are 60, 70, 80, 81, 90, 95 or 98
http://developer.valvesoftware.../wiki/DirectX_Versions

 

[imported_digitalgreenthumb]

It sounds like alot of you can't play games good on your netbooks. On my Dell Mini9 I can play Worms 3d (Maxed out) C&C General. I can also even play Quake 4 (although on lower settings). The only problem I have on my netbook is sometimes it takes a few seconds switching to different windows (Ex. Switching from IE to Windows explorer) I think it has something to do with the SSD HD.

 

[mellor]

i have

GTA 1+add ons 2 3 VC SA
Rollercoaster tycoon 1 2 3
Call of duty 1
MOH AA
neverball/neverputt
The Sims 2
Need for speed underground
halo (bit slow, but i can cope with it)
AOE 1 +expansion 2+expansion

these all work fine

now quakelive or whatever
does run fine. From what i have noticed with these little babies, the slightest thing which can stop a game running how it should be, is what you also have running in the background. People complain a game wont run, when they also have itunes, firefox, msn/skype/whatever you use. To play a game, your best just closing everything down, run off the main if you can. The biggest peice of advice i can offer is

DO NOT RUN A NETBOOK, ON ENERGY SAVER, WHILE PLAYING A GAME
kinda simple really

 

[FM2n]

Subspace Continuum !!!! Free download.. and join the Death Star Battle arena.. 😀

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

I run Jedi Academy on my Acer Aspire One, no problems. I can also run Battlefield 1942, although it does dip quite a bit.

 

[Fox5]

The integrated graphics on most netbooks can be roughly thought of as a really fast directx7 card. IE, if a geforce 2 could run it, a netbook can run it.

Anyhow, I run Starcraft, Master of Orion 2, and the Fallout games on it. May have to pick up some more old DOS or late 90s PC rpgs if I end up using it a lot.

Oh, and it'll emulate most consoles just fine, at least up to n64.