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Old 08-23-2006
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Great games that don't need great hardware to run

Tell me if any games are missing and i shall update the list as frequently as possible. Any games suggested should work on a Pentium IV 1.7GHz CPU and a GeForce 6200 card. Thanks for all the contributions and I hope this helps everyone with a very old pc who wants some good games to play.
  • Advent Rising
  • Age of Empires 1 & 2
  • Age of Mythology + Titans expansion
  • Alien Arena (free, available here)
  • Alien vs. Predator 1 & 2
  • Allegiance
  • America's Army
  • American McGee's Alice
  • American McGee's Scrapland
  • Area 51
  • Argametron
  • Audiosurf
  • Avernum
  • Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
  • Battle Realms
  • Battlefield 1942
  • Battlefield 2
  • Battlestation Midway
  • Beyond Divinity
  • Beyond Good & Evil
  • Black & White
  • Blade & Sword
  • Blood 1 & 2 + all expansions
  • Blood Omen 1 & 2
  • Breath Of Fire IV
  • Broken Sword (all)
  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
  • Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
  • Caesar 1-3
  • Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of The Earth
  • Call of Duty (all) + all expansions
  • Cavestory
  • Carmageddon(all)
  • Carnivores 1 & 2
  • Chaos Legion
  • Chessmaster (all)
  • Chromium
  • CIty of Heroes + all expansions
  • Cityscope
  • Clive Barker's Undying
  • Codename Panzers (all)
  • Cold War
  • Cold Fear
  • Combat Mission (all)
  • Command & Conquer (all)
  • Commandos (all)
  • Colin McRae's Rally (all)
  • Counter-Strike & Counter-Strike: Source(w\dx 7 and dx8\8.1 hardware levels)
  • Crashday
  • Crimson Skies
  • Crusader: No Remorse
  • Crusader: No Regrets
  • Dark Reign (all)
  • Darwinia
  • Dawn of War + all expansions
  • Day of Defeat + DoD: Source
  • Day of the Tentacle
  • Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
  • Descent (all)
  • Desperados
  • Deus Ex 1 & 2
  • Diablo 1 & 2
  • Diner Dash
  • Disciples II Gold
  • Doom 1 & 2
  • Doom 3 (only on low settings and with performance tweaks)
  • Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
  • Duke Nukem 3D + all expansions
  • Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
  • Dune (all)
  • Dungeon Keeper (all)
  • Dungeon Siege 1 & 2
  • Empire Earth
  • Emperor: Rise of the middle kingdom
  • Europa Universalis
  • Everquest (all)
  • Evil Genius
  • Exile
  • Fable: The Lost Chapters
  • Final Fantasy VII and VIII
  • Fahrenheit\Indigo Prophecy
  • Fallout 1 & 2
  • Fallout: Tactics
  • Far Cry
  • Fate
  • F.E.A.R. including all expansions (good performance only achieved by forcing DX8 shaders)
  • F.I.F.A. (all)
  • F.I.F.A. Street (all)
  • Flatout
  • Freedom Force 1 & 2
  • Freespace 1 & 2
  • Frogger
  • Full Spectrum Warrior
  • Full Throttle
  • Gabriel Knight (all)
  • Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
  • Galactics Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
  • Geneforge (all)
  • Geometry Wars
  • Giants: Citizen Kabuto
  • Globetrotter
  • Gothic 1 & 2
  • Grand Theft Auto (all)
  • Grandia II
  • Grim Fandango(my personal fave)
  • Ground Control 1 & 2
  • GTR (all)
  • Guild Wars
  • Gunbound
  • Gun Metal
  • Gunroar (get it free at www.sourceforge.net)
  • Gunz Online
  • Half Life + all expansions
  • Half Life 2 + all episodes
  • Halo 1 & 2
  • Hearts of Iron (all)
  • Hegemonia
  • Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2
  • Heroes of Might & Magic(all)
  • Hitman (all)
  • Homeworld
  • Homeworld: Cataclysm
  • Icewind Dale 1 & 2
  • Imperium Galactica (all)
  • Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis
  • Keepsake
  • Kohan (all)
  • Legacy of Kain: Defiance
  • Little Fighter (all)
  • Loom
  • Lock-On Air Combat
  • Lords of War
  • Mabinogi
  • Madden NFL (all)
  • Mafia
  • Maple Story
  • Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
  • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
  • Master of Magic
  • Master of Orion (all)
  • Max Payne 1 & 2
  • Mechwarrior 4 : Vengeance
  • Medal of Honor(all)
  • Medieval: Total War (all)
  • Messiah
  • Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2
  • Midnight Club (all)
  • Midtown Madness (all)
  • Monkey island (all)
  • Motocross Madness (all)
  • Mount & Blade (free at http://www.taleworlds.com/index.html)
  • Myst (all)
  • NBA Live (all)
  • Need for Speed (all)
  • Neverwinter Nights + all expansions
  • Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
  • NHL (all)
  • No One Lives Forever 1 & 2
  • Nox
  • Oddworld (all)
  • O.R.B.
  • Pacific Fighters
  • Pharaoh
  • Planescape: Torment
  • Planetside
  • Prince of Persia (all)
  • Populous 1 & 2
  • Pro Evolution Soccer (all)
  • Project IGI
  • Psi-Ops (all)
  • Psychonauts
  • Quake 1-3
  • Rakion
  • Radiosurf
  • Recoil
  • Rainbow Six 1-3 + all expansions
  • Red Faction (all)
  • Resident Evil (all)
  • Ricochet
  • Rise of Nations + all expansions
  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein + Enemy Territory
  • Rogue Trooper
  • Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 & 2 + all expansions
  • Rome: Total War
  • Sam & Max (all)
  • Sacred
  • Sacrifice
  • Savage (Get it free at www.s2games.com)
  • Scarface: The World is Yours
  • Sea Dogs
  • Second Sight
  • Septerra Core
  • Serious Sam (all)
  • Severance: Blade of Darkness
  • Shogun: Total War
  • Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
  • Sid Meier's Antietam!
  • Sid Meier's Civilization series
  • Sid Meier's Pirates
  • Silent Hill (all)
  • Simcity (all)
  • Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2
  • SiN
  • Sins of a Solar Empire
  • Sniper Elite
  • Spider-Man (movie version and comic-based version)
  • Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
  • Soldier of Fortune 1 & 2
  • Soul Reaver 1 & 2
  • Space Empires IV
  • Splinter Cell 1 & 2
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
  • Starcraft + Brood Wars
  • Starsiege Tribes (all)
  • Startopia
  • Star Wars: Battlefronts
  • Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  • Star Wars: Galaxies(all)
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight (all)
  • Star Wars: KotOR (all)
  • Star Wars: Republic Commando
  • Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
  • Star Wars: Starfighter
  • Still Life
  • Stronghold
  • Stronghold: Crusader
  • S.W.A.T. (all)
  • Syberia 1 & 2
  • System Shock 1 & 2
  • Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror
  • Team Fortess Classic
  • Test Drive 6
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
  • The Chzo Mythos (All, available here)
  • The Dig
  • The Elder Scrolls: Arena (free at http://www.elderscrolls.com, needs DosBOX)
  • The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (With Oldblivion, available here)
  • The Godfather
  • The Longest Journey
  • The Lord of The Rings (all)
  • The Movies + all expansions
  • The Orange Box (all games)
  • The Sims + all expansions
  • The Sims 2
  • The Yahtzee Trilogy (available here)
  • Thief (all)
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour
  • Titan Quest
  • TOCA Race Driver (all)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon + all expansions
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 1-3
  • Tomb Raider (all, upto TR: Anniversary)
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (all)
  • Total Annihilation (all)
  • TrackMania Sunrise Extreme
  • Tribes (all)
  • Tron 2.0
  • True Crime: Streets of L.A.
  • Tropico 1 & 2
  • Ultima (all, including Underworld series)
  • Uplink: Hacker Elite a.k.a. Uplink: Trust is a Weakness
  • Unreal 1 & 2
  • Unreal Tournament GOTY Edition
  • Unreal Tournament 2003 & 2004
  • Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos + The Frozen Throne
  • Warhammer 40,000 (all)
  • Warlords (all)
  • Warsow
  • War Wind 1 & 2
  • Wizardry 8
  • World of Goo
  • World of Warcraft + The Burning Crusade
  • World in Conflict
  • Worms 1-3 + all expansions
  • XIII
  • X-Men Legends (all)
  • Zeus: Master of Olympus
  • All Popcap and Miniclip games.
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Last edited by Rage_3K_Moiz; 2 Hours Ago at 10:50 AM.. Reason: Updated the list.
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Old 08-23-2006
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Awh no tomb raider?
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Old 08-24-2006
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Point taken and list updated TypeX45, thanks.
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Old 08-24-2006
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i wud add
Age of empires 1
and age of empires 2 to the list,
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Old 08-24-2006
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No System Shock 2 ? For shame.
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Old 08-24-2006
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Thank you Didou(I kick myself for missing that really) and Face_of_LA. List updated.
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Old 08-24-2006
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How about SWKOTOR 1 and 2?

