Games for my netbook?
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Pretty much any old game - Diablo is a good choice espcially for the mulitplayer aspect.
Wow would run on it, your netbook. is twice as powerfull as my old pc
Fallout 1 & 2
The old half life collections?
The only problem is the size will interfere with your ability to see & press buttons quickly and effectively.
Wow would run on it, your netbook. is twice as powerfull as my old pc
Fallout 1 & 2
The old half life collections?
The only problem is the size will interfere with your ability to see & press buttons quickly and effectively.
Baldur's Gate 1&2, planescape torment, icewind dale 1&2...
could keep you entertained for ages those.
could keep you entertained for ages those.
biggest issue with a netbook for gaming (because no numpty would expect the latest greatest power hungry games to work on one) is the actual screen resolutions they use 1024*600 is often too small for some games. Always check before you buy if the game can use that size.
Good choice! I've got the exact some one hereDrunkenKitty said:
At the moment I'm running: Civ 4 Beyond the Sword (needs a bit of tweaking in the .ini files to get the resolution right, Civ III works a treat though), Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate II + Throne of Bhaal, C&C Tiberian Sun, Fallout & Fallout 2, the Abe's Oddyssee games, Morrowind. On top of this, I've got plenty of Steam games that'll run, i.e. Xcom, Braid, Peggle, Defcon, Uplink etc. You'd be surprised what you can get to run on it.
Hope that was an ok list
Failing that, have a look at this: 17 games to play on a netbook [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=217216]
My travel notebook has specs about equal to OP's and runs plenty of games from 2000-2005 just fine. Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Rise of Nations, Morrowind, Civ III, Shogun: Total War, and plenty of other oldies-but-goodies. Check out the hits from five years ago and you'll have a good set of options. Or! Head over to GOG [http://www.gog.com/en/search/].
Crysis!!
But in earnest I would recommend, Fallout 1, 2, Half-Life and its mods and Duke Dukem 3D.
Then there's also Quake, Doom, Grim Fandango, Deus Ex, Diablo and Starcraft but I personally have no experience of them.
But in earnest I would recommend, Fallout 1, 2, Half-Life and its mods and Duke Dukem 3D.
Then there's also Quake, Doom, Grim Fandango, Deus Ex, Diablo and Starcraft but I personally have no experience of them.
I would like to add that I have had an Alienware gaming laptop for over a year now and I've never experienced any problems with it whatsoever...even after 10 hour gaming marathon sessions. You're right, he probably just had a lemon.Darkness62 said:
However, if you need to finance the laptop, I suggest that you don't use Alienware's financing options. They have the worst customer service I've ever dealt with, and they are way behind the times.
Get this, you cannot look up the remaining balance of your account online...you can't even pay your bill online! I stayed on the phone with them for over an hour trying to get them to set up electronic payments, and they refused to do it! They told me I had to pay with a check, or over the phone (which you have to pay a fee for, of course).
After I payed my laptop off, I vowed never to use Alienware's financial services again. The next Alienware I buy will be payed in full at the start, or will be financed some other way.
It also depends on your playing habits and time spent.
Playing in the bus will require different games from playing during lectures
How about Bejeweled 2?
Also yay for Diablo 1 and 2.
You could probably even get away with World of Warcraft
Playing in the bus will require different games from playing during lectures
How about Bejeweled 2?
Also yay for Diablo 1 and 2.
You could probably even get away with World of Warcraft
I play WoW on my netbook. It can't handle Dalaran or raids, but 5-man groups and soloing work just fine on low settings.