Netbook gamer thread - recommend games for netbooks

[kalrith]

Diablo, Diablo 2, Warcraft, Warcraft 2, Starcraft.

I'm not sure how well the RTS games will play on a small screen, but Diablo 2 had a max resolution of 800x600, so the two Diablo games would be fun. Diablo 2 has great replayability. I've spent more time on that game than any other game.

 

[acheron]

nethack!

 

[slag]

Even in netbook mode, Torchlight wasn't playable for me (EEE 1000HA, 2GB RAM).

I'm able to play torchlight on my HP mini 311 but i believe its solely due to the ion graphics. It actually plays pretty well.

 

[Ika]

Diablo, Diablo 2, Warcraft, Warcraft 2, Starcraft.

I'm not sure how well the RTS games will play on a small screen, but Diablo 2 had a max resolution of 800x600, so the two Diablo games would be fun. Diablo 2 has great replayability. I've spent more time on that game than any other game.

I've been playing starcraft the past couple days on my Wind. It runs great. I think Starcraft resolution is either 800x600 or 640x480 (I think it's the ladder, actually). Either way the screen of 1024x600 runs it well. You just need a keyboard/mouse, because playing SC with a touchpad is horrendous.

I'm able to play torchlight on my HP mini 311 but i believe its solely due to the ion graphics. It actually plays pretty well.

Yeah, the intel GMA 950 on first-gen netbooks is what kills it for Torchlight. It runs at like 6-10 fps on my netbook with many freezes, but ran fine on my friends' Mini 311 with the same RAM and CPU, but with ION.

 

[VashHT]

I put Myth and Myth 2 on my EEE, with the newer community patches they run pretty well in win7.

 

[ussfletcher]

Starcraft, older civs, diablo 2, Simcity 2000