Last edited by derrycraig; 08-24-2006 at 11:02 AM..
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Old 08-24-2006
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Would they run on an MX440 with a PIII 800MHz? I'm guessing not but if anyone knows otherwise, let me know and I'll add them to the list.
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Old 08-24-2006
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How about Homeworld the RTS game? It was game of the year in 1999.
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Old 08-24-2006
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Added that and Cataclysm, thanks mailpup.
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Old 08-24-2006
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Sweet list ,since I havent been much of a PC gamer in the past,its nice to have some reference on games to check out.
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Old 08-25-2006
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Thanks Mechz.
@racer_x_090, u can get the message across without swearing, innit?
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Old 08-25-2006
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Isn't Star Wars: Galaxies the online game ?
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Old 08-25-2006
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Yes, it is.
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Old 08-26-2006
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Have you tried playing CIV4 on a PIII, its not gonna work. Maybe you should specify CIV 1-3
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Old 08-27-2006
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Zeus: Master Of Olympus is also a great game that should run on almost any machine. I used to play it on my PII back in the day It's just a little hard to find. Amazon has it though
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Old 08-27-2006
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Is there a list of graphic intensive games? I spend a lot of money on a new system and intend to use it to its fullest!

Regards,

Korrupt
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Old 08-27-2006
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Flatout is a good crash & burn type driving game that looks really nice and runs pretty well even on as little as a Radeon 9600. Does that count?

Chromium is a pretty little free shooter available for linux and windows

Last edited by LNCPapa; 08-27-2006 at 06:06 PM..
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Old 08-27-2006
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bought yahoo poker superstars II - very addicting and cheap for $20.00 Been playing it a lot!
Pocket tanks is another and super dx ball.
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Old 08-27-2006
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worms 2, also a fun game. Good luck finding it
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