What games are on your netbook?

[damocles]

I am after some games to load on a netbook. They would need to be very basic as (whatever netbook I choose wont have a serious video card)

The first game I will be download is nethack.

What's on your netbook please?

 

[skulkingghost]

World of Goo
GTA I II III
Tribes 2
Half Life
Duke Nukem 3d
Some adventure Games in Scumm
Age of Empires

 

[Sam25]

Half Life (I've lost count of how many times I've re-played it!)
Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix
Age of Empires 2
Pharaoh
Deus Ex

 

[ed21x]

Warcraft 3:TFT
Worms: Armageddon
Starcraft
C&C: Generals

 

[PuppettMaster001]

Baldur's Gate I/II
Dungeon Keeper 2
Warcraft
Starcraft
SNES/GBA

 

[jRaskell]

Baldur's Gate II + Exp.
Diablo II + Exp.
Shadowgrounds.
Shadowgrounds Survivor.

 

[nosfe]

if you're into turn based strategy games then try Heroes3 or Disciples2

 

[acheron]

Originally posted by: damocles
I am after some games to load on a netbook. They would need to be very basic as (whatever netbook I choose wont have a serious video card)

The first game I will be download is nethack.

What's on your netbook please?

If you have Nethack, why do you need more games?

 

[hans030390]

I've heard you can run Morrowind on netbooks (use Morrowind FPS Optimizer).

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: hans030390
I've heard you can run Morrowind on netbooks (use Morrowind FPS Optimizer).

Yeah, Morrowind should run fine with low settings I guess.

 

[Via]

If you can find an original Alpha Centauri CD on ebay or somewhere it has no copy protection; no CD required. Great for battery life (not to mention one of the greatest turn-based games ever).

The expansion (Alien Crossfire) reverse engineered copy protection but I don't think you could find it anyway.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: ed21x
Warcraft 3:TFT
Worms: Armageddon
Starcraft
C&C: Generals

wtf? aren't RTS games a nightmare to play in a netbook?

 

[zerogear]

Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
World of Goo
Starcraft

barfo - A lot of people attach a mouse to the netbook

 

[damocles]

Originally posted by: acheron

Originally posted by: damocles
I am after some games to load on a netbook. They would need to be very basic as (whatever netbook I choose wont have a serious video card)

The first game I will be download is nethack.

What's on your netbook please?

If you have Nethack, why do you need more games?

hehe,there was a time when this would have been true

 

[damocles]

Originally posted by: ed21x
Warcraft 3:TFT
Worms: Armageddon
Starcraft
C&C: Generals

Would WC3 be playable on a Dell Mini 9 or an Acer Aspire One netbook?

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: zerogearbarfo - A lot of people attach a mouse to the netbook

I was thinking about the tiny screen

 

[BassBomb]

Whats a netbook?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Here are some older dead threads that might still have some useful tips and suggestions

Feb Netbook thread
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...key=y&keyword1=netbook

How to install games
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...key=y&keyword1=netbook

Dell Mini9 thread (2008)
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...key=y&keyword1=netbook


The GOG.com games like Fallout 1-2-Tactics won't have a CD check.

 

[nerp]

I don't own a netbook (own a 13 inch lenovo with a p8400, 4gb ram, 320gb HD and the 9 cell batt gives it 5-7 hours of life even with wifi on, WOOOT) but I'd probably stick Civ IV and Peggle Deluxe on it and call it a day.

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: damocles

Originally posted by: ed21x
Warcraft 3:TFT
Worms: Armageddon
Starcraft
C&C: Generals

Would WC3 be playable on a Dell Mini 9 or an Acer Aspire One netbook?

WC 3 runs fine on a Dell Mini 9.

 

[dwell]

SCUMMVM games.

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: Chris
SCUMMVM games.

Man I love those ScummVM games...specially 'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis' and 'Broken Sword 1 & 2'.

 

[JACKHAMMER]

how about games that run on my eeebuntu?

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: barfo

Originally posted by: ed21x
Warcraft 3:TFT
Worms: Armageddon
Starcraft
C&C: Generals

wtf? aren't RTS games a nightmare to play in a netbook?

you just have to use a mouse and get use to the smaller screen, but other than that, it's just gaming on a laptop

 

[MustangSVT]

emulators of all kinds.

Mech warrior
Need for speed
GTA 3