Great games that don't need great hardware to run

Fantastic, added to the list.

No Portal? Also The Sims 2 is a very good game if you just want to mess around and make batman fall in love with spiderman... hey, we've all done it

Make sure you have a lot of space though for all those expansion packs you'll say you won't get but then get them anyway...

Portal's part of the Orange Box, but I'll put it in there anyways.

The Sims 2 is already on there as well.

Tremulous

Hey! Tremulous is also a great game that doesn't require that much.

Heck even people with a RAM of 512MB or 256MB can run Tremulous smoothly. Also, people with a processor of 700MHz can run it!

It's an Online Alien Multi-Player FPS game that can be downloaded here

Here's a picture


Hope you guys like it!

Nice find! Added to the list; maybe I'll give it a whirl too.

Thanks! I'm sure you'll like it! It's an interesting game.

Onimusha 1 and 3

Hey there,

Would Onimusha: Warlords and Onimusha: Demon Siege get a chance to get in the list? :rolleyes:

Onimusha 1: Warlords System Requirements:
CPU: 1.0 GHz CPU Pentium 3 or Athlon
RAM: 256 MB
HDD: 2 GB free disk space
Graphics: 128 MB video card
Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
DirectX: Version 9.0c



Onimusha 3: Demon Siege System Requirements
System:1 GHz Pentium III or equivalent
RAM:256 MB
Video Memory:128 MB
Hard Drive Space:2000 MB


P.S.
If you guys were ever wondering where Onimusha2 is, it's only for the PS2.

I can add Onimusha: Demon's Siege since, to the best of my knowledge, the first game is restricted in availability to some parts of the world.

Also: Terraria!

My new addiction and seems to have some moderate spec requirements:

Terraria
System Requirements* GD Hardware Rating Diff
Intel Processor - Pentium 4 1.6GHz Login to compare your CPU
AMD Processor - Athlon XP 1700+
Nvidia Graphics Card - GeForce 8500 GT Login to compare your GFX Card
ATI Graphics Card - Mobility Radeon HD 3650
RAM (Memory) - 512 MB
Hard Disk Space - 200 MB
Direct X - 9

* System requirements displayed are based on recommended system requirements and should be used as a guide only.

That it is; I'll add it along with some other indie faves of mine like Braid and World of Goo. Thanks.

EDIT: Ok I'm going to put any games that I find that are untested in red on the list. Please read the addendum at the end of the list and try to help me out if you can. Thanks again to all the contributors!

Wouldn't it be nice if a list like this exsisted of all the games that can run on low end hardware AND are free?

Any1 agree?

A lot of the games are free, and others can be downloaded in a free (albeit ad-supported) form.

Mars wars is a game like planetside but its free to play. From what I can tell there are just as many if not more players on there then planetside.
http://mmohuts.com/review/mars-war

Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista
CPU: Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
RAM: 1GB
HDD: 3 GB Free
Graphics Card: GeForce 6200 / Radeon 9550

Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows XP/ Vista / 7
CPU: Pentium Duel-Core 2.4 GHz or better
RAM: 2GB or more
HDD: 3 GB Free or more
Graphics Card: GeForce 7600 or better

p.s. wolfteam!

I grabbed this game for my Playstation 2 on like my second or third go around shopping at Gamestop. I grabbed Onimusha 1 & 2 for the PS2 system, great games, these are the kind of game that you don't have to be a "rocket scientist" to play!

Add Altitude to the list.
http://altitudegame.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/41300

It's a really fun game. ^_^

The requirements are:
Processor: 1.0 GHz
Memory: 256 MB
Graphics: 64 MB VRAM
Hard Drive: 300 MB of free space

Thanks, added that and some more indie games.

Unchated Water, and New Horizon. I love these two old school games.

Wow, thank you very much. I'm a super game junkie, some games need hardware to run, which makes me annoyed. Then I can play the game to the top of my bent.

Runescape Not that I play it.

Freedom Fighters was really fun. any of the Thief series, Gabriel Knight games, Planescape: Torment, beyond good and evil, Silent hill 2, RE 4.. best on that list is Morrowind though.. amazing game, even with the (now) outdated graphics

EDIT: Rune: Halls of Valhalla, Baldur's gate, Grim Fandango, Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption and Bloodlines (though you'd need some of the uofficial patches)