Good, mindless game for the low-horse power PC?

[slackerinabox]

I don't game but I can use a game or 3 for de-stressing. I don't have a high-end system (specs below) and don't want to upgrade, but I just want to kill some time and some braincells.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Specs:
AMD X2-4200, windows vista, nvidia 6150 integrated video, 1gb ram

 

[chuckywang]

N64+Mario Kart 64 FTW!

 

[judasmachine]

i still use Quake III and Unreal Tourney 2004 for little stress relief and splat sessions. Also Q3 should be dirt cheap if not free. It ran on my old 500 PIII with i810 graphics. (yes i said i810, puke)

 

[FleshLight]

Dota, Raiden II, GTA VC, Zuma, Lego Star Wars, Strikers 1945.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Quake 3 or Carmageddon

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Number munchers. Really old AppleII game I used to play in grade 3. Very educational and fun at the same time.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Quake 3 or Carmageddon

Carmageddon sounds awesome, I'll be checking that out!

As far as Quake 3/Unreal goes - I'm the weird kid who gets motion sickness from playing FPS'. Also.. Don't laugh.. I always get lost and bored, trying to find my way out of some cave or back alley.

 

[daniel49]

knock yourself out
http://r00t3d.com/abandonw/index.php?S=S&view=details&A=D&showonly=
Personally for a dos game I like Cannon fodder not sure if the one listed there is the full thing though.
what OS you running?
You may need to run some of them inside dosbox.

 

[ForumMaster]

GTA:SA is very fun.

UT2004 with the vehicle invasion mod is so much fun. put superberserk on and vampire. so much fun. can easily get 700-800 kills without dying even on the harder settings.

 

[Raider1284]

Originally posted by: daniel49
knock yourself out
http://r00t3d.com/abandonw/index.php?S=S&view=details&A=D&showonly=
Personally for a dos game I like Cannon fodder not sure if the one listed there is the full thing though.
what OS you running?
You may need to run some of them inside dosbox.

Are you serious?! this collection is insane!! looks like almost every game from 1984-1997!!

Will everyone of them install and work?

 

[Skunkwourk]

You call that a low horse-power PC? Dammit, my S754 3700 and 6800GT is getting too old to fast.

Originally posted by: Raider1284
Are you serious?! this collection is insane!! looks like almost every game from 1984-1997!!

Will everyone of them install and work?

Most but not all. For the hell of it I tried the play The Dig by Lucasarts since it was the only adventure game of theirs I never played. Didn't work for me, even with Scumm.

 

[Skiddex]

red alert 2 is always a ton of fun

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=33&threadid=1207656&enterthread=y

Little Fighter 2 is the first thing that pops up in my head. Gunbound is an alternative if you want a multiplayer game.

 

[thepd7]

Dues Ex, Max Payne. Both easy on the comp and both have incredible game play and story lines. I play each at least once a year.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Eghck
You call that a low horse-power PC? Dammit, my S754 3700 and 6800GT is getting too old to fast.

Originally posted by: Raider1284
Are you serious?! this collection is insane!! looks like almost every game from 1984-1997!!

Will everyone of them install and work?

Most but not all. For the hell of it I tried the play The Dig by Lucasarts since it was the only adventure game of theirs I never played. Didn't work for me, even with Scumm.

not to hijack my own thread, but it feels sooo oldschool under vista - everything is click...wait...open vs what I'm used to.

I was referring to my videocard, mostly. And my memory usage is always at 80+% on vista so I don't think playing say doom 3 would be possible

 

[RelaxTheMind]

If the laptop came with a restore disk or similar I would format with xp. thats what me did

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Skiddex
red alert 2 is always a ton of fun

hell yea

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Raider1284

Originally posted by: daniel49
knock yourself out
http://r00t3d.com/abandonw/index.php?S=S&view=details&A=D&showonly=
Personally for a dos game I like Cannon fodder not sure if the one listed there is the full thing though.
what OS you running?
You may need to run some of them inside dosbox.

Are you serious?! this collection is insane!! looks like almost every game from 1984-1997!!

Will everyone of them install and work?

hot damn! I'm going to download every single one with downthemall. it says that there are 2794 files. currently getting 0.9MB/s from the server. :Q

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Diablo....

 

[ethebubbeth]

A GIRLFRIEND!

Oh wait, you don't meed the minimum system requirements

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: RelaxTheMind
If the laptop came with a restore disk or similar I would format with xp. thats what me did

 

[Zolty]

Buy a $50 video card and you should be able to play any modern game at moderate settings.

My GS7600 handles wow, CS:S, Xplane, MS flight sim X, Civ 4, all at top or near top settings with decent frame rates.

I paid $50 for it on FS/T

Or you could upgrade to XP, still a very viable OS and will be for at least a year.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: Skiddex
red alert 2 is always a ton of fun

hell yea

yuri's revenge

or

RUNESCAPE

 

[kaname]

Oregon Trail FTW!

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: ethebubbeth
A GIRLFRIEND!

Oh wait, you don't meed the minimum system requirements

